内容正文:
1. What can you see in the picture?
2. What is the cause of this phenomenon?
Global warming
melting glacier
地球能满足人类的需要,但满足不了人类的贪婪。
Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs, but not every man’s greed.
1.What happened to the earth over the years?
global warming
animals dying
Glaciers melting
extreme weather patterns and disasters
2. What kind of extreme weather patterns and disasters do you know of ?
sea level rise,Tsunami, floods, typhoon, tornado, landslides, sandstorms,rainstorm,
thunderstorms,volcanic eruption , hail, heatwaves, cold current, hail,drought,fire...
3. What’s the most important reason of them?
Climate Change
Reading and thinking
Climate Change Requires The World’s Attention
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By the end of this class, we will be able to
1. know the causes and consequences of climate change.
2. explore practical ways to address climate change.
3. figure out effective information on graphs and diagrams.
Learning objectives
Look at the graph. What information can you get from it?
The earth is becoming warmer and warmer.
Pre-reading
The polar bear (北极熊) was skin and bones and starved to death.
What may be the cause of the death of the polar bear?
What can you see in the photo?
Global warming causes the melting of iceberg
and some polar bears may have suffered from the
lack of food.
In the expository text, the authors sometimes use some graphs or diagrams in their essays in order to convince their readers.
Now, let's read the passage to find out whether you are right.
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Fast-reading:Read for the main idea and the structure.
Part 1:
(para.1-2 )
Part 2:
(para. 3)
Part 3:
(para. 4)
Part 4:
(para. 5)
The evidence(证据) of dramatic climate change that had an impact on Earth’s ecology
The causes(原因) of the increase in the global average surface temperature
The consequences(结果) of the rise in temperature
The solutions(解决方法) to reducing greenhouse gas emissions
Task 1:Match the main idea with each part.
Evidence
Cause
Consequences
Solutions
the main idea an