Unit Climate 泛读教程PPT课件

1、 Word Pretest 第1页/共36页Whats climate? 第2页/共36页 Climate is the combination of temperature, moisture, and sunshine at a place over a period of many years. Temperature and the amount of rainfall are the two most important elements of climate. Others are humidity, sunshine, wind, and air pressure.第3页/共36

2、页Types of Climate第4页/共36页Some Climate Disasters Typhoon Flood Drought Snow storm第5页/共36页 Typhoon FloodDroughtSnow storm第6页/共36页Climate ChangeMainly in three areas: Global Warming 全球变暖Acid deposition/Acid rain 酸雨Ozone depletion 臭氧层损耗 第7页/共36页 Text I第8页/共36页Read Text I Skimming In 2 minutesThe main id

3、ea ? More climate negotiations are needed.第9页/共36页Read Text I ScanningWithin 9 minutes exercise on page 39-40第10页/共36页Third ReadingStructure (5 minutes)第11页/共36页Structure Part 1 (Para1-2): The pace of progress on climate change is still too slow. Part 2 (Para3-8): Two disturbing trends of climate ne

4、gotiations are expressed. Part 3 (Para9-13): Negotiations on global climate agreements are critically important.第12页/共36页What are the two disturbing trends?1. the impacts of climate change 2. the worlds ongoing dependence on fossil fuels第13页/共36页The Kyoto Protocol (Line 6)京都协定书京都协定书The Kyoto Protoco

5、l was negotiated in December 1997 at the city of Kyoto, Japan and came into force February 16th, 2005. “The Kyoto Protocol is a legally binding agreement under which industrialized countries will reduce their collective emissions of greenhouse gases by 5.2% compared to the year 1990. The goal is to

6、lower overall emissions from six greenhouse gases.” - United Nations Environment Program第14页/共36页Greenhouse gas (Line 13) 温室气体指的是大气中能吸收地面反射的太阳辐射，并重新发射辐射的一些气体，如水蒸气、二氧化碳、大部分制冷剂等。它们的作用是使地球表面变得更暖，类似于温室截留太阳辐射，并加热温室内空气的作用。这种温室气体使地球变得更温暖的影响称为“温室效应” Greenhouse Effect 第15页/共36页京都议定书中规定控制的6种温室气体为：二氧化碳（CO ）、甲烷

7、（CH ）、氧化亚氮（N O）、氢氟碳化合物（HFCs） 、全氟碳化合物（PFCs）、六氟化硫（SF6）第16页/共36页Super Typhoon Bopha 第17页/共36页Climate Change Conferences第18页/共36页第19页/共36页Useful Words and expressions Unsustainable (Line 22)Displaced (Line 24)Transparency (Line 66)Accountability (Line 66)Fossil fuels Greenhouse gas emissions第20页/共36页 Pl

8、ease find the full names of the following organizations in Text I and translate them. NOAA 美国国家海洋和大气管理局 WB 世界银行 WRI 世界资源研究所 IEA 国际能源署/国际能源机构第21页/共36页Word Search1. track n.2. succession n. in succession3. wither v.4. vulnerability n. vulnerable adj. 5. momentum n. 第22页/共36页Word Search6. latitude/ ltt

9、jud; US -tud/ n. longitude/ lndtjud; US -tud/ n.7. altitude / lttjud; US -tud /n. synonym: elevation8. monsoon/ mnsun/ n. 9. drain v.10. precaution n. 第23页/共36页Section BSection B第24页/共36页 Sandstorm第25页/共36页face maskfeather duster第26页/共36页Haze第27页/共36页PM2.5 Particulate Matter2.5 大气中直径小于或等于2.5微米的颗粒物，也

10、称为可入肺颗粒物 Particle pollution or particulate matter is another measure of pollutants in the air and is commonly stated as PM2.5 or PM10 The Heart Association estimates that in the United States alone, PM2.5 air pollution causes some 60, 000 deaths a year.第28页/共36页第29页/共36页Indian summer: a period of un

11、usual warm weather in autumn, not long before winter.第30页/共36页Section C1 5: T T F T F6-10: T F T T T第31页/共36页tropical climates 热带气候 subtropical climates 亚热带气候mid-latitude climates中纬度气候high-latitude climates高纬度气候high-altitude climates 高海拔气候第32页/共36页Translation of some Expressions in Text II 降雨量the amount of rainfall 热带雨林tropical rain forest 热带草原气候tropical wet-and-dry climate / tropical savanna climate 热带沙漠气候tropical desert climate第33页/共36页 地中海气候Mediterranean climate 西风westerly winds 用材林ti