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B1 Unit 3: Choices
A: Reading and interaction I
Learning Objectives
1.学习能力:通过阅读语篇,掌握行文结构和文章大意。
2.语言能力:能在语境中理解carbon footprints, food miles, label,refrigerate, transport, packaging, dump, greenhouse等词汇。
3.文化意识:能够用英语阐释食物选择对环境带来的影响,树立健康生活理念。
4.思维品质:反思自己对于食物选择是否对环境友好。
Pre-reading
4
Smell
Appearance
Producing area
Season
Nutrition
Cooking skills
Families
Emotions
Pre-reading activity
What is carbon footprint ?
Greenhouse gases 温室气体
(Carbon dioxides, Methane gas 甲烷)
Greenhouse effect
温室效应
Carbon emission
碳排放量
Pre-reading activity
While-reading
Fast-reading
While-reading activity
What’s the structure of the text?
What’s the structure of the text?
Intensive- reading
While-reading activity
Read the passage and answer the questions
What does the writer want to find out about the food in her fridge?
What can we learn from food labels?
Why does the writer feel bad about the pizza?
Why does the writer think bananas are better than grapes?
What is the really ugly according to the writer? Why?
1. What does the writer want to find out about the food in her fridge?
She wants to find out if the food in her fridge is good for the environment. (line 7-8)
2.What can we learn from food labels?
“Label” is a piece of paper that is attached to something and that gives information about it. (Line 13-14)
3. Why does the writer feel bad about the pizza?
She feels bad because the seafood on the pizza comes from Thailand. (Line 18)
We refrigerate it, and then transport it in planes and ships over the world. (Line 15-16)
4. Why does the writer think bananas are better than grapes?
Some grapes are grown in the heated greenhouses and are less energy-efficient. (Line 20-21, 25, 29)
5. What is the really