Unit 2 The environment task
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课件32张PPT。Unit2The environmentTask Designing a posterSkills building 1: listening and drawing conclusionsDraw conclusions from what is said
in the dialogues 1.I’ve just been to the hospital, and the doctor asked me to take some medicine.
The speaker is ill.
2.W:When will the film start? M: In two minutes. Ticket, please.
The woman is going to see a film.
3.W: The light will be shut off at ten to eleven. M: So we’ve got only a quarter of an hour left.
It’s 10:35 now. listen to some short descriptions from news reports and draw a conclusion about what kind of natural disaster occurred in each situation.Answers
flood 2 . fire 3. earthquake
4. typhoon 5. droughtlisten to a news report. Decide which of the conclusions below are logical according to what you will hear.Answers
1 2 4 Step 1: listening to a lecturedesertificationDiscussionWhat causes desertification? people plant too much on the land without giving it a rest too many animals depend on the same land to eat people cut down trees for fuel and to make space for more farms …1. What is desertification?
It is when useable land becomes dry and turns into a desert.
2.Where does it happen?
It happens in Africa, the USA, South America and China.
3.How are people affected by it?
People lose their homes and farms; many families starve and others move to the cities to find work.Listen to the lecture, and answer the following questions:
4.Why does it happen?
People plant too much on the land without giving it a rest; too many animals all depend on the same land to eat; and people cut down trees for fuel and to make space for more farms.
5.Who should be concerned?
Everyone should be concerned. Listen to the lecture, and answer the following questions: Listen again and match the following statements with the conclusions .1 Your teacher wants you to help educate people about desertification.
2 A desert is an area of dry land. Desertification is what we call it when land turns into desert.
3. People plant things without giving the land a chance to rest.
4 the wind carries sand from the deserts to the cities, causing air pollution. a the ending –ification means a process.
b one way to stop desertification is to allow the land a chance to rest between plantings.
c some people become ill after breathing this air.
d Many people around the world do not know about desertification.Skills building 2: reading for informationDiscussion:
Why we want to read
the following?a news paper/a website/a plane ticket/a bus timetable/a magazine/an advertisementto find out departure/arrival times
to find out where the bus stops
a news paperto find out about the day’s news
to find out about the weathera websiteto research information
to find out the day’s newsa plane ticketto find out departure/arrival times
to find out your seat numbera bus timetablean advertisementa magazineto find out about the latest fashions
to find out more about a particular topic, such as gardening. to find out where you can buy the product
to find out more about the productScan for specific information from the newspaper article and answer the four questions.1. At what time can you see The Matrix: Revolution?
At 14:30 and 18:00.
2. What is the weather like in Beijing?
Cloudy.
3. What has just opened?
The city’s new Modern Art Museum.
4. How many people went to the opening?
Over 10,000people. Step 2: reading a scientific articleRead the article about desertification. Work in pairs and list three things we can do to help stop desertification: …to build fences (which stop wind from blowing the dirt away)…
…to plant more trees and bushes.
…better management of areas that are likely to turn to desert and training people in responsible water usage.
…sharing information and solutions between countries and using satellites to pick out likely areas for desertification. Have a discussion with your partner to think of things we can do to help stop desertification, which can be included in our posters later.pair workCollect some money to help the poor farms.
Save as much water as possible in our daily life.
Ask scientists to find more plants that are suitable for growing in deserts.Skills building 3: presenting your point of viewI think/believe that…
From my point of view it seems that… it seems to me that…
Personally I agree/disagree because…
because…
as a result of…
due to…
on account of…useful wordsB Answers
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 A Answers
c a d b f eStep 3: designing a posterA posterHeading___________________________________________________________________________
Content_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Pictures/layout_____________________________________________________________________Language points1. pick out (P35)
…because I have to pick up the rubbish where I am going to sit.(P29)
pick sb/sth out
1) to choose and emphasize, make clearer or highlight someone or something: 显眼 The ship's name was picked out in bright gold letters along her stern.
2）to recognize, find or make a choice among different people or items in a group: 分辨 Can you pick out the three deliberate mistakes in this paragraph? pick sth out : If you pick out a tune, you play it slowly or with difficulty, note by note:凭记忆奏乐 I can pick out a simple tune on the piano, but that's about it.pick up:
1) to lift someone or something using your hands: If she starts to cry, pick her up and give her a cuddle.
2) to collect, or to go and get, someone or something: When you're in town could you pick up the books I ordered?
3) to learn a new skill or language by practising it rather than being taught it: Don't bother with the computer manual - you'll pick it up as you go along.
4) to start again after an interruption; to return to something: The author picks the same theme up again on page ten.
5) to increase or improve: The truck picked up speed slowly.（2005 湖北）
This picture was taken a long time ago. I wonder if you can __________my father.
A. find out B. pick out
C. look out D. speak out链接高考（2006 福建）
She ______Japanese when she was in Japan. Now, she can speak it freely.
picked out B. made out
C. made up D. picked up链接高考2.due to (P36) because of: A lot of her unhappiness is due to boredom. Due to wet leaves on the line, this train will arrive an hour late.
