内容正文:
Unit 3 Environmental Protection
CLIMATE CHANGE REQUIRES THE WORLD’S ATTENTION
Reading and Thinking
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1.graph
2.melt
3.starve
4.ecology
5.release
6.trap
7.habitable
Check preparation:
8.sustain
9.fossil fuel
10.comprehensive
11.broadcast
12.emission
13.restrict
图;图表;曲线图
(使)融化;熔化;软化
(使)挨饿;饿死
生态;生态学
排放;释放;发布
捕捉
适合居住的
维持;遭受;承受住
化石燃料
全部的;所有的
详尽的
播送;广播;传播
排放物;排放
限制,限定;束缚
Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs, but not every man’s greed.
— Mohandas K. Gandhi
满足某人的需求
n. 贪婪
译:地球所提供的物质财富足以满足每个人的需求,却不足以满足每个人的贪欲。——甘地(印度国父)
Look and discuss:
1. Where do you think this photo was taken?
The photo is of a large piece of ice breaking off a large glacier or ice sheet. It’s likely to be in the Arctic or Antarctica or somewhere nearby.
2. What does this photo make you think of?
The photo makes me think of the problem of global warming.
What is “Global Warming”?
What information can we get from the graph?
The graph shows the change in the Global Surface Temperature between 1920 and 2016.
Temperature Anomaly(n.异常)
The Global Surface temperature is abnormal and rising.
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1. What happened to the polar bear?
2. How do you feel when you see the photo?
Watch a video about what happened to the polar bear.
Q1. What's the type of this text?
A. News report.
B. Biography(传记).
C. Expository essay(说明文).
D. Argumentation( 议论文).
Q2. In which part of a newspaper or magazine may we find this passage?
A. Entertainment
B. Economy
C. Education
D. Environment
Read the text type
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Divide the passage into 4 parts and match the main idea with each part.
Part 1 (Para. ____)
Part 2 (Para. ____)
Part 3 (Para. ____)
Part 4 (Para. ____)
The cause of the increase in the global average surface temperature.
The solutions to reducing greenhouse gas emissions
The evidence and effect of dramatic climate change in global climate.
The consequences of rise in te