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Environment
Section C
Unit 3
Lead-in
What are the pictures about?
Let’s learn
low carbon life (低碳生活)
More hints about it!
● It means a kind of lifestyle in which people make every effort
to reduce energy consumption(能源消耗) and carbon gas
emissions(二氧化碳的排放).
● Every year over billions of people from different nations take all
kinds of actions to protect the earth from becoming warmer.
Let’s learn
● The peak number of people taking part in this activity is
amzing.
● More and more people consider it as a voluntary event.
['vDlEntEri] adj.
自愿的;志愿的
[kən'sidə(r)] v.
考虑;认为
[i'vent] n.大事;
事件;项目
Please take time to consider the problem.
请仔细考虑一下这个问题。
['nei⌠n]n.
国家;民族
The Chinese nation is a hardworking nation.
中华民族是一个勤劳的民族。
[5AkFn]n.行为;
活动;措施
We have to take action to stop them.
我们得采取行动来阻止他们。
[pi:k] n.尖端;
山顶;顶峰
['efət] n.努力;
努力的成果
make every effort to...
尽力去做.....
Lead-in
Let’s brainstorm
Walk or cycle to school
open the windows
to cool the rooms
turn off lights when
leaving the classroom
hang to dry the clothes
use energy-saving
lights
turn down the volume
of the loudspeakers
save
energy
Lead-in
Here is a great event of low carbon life!
Q1: What’s the name of the event?
Q2: What does 60 stand for?
Earth hour
The activity lasts for
60 minutes.
Let’s learn more about it !
Let’s watch
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What is each paragraph mainly about?
Para 1 _____ A. expectations of Earth Hour next year
Para 2 _____ B. a brief history of Earth Hour
Para 3 _____ C. Earth Hour 2012
Para 4 _____ D. my experience of Earth Hour
B
C
D
A
Let’s skim
Reading
Earth Hour
Have you ever heard of Earth Hour? It started in Australia in 2007,with millions of homes and businesses turning off their lights. It lasted for one hour, from 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm on the last Saturday in March. Ever since then, more and more people have been joining together in this global effort. Now