内容正文:
News that Matters:
pollution in Norgate
Unit 1 Nature in the balance
Teaching aims:
By the end of this class ,students will be able to :
understand the TV show transcript about a polluted city;
summarize the main view points of the host and three guests;
appreciate the functions of the host’s words and the language strategies the host has adopted;
Describe what the world would be 20 years later.
Lead-in
Has the pollution affected your daily life?
Air pollution
Water pollution
Noise pollution
Pre-reading
Predict what will be talked about in the transcript.
Factory, grey mist, green land
Fast reading
How many people are there in the TV show?
What are their names?
What are they?
There are four people in the TV show
Host
Julie Archerr
James Smith
Vincent Brown
A local resident
Senior manager of a local factory
Head of the Norgate Environmental Protection Committee
Detailed reading
Name Points of view
James Smith
Vincent Brown
Julie Archer
Host
Analyse the main view points of the host and three guests
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L.9-14. Find out the opinion of James Smith.
For health and safety reasons alone, heavy industry has to go.
Smith
Before heavy industry factories moved in Now (Things became ________________.)
The air was __________, the grass _______ and the water _________. The river is __________and__________.
The smog in the air has _________the sky __________________ and given him a _________that he can’t___________.
fresh
green
clear
dirty
smelly
colored
a smoky grey
cough
get rid of
totally different
Comparison
water pollution
air pollution
health problems
L.17-27. Summarize Brown’s attitude.
Brown
Does he think the heavy industry should be moved out of Norgate? Find some details.
We boost(促进) the local economy and also attach great importance to reducing pollution.
L.17-27. Summarize Brown’s attitude.
1. However, I’d like to point out that we also try to
control the amount of pollution we produce.
2. We’ve been taking various measures to reduce pollution