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1. What is the natural environment of your home town like? How is your life influenced by it?
Subtropical monsoon climate
Sichuan Basin: hot, sticky, and airless
What is the natural environment of the Arctic like?
Life in the Arctic region
How is people’s life influenced by it?
Life in different climate zones
Activity 7 Listen to a girl talking about Inuit life and identify the things mentioned.
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d
b
a
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Igloo:the dome-shaped houses built from blocks of snow by the Inuit people.
Alaskan Sled Dog
a cruise ship
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Life in different climate zones
Activity 8 Listen again and complete the table.
building materials
be kept
fight the cold
cold weather
time
boring
job opportunities
polluted
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Life in different climate zones
Activity 8 Identify the language the girl uses to discuss advantages and disadvantages. Listen again if necessary.
On the one hand…, but on the other, …
The upside/downside is that…
The good/bad thing is…
The advantage/disadvantage is…
There are pros and cons to this.
Another positive/negative aspect is…
Best/worst of all, …
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Life in different climate zones
Activity 9 Work in pairs. Talk about life in the tropics and the Arctic.
Student A: Turn to Page 83.
Student B: Turn to Page 86.
On the one hand…, but on the other, …
The upside/downside is that…
The good/bad thing is…
The advantage/disadvantage is…
There are pros and cons to this.
Another positive/negative aspect is…
Best/worst of all, …
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Life in different climate zones
Talk about the differences between life in southern China and northern China.
Activity 10
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For example
Rice is the staple food of many people in southern China.
Many people living in northern China eat a type of pasta as part of their staple diet.
… is a staple in the diet of many people living in northern China.
In southern China, the weather is … .
The region is famous for its … .
a heatable brick bed
Phrases
和……密切联系
临时居所
由……做的
和我们的家人和朋友在一起
把……带到……
有一件事是肯定的
保持重要地位
be closely connected to
temporary shelters
be made of
be