内容正文:
Unit 13
We’re trying to save the earth!
Section B (2a-2e)
Do you often throw away things you don’t need anymore?
你经常扔掉你不再需要的东西吗?
Have you ever thought about how these things can actually be put to good use?
你是否曾经想过这些东西还能很好地重新利用?
Nothing is a waste if you have a creative mind.
如果你有创造性的头脑,什么东西都不是废品。
Rethink, Reuse, Recycle
2a
Look at the title and the pictures in 2b. Can you guess what the passage is about?
Rethink, Reuse, Recycle!
It’s about how people can think of creative ways to use things that are no longer wanted.
Read the passage quickly and find the main idea of each paragraph.
Para. 1
Para. 2
Para. 3
Para. 4
A. Bags made from clothes
B. Art pieces made of iron and other materials from old cars
C. House built of rubbish
D. Make use of used things
Fast reading
the structure of this passage
Para. 1
Para.2
Para.3
Para.4
Read the first paragraph and answer the questions.
Do you often throw away things you don’t need anymore? Have you ever thought about how these things can actually be put to good use? Nothing is a waste if you have a creative mind.
Rethink, Reuse, Recycle!
动词+away
throw away 扔掉
go away 离开
run away 逃跑
give away 捐赠
put away 收起来
take away 带走;掠夺
put sth. to good use 意为“好好利用某物;使某物发挥作用”,也可以说 make good use of sth.。
Why do the writer use two questions
in the first paragraph?
To help readers find the right answers.
To show readers that he is very worried.
To tell readers that he knows a lot of things.
To make readers interested in the passage.
Read the second paragraph and answer the questions.
wYou have probably never heard of Amy Hayes, but she is a most unusual woman. She lives in a house in the UK that she built herself out of rubbish. The windows and doors come from old buildings around her town that were pulled down. The top of the house is an old boat turned upside down. And the gate in front of her house is made of rocks and old glass bottles. Amy recently won a prize from the Help Save Our Planet Society. The president said, Amy is an insp