Unit 2 Reading 课件-2023-2024学年高中英语牛津译林版（2020）选修第二册

U2 Building the future Reading Renewable energy: a gift for the future 3. Read the title, look at the picture and answer the following question. Pre-reading What kinds of renewable energy can you find in the picture? Wind power, hydroelectric power and solar power. While reading Introduction Para. 1: Fossil fuels have damaging effects on the environment. Conclusion Main Body Para. 4: Para. 6: Renewable energy is a gift for our future. Para. 2: Para. 3: 1. Read the documentary transcript and finish A1 on Page 18. Para. 5: Renewable energy sources have disadvantages. Renewable energy sources have more advantages compared to fossil fuels. Countries around the world are racing towards a low-carbon future. It is possible to predict a future with renewable energy. While reading 2. Read the documentary transcript and finish A2 on Page 18. 1.Solar, wind, hydroelectric, tidal, biomass and geothermal energy. 2.China has been ahead in the development and application of clean energy technologies. 3.Certain high-capacity batteries present problems like high manufacturing costs and related environmental damage. 4.Thermal batteries can store the extra renewable energy as heat up to the extremely high temperature of 1,000℃ in an inexpensive storage medium. 3. Read Paragraph 2 and fill in the following table. Energies Carbon emissions Amount available Effects Fossil fuels High (1) ______________ Producing large quantities of carbon dioxide, thus causing (2) ____________ Renewable energy (3) ____________ (4) _____________ Contributing to a greener and healthier world Exhaustible global warming Low Inexhaustible While reading Uneven distribution Renewable energy sources are not available (1) ___________ and at any given moment. Difficulty in (2) ___________ The storage (3) ___________of most current batteries is not large enough to meet our daily power demands. Certain high-capacity batteries present problems, such as high manufacturing costs and relat