高中英语牛津版必修五Unit2TheEnvironmentTask

Unit2TheEnvironment-Task

Teachingaims:

Learnhowtodesignaposter.

Cultivatethestudents’abilitiesoflistening,readingandspeaking..Difficult&Importantpoints:

Listenanddrawconclusions

Readforinformation

PresentyourpointofviewTeachingmethods:Task-basedteaching,Practice

Teachingaids:Aprojector.

Acomputer.Procedure:Step1Leadin

Environmentprotectionisveryimportant,soweshoulddoourbesttoprotectit.

Thenaskstudentswhatwecando.

Wecandesignaposttoeducatepeople.Howdowedesignaposter.

Step2Skillsbuilding1Listeninganddrawingconclusions

Whenyoudrawconclusions,youthinkaboutasituationandthe

informationyouhave,andtrytodecidewhatitmeans.Sometimesalltheinformationyouneedaboutasubjectisnotincludedinthesourceyouarelisteningto.Thisiswhenyoumustdrawaconclusion.Forexample:

Ifyouhear’YetanotherskyscraperhasbeenbuiltinShanghai.

Whatcanyouconclude?

TherearealreadysomeskyscrapersinShanghai.

Ifyouhearthefollowingdialogue

Man:Thetrainisgoingtobelatetoday.

Woman:I’mnotsurprised.

?Whatcanyouconclude?

Thetrainisoftenlate.Practice

A.Listentotheseshortdescriptionsfromnewsreportsanddrawa

conclusionaboutwhatkindofnaturaldisasteroccurredineach

situation.

B.Listentothenewsreportanddecideifeachconclusionbelowis

logical.Ifitis,tick(√)thebox

1.Thefireshavebeenburningforquitesometime.

2.Manypeoplehavelosttheirhomes.

3.ThepolicesuspectcitizensofLosAngeleshelpedstartthefires.

4.Thereporterthinksitisverysadthatoldtreeswillbeburnt.

5.Thefiredepartmenthasgivenuphopeofstoppingthefires.

Step1:listeningtoalecture

poster,youmustlearnaboutdesertification.Listentoyourteacher

lectureandcollectinformationaboutyourtopic.

?1.Whatis

desertification?_________________________________

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2.Wheredoesithappen?_________________________________

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3.Howarepeopleaffectedbyit?___________________________

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?4.Whydoesit

happen?___________________________________

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5.Whoshouldbeconcerned?______________________________

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Checkyourunderstandingofwhatyouhavejustheard.Readthefollowingstatementsandmatchthemwiththeconclusionsthatcanbe

madefromthem.

1.Yourteacherwantsyoutohelpeducatepeopleaboutdesertification.

2.Adesertisanareaofdryland.Desertificationiswhatwecallitwhenlandturnsintodesert.

3.Peopleplantthingswithoutgivingthelandachancetorest.

4.Thewindcarriessandfromthedesertstothecities,causingairpollution.

a.Theending–ificationmeansaprocess.

b.Onewaytostopdesertificationistoallowthelandachancetorestbetweenplantings.

c.Somepeoplebecomeillafterbreathingthisair.

d.Manypeoplearoundtheworlddonotknowaboutdesertification.

Step3skillbuilding2

Readingforinformation

Whenwereadforinformation,welookforspecificinformationthatweneed.Wereaddifferentsourcestofinddifferenttypesofinformation.Weoftenscanthetextwhilelookingforthespecificinformationthatwerequire.

A.Inpairs,thinkofreasonswhyyoumightwanttoreadthefollowing.

1.anewspaper

a_________________

b_________________

2.aplaneticket

a_________________

b_________________

3.amagazine

a_________________

b_________________

4.awebsite

a_________________

b_________________

5.abustimetable

a_________________

b_________________

6.anadvertisement

a_________________

b_________________

B.Readthefollowingfromanewspaperandunderlinetheinformationwhichanswersthequestionsthatfollow.

Youfoundthisarticleaboutdesertificationduringyourresearch..Readitandunderlineallofsolutionstodesertificationitmentions.

B.Yourteacherhasaskedyoutoincludealistofthreethingsstudentscandotohelpstopdesertificationinyourposter.Workingroupsandwriteyouranswersinthespacebelow.

1.

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2.

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3.

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Step4Skillsbuilding3

Presentingyourpointofview

Whenyoupresentyourpointofview,youusuallywantpeopletoacceptyourideas.Therearecertainthingsyoucandotomakewhatyousaymorepolitesothatpeoplewillbemore

likelytoagreewithyou.

Youcanusethesewordstohelpyouintroduceyourpointofview:

?Ithink/believethat

?Frommypointofviewitseemsthat

?Itseemstomethat

PersonallyIagree/disagreebecause

Usethesewordstoexplainyourpointofview:

?becauseasaresultof

?duetoonaccountof

A.Matchthebeginningofeachsentenceintheleft-handcolumnwithanappropriateendingintheright-handcolumn.Writethecorrectlettersintheblanks.

1.

Ibelievethatthings

costmoreincities.

2.

Asaresultoflastyear

’spoor

testscores,

Thiswinterhasbeenverycold;

Personally,IagreewithWeiLi

Idisagreewiththatscorebecause

Itseemstomethatduetohismistakea.studentsarebeinggivenmorehomework.b.becauseIthinkshehastherightidea.

c.becauseofthehigherwagespeoplemake.

d.thereforeIhavewornmydowncoateveryday.

e.wewillallgetintrouble.

f.theresultIgotwasmuchhigher.

B.Discussthislistofthingspeoplecandotohelptheenvironment.

Rankthemintheorderfrommostimportant(1)toleastimportant(8).

Turnoffthetapwhenyouarecleaningyourteeth.

Recyclepaperandglass.

Useunleadedpetrolincars.

Walkorcycleeverywhere.

Turnoffthelightswhenyouarenotinaroom.

Takeabagwithyouwhenyougoshopping.

Getsomethingrepairedratherthanbuyanewone.

Usebothsidesofasheetofpaper.

Youinterviewedseveralexpertsondesertification,Readtheirviewpointsanddiscusswhichoneyouagreewithandwhichoneyourgroupplanstofocusitsposteron.

B.Youhavedecidedtofocusonthefollowingareasinyourposter.

Discussthequestionsbelowwithyourgro