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Reading and thinking
U3
Environmental Protection
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Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs, but not every man’s greed.
— Mohandas K. Gandhi
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。
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1. What can you see in the picture?
2.What is the cause of this phenomenon?
A large piece of ice breaking off a large glacier or ice sheet.
Global warming
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What caused the polar bear so skinny?
Why did they suffer from starvation or even starve to death?
What does this graph show us?
The temperature of the global surface rose about 1.2 C from 1920 to 2016.
The earth is beccoming warmer and warmer.
Global warming
What consequencess may global warming bring about?
Global warming
animals dying
the rise of sea level
unpredictable future of human
coastal cities submerged
economic losses
extreme weather
natural disasters
What do you know about global warming?
Reading and Thinking
Climate Change Requires the World’s Attention
What’s the genre of the essay?
What aspects are included in such an essay?
Expository text
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Because in the expository text, the authors sometimes use some graphs or diagrams in their essays in order to convince their readers. These graphs and diagrams often come from scientific research reports and other reliable resources.
Skim the text and answer the questions
Match the main idea with each part
Part 1
(para.1-4)
Part 2
(para. 3)
Part3
(para.4)
Part4
(para.5)
The consequences of the rise in temperature
The cause of the increase in the global average surface temperature
The solutions to reducing greenhouse gas emissions
The evidence of dramatic climate change that had an impact on Earth's ecology
Find out the topic sentence of each paragraph.
phenomenon/evidence
consequence
solutions
causes
Read the text carefully and finish the mind map
Detailed reading
What caused the death of the polar bear in the photo?
How does greenhouse effect work?
What is the evidence of global warming?
Why did the author write about the polar bear?
Part 1 phen