1、Unit 2 The Environment Readingzxxk精品课件zxxk精品课件What are they doing?zxxk精品课件Pre-readingFrom the title“The economy or the environmentmust we choose”,what can you get?zxxk精品课件Go through the speech quickly and answer questions in Part A1.What side does Mr.Lin Shuiqing and Mr.Qian Liwei each represent?Mr.
2、Lin Shuiqing represents the environment and Mr.Qian Liwei represents the economy.2.By how many times has the worlds population increased since 1800?Six times.3.According to Mr.Qian Liwei,what should be done to factories that pollute the environment?They should have to pay higher taxes.Fast readingzx
3、xk精品课件Reading for main idea1.What is the text about?2.Whats Lin Shuiqings opinion?3.Whats Qian liweis opinion?A debate about“the economy or the environmentmust we choose?”Developing economy damages the environment.Economic development is not really bad for environment.zxxk精品课件Careful readingRead the
4、 speech carefully,and answer the following questions.1.How many ways our environment is damaged are mentioned in the text?2.What does Lin Shuiqing think about it?3.What does he suggest people do?Three.Industrial waste,fishing and populationIts awful.Cut back on production,recycling,environmentally f
5、riendly ways of livingzxxk精品课件1.Why does Qian Liwei say that economic development is not really bad for environment?2.What does he suggest people do?Factories and economy,people are more importantRecycling,laws,taxeszxxk精品课件Put the subjects each speaker talks about in the correct order.Lin Shuiqingr
6、ecycling industrial wastepopulationfishingwater pollutionproduction145326zxxk精品课件Qian Liweitaxesrecyclingfactoriesproductionlaws31245zxxk精品课件Careful readingSpeakersPoints they presentReasons they provide to convince youLin Shuiqing(an environmentalist)industrialwastewater pollutionfishingpopulationp
7、roductionrecyclingzxxk精品课件Lin Shuiqing Lin Shuiqing industrial wasteCareful readingMany places have been destroyed.Many plants and animals have died.Factories produce large amounts of poisonous chemicals,the waste of which goes into the air and makes us sick.Rivers are full of chemicals which flow i
8、nto the Sea and kill sea creatures.water pollutionzxxk精品课件fishing Fishing boats catch large numbers of fish without giving them time to lay eggs.populationThe worlds population has grown to more than six times what is was in 1800.the figure is now approaching 6.5 billion people.zxxk精品课件It would be b
9、eneficial to expand our recycling industry,and teach people about environmentally friendly ways of living.We may even create more jobs and help the economy at the same time.recyclingproductionPeople should try to cut back on production and rescue the amount of things they make and buy.zxxk精品课件Speake
10、rsPoints they presentReasons they provide to convince youQian Liwei(an economist)factoriesproductionrecyclinglawstaxeszxxk精品课件factoriesThere are many factories and industries which control the amount of pollution they produce,and are very careful to spend money repairing any damage they cause.The pe
11、ople running these factories are very concerned about the environment.Qian Liwei Qian Liwei productionIf we cut back on the amount of things we produce in order to save the environment,then jobs will be lost.People are more important than fish and trees.zxxk精品课件We should produce more things from rec
12、ycled materials,and less from materials taken directly from the environment.recyclinglawswe need more effective laws to preserve the environment,which still allow the economy to grow.This includes more inspections to control how many trees are cut down and how many fish boats can catch.zxxk精品课件taxes
13、Factories which pollute the environment should have to pay higher taxes.zxxk精品课件Reading strategy:reading a debateSpeakers in a debate will represent opposite views on the subject being discussed.*We should not make a final decision until you have read or listened to both sides completelyand understo
14、od all of the arguments.zxxk精品课件ConsolidationFinish the speech with the words in the box on page 25industry population waste economy responsibility reduce recycled Earthpollution environment zxxk精品课件My aim in life is to save the for future generations.I want to become an environmentalist after I fin
15、ish school.Too many people think that cannot be stopped if we want the to continuedeveloping.But that is ridiculous.We can dangerous and dirty from factories if we aresmart about what we buy.I want to teach people to buyproducts.The production of recycled things is muchbetter for the environment,bec
16、ause it means we do notneed to cut down more trees and cause the destructionof more forests.The will still grow,but Earth willnot have to suffer.industry population waste economy responsibility reduce recycled Earthpollution environment environmentpollutioneconomyreducewasterecycledindustryzxxk精品课件W
17、e 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 producingmore rubbish.What if we run out of space?If we all worktogether,we can solve these problems and keep clean and healthy.industry population waste economy responsibility reduce recycled Earthpollution environment responsibilityEarthpopulationzxxk精品课件zxxk精品课件1.Retell the speech 2.Finish the relevant exercises in your Unit Revision.zxxk精品课件zxxk精品课件
