1、单元课时1（教师版）课题：Welcome to the unit 设计老师：教学目标：Encourage students to fully participate in the discussion about these environmental problems and what they can do for the environment.教学流程： 导读On the Relationship between Environment and EconomyIn the early development of socialism, our country didnt pay muc
2、h attention to the issue of environmental protection and savored the bitterness. Now, the government has taken many measures and is implementing the strategy of “sustainable development”. One aspect fo the strategy is to develop the economy and take measures to protect the environment at the same ti
3、me. In this way, we can develop our country in a sustainable manner and our offspring can have enough resources to develop society. If we dont put much emphasis on the environment issue and excavate the natural resources blindly, our country will become a barren land sooner or later.In a word , sust
4、ainable development is a reasonable strategy which should be implemented for a long time. The nature is providing us with plentiful resources generously, but it may punish us severely if we dont care her. 知识链接1.A healthy environment is important for our survival.健康的环境对我们的生存很重要。Survival n生存.survival
5、n生产者survive v生存(1) The state of continuing to live or exist, often is spite of difficulty or danger 生存；存活His only chance of survival was a heart transplant.只有进行心脏移植他才有望活下去。Exporting is necessary for our economic survival.必须有出口才能维持我们的经济。(2) Something that has continued to exist from an earlier time残存
6、物；幸存的事物The ceremony is a survival from ancient times.这种仪式是古代遗物。2.Can you think of other natural disasters that damage the environment?你还能想出其他一些破坏环境的自然灾害吗？这是一个复合句。That引导一个定语从句。Think of想起，想出；考虑，关心；想一想；（与could, should, never等连用）有的看法；对有某种看法；把看作 Who first thought of the idea? 谁先想到那个主意的？ He thought more o
7、f others than of himself.他关心别人胜过自己。 Think of the past and youll see what a happy life we are having now. 只要想一想过去，你就会感到我们现在的生活是多么幸福。 He would never think of giving up this project. 他是决不会想到放弃这一计划的。 What do you think of it?你认为这件事怎么样？ I think of him as my best friend. 我把他看作我最好的朋友。短语链接：Think about考虑think
8、 over仔细考虑think twice重新考虑He is thinking about a question.他正在考虑一个问题。He thought it over and decided to give up.他把它仔细考虑了一下并决定放弃。I never thought twice that smoking had such a bad effect on my life.我从来没有想到吸烟会对我的生活有这么坏的影响。 反馈巩固一. 阅读workbook page102-103两篇文章，并回答问题。二. 翻译1. 自然灾害_2. 温室效应_3. 酸雨_4. 森林火灾_5. 水污染_6.
9、 沙漠化_7. 破坏环境_8. 白色污染_9. 空气污染_10. 环境保护_ 课后预习、复习一、写作Writing: Environment is damaged for different reasons. Some of the damage comes from natural disaster, while some of the damage results from human beings when they go on production. In your writing, you are required to list the ways in which people d
10、amage the environment. Then tell the importance to protect our environment.二、预习reading三、根据Reading部分的课文内容选择正确答案1）What is the focus of the debate according to the passage? A. Developing economy is the most important. B. Preserving the environment is the most important. C. The relationship between the
11、environment and the economy. D. The factories which cause much pollution to the environment should pay higher taxes.2) According to the environmentalist Lin Shuiqing, there are mainly _ causes responsible for the environmental destruction. A. fiveB. twoC. threeD. four3) We can infer that both sides
12、agree on the point that _. A. people should cut back on production and reduce the amount of things we make and buy B. recycling will help in both the fields of economy and environment. C. it is very important to reduce the amount of jobs D. we need more effective laws to preserve the environment4) A
13、n economist is often seen as _ the environment, but in fact they often work _ with many environmentalists. A. being for; side by sideB. being in; hand in hand C. being at; againstD. being against; side by side5) We can predict that the debating show would be probably part of a(n) _ program. A. economicsB. entertainmentC. films and playsD. militaryCCBDA
