课件22张PPT。 Unit 2 Reading The economy or the environment— Must we chooseHave you ever seen a debate or
even taken part in a debate?
Do you know something about debates?
Lead-inReading strategyReading a debateWhat is the order of a debate?The order of the debate:One side presents his points.The other side presents his points.
Open discussionWhat should we pay attention to
when we read or listen to a debate?
The two sides present opposite views and they
are meant to convince you. We should not
make a final decision until we have read or
listened to both sides completely and
understood all the arguments made by each side.
Fast reading Fill in the table below The environment or the economy?Mr. Lin ShuiqingMr. Qian LiweiJames Longenvironmentalisteconomistbadenvironment
Careful readingRead what Mr.Lin Shuiqing said and then
answer the following questions1.As a result of the waste, what happened?2. What’s the effect of water pollution?3.By how many times has the world’s population increased since 1800?What’s the population now?4.According to Mr. Lin, what should be done about the production?5.What has become a big problem? What should we do?1.As a result of the waste, what happened? Many places have been destroyed and many plants and animals have died.The waste goes into the atmosphere
and makes us sick. Some waste flows into the water and
later into the sea, killing sea creatures.2. What’s the effect of water pollution?3.By how many times has the world’s population increased since 1800?
What’s the population now?4.According to Mr. Lin, what should
be done about the production?Six times. 6.5 billionWe should cut back on production
and reduce the amount of things
we make and buy.5.What has become a big problem?
What should we do?The amount of rubbish we produce is
turning into a big problem.We should expand our recycling industry and teach people about environmentally friendly ways of living.Read what Mr.Qian Liwei said and then answer the following questions.1.When people think of factories,What will they think of? 2.How can a healthy environment and a stable economy be possible at the same time?
3. Why does Qian Liwei think production should not be cut back ?
4. What kind of laws do we need?1.When people think of factories,
What will they think of?They think of clouds of dirty smoke or a pipe pouring waste into a river.1.When people think of factories,
What will they think of?They think of greedy businessmen hiding from their responsibilities to the environment.2.How can a healthy environment
and a stable economy be possible
at the same time?Many factories and industries control the amount of pollution they produce and are very careful to spend money repairing any damage they cause.3. Why does Qian Liwei think production should not be cut back ?4. What kind of laws do we need?
We need more effective laws to preserve the environment, which still allow the economy to grow.Jobs will be lost. People are more important than
fish and trees. Consolidation
Fill in the table below
wasteFishingconcernedjobsrecycledEffectiveSugge
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higher grownproduction123456789101.Do you think it is possible to achieve a balance between the economy and the environment?
2.How can this be achieved?Discussion1. We could educate people to respect and protect the environment.
2. We could urge factories that produce large amounts of waste to build a system to purify the waste and minimize the damage to the environment.
3.We could urge the government to pass stricter laws to protect the environment.
4.We could produce strict laws to preserve the environment.
5. We could create a system to deal with the waste and rubbish scientifically.1. Have a debate next class on Examinations do more harm than good .
2. Preview the language points in the debate.Homework: