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新牛津译林版高中英语选修二Unit 2 Building the Future
Extended Reading
Lead-in
Ocean
Weather
Food
Health
Global warming has consequences in the following aspects:
Learning Objectives
By the end of this section, students will be able to:
1. identify the crisis the islanders face and the efforts the islanders make to fight it;
2. appreciate the writing techniques used in the article;
3. discuss the measures to fight global warming from a teenager’s perspective and write an essay;
4. cultivate a sense of responsibility in fighting global warming.
Introduction Para. 1: Introducing the topic of global warming
Main body Paras. 2–3: The disastrous (1) ______________ brought
by global warming
Paras. 4–5: The (2) _________ taken by islanders
to survive
Conclusion Para. 6: ___________ people to fix the problem of (3)
climate change together
Calling on/Appealing
consequences
measures
Activity 1 Read for strcuture
Learning & understanding
Activity 2 Read for details
Para1
Sadly, the fact is that the islands in the Pacific, especially low-lying coral ones, are suffering the serious effects of global warming.
Q: What is the sad fact described in this paragraph?
Learning & understanding
____________________
ice sheets and glaciers ____
__________________
sea levels ______
__________________
water flow into houses and over roads
interfere with islands’ ______________
__________ the islands’ fresh water supplies
temperatures increase
Para2
Read for details
melt
rise
contaminate
natural reshaping progress
freshwater
Learning & understanding
Para3
temperatures increase
extreme temperatures
extreme rainfall patterns
crop _______/
reduced freshwater reserves
the loss of_______
stronger and more frequent_______________
more severe flooding and landslides
Read for details
coral reef dying
fish moving away
islanders _________
failure
soil and homes
tropical cyclones
having less to eat
Learni