Unit 8 Green Living Lesson 1 Roots And Shoots 课件-2023-2024学年高中英语北师大版（2019）必修第三册

Unit 8 Green Living Roots and Shoots Lead in Have you ever done anything that destroys the environment? 2 Pre-Reading Look at the pictures. Discuss the question. What is happening in each picture? Leave the tap running while he brushes his teeth. Leave a light on when she goes out. Drop a piece of litter and can’t be bothered to pick it up. 3 What would happen if everybody did the same things? What does the passage mainly tell us? Predict: Roots and Shoots 1. What is “Just-me-ism”? 2. Why is “Just-me-ism” a problem? 3. Do you have any suggestions on how to solve the problem? Activity 1 Read paragraph 1. Try to answer the questions below. 1. 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. 大多数人都患有所谓的“唯我主义”。那是什么?比如说，你刷牙的时候水龙头开着，出门的时候灯开着，或者你掉了一块垃圾，懒得捡起来。你知道这些都是错的，但那又怎样?“这有什么区别呢?”你对自己说。 患有; 遭受 v. 假设，比如说 v. 刷 v. 投，丢 那又怎样 make a difference (to...) (对...)有作用，有关系，有影响 1.“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.” 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.” 世界上有成千上万的人，而我只是我。如果我让一个小水龙头开着，一盏小灯开着，或者在路上留下一小块垃圾，这又有什么关系呢?不管怎样，没有人会知道的。”当然，如果世界上只有几个人，那也没关系。但想想数以百万计的人对自己说:“没关系。只有我。而且，无论如何，没有人知道。”数百万加仑的水将被浪费;数百万盏灯将继续亮着;数以百万计的垃圾将被丢弃。所有这些都是非常有害的。 v. 要紧；有重大影响 adv. 请，就 1. 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. 数百万加仑的水将被浪费;数百万盏灯将继