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UNIT 3
Environmental Protection
Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs, but not every man’s greed.
— Mohandas K. Gandhi
地球能满足人类的需要,但满足不了人类的贪婪。
Lead-in
What’s the environmental problem in the video?
skin and bones
starve to death
what do you guess made the polar bear dead?
北极熊
Earth becomes ,and ice ,making it hard for the polar bear to find enough .
warmer
melts
food to eat
Q. What is the graph about? What information can you get from it?
the change in the Global Surface Temperature between 1920 and 2016.
It shows the temperature anomaly,which shows how much the temperature has risen above what it would usually be at a base level.
Temperature Anomaly(气温反常现象)
听课文,检查预习
Match the main idea with each paragraph.
Para.1
Para.2
Para.3
Para.4
Para.5
A. We need to do something to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
B. The rise in temperature has caused natural disasters.
C. Earth is getting warmer and warmer.
D. A dead polar bear was found,which alarmed some experts.
E. Why is Earth getting warmer and warmer?
Read for structure
Find out the topic sentence of each paragraph.
Paras.1&2
Para.3
Para.4
Para.5
Expository Essay
problem
Paras.1&2
Para.3
Para.4
Para.5
cause
consequence
solutions
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What is the author’s purpose of writing this text?
The author’s purpose is to inform the reader and inspire them to do whatever they can to deal with this problem.
CLIMATE CHANGE REQUIRES THE WORLD'S ATTENTION
气候变化需要全世界的共同关注
We have known about climate change for decades. There is little doubt that Earth is getting warmer and warmer (see the graph). A warming ocean and atmosphere along with melting ice and rising sea levels provide evidence of a dramatic change in the global climate.
P1
毫无疑问
=as well as 和……一起
剧烈变化
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Part 1: Problem
The ________ is getting warmer and warmer.
Evidence 1: ________________________________________
Evidence 2: ______________
Evidence 3: ______________