(共40张PPT)
Unit4
Reading passage
Language points
More and more glaciers(冰川) are beginning to melt, which makes the sea level rise.
It
Actually, the world is not peaceful for the
first two months of the year 2020. Many extreme and terrible disasters are happening in different parts of the earth. Let’s have a look.
Different bacteria(细菌) and viruses(病毒) have caused many deaths in the world, especially the novel coronavirus and the flu virus.
East African plague of locusts东非蝗灾 have destroyed crops and severely affected people’s normal life.
Big fires in Australia澳洲火灾 have destroyed huge forests, killed about one billion animals and produced millions of tons of carbon
dioxide.
Global warming
The earth is becoming warmer
-
but does it matter?
Reading
Page 26
www.themegallery.com
Scanning1
★
★
1.Who wrote the magazine article?
2.What is the name of the magazine?
3.What are the names of the three
scientists mentioned in the article?
www.themegallery.com
www.themegallery.com
Skimming1
★
★
1.Who wrote the magazine article?
2.What is the name of the magazine?
3.What are the names of the three scientists
mentioned in the article?
Dr Janice Foster, Charles Keeling, George Hambley
Reading tip: In English, some nouns begin with a capital letter(大写字母), such as names of people and places, titles(标题) of magazines, newspapers, stories and books, people’s titles(头衔), etc..
www.themegallery.com
What is mainly discussed in the passage?
A. What has caused the global warming and whether it matters.
B. What effects of the global warming will be.
C. How serious the global warming could be.
D. What the global warming is.
Scanning2
Reading tip — skim the title and Para 1:
Title: THE EARTH IS BECOMING WARMER – BUT
DOES IT MATTER?
Para 1: … how has this come about and
does it matter?
★
★
★
THE EARTH IS BECOMING WARMER-BUT DOES IT MATTER
1. During the 20th century the temperature of the earth rose about one degree Fahrenheit. That probably does not seem much to you or me, but it is a rapid increase when compared to other natural changes. So how has this come about and does it matter? Earth Care's Sophie Armstrong explores these questions.
www.themegallery.com
Skimming
Match the main idea of each part:
Explain how global warming comes about.
Two different attitudes among scientists towards the consequences of global warming.
Introduce the problem of global warming.
Give a warning and raise a question for readers to think over.
I
(1)
II (2-3)
III (4-6)
IV (7)
★
★
★
★
www.themegallery.com
www.themegallery.com
Scanning
Match the main idea of each part:
A. Explain how global warming comes about.
D. Two different attitudes among scientists towards the consequences of global warming.
B. Introduce the problem of global warming.
C. Give a warning and raise a question for the readers to think over.
I
(1)
II (2-3)
III (4-6)
IV (7)
★
★
★
★
How does global warming come about?
www.themegallery.com
Human ________
Burning of _________
Careful reading
“________” gases, especially ______________
Trap ____from the sun
Therefore _______the earth
Causing the global temperature to _______
www.themegallery.com
Causing the global temperature to _______
1.How does global warming come about?
www.themegallery.com
Human ________
Burning of ____________
Careful reading
“_______________” gases, especially _______________
Trap ______from the sun
Therefore _______the earth
Causing the global temperature to _______
activity
fossil fuels
Green house
heat
warm
go up
carbon dioxide
2.Does global warming matter?
www.themegallery.com
Positive effects
Negative effects
www.themegallery.com
cause the sea level to rise
severe storms
floods
droughts
famines
the spread of diseases
disappearance of species
Positive effects
Negative effects
make plants grow quicker
crops will produce more
encourage a greater range of animals
make life for human beings better
Thinking
www.themegallery.com
What should we do to the warming earth?
Switch off the electrical appliance when not using them.
Put on more clothes instead of turning on the heater.
Walk or ride a bike if you can instead of driving cars.
Try not to buy unnecessary shoes and clothes.
Make an effort to save every drop of water and recycle
the used water.
6.Save and recycle the paper.
7.Plant trees.
8.Talk with our family and friends about global warming.
www.themegallery.com
Never give up
Never give up our faith
Never give up our hope
Never give up doing a bit for the earth!
Saving the earth is saving ourselves
www.themegallery.com
Make this world a better place to live !
Have a nice day. !
Unit 5 Period 3
Learning about language
Language study
Useful phrases:
1.(when) Compared with/ to
2. a rapid increase
3.There is no doubt that…
There is no sense/point (in) doing sth.
There is no denying that…
There is no need to do…
4. a natural phenomenon
5. be trapped in…
6. over the last 100 years.
7.on the one hand…; on the other hand
8. lead to a catastrophe
a (wide/great) range of…
a mountain range
10.continue doing/ to do
11. build up
12. even if/even though
13. as if/as though
14. keep on (doing)
keep doing
15. glance at
与…比较 常用(连词+) compared with/to 表被动作状语
快速上升
毫无疑问…
做某事没有意义
不可否认…
没有必要做…
自然现象
一方面…;另一方面
导致大灾难
继续做
各种各样的/一系列
逐渐建立/增强,增多,开发
尽管/即使 (引导让步状语从句)
好像/似乎(引导表语从句或方式状语从句)
(停歇后)继续(做)
(不停地)一直做
被困在…中/陷入…
在过去的100年里(与现在完成时连用)
山脉
匆匆看一眼/扫视
Important language points
1.So how has this come about and does it matter? (line4)
那么,这种温度的增长是怎样产生的呢?会产生什么影响呢?
This situation should not have come about.
It’s already 10 o’clock. I wonder how it came about that
she was two hours late on such a short trip.
