课件42张PPT。Unit 2Word powerWord PowerDiscussing the environment邵阳县第七中学 王时亮教学目标通过学习与环境相关的词来描述环境污染和环境保护,倡导积极保护环境的良好意识。
1学习与环境相关的词。
2判断环境污染的一些现象及作简单描述。
3利用构词法知识学习与环境相关的词。Environmental problems are discussed frequently in the news. A whole vocabulary has developed to help us talk about the environment and problems associated with it.
P.26. A. Read this brochure about a new, environmentally friendly hotel which is opening. Ecotourists are people who visit an area and don not harm or damage the ecosystem. They are interested in environmental protection. If you are this kind of tourist, you will love Ecoville. We use natural, safe energy from the sun, solar energy, instead of digging up Earth to find fossil fuels. Nothing in our hotel causes pollution. We even use eco-friendly washing powder to wash your sheets. Don’t have your next holiday in a city full of factories that create harmful waste. Come to Ecoville, where you and earth will be safe together. Tourists who are friendly to theenvironment when go
Protection of environment
Using the sun’s energy
Fuel such as coal, oil, that was formed over millions of years from the remains of animals or plants
Making air, water, soil etc. dirty
Environmental protected travelling ecotourist
solar energy
eco-friendly
fossil fuel
environmental
protection
pollutionB When we talk about things that are bad for the environment, many of the words that we use are compound nouns. Use the compound nouns in the box to label the pictures below. clear-cut logging 皆伐opencast mining露天采矿Slash and burn farming刀耕火种农业法global warmingozone layer臭氧层acid rainC. Help the management of Ecoville write an advertisement. Fill in the blanks with words from the previous page. Ecoville, the perfect holiday destination! The concept behind our hotel is (1) _____________ protection. It is safe and fun for the whole family, even Mother Earth!
Ecoville was the idea of Li Zheng, a scientist. He was worried about global warming and the hole in the (2) _____________. environmentalozone layerHe wanted a chance to have a holiday in a beautiful part of the world, but not to cause damage to the (3) _____________ of the area. One night he saw a television show about a village in Africa. ecosystemThe whole village uses (4) _____________ from the sun. No (5) _____________ are burnt in people’s homes. There is no harmful waste from the factories because it is changed back into fuel and used to power the factories. The cars are all electric and can be plugged into normal outlets. energyfossil fuelsEven things like soap powder are (6) _____________ products. Mr Li was very excited about this idea, and decided to build Ecoville exactly the same way. Nothing you find in Ecoville causes any (7) _____________ at all. eco-friendlyharmWe even built our hotel around the trees—you can relax and be sure that there was no damage done to make space for your room. We even checked to make sure that the metals we used to build were not obtained from companies that practise opencast mining. So come and join us, become part of the new generation of tourists, (8) _____________, and spent your next holiday in beautiful Ecoville! ecotouristsD. The prefix ‘eco-’ means ‘earth’, which comes from Greek.
It is used in many words to talk about the environment, such as ‘ecology’ and ‘eco-tourism’. Work in groups & have a competition on words that include the prefix ‘eco-’. Use your dictionary if necessary. eco-activityfriendlyecologytourismprotectioncatastropheDesigningCan you design a hotel
that is environmentally friendly? Discussion 1) What type of energy does an environmentally friendly hotel use?
Natural, safe energy from the sun, solar energy, instead of digging up Earth to find fossil fuels.Discussion2) How does an environmentally friendly hotel wash the sheets?
Eco-friendly washing power.
Discussion3) What other features does an environmentally friendly hotel have? Do you think this looks like an
environmentally friendly hotel?
Language pointsmake space for (P27)
space n. [C or U] an empty area which is available to be used: 空间,空地1) Is there any space for my clothes in that cupboard?2) I've got to make (some) space for Mark's things.(make room for)space [U] (the empty area outside the Earth's atmosphere, where the planets and the stars are:) ?外部空间,太空? space exploration/travel a space rocket Who was the first human being in
space/the first to go into space?HomeworkTry to write an article on some environmental pollution and how to solve the problems.
Write a guide on how to be an ecotourist. HomeworkPreview the task.Thank you!