unit9savingtheearth 1briefstatementsbased0ntheunit inthisunit,sswilldosomelisteningspeaking,readingandwritingpracticealso,theywilllearntousetheinversioninthefirstperiod,sswi1limprovetheirspeakingabilitybytalkingaboutnatureecologyandtheenvironmentandtheywilllistentosomelisteningmaterialaboutourenvironmentafterthestudyofthisperiod,theywillimprovetheirspeakingandlisteningabilitiesandalsoknowsomethingabouttheproblemsfacingtheearthinthesecondperiod,sswillreadapassageabouttheearthsummitfromthepassagesswillknowmoreabouttheimportanceofprotectingourearthinthethirdperiodsswillstudythegrammaritem:inversionafterdoingsomeexercisesprovidedinthisperiodandwiththehelpoftheteacher,sswillknowhowtousetheinversionteachermayprovidemoreexercisesforsstoconsolidateifnecessaryinthelastperiod,sswilllistentotwospeechesfromtheearthsummitandfinishthepracticeprovidedinthefirstpartsswillknowmoreabouttheearthsummitandimprovetheirlisteningabilityinthewritingpart,sswillimprovetheirwritingabilitybywritinganevaluationparagraphwiththehelpofsomegivenexpressionsafterthestudyofthisunitsswillknowhowtosupportanopinion,andtheywillknowmoreaboutenvironmentprotectiontheywillknowthatifallofusmakesmallchangeswecouldmakeabigdifferencetheywilldomoretoprotectourearth iiteachinggoals 1talkaboutnatureecologyandthe、environment 2practisesupportinganopinion 3learntouseinversion 4writeanevaluationparagraph iiiteachingtime:fiveperiods ivbackgroundinformation 1protecttheozonelayer inthemiddleofwinter,whensnowisfallinginmanypartsoftheunitedstates, scientistshavesoundedawarningtopeoplewhoplantospendmanyhoursinthesunthissummerthewarning:thesunssummertimeraysaremoredangerousthanonce thought ateamofscientistsfrom80nationsrecentlyreportedtotheunitednationsthatalayerofozoneintheatmosphere,whichprotectshumansfromharmfullevelsofultravioletradiation,willbethinnerovertheunitedstatesthissummerthethinner1ayerallowsmoreultravioletraysfromthesuntoreachtheearththeextraamountofultravioletradiationcouldcauseanincreaseinthenumberofcasesofskincancer scientistsfirstbecameconcernedabouttheozonelayerinthemid1980swhenaholewasdiscoveredinthelayeraboveantarcticaduringthewintertheholewascausedbychemicalsusedinrefrigeratorsandairconditionerswhenthesechemicalsaresentoutintotheatmosphere,theyproducegasesthatdestroytheozone concernabouttheprotectiveozonelayerrosemorerecentlywhendatafromsatellitesandgroundstationsshowedthatozonelevelsweredroppingoverareasotherthanantarcticalowozonelevelswererecordedinthespringandsummerovertheunitedstatesandoverotherpopulatedareasintheworld althoughmanycountrieshavealreadybegunstoppingtheuseorozonedestroying chemicals,thenewfindingsareexpectedtoadvancethetimetableforatotalbanofthechemicals 2pollution peopletodayallovertheworldarebeginningtohearandlearnmoreandmoreabouttileproblemofpollutionpollutioniscausedeitherbytherelease(排放)ofcompletelynewandoftenartificialsubstancesintotheenvironment,orbyreleasinggreatlyincreasedamountsofanaturalsubstancesuchasoilfromoiltankersintotheseawiththedevelopmentofmodernindustry,manyofthegoodsandmachinesweneedanduseinourdailylivesarecreatinganumberofwasteproductswhichupsettheenvironmentbalancemanyofthesewasteproductscanbepreventedifpeoplepaymoreattention,butclearlywhilemoreandmorenewgoodsareproducedandmadecomplex,therewillbenewdangerouswastestobethrownaway,forexample,thewasteproductsfromnuclearpowerstationsmanypeople,therefore,seepollutionasonlypartofalargerandmorecomplexproblem thereisnodoubtthatmuchofthepollutioncausedcouldbecontrolledifonlycompanies,drinksareincreasinglysoldinbottlesortimeswhichcannotbereusedthisnotonlycausesalitterproblem,butalsoisagreatwasteofresources,intermsofglass,metalsandpaper advertisinghashelpedthisprocessbypersuadingmanyofusnotonlytobuythingsweneitherwantnorneedbutalsotothrowawaymuchofwhatwedobuypollutionandwastecombinetobeaproblemeveryonecanhelptosolvebycuttingunnecessarybuying,overconsumptionandcarelessreleaseoftheproductsweuseinourdailylives thefirstperiod teachingaims: 1。