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Unit 8
Unit 8
Green Living
Lesson 2
Greening the Desert
To listen about Greenlife, a non-profit organisation
To learn how to take notes while listening
To practise asking questions after a presentation
To role-play a presentation and a subsequent interview
Watch the video about Yi Jiefang, the founder of NPO-Greenlife. Answer the question: Who changed her life?
What is the event about?
What do you think the presenter is going to talk about?
3. What does NPO stand for?
The event is about a public speaking event on environmental protection.
The presenter might talk about Yi Jiefang and a non-profit organisation.
Look at the poster. Answer the questions.
NPO stands for the term “non-profit organisation”.
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Listen to the first part of the presentation. Answer the questions.
1. What was the terrible event that changed Yi Jiefang’s life?
2. How did Yi Jiefang feel after the accident?
3. What made her start NPO-Greenlife?
Her 22-year-old son died in a road accident.
She was sad and life seemed to lose all meaning.
Her son’s dream.
Taking Notes (1)
Notes are summaries of the most important ideas and details in a presentation. Taking notes can help you understand and remember better.
Listen for the first time. Focus on the general meaning.
Listen again and take notes. Do not write down every single word. Only write the main ideas and key words.
Use diagrams, tables or bullet points.
Use abbreviations and symbols,
e.g. org = organisation, yrs = years, ↑ = increase.
Skill Builder
Listen to the second part of the presentation and take notes. Then ask and answer questions with your partner based on the notes.
The early days of NPO-Greenlife 1_____________. Yi Jiefang went to 2 _____________ Inner Mongolia and saw
3 _____________________ with little agriculture. So Yi Jiefang 4 __________ to 5 ___________________ in the region over
6 __________ and the government agreed. Although the first trees were 7 _____________, her team continued