Unit 2 The Environment

1. Unit 2 The Environment Reading

2. the environment The economy or must we choose?

3. 1.What are the environmental problems in your living surroundings? 2.Do you think a healthy environment is important for human beings? Why?

4. Some kinds of pollution In China millions of tons of household wastes are produced everyday.

5. Air pollution We can always see heavy smoke piped from the tall and ugly chimneys. The automobiles are piping out all kinds of waste gas into the atmosphere.

6. Deforestation Many tropical rain forests were cut down in order to be developed into farmlands. A photo from the Amazon drainage area.

7. Sandstorm It looks like something like a bomb exploding not far away. Everything was covered with sands.

8. Water pollution caused by chemicals Huai River in china Michigan Lake in USA

9. An earthquake

10. The impact on human beings Many children suffer hunger. Because of pollution many children were born abnormal.

12. Which ones are caused by nature and which ones are caused by man? Rubbish, smoke, cutting, water pollution are caused by man and the others by nature.

13. Unit 2 Reading The economy orthe environment must we choose? A debate between an environmentalist and an economist

14. ? Have you ever seen a debate or even taken part in a debate? Do you know something about debates?

15. If you want to know more information on the problem, please read the text. The economy or the environment— must we choose?

16. Reading strategy: reading a debate • What is the order of a debate? 1. One side: present their points first 2. The other side: follow and present their points 3. Have a discussion Speakers in a debate will represent opposite views.

17. The order of the debate: Lin Shuiqing presents his points. Qian Liwei presents his points. Open discussion.

18. Reading strategy: reading a debate • What are the basic elements in a debate? Clear views Debate Persuasive language Convincing evidence Support your own idea only follow a certain order for the speakers

19. Fast reading What side does Mr Lin Shuiqing and Mr Qian Liwei each represent? Mr lin represents the society for Environment Preservation while Mr Qian， an economist.

20. Detailed reading 1.. What does Lin Shuiqing start his speech by talking about? He starts his speech by talking about the way large areas of the world are damaged by industrial waste. 2.. According to Mr. Lin Shuiqing, what is happening to large amounts of fish? They are being caught by fishing boats before they can lay eggs.

21. 3.. What does Lin Shuiqing think we should teach people about? He thinks we should teach people about environmentally friendly ways of living.

22. Detailed reading Put the subjects each speaker talks about in the correct order. Qian Liwei taxes ___ recycling ___ factories ___ production ___ laws ___ Lin Shuiqing recycling ___ industrial waste ___ population ___ fishing ___ water pollution ___ production ___ 6 5 1 3 5 1 4 2 3 4 2

23. healthy stable ●3. ________ the amount of pollution Control factories & industries repairing ● Spend money4. _________ the damage ●Be5 _______ about the environment concerned recycled directly Suggestions effective preserve polluting taxes

24. Lin Shuiqing’s speech industrial waste large areas of the world be damaged by______________ place animals have died be destroyed atmosphere make us sick Factories produce poisonous chemicals water sea kill sea creatures be wiped out by fishing boats catch fish without giving them time to lay eggs a lasting effect upon the number of fish more people 6.5 billion more land more food =

25. Suggestions in Lin Shuiqing’s speech cut back on production reduce the amount of things recycling environmentally friendly ways of living

26. Qian Liwei’s speech as an economist be seen as being against the environment clouds of dirty smoke factories a pipe pouring chemical waste into a river escape from the responsibilities to the environment businessmen money economic development is ____for the environment bad control the amount of pollution factories & industries spend money repairing the damage very concerned about the environment cut back on amount of things lose the jobs

27. more from recycled materials less directly from the environment do harm to the environment have to pay to do it the key to helping both sides recycling produce more effective laws preserve the environment higher taxes Mr Qian Liwei’s suggestions

28. Your opinion ?

29. What can we do in our daily life in order to protect the environment?

30. Using handkerchief instead of the paper napkin. Using paper bag instead of plastic bag. Do not use one-off chopsticks. Throw cans, bottles, paper and plastic into the dustbin. …

31. Consolidation Finish the speech with the words in the box industry population waste economy responsibility reduce recycled Earth pollution environment

32. industry population waste economy responsibility reduce recycled Earth pollution environment environment My aim in life is to save the for future generations. I want to become an environmentalist after I finish school. Too many people think that cannot be stopped if we want the to continue developing. But that is ridiculous. We can dangerous and dirty from factories if we are smart about what we buy. I want to teach people to buy products. The production of recycled things 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 will still grow, but Earth will not have to suffer. pollution economy reduce waste recycled industry

33. industry population waste economy responsibility reduce recycled Earth pollution environment We should also pay attention to what we eat. People should take for not buying certain kinds of fish, because there are not many left in the ocean. we also have a problem with . 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 clean and healthy. responsibility population Earth

34. Go on with the debate Vs Group A Group B

35. Homework • Retell the speech • Finish the relevant exercises in your Unit Revision.

36. Thank you