1. To get some suggestions on how to deal with global warming.
2. To talk about the suggestions.
3. To develop your sense of environmental protection.
4. To learn some useful words, expressions
and patterns in the passage.
5. To learn to write a passage on the base of the passage.
What has caused the global warming?
smoke from cars
smoke from factories
Human activity – burning of fossil fuels.
Greenhouse effect
Huge quantities of extra carbon dioxide
The effects of global warming
Negative effects:
1. cause the sea level to rise
2. severe storms
3. droughts
4. famine
5. destruction of species
6. flood
Positive effects:
1. make plants grow faster
2. crops will produce more
3. make life better
Skim the letters and find who the writers are and what their purpose of writing the letters is.
The first letter is written by a student who is asking for suggestions for his project — ______________.
The second letter is written by
______________________ magazine. He offers the student some suggestions on what to do about global warming.
global warming
an editor of Earth Care
Scan the first letter.
What opinion can you get from his letter?
As an individual, he can have no effect on environmental problems.
Scan the second letter.
1. Dose Earth Care agree with Quyang Guang’s opinion that individuals can have no effect?
No, Earth Care agrees that together, individuals can make a difference.
Read the text carefully and fill in the blanks.
What can we do about global warming?
Turn a(n) __________________ off when you’re not using it.
Put on more clothes instead of turning up the ________.
Walk or ______________ instead of taking motor vehicles.
_______ cans, bottles, plastics and newspapers.
electrical appliance
heat
ride a bike
Recycle
Buy things made from _________________.
Buy products that are economical with
______.
___________ in your garden or your
school yard.
Talk with your family and friends about
______________.
recycled materials
energy
Plant trees
global warming
Read the letters. List Earth Care’s suggestions and in groups discuss whether you think you can carry out each suggestion. Give reasons for your answers. Write your answers on a separate piece of paper using the headings below.
Earth Care’s
suggestions
Can you carry it out?
Reasons
Turn electrical appliances off when not using them.
Don’t turn up the heat. Put on more clothes.
Walk or ride a bike. Don’t drive.
Recycle cans, bottles, plastic bags and newspapers.
Earth Care’s
suggestions
Can you carry it out?
Reasons
Buy things made from recycled materials.
Plant trees.
Buy products that use less energy.
Talk with family and friends about global warming.
1. We don not have to put up with pollution.
put up with 忍受, 容忍
e.g. I’m not going to put up with their
smoking any longer.
I can’t put up with a lot of noisy
people when I’m working.
【拓展】
常见的含up with的短语还有:
keep up with 跟上, 赶上
catch up with 赶上
come up with 提出, 想出, 提供, 追及, 赶上
end up with 以……告终
fill ... up with ... 用……装满
选用含up with的短语补全下面句子。
1) The teacher asked who could _________
______ a good solution to this problem.
2) No longer able to ___________ my
headache, I went to see a doctor.
come up
put up with
3) We’d better first _____ the car ________ petrol at the petrol station.
4) We started with soup, and had fruit to ___________.
with
end up with
fill
up with
2. It is OK to leave an electrical appliance
on so long as you are using it --- if not,
turn it off!
so long as意为“只要”,相当于as long
as, 引导条件状语从句。
e.g. So / As long as you keep on trying,
you will surely succeed.
One’s life has value ____ one brings value to the life of others.
A. so that?????? ???????? B. no matter how????
C. as long as ? ? ? ? ?D. except that
选C。一个人的生命有价值的条件是“他给别人的生活带来价值”, 故用as long as引导条件状语从句。so that意为“以致于, 结果”, 引导目的或结果状语从句;no matter how意为“不管怎样”, 引导让步状语从句; except that意为“要不是, 只不过”。
【写作指导】
正文:1.?说明全球变暖的影响(气候变化、海平面上升、物种灭绝),号召大家行动起来改变现状;2.?提出如何践行低碳生活(列举实例)。
结尾:重申态度,表明决心。
Write a short passage to tell others how to solve the problem of global warming.
组织语言
1.?说明全球变暖的影响,号召大家行动起来改变现状。
普通表达
高级表达
◆Our earth is getting warmer. It is causing terrible climate changes, a rise in sea levels and the disappearance of species!
◆What can we do to stop the global warming?
◆Our earth is getting warmer, which results in terrible climate changes, a rise in sea levels and the disappearance of species!
◆How can we prevent these disasters from happening?
普通表达
高级表达
◆There are many small things we can do to change this situation.
◆Work together and we will make a big change.
◆We have the power to do something to make improvements.
◆Act together and we can make a difference.
2.?提出如何践行低碳生活。
普通表达
高级表达
Walk or ride our bike if
we can.
Walk or cycle instead of driving whenever we can.
Recycle bottles, plastic bags and newspapers. Buy things made from recycled materials.
Think before throwing away trash. Recycle instead. It takes a lot of energy to make things from new materials.
普通表达
高级表达
Turn?off?electronic devices. If you are not using the lights, the TV, and the computer, turn them off. In this way, you can save a lot of energy.
Don’t leave electronic devices?on. Simply turning off the lights, the TV, and the computer when they’re not in use, will save thousands of pounds of carbon dioxide a year.
Educate others. Talk to friends, family and school teachers about? global warming and call on them to help stop it.
Spread the word / Be an educator. Talk to friends, family and school teachers to raise their awareness and make a change.
3.?重申态度,表明决心。
普通表达
高级表达
◆Let’s start now and try our best to help stop global warming!
◆Work to make these changes in your daily life.
◆Let’s start right now and spare no effort to do a little bit every day, every hour and every minute!
◆Remember??—? your contribution counts.
How to solve the problem of global warming
Our earth is getting warmer, which results in terrible climate changes, a rise in sea levels and the disappearance of species! However, we have the power to do something to make improvements.
First, let’s walk or cycle instead of driving whenever we can. Second, think before throwing away trash. Recycle instead. It takes a lot of energy to make things from new materials.
Third, don’t leave electronic devices on. Simply turning off the lights, the TV, and the computer when they’re not in use, will save thousands of pounds of carbon dioxide a year. Finally and most importantly, spread the word. Talk to friends, family and school teachers to raise their awareness and make a change.
Let’s start right now and spare no effort to do a little bit every day, every hour and every minute!
I.?用括号内单词的正确形式填空。
1. The woman living next door is a well-known
________ (educate).
2. We’ve seen an enormous ________ (grow)
in the number of businesses using the web.
3. Bowen resigned from the club following a(n)
___________ (disagree) with the head coach.
4. The school sees its job as preparing students
to make a(n) _____________ (contribute) to
society.
educator
growth
disagreement
contribution
5. Industrial ________ (pollute) has killed
much of the river’s wildlife.
6. The speaker gave an interesting
___________ (present) on urban
transport.
pollution
presentation
II.?根据括号内的汉语提示补全下面句子(每空一词)。
1. You may use the book as you like, ________
________ ________ (只要) you keep it clean.
2. John accepted the championship award
________ ________ ________ ________
________ (代表这个队).
3. I can’t ________ ________ ________
________ ________ (忍受你的无礼); leave the
room.
as
long as
on behalf of the team ?
put up with
your rudeness
It’s your turn to finish your passage on how to solve the problem of global warming based on what you have learned. You can add more suggestions.