I. Goals:
1. To make Ss know pollution and present situation throughout the
world and encourage them to find solutions to this problem.
2. To encourage Ss to activate the relevant vocabulary.
3. To develop Ss' speaking by practicing supporting an opinion.
II. Teaching procedures
Step 1 pre-listening
1. Today we are going to listening to a speech about environmental protection.
2. ask students to guess what the speech may be about:
What kind of information will be there in the speech?
/If you were the speaker, what would you say in the speech?
Possible answers:
My speech would include the following information:
How serious the pollution is.
Various pollution (air water soil and so on)
the cause and the effect of pollution
What we could do to stop or slow down the pollution
a lot of numbers and examples
Step 2 While-listening
First listening
Part one
1) Why is the speaker giving this speech?
A. To celebrate Earth Day
B. To talk about serious problems
C. To ask people to take action to protect it
D. All of the above
2) What does she think the most serious problem is?
3) A . Water pollution B . air pollution C.soil pollution D. the less of food
Listen to Part 2 and fill in the blanks
Please outline the speakerˇs arguments
The speaker presented her idea from two points.what are they?
Point 1 We should __________________________________of our water.
Second listening
Second listening
True or false
Part one
劔 The speaker didnˇt know much about the earth in the past
劔 65percent of the earth is covered by rivers, lakes and oceans, so it is truly a water planet.
劔 The earth hasnˇt become a thirsty planet, and there is still time to do something about it.
Part two
劔 Some fresh water is being wasted because we are using old ways of watering our plants.
劔 The best way to stop wasting water is to use technology and knowledge.
劔 We are polluting water at a low speed.
劔 If we want to stop polluting water, we must first of all change ourselves.
Third listening
Listen to part one and fill in the blanks
Today we are celebrating Earth Day.Earth Day is a day for reflection and_________.Today , people in countries all over the world get together to ____________the earth and our future,and to take action to _______ the current situation. Earth Day is a chance for us to learn _____the world and change our behavior.It helps me understand that we must act. It is _____ too late to change.
What does she say we should do about it ?
If we want to have enough water in the future ,we must learn to ______________________________.
We must____________________________________.
We must learn to ____________________in our daily life.
If we want to have enough water in the future ,we must learn to ______________________________.
We must____________________________________.
We must learn to ____________________in our daily life.
part two
Argument 1: We should ______________________of our water .
We must ________________________when we use our water .
We must use the knowledge and modern technologythat some countries have already ______.
If we work together and_________what we know, we will be building a better________for all of us.
Argument2: We must ______________________our water.
Problem: We are polluting water at an __________pace.Cars,factories,and air conditions
Solutions: We must __________________________________we think and live.
Letˇs not _________if we can walk or ride a bike.
Letˇs try not to use air conditioners _______________what is absolutely necessary.
Letˇs not bye products that _______________________.
Letˇs make new_________and use new technology to ______________that factories are green and clean.
Post-listening
劔 Pair work: Infer what the speaker will say next, list like the above one and share the speech with the partner and the class.
劔 Group work: Discuss with group members about the measures that we may take to protect air, forest; animals; grassland.
劔 Ask Ss to deliver their speech on environment protection.
Speaking
1. Talking about what Ss can see in the picture.
(1) (2)
Q1: What is being piled in the picture 1?
Q2: What can coal be used for?
Q3: What is being given off from the workshop?
Q4: What is being polluted?
Every coin has two sides. It is true with coal, which is a valuable resource that can be used to produce energy, but it can also cause serious pollution.
2. Group work: A debate Coal is/isnˇt a valuable resource.
pros cons
A businessman An environmentalist
A scientist A local citizen
A local leader
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