Unit 8 Green Living Lesson 1 Roots And Shoots 课件-2022-2023学年高中英语北师大版（2019）必修第三册

Unit 8 Green Living Lesson-1 Roots and Shoots Lead-in Look at the pictures and discuss the following questions. Predict: What does the passage mainly tell us? While-reading Read the first paragraph of the text and discuss the questions. What is “Just-me-ism”? Why is “Just-me-ism” a problem? Do you have any suggestions on how to solve the problem? While-reading Roots & Shoots Most people suffer from what is known as “Just-me-ism”. What is that? Well, say you leave the tap running while you brush your teeth, leave a light on when you go out or you drop a piece of litter and can’t be bothered to pick it up. You know that all those things are wrong, but so what? “What difference can it possibly make?” you say to yourself. “There are millions of people in the world and I’m just me. How can it matter if I leave one little tap running, one little light on or leave a little piece of litter on the road? And anyway, no one will know.” While-reading Of course, it wouldn’t matter if there were just a few people in the world. But just think of all the millions of people saying to themselves: “It doesn’t matter. It’s just me. And, anyway, no one knows.” Millions of gallons of water would be wasted; millions of lights would be left on; millions of pieces of litter would be dropped. And all of this would be very harmful. Read paragraph 2. Complete the table below. The time of its establishment The founder The purpose Read and Explore http://www.100875.com.cn While-reading To inspire young people to take action for the environment, animals and their community, Roots & Shoots was established. This institute was set up in the early 1990s by Dr. Jane Goodall, a scientist who’s the world’s best-known expert on wild chimpanzees. In addition to her research, she has been whole-heartedly committed to environmental protection. The whole purpose of Roots & Shoots is to educate young people, from pre-schoolers to university students, so they can help to build a future t