1、Unit 8 Save Our WorldLesson 43 Lets Clean Up!When you see a lot garbage in your schoolyard,how do you feel?Do you know about Word Environment Day?What is it?How do you feel when you see these?1972年6月5日联合国在瑞典首都斯德哥尔摩召开了联合国人类环境会议，会议通过了 人类环境宣言，并提出将每年的6月5曰定为“世界环境日”。同年10月，第27届联合国大会通过决议接受了该建议。世界环境日（World E
2、nvironment Day)是联合国促进全球环境意识、提高政府对环境问题的注意并采取行动的主要媒 介之一。联合国系统和各国政府每年都在6月5曰 Do you know about Word Environment Day?这一天开展各项活动来宣传与强调保护和改善人类环境的重要性。联合国环境规划署每年6月5日选择一个成员国举行“世界环境日”纪念活动，发表环境现状的年度报告及表彰“全球500佳”，并根据当年的世界主要环境问题及环境特点，有针对性地制定每年的“世界环境日”主题。世界环境日的意义在于提醒全世界注意地球状况和人类活动对环境的危害。要求联合国系统和各国政府在这一天开展各种活动来强调保护和
3、改善人类环境的重要性。Words&expressionsListen to the dialogue.Its noon.Jenny,Brian and Danny are outside in the schoolyard.Jenny:Todays June 5.Its World Environment Day!Brian:Its a special day to draw peoples attention to the environment.What shall we do today?Look at all of this rubbish!Danny:What does“rubbis
4、h”mean?I dont know that word.Brian:It means“garbage”in American English.Danny:Oh,I see.Theres a lot of rubbish in the schoolyard.We should pick up the garbage!Jenny:Lets do it now.Danny:It would take too long.There are only three of us!Jenny:Were studying pollution in class this week.Garbage is a ty
5、pe of pollution.This could be a class project!We can ask our classmates to help us.Brian:Good idea.Each student could clean up a bit of the schoolyard.We would finish cleaning in an hour!(Jenny explains the plan to the class.All the students agree to help.They wear gloves and carry brown bags.They b
6、egin to pick up the garbage.)Jenny:Danny,you lost your homework,right?I think I found it!Look at this piece of paper!Danny:Oh no!Language points1.Its a special day to draw peoples attention to the environment.这是吸引人们关注环境的一个特殊的日子。draw ones attention to 表示“吸引的关注到”，to为介词，后边只能跟名词、代词和 动名词。例如：She drew my a
7、ttention to a mistake in the report.她把我的注意力吸引到报告中的一个错误上。Could you draw your attention to listening to my lecture?你能集中注意力听我的讲座吗？2.Look at all of this rubbish!看看这所有的垃圾！rubbish意思是“垃圾”，同义词是garbage和 litter,它们都是不可数名词。There is a pile of rubbish in the corner of the street.在街道的拐角处有一堆垃圾.3.We should pick up t
8、he garbage!我们应该捡起那 些垃圾！pick up是动词短语，在本句中的意思是“拾起，捡起”。如果宾语是代词，应该放在中间。例如：He picked up a piece of paper and put it into the dustbin.他捡起一张纸放垃圾箱。He found a letter on the ground and picked it up.他发现地上有封信，把它捡了起来。另外，pick up还可以表示“(顺便用车)来接；不经意间学会”。例如：Ill pick you up at five this afternoon.今天下午 5 点我开车去接你。I pick
9、ed up some French when I visited France last year.我去年去法国玩的时候，顺便学会了一些法语。4.Each student could clean up a bit of the schoolyard.每个学生能清理一小块儿校园。clean up意思是“清理，打扫”。例如：Wed better clean up the dirty parts of the glass before mum comes back.我们最好在妈妈回来之 前把脏玻璃擦干净。a bit of=a little,意思是“少数，一点儿”，修饰不可数名词。例如：There i
10、s a little/a bit of water in the bottle.瓶子里有一点儿水。Could you pass me a little/a bit of salt?你能递给我一点儿盐吗？a bit=a little,意思是“一点儿”，修饰形容词或副词，表示程度轻，还可以表达为a little bit。例如：Its a bit cold today.今天有点儿冷。I think the first unit is a little bit difficult.我认为第 一单元有点难。5.Jenny explains the plan to the class.詹妮把她的 计划解释
11、给全班同学。explain为动词，意思是“解释”，常用结构 为：explain sth.to sb.例如：Could you explainthe meaning of this sentence to us?你能给我们解释一下这句话的意思吗？He explained many times what he wanted to do,but nobody believed him.他解释了很多次他想做什 么，但是没有人相信他。Read the lesson and write true(T)or false(F).Lets Do It!11.Jenny,Brian and Danny are g
12、oing to do something on World Environment Day.()2.They are studying geography this week.()3.They are going to pick up the garbage on the street.()4.Jenny found Dannys homework.()TFFT1.Where are they talking?In the market.In the schoolyard.2.What are they talking about?Picking up garbage.Playing socc
13、er.3.What is the class project about?Environment.Pollution.Listen to the dialogue and tick the correct answers.2 Complete the dialogue with the correct forms of the words in the box.3 Jeff:Look at the sky!Its always grey.We cant even see the sky clearly.Marina:If this goes on,the birds will fly away
14、 and never come back.Jeff:Our river used to be very clean.But now look at the water!There is too much _ left by the factories.pollution rubbish schoolyard agree clean attentionrubbishMarina:If this goes on,the fish will die.People should do something to stop the _.Jeff:OK.We would finish cleaning in
15、 an hour!Jeff:I _.Lets do something to draw peoples _ to this problem.How about putting up a poster?Marina:Good idea.Jeff,I think our _ is also quite dirty.Lets call our classmates to help clean it before the new term starts.Jeff:OK.We could finish _ in an hour!pollution agreeattentionschoolyard cle
16、aningclean up draw ones attention pick upa bit of打扫；把打扫干净引起的注意捡起；拿起一点儿Exercise1.There are lots of garbage in his room.2.Dont worry.Ill be back in a hour.3.Look at the rubbish.Please pick up them.4.Id like a bit bread.5.There is little milk in the glass,isnt there?6.Do you think we would finish to cl
17、ean in half an hour.7.There is many rubbish in the school yard.8.How can we do with the rubbish?_an _pick it up_isa bit of_is_cleaning_much_WhatCorrect the mistakes:Fill in each blank1.There is a lot of _(rubbish)in the yard.2.Garbage is a type of _(pollute).3.Remember _(turn)off the light when you
18、leave the classroom.4.-What are you doing now?-We _(study)pollution in class.5.Can you finish _(build)the house before summer?6.It took them half an hour _(clean)the classroom.7.What a nice day!It would be fun _(fly)a kite.8.Lets _(get)to work.rubbishpollutionto turnare studyingbuildingto cleanto flygetHomework1994 One Earth,One Family1997 For Life on Earth2002 Give Earth a Chance2005 Green Cities Plan for the Planet2011 Forests:Nature at Your Service2012 Green Economy Does It Include You?Each world Environment Day has a theme.Here are some examples.Can you think of your own theme for it?
