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人教版(2019)选择性必修三
Unit 3 Environmental Protection
Using Language
Write a report on an environmental issue
Learning objectives
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
1. read a report about reducing water pollution;
2. practise reading for detailed information;
3. determine organisation and language features of a passage;
4. use what you have learnt to write a report on an environmental issue.
Lead-in
What do you think of when seeing these pictures?
Look at the title and the picture below and discuss the questions.
Pre-writing
1. What do you know about the Li River? Have you ever been there?
The Li River is a fantastic tourist attraction and a bright pearl in Guilin. I have visited Guilin and been on a Li River cruise.
2. What do you think might have caused water pollution in the Li River?
I think the pollution may have been caused by tourists and tour boats on the river.
Read the report and then answer the questions.
1. What were some of the negative effects on the Li River as a result of the growth in tourism?
2. What measures have been taken to improve the Li River’s water quality?
3. What is the “River Chief System”?
Read the report and then answer the questions.
Problems
(negative effects on the river’s water quality)
Causes
Solutions
Problem-solution pattern
Result and prospection
Read the report and then answer the questions.
1. What were some of the negative effects on the Li River as a result of the growth in tourism?
2. What measures have been taken to improve the Li River’s water quality?
3. What is the “River Chief System”?
The negative effects from the growth of tourism on the Li River include garbage being thrown by tourists and kitchens on tour boats dumping cooking oil into the river. Because of the success of tourism, the population and number of enterprises also rose, meaning there was more waste going into the river.
Waste water treatment, household waste collection and transport facilities have been improved. Dozens of polluting ente