trainthestudents’listeningability 2。improvethestudens’speakingabilitybytalkingaboutnatureecologyandtheenvironment 3。learnandmastersomeusefulexpressionsforsupportinganopinion 4。helpthestudentstoknowsomethingaboutthepollution teachingimportantpoints: 1improvethestudents’speakingability 2improvethestudents’listeningability 3helpthestudentstolearntosupportanopinion teachingdifficultpoints: 1howtoimprovethestudents’speakingandlisteningabilities teachingmethods 1listeningandansweringactivitytohelpthestudentsgothroughthelisteningmaterial 2discussiontomakethestudentspracticesupportinganopinion 3inpidual,pairorgroupworktomakeeverystudentworkinclass teachingaids: 1themultimedia 2ataperecorder 3theblackboard teachingprocedures: stepigreetings greetthewholeclassasusual stepiiwarmingup (showthepicturesonthescreen) t:lookatthesepictures。howbeautifultheyare!doyouwanttopayavisitto theseplaces? ss:yes t:butinsomeplaces,it’snotsobeautifullookatthepicturesplease (showthefollowingpicturesonthescreen) t:whatcanyouseeinthepictures? s:1canseeariver,whichispollutedtheriverwaterisverydirty s:icanseesmokecomingfrommanychimneys,andtheairisdarktheairispolluted t:goodwhichproblemdoyouthinkisthebiggestonefacingtheearth? s:ithinkitisthewaterpollution t:whydoyouthinkso? s: therefore,manypeoplewillgetsickit’sterrible t:verygoodwhohasadifferentopinion? s:ithinktheairpollutionisthebiggestproblembecauseiftheairispolluted,therewillnotbecleanairforustobreatheeverybodywillgetterriblediseases t:quiterightnow,whocantelluswhatcausestheseproblems? s:ithinkitisbecausepeoplepaynoattentiontoourenvironmenttheypour wastewaterintorivers,1akesandseaswithoutcleaningit s:theairpollutioniscausedbythefactoriespeoplebuildfactoriestodevelop theindustry,buttheyneverpayattentiontocontrollingthepollutionthe harmfulsmokeshouldbemadeharmlessbeforeitgoesintotheair,butfew factorieswouldliketodosobecausethiswillcostmuch t:verygoodnow,whoknowswhatwecandotosolvetheseproblems? s:ithinkourgovernmentshouldpaymoreattentiontoenvironmentalprotectiontheyshouldcheckthefactoriesasoftenaspossibletomakesuretheydon’tpourwastewaterintoriversorlakesandmakesuretheydon’tlet harmfulsmokegointotheair t:goodideanow,pleaseopenyourbooksandturntopage65therearesixpicturesinwarmingupwehavejusttalkedabouttwoofthemnow,workingroupsoffourtotalkabouttheotherpicturesanswerthequestionsbelowthepictures (awhile1ater,asksomestudentstoactout) stepiiipreparationforlisteningandlistening t:verygoodithinkyou’reknownsomethingaboutourenvironment。 now,pleaseturntopage66lookatthepictureinlisteningwhatcanyousee? ss:apersonismakingaspeechtotheaudience t:canyouguesswhatspeechsheisgiving? ss:maybeaboutourearth t:oknow,let’slistentothetapei’llplayittwiceforyoulistencarefully toanswerthequestionsinpart1 (playthetapetwiceforsstolistenandwritedowntheiranswersthenasksomestudentstoreadouttheiranswerscheckwiththewholeclasstheteachersaysthefollowing) t:goodyou’redoneverywellbutfromthepassageweknowthatshehasn’tfinishedherspeechwhatdoyouthinkshewi1lsaynext?haveashortdiscussioninpairsplease(sshaveashortdiscussionandthentheteacherasksoneortwopairstosaytheiranswers)welldonenow1et’slistentothesecondpartlistencarefullytooutlinethespeaker’stwoarguments。fillinthetableinpart2areyouready? ss:yes t:oklet’sbegin (playthetapetwiceforsstolistenandwritedowntheiranswerspausethetapeifnecessary。