Unit 1 Nature in the balance Welcome to the unit 课件-2023-2024学年高中英语译林版(2020)必修第三册

Nature in the balance U1 welcome to the unit 1 BUT It is a totally different thing in some other places !!! Look and think Air pollution White pollution Global warming Watch the video about the promo of World Environment Day. Share how you feel about the world we’re living in. Listen to the song The Earth is our only home and discuss the following questions in pairs. 1. What is the message of the song? 2. What can you do to help protect the environment? The human race has done much harm. We have polluted our soils and seas, And cut down too many trees. Now is the time to sound the alarm. We want to live in a world that’s clean; We want to live in a world of green. The human race has done much harm; Now is the time to sound the alarm. 对...造成伤害 土壤 发出警报 砍倒，削减 Let’s be thankful for the skies above; Let’s plant new trees and stop pollution; Let’s work together to find the solution; The earth’s our home to protect and love. We want to live in a world that’s clean; We want to live in a world of green. Let’s be thankful for the skies above; The Earth’s our home to protect and love. 1.What is the message of the song? Humans have done much harm to the Earth, and we have to take action to change the situation. Discussion 2.What are the rhyming words in this song? harm/alarm; seas/trees; clean/green; above/love; pollution/solution. 3. How do you understand “harm” and “alarm” ? 4. What can you do to help protect the environment? use less paper drive less and walk more use fewer plastic bottles and bags save water and cut down the use of electricity plant trees don't waste food don't use one-off things if possible, don't use air conditioners … “Harm” means something bad we have done to the earth, including polluting soils and seas, cutting down too many trees, etc. “Alarm” means the signal that warns us of the dangers of environmental damage, which urges us to find a solution. Let us not, however, flatter ourselves