The great success of this programme has been largely due to the support given by the local businessmen. （2004广东） Thank you!
in the dialogues 1.I’ve just been to the hospital, and the doctor asked me to take some medicine.
The speaker is ill.
2.W:When will the film start? M: In two minutes. Ticket, please.
The woman is going to see a film.
3.W: The light will be shut off at ten to eleven. M: So we’ve got only a quarter of an hour left.
It’s 10:35 now. listen to some short descriptions from news reports and draw a conclusion about what kind of natural disaster occurred in each situation.Answers
flood 2 . fire 3. earthquake
4. typhoon 5. droughtlisten to a news report. Decide which of the conclusions below are logical according to what you will hear.Answers
1 2 4 Step 1: listening to a lecturedesertificationDiscussionWhat causes desertification? people plant too much on the land without giving it a rest too many animals depend on the same land to eat people cut down trees for fuel and to make space for more farms …1. What is desertification?
It is when useable land becomes dry and turns into a desert.
2.Where does it happen?
It happens in Africa, the USA, South America and China.
3.How are people affected by it?
People lose their homes and farms; many families starve and others move to the cities to find work.Listen to the lecture, and answer the following questions:
4.Why does it happen?
People plant too much on the land without giving it a rest; too many animals all depend on the same land to eat; and people cut down trees for fuel and to make space for more farms.
5.Who should be concerned?
Everyone should be concerned. Listen to the lecture, and answer the following questions: Listen again and match the following statements with the conclusions .1 Your teacher wants you to help educate people about desertification.
2 A desert is an area of dry land. Desertification is what we call it when land turns into desert.
3. People plant things without giving the land a chance to rest.
4 the wind carries sand from the deserts to the cities, causing air pollution. a the ending –ification means a process.
b one way to stop desertification is to allow the land a chance to rest between plantings.
c some people become ill after breathing this air.
d Many people around the world do not know about desertification.Skills building 2: reading for informationDiscussion:
Why we want to read
the following?a news paper/a website/a plane ticket/a bus timetable/a magazine/an advertisementto find out departure/arrival times
to find out where the bus stops
a news paperto find out about the day’s news
to find out about the weathera websiteto research information
to find out the day’s newsa plane ticketto find out departure/arrival times
to find out your seat numbera bus timetablean advertisementa magazineto find out about the latest fashions
to find out more about a particular topic, such as gardening. to find out where you can buy the product
to find out more about the productScan for specific information from the newspaper article and answer the four questions.1. At what time can you see The Matrix: Revolution?
At 14:30 and 18:00.
2. What is the weather like in Beijing?
Cloudy.
3. What has just opened?
The city’s new Modern Art Museum.
4. How many people went to the opening?
Over 10,000people. Step 2: reading a scientific articleRead the article about desertification. Work in pairs and list three things we can do to help stop desertification: …to build fences (which stop wind from blowing the dirt away)…
…to plant more trees and bushes.
…better management of areas that are likely to turn to desert and training people in responsible water usage.
…sharing information and solutions between countries and using satellites to pick out likely areas for desertification. Have a discussion with your partner to think of things we can do to help stop desertification, which can be included in our posters later.pair workCollect some money to help the poor farms.
Save as much water as possible in our daily life.
Ask scientists to find more plants that are suitable for growing in deserts.Skills building 3: presenting your point of viewI think/believe that…
From my point of view it seems that… it seems to me that…
Personally I agree/disagree because…
because…
as a result of…
due to…
on account of…useful wordsB Answers
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 A Answers
c a d b f eStep 3: designing a posterA posterHeading___________________________________________________________________________
Content_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Pictures/layout_____________________________________________________________________Language points1. pick out (P35)
…because I have to pick up the rubbish where I am going to sit.(P29)
pick sb/sth out
1) to choose and emphasize, make clearer or highlight someone or something: 显眼 The ship's name was picked out in bright gold letters along her stern.
2）to recognize, find or make a choice among different people or items in a group: 分辨 Can you pick out the three deliberate mistakes in this paragraph? pick sth out : If you pick out a tune, you play it slowly or with difficulty, note by note:凭记忆奏乐 I can pick out a simple tune on the piano, but that's about it.pick up:
1) to lift someone or something using your hands: If she starts to cry, pick her up and give her a cuddle.
2) to collect, or to go and get, someone or something: When you're in town could you pick up the books I ordered?
3) to learn a new skill or language by practising it rather than being taught it: Don't bother with the computer manual - you'll pick it up as you go along.
4) to start again after an interruption; to return to something: The author picks the same theme up again on page ten.
5) to increase or improve: The truck picked up speed slowly.（2005 湖北）
This picture was taken a long time ago. I wonder if you can __________my father.
A. find out B. pick out
C. look out D. speak out链接高考（2006 福建）
She ______Japanese when she was in Japan. Now, she can speak it freely.
picked out B. made out
C. made up D. picked up链接高考2.due to (P36) because of: A lot of her unhappiness is due to boredom. Due to wet leaves on the line, this train will arrive an hour late.
The great success of this programme has been largely due to the support given by the local businessmen. （2004广东） Thank you!