Unit 10 the world around us warming & listening

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Unit 10 The world around us

Period 1 Warming up & Listening

Teaching aims:

1. To get students to know they should love and protect animals.

2. To train students’ ability of listening and speaking.

Key and difficult points:

To train students’ ability of catching information.

Teaching procedures:

Step 1 ------ Leading in (warming up)

1. Ask students whether they know some names of endangered animals.

African elephant, the Asian elephant, the blue whale, the gorilla, the snow leopard (eastern Asia)(雪豹) and the black rhino(黑犀牛).

2. Ask students why it is important to make sure that animals do not die out.

Step 2 ------ Listening comprehension

1. Ask students some questions about the pollution.

(1) How many types of pollution do you know?

(2) What causes different types of pollution?

2. Ask students to listen to the tape for the first time and listen for the kind of

pollution.

Answer ------ air pollution, water pollution, waste pollution/rubbish, trash

3. Ask students to listen for the second time and fill in the blanks.

(1) Walk along the streets of any major city and you will see that the air you breathe is not very fresh. Air pollution is a serious problem in many of the world’s big cities. It is caused by cars and factories. We also pollute the air when we burn oil or coal for energy and heat.

(2) Oh my, look at this! Dead fish everywhere! What happened? We used to be able to drink the water in our rivers and lakes, but today, many rivers and lakes have been so polluted that the water is useless. Factories and drainage are polluting the water and we not taking good care of our water. We use too much water and we waste water. What is more, we pollute water.

(3) This beautiful mountain is one of the most popular places for people to visit during holidays and festivals. Thousands of people come here to hike in the mountain’s forests and valleys. Unfortunately, the tourists leave a lot of rubbish behind. Plastic bags, soda bottles and other things are thrown everywhere. Many tourists also pick flowers and damage the trees, and the many hotels and restaurants being built are having a negative effect on the environment, too.

Homework ------

Self-evaluation ------