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Unit 2 The Environment Reading 1 Teaching aims 1 Make students pay attention the environment problems and think what they can do to help protect the environment 2 Improve the Ss other basic abilities listening and speaking 3 Enable the students to learn to read a debate Important points difficult points 1 Help the students learn how to keep the balance between economy and environment 2 Help the students learn to read a debate 3 Enable the students to debate in English Teaching methods 1 Fast reading to get a general idea of the passage 2 Careful reading and listening to understand the passage better 3 Discussion to help the student understand what they have learnt 4 Individual pair work and group work to enable the students take active part in the class Teaching aids 1 A tape recorder 2 A multimedia 3 The blackboard Teaching procedure Step 1 Greeting Greet the whole class as usual Step 2 Lead in Look at the pictures on the screen carefully Answer me two questions 1 What can you see in the pictures 2 How to solve the problem AAl l mmo os st t 8 80 00 0 mmi il l l l i io on n PPe eo op pl l e e i in n t th he e wwo or rl l d d d do o n no ot t h ha av ve e e en no ou ug gh h t to o e ea at t Lead in 3 What can you see in these pictures 4 How to solve the problem Water PollutionRubbish Desertification Deforestation Air pollution Lead in To solve the problem of starvation we should develop the economy But with the development of economy serious environmental problems come The economy or the environment must we choose Do you want to know more information on the problem Ok Let s come to the text Step 3 Fast reading Read the following debate as quickly as possible and answer the questions 1 What side does Mr Lin Shuiqing and Mr Qian Liwei each represent Mr lin represents the society for Environment Presevation while Mr Qian an economist 2 By how many times has the world s population increased since 1800 More than six times 3 According to Mr Qian Liwei What should be done to factories that pollute the environment Those factories should have to pay higher taxes Step 4 Listening careful reading Listen to the tape carefully pay attention to some detailed information and try to finish the exercises after the passage 1 C1 How well did you understand the details of the debate Read the debate again and answer the following questions 1 What society does Lin Shuiqing belong to Lin Shuiquing belongs to the society of Environment Preservation 2 What does Lin Shuiqing started his speech by talking about The way large areas of the world are damaged by industrial waste 3 What is happening to large amounts of fish Large amounts of fish are being caught and they have no time to lay eggs 4 What does Lin Shuiqing think we should teach people about We should teach people about environmentally friendly ways of living 5 Why does Qian Liwei think production should be not be cut back Because it means that jobs will be lost and that people are more important than fish and trees 6 What does Qian Liwei say we should produce more More things from recycled materials 7 What does Qian Liwei say we need more of More effective laws to preserve the environment which still allow the economy to grow 8 What does Qian Liwei say many people are willing to do Many people are willing to pay slightly higher prices for things that are environmentally friendly 2 Read the debate again and complete the following chart according to the passage AttitudeLin Shuiqing sQian Liwei s IndustryCut back on production because industry produces waste pollutes the environment A healthy environment and a stable economy should be possible at the same time populationMore people need more land to live on and more food to eat People are more important than fish and trees RecyclingExpend our recycling industryProduce more things from recycling materials ution Cut back on production recycle rubbish teach people about environmentally friendly ways of living recycle rubbish effective laws control how many trees are cut down and how many fish boats can catch heavy taxes on the factories producing pollution C2 Put the subjects each speaker talks about in the correct order Liu Shuiqing recycling industrial waste Population fishing water pollution production Qian Liwei Taxes recycling factories production laws D Look at these words from the debate and match them with their meanings 1 voice 2 awful 3 wiped out 4 approaching 5 cut back on 6 beneficial 7 obvious 8 stable a constant steady b tell express c killed off d coming near to getting close to e helpful useful favourable f terrible shocking g easy to see or understand clear apparent h reduce make less E Fill in the blanks with words from the box industry population waste economy responsibility reduce recycled Earth pollution environment My aim in life is to save the 1 for future generations I want to become an environmentalist after I finish school Too many people think that 2 cannot be stopped if we want the 3 to continue developing But that is ridiculous We can 4 dangerous and dirty 5 from factories if we are smart about what we buy I want to teach people to buy 6 products The production of recycled thing is much better for the environment because it means we do not need to cut down more trees and cause the destruction of more forests The 7 will still grow but Earth will not have to suffer We should also pay attention to what we eat People should take 8 for not buying certain kinds of fish because there are not many left in the ocean We also have a problem with 9 The number of people in the world keeps growing and we are producing more rubbish What if we run out of space If we all work together we can solve these problems and keep 10 clean and healthy Step 5 Reading strategy This is a passage of debate In today s reading strategy we are going to learn How to read something about debate 1 In a debate one side gets the opportunity to present their points first The other side follows and presents theirs In an actual debate there is often a discussion after both sides have presented their views 2 Speakers in a debate will represent opposite views on the subject being discussed 3 While reading or listening to a debate remember that each speaker s speech is meant to convince you Step 6 Discussion 1 We have talked so much about the passage Now it is time to discuss Talk these questions with your partner You may use the following conversation as an example A My dad says he doesn t mind a little bit of pollution as long as it means people have jobs Personally I agree What do you think B I don t think it has to be a choice We should be able to have a clean environment and lots of jobs A But do you really think that is possible B Yes I do If companies are careful they can provide jobs and reduce their pollution Don t you think that is the best solution 2