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Unit 3 Environmental Protection
Using Language2 Reading for Writing
Reducing Water pollution in the Li River
Learning objectives
At the end of this period, we’ll be to:
work out the overall structure of a report by applying the strategy of summarizing the main idea;
sort out ideas and analyze the paragraph structure of a report by locating the transition words;
identify the language features of the report through comparative reading;
write a report on an environmental issue around us using the ideas, structure and language features adopted from the reading passage.
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1.Can you use some adjectives to describe its original beauty?
2. What was the problem?
3. What may lead to it?
Activity 1: Lead-in
Step 1: Talk about the pictures.
20 years ago
10 years ago
4. What had been done to deal
with the problem?
5. What are WE doing to restore
its original beauty?
Activity 1: Lead-in
Step 1: Talk about the pictures.
Now
Future?
Presenting solutions
Introducing the problem
Describing the causes
Activity 2: Reading for the overall structure.
Strategy support: get the main idea of a paragraph by locating the topic sentence, which is usually the first or last sentence of a paragraph.
This report looks at the problem of….
Previously, water quality of Li River had suffered greatly from….
A comprehensive initiative was started, with a number of measures….
Main idea:Water pollution in the Li River;
measures to reduce the pollution
Para.1 The problem
The Li River and its surrounding scenery is one of the tourist destinations in China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. It attracts visitors each year. Its reputation as a destination has had negative effects on the river’s water quality. This report looks at the problem of water pollution and some actions that we have taken to deal with it.
Activity 3: Reading for details
Step1: Read and compare different versions of para.1 and fill in the blanks.
Para.1 The problem
The beautiful Li River and its ama