归纳 :
come about 发生,产生 相当于happen。
How does/did it come about that…?(it作形式主语 )
come about发生,产生(常与how连用)
其它表“发生”的词汇:
happen(偶然的,意外的事情)发生;还有“碰巧”之意
occur(也指偶然)发生; 还有“突然想到”之意
take place(按计划)发生,举行
break out(战争,火灾,疾病等)爆发
无被动
翻译:
1.这么多人感染了新冠状病毒这事是怎么发生的呢?
2.新冠状病毒已在很多其他国家发生了。
1.How did it come about that so many people
were infected with the novel coronavirus
2.The novel coronavirus has broken out in
many other countries.
I couldn't subscribe to his views. ( )
I have subscribed to some newspapers. ( )
He subscribes regularly to the Hope Project.( )
He gave me a painting with his name subscribed.
( )
I have subscribed £20,000 to the institute.( )
短语2:subscribe a will 签署一份遗嘱
subscribe sth to=donate/ contribute sth to向…捐助某物
2. All scientists subscribe to the view….(line18)
同意
订阅
捐赠
签署(文件)
捐助
Vt.
短语1:subscribe to.同意/赞成…/订阅…/向…捐赠
派生词:subscriber n.订阅者,用户 ,定期捐款者,签署者
subscription 订阅(金),捐献,签署
Vi.
3. The problem begins when we add huge quantities of extra carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. (line32)
Without quantity there can be no quality.
Police found a (large) quantity of / large quantities of illegal drugs.
There is a large quantity of wine left.
A large quantity of air conditions have been sold since the summer came.
Huge quantities of good soil are being washed away each year.
This product is cheap to produce in quantity.
短语归纳__________________________
________________________
用法归纳___________________________________________
—————————————————————
a (large) quantity of=quantities of大量的 (修饰名词)
In quantity 大量地(修饰动词)
a quantity of+n 作主语时谓语单复数形式由of后n决定
quantities of+n 作主语时谓语动词一律用复数
注意 quality 质量,品质 of high quality 高质量的
填空题:large quantities of rice _____(be) sold at a discount
in the market yesterday.
were
4. It means that more heat energy tends to be trapped in the atmosphere causing the global temperature to go up.(line34)
Women tend to live longer than men.
If you eat like this, you tend towards obesity.
Interest rates are tending upwards/downwards.
He had to tend (to) patients
He has a tendency to do things differently.
短语 __________________ ______________________
___________________ ______________________
派生词:tendency n. 倾向,趋势
have a tendency to do..= tend to do..有做..的倾向/倾向于做
have a tendency to / towards sth = tend to/towards sth.
tend to do往往容易做,倾向于
tend to/towards 趋向于
tend upwards/downwards
趋于上升/下降
tend (to) sb.=attend (to)照顾,护理
5.it is the burning of more and more fossil fuels that has resulted in
this increase in carbon dioxide. (line2 para.5)
The accident resulted in three people’s being killed.
The accident resulted in his death.
His death resulted from the accident.
归纳:result in_____________________
result from___________________________________
导致, 造成 =lead to/cause/bring about/contribute to
由…导致/引起=be caused by
填空:
Yesterday an accident happened here, _____________(result) in his death.
resulting
6. …who are opposed to this view and believes that we should not worry about…(line42)
First, we should oppose all forms of terrorism.
I would oppose changing the law.
He intends to oppose the prime minister in the election.
She was bitterly opposed to the idea of moving abroad.
短语归纳_________________________
______________________________
拓展:表示反对__________________________
表示支持__________________________
oppose (doing) sth. 反对(做)某事
oppose sb. 反对某人/与某人较量
be opposed to (doing) sth 反对(做)某事
disagree with/ object to/ be against
agree with/ be in favor of/ be for /subscribe to/approve of
7. …any warming will be mild with few bad
environmental consequence. (line 45)
很重要/不重要:
———————————————————
结果,因此 : ____________________________________________
_________________________________
因为,由于: _____________________________________________________
__________________________________
as a consequence/in consequence/
consequently/as a result
as a consequence of/in consequence of/
as a result of
(结果,后果,影响,重要性 )
of great/no consequence
用于写作:
We work hard at home every day. As a consequence, we have got a lot.
The big fire went out in consequence of a heavy rain
根据括号内的提示将下列句子翻译成英语。
他的粗鲁导致了孩子和他的争吵。(result in)
2. 他们不知道这个变化是怎样产生的。(come about)
3. 邻居们让他们停止制造噪音, 但他们 仍然继续.(keep on)
4. 不用担心, 我们已经储藏了很多食物。(quantities of)
5. 那个老人瞥了一下他的手表, 然后看了看天空。(glance at)
6. 一提到他的儿子,他往往很骄傲。(tend to do)
根据括号内的提示将下列句子翻译
成英语。
他的粗鲁导致了孩子和他的争吵。(result in)
2. 他们不知道这个变化是怎样产生的。
(come about)
They didn’t know how the change had come / came about.
His rudeness resulted in the child’s quarreling with him.
3. 邻居们让他们停止制造噪音, 但他们
仍然继续。(keep on)
The neighbours asked them to stop making a noise, but they still kept on.
4. 不用担心, 我们已经储藏了很多食 物。(quantities of)
5. 那个老人瞥了一下他的手表, 然后看
了看天空。(glance at)
6. 一提到他的儿子,他往往表现出骄傲。(tend to)
Once / As soon as/When someone mentioned his son, he tended to feel / be proud.
Once his son is mentioned , he tends to feel proud.
Don’t worry. We have stored quantities of food already.
The old man glanced at his watch and then looked at the sky.