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Unit 2 Extended reading Xuxinjie
Unit 2 Building the future
cause
effect
consequence
View and predict
measures
genre?
a popular science article
to inform
to provoke
Paragraphs ___:
consequences
measures
Paragraphs ___:
Read for information(structure)
Paragraph 6 :a calling
2-3
4-5
Islands in the Pacific are suffering the serious effects of global warming.
Introduction
Read for information
Who? What?
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ice sheets and glaciers melt
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sea levels rise
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water flow into houses and over roads
influence islands’ natural reshaping process
contaminate the islands’ fresh water supplies
temperatures increase
Read for information
the temperature increasing , ice sheets and glaciers are melting. , sea levels rise, causes water to flow into the house. , the islanders’ fresh supplies are contaminated also it influences islands’ natural reshaping process.
With
As a consequence
which
At the same time
and
Global warming is damaging the world.
Read and think
Read for information
drought
reduced water reserves
crop failure
flood
washed-away soils
fish move away
islanders starve
extreme weathers
dying coral reefs
cyclones
landslides
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To state the consequences.
Read and think
To expand on the topic.
Read for information
How do islanders tackle the issue in paragraph 4 ?
How do islanders tackle the issue in paragraph 5?
Why do islanders make different choices?
They choose to stay and fight.
They choose to leave.
Some think......
while others......
it is a matter of survival
feel their hands tied
Read for information
problem
solutions
Small gestures
Joint efforts
Read and think
From what perspective are the facts presented?
From what perspective is the suggestion given?
islanders
we
Whose future ?
Read and think
human