课件29张PPT。UnitThe environmentReadingA healthy environment is important for our
survival. What’s the environment?It’s the place where people, animals and plants live. It’s the natural world.What do you learn from the video?Why?To develop the economy?The economy or must we choose?Readingthe environmentthe economymust we choose? John McCain Barrack Obama Chairpersona debateReading Strategy:reading a debateWhat is the order of a debate?One side their first. The other side follows and presents theirs. After that, there is often a .The order of the debate on the economy or the encironemt:Ms Lin Shuiqing presents her points.Mr Qian Liwei presents his points.
Open discussionpresentspointsdiscussionWhat is important in a debate?
Both sides representing opposite views present their points clearly. Each speaker’s speech is meant to convince you.
What should we pay attention to when we read or listen to a debate?
We should not make a final decision until we have read or listened to both sides completely and understood all of the arguments made by each side.Keep the two questions in mind while readingFast-readingMs Lin Shuiqing represents the environment and Mr Qian Liwei represents the economy.
What sides do Ms Lin Shuiqing and Mr Qian Li wei represent?Put the subjects each speaker talks about in the correct order. (Part C2)Li Shuiqing
recycling waste _____
chemical waste _____
population _____
fishing _____
water pollution _____
production _____164325Careful-readingQian Liwei
taxes _____
recycling waste _____
factories _____
production _____
laws _____12345Careful-readingFurther-readingHow do the two speakers show and support their points to convince you?_________places.
Make many plants and animals ________.
______ us sick.DestroyMakeKillbydieResultWater pollutionPopulationaboutControlRepairrecycledrawPreserve harmingProductionTaxes
Who do you agree with, Lin Shuiqing or Qian Liwei? Why?
Some people think that it is impossible to improve our living standards without damaging the environment. Do you agree with them?Free talkHow can the balance be achieved?● We could educate people to respect and protect the environment.
● 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.Free talk● We could urge the government to pass stricter laws to punish factories which pollute the environment.
● We could produce strict laws to preserve the environment.
● We could create a system to deal with the waste and rubbish scientifically.Free talk
Which of the following is NOT mentioned in Lin
Shuiqing’s speech?
Chemical waste destroyed many places and
killed many plants and animals.
B. Factories producing poisonous chemicals should
be closed down.
C. Fishes died for more than one reason.
D. Polluted atmosphere can make human beings
sick.
Reading comprehensionB What can be inferred from the speech?
A. Though we caught large numbers of fish,
they develop so quickly that we’ll still have
enough to eat.
B. It’s likely that we’ll not have enough to eat
if we keep producing people rapidly.
C. Lin Shuiqing is for the idea of recycling,
while Qian Liwei is against it.
D. An economist is often seen as being
against the environment.B
What does the sentence “People often have this belief that development is bad for the environment, but this does not have to be true.” mean?
A. Economic development is good for the
environment.
B. Economic development is bad for the
environment.
C. Economic development is not always bad for
the environment.
D. People are wrong to think economic
development is bad for the environment.CThe forest fire in Inner Mongolia in May, 2017 The sandstorm in Beijing In May, 2017 Are the natural disaters like forest fires and sandstorms mainly caused by nature or by humans?Have a debateGroup 1 mainly by nature
Group 2 mainly y humansWhile debating, you’re expected to present your opinions and provide your reasons. Forest fires and sandstorms sometimes are partly caused by nature and partly by humans.
There are only measures we can take to prevent natural disasters from happening.
Man plays an important role in damaging the environment.
There is a lot we can do to prevent this kind of environmental damage.ConclusionDiscussion???Did you do anything bad for the environment in your daily life?What should we do to protect the environment in our daily life?Discussion1. Using the handkerchief instead of the paper
napkin. 2. Using paper bags instead of plastic bags.3. Don’t use throwaway chopsticks.4. Go to work/school on foot or by bike
instead of by car.5. Throw cans, bottles, batteries paper and plastic
into the dustbin and recycle them.
……..A nation destroying its environmentdestroys itself.------ F.D.Roosevelt Write an essay on the topic of the environment and human beings in 150 words.
2. Preview the language points in the reading passage.Thank you!