thenaskseveralstudentstoreadouttheiranswers) t:now,let’slistentothetapeagaintocheckyouranswers(playthetapeoncemoreandthenchecktheanswerswiththewholeclass)goodp1easethinkaboutwhatthespeakerwillsaynextyoucallusewhatyouhaveheardonthetapetopredictwhatwillcomenextmakeanoutlineliketheoneinthetableandthenwritedownwhatyouthinkthespeakerwillsayyoucanworkinpairsorgroupsoffourasyoulike (amoment1ater,asksomestudentstoreadouttheirparagraphsandcomparedifferentspeechestochoosethebestone) stepspeaking t:welldone!we’vetalkedmuchaboutpollutionweknowthatpollutionisabigproblemfacingtheearthbutwhycan’twestopthepollution?whydoesn’tourgovernmentshutdownthefactoriesthatpollutetheenvironmentbadly?whoknows? s:ithinkourgovernmentmusthaveitsownopinionmaybetheythinkthefactoriesaremoreimportantthantheenvironmentbecausethegovernmentcangetlotsofmoneyfromfactoriesiftheyshutthefactoriesdown,itwillnotbeabletogetsomuchmoneyandthisisnotgoodforthedevelopmentofthecityortown。 t:yesdifferentpeoplehavedifferentopinionstheymaynotagreewithoneanothersosometimesit’sveryhardtomakeadecisionandtomakeachangeforexample,weknowthatcoalisavaluableresourcethatcanbeusedtoproduceenergy,butitalsocausesseriouspollutionwhatshouldwedowithit?(ssmayhavevariousanswers)yousee,youdon’tagreewitheachothernow,weneedtohaveameetingtodiscussthisproblempleaseworkingroupsoffiveyoushouldplaydifferentroles:abusinessmanascientist。alocalcitizen,anenvironmentalistandalocalleaderdifferentpeoplehavedifferentopinions (everypersonhashisherownopinion)pleasediscusstheissuefirstand thenthelocalleadershouldsummariseandmakeadecisionyoucanhavealookatthetableandtheusefulexpressionsinspeakingpartbeforeyoubeginyourdiscussionthey’reveryhelpful (givethestudentsenoughtimetohaveadiscussionandthenaskthestudentswhoplaytheroleofthelocalleadertoreadouttheirdecisionscomparethemandchoosethebestdecision) sampledialogue: a:todayweareheretodecidewhetherweshouldburnthecoalpleasetellus whateveryouthink b:ithinkweshouldburnthecoal1fwedon’tburnitnow,maybeitwillbe uselessinthefuture,newenergywi1lbeusedinsteadofcoal,suchassolarenergy c:butburningcoalcausestoomuchpollutiontoourenvironment1tpollutestheairbadly。ifnothingisdonetostopitspollutiontoourearth,thenwewill havenofreshairtobreathe d:yes,iquiteagreeithinkweshouldn’tburnthecoalnow。itwouldbebetter ifwespendmoremoneyonsciencetofindabetterwayofusingthecoalonce weknowhowtoburnitwithoutpollutingtheenvironment,wecanmakefulluseofit e:thatsoundsquitereasonable,butit’sclearthatifwewanttodevelopourareaassoonaspossible,weneedmoneyhowcanwegetmoney?wecanonlyburnthecoaltomakethefactoriesworktomakemoneyifwestopusingthecoalnow,howshallwecontinueourproductionanddevelopment? a:okallthatyousaidarereasonableibelievethatwemusttryourbestto findabetterwaytousethecoalmeanwhile,wemustmakesurethatthefactorieswhichburnthecoaltakemeasurestostoppollutingtheenvironment stepvsummaryandhomework t:welldoneafterclass,pleasewritedownyourdialogueinyourexercisebooktodaywe’vetalkedaboutourenvironmentweknowthattherearesomebigproblemsfacingourearthwemusttrytodowhatwecantoprotecttheearthbesideswe’vepracticedsupportinganopinionwhocancometotheblackboardandwritedowntheusefulexpressionswe’vepracticedjustnow? (astudentwritesthemdownontheblackboardifthisstudentcantwriteallofthem,theteachermayaskanotherstudenttowritetheotherexpressions) t:verygoodafterclass,youneedpractisemoretomasterthembetter。that’sa11fortodayseeyoutomorrow! ss:seyoutomorrow! stepvithedesignofthewritingontheblackboard unit9savingtheearth thefirstperiod usefulexpressions: wemustmakesurethat it’sclearthat ibelievethatwemust i’mallfor ifnothingisdone,then icantimaginethat surecertainlyabsolutely itwouldbebetterifwe isthereabetterwayto steprecordafterteaching