内容正文:
Unit 1 Nature in the balance
Welcome + Reading
Lead-in
1. Do you often sing English songs?
1
2. Which English song is your favourite ?
2
2
1
The human race has done much_________.
We have polluted our soils and ,
And cut down too many ____________.
Now is the time to sound the .
We want to live in a world that’s_____________;
We want to live in a world of .
The human race has done much_________;
Now is the time to sound the ________.
harm
seas
trees
alarm
clean
green
harm
alarm
Step 1 listen to the recording and fill in the lyrics
Let’s be thankful for the skies ___________;
Let’s plant new trees and stop ;
Let’s work together to find the _________________;
The Earth’s our home to protect and __________.
We want to live in a world that’s _______;
We want to live in a world of _______.
Let’s be thankful for the skies ________;
The Earth’s our home to protect and ______.
above
pollution
solution
love
clean
green
above
love
Step 2 find the rhymes
Look at these words you have filled in. Do they sound similar?
5
The rhymes / raɪmz /押韵 of this song
harm/alarm;
seas/trees;
clean/green;
above/love;
pollution/solution
If a poem or song has rhymes, the lines end with words that have very similar sounds.
What’s the message of the song?
Humans have done much harm to the earth, and now is the time to sound the alarm.
Step 3
How to understand “harm” and “alarm” in this song?
Can you list “harm” that the song has expressed?
polluting soils and seas
Cut down too many trees
air pollution
What other harmful activities against environment can you list?
trash pollution
overfishing
sound pollution
light pollution
Global warming
Illegal hunting
Food waste
Can you list “alarm” that the song has expressed?
1. Be thankful for the skies;
2. Plant new trees;
3. Stop pollution;
4. Find a solution.
Step 4 Group work: which solution can you find to protect the environment?
...
...
13
daily life
nature
school
home