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

LESSON 1 ROOTS AND SHOOTS 1 Pre-Reading 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. 2 2. Have you ever done any of these things? 3. What would happen if everybody did the same things? What other similar behaviors do you know? 4 The meaning of its name Shoots seem small and weak, but they can break open brick walls to reach the light. Roots move slowly under the ground to make a firm foundation. Why is it called shoots and roots? shoots roots 4 Read the text carefully again and match the main idea of each part. Para.1　　 A. The meaning of its name. Para.2 B. What is “Just-me-ism”? Para.3 C. The establishment of Roots & Shoots. Para.4 D. A call to action While-reading 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. 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.” 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. “Just-me-ism” Examples Leaving the tap 1. while