Unit 1 Nature in the balance Workbook Building skills 教学设计-2023-2024学年高中英语译林版（2020）必修第三册

Unit 1 Nature in the balance Workbook Building skills · 内容分析： 本板块以“环境与环境保护”为话题创设情境，展开一系列听、读、写等任务活动。首先阅读一篇文章，引起大家对水污染的关注，再通过角色扮演，引导大家思考。接着借助两则听力，来了解沙漠化的相关问题，最后基于之前的听、读等活动，写一篇关于沙漠化的文章。 · 教学目标： By the end of this section, students will be able to: 1. collect some useful expressions after reading the article and form his or her own viewpoint towards Strel’s actions; 2. know the current situation about desertification and China’s effort to stop desertification; 3. write a formal composition about desertification. · 教学重难点： 1. To read the article and answer the two relevant questions; 2. To organize the activity of role-play; 3. To guide students to listen to the radio and get the answers; 4. To teach students how to compose a formal letter about desertification. · 教学过程： Step 1 Lead-in Q: What can we do to protect our environment? Step 2 Reading A1: Have you thought that there could be a connection between swimming and protecting the environment? Read the magazine article about a man swimming for clean water and answer the questions below. 1. What does the underlined phrase “is devoid of” in the third paragraph mean? The phrase “is devoid of” means a complete lack of something. 2. What were Strel’s swimming experiences in the three rivers like? In 2000, Strel swam in the Danube, Europe’s second longest river. He covered a distance of 1,866 miles (3,003km) in 68 days. In 2002, he swam in the Mississippi River for 2,360 miles (3,798 km) in 68 days. He became very sick and stayed in hospital for three days after he finished swimming. In 2007, he swam in the Amazon River for a distance of 3,274 miles (5,269km) in 66 days. He became very weak and had to be carried in and out of the water. Key expressions know a thing or two about raise awareness of ... see laws strengthened and strictly enforced be heavily polluted from sewage and industrial waste gold mining oil leaks poorly maintained boats A2: Martin Strel tries to raise environmental awareness at the price of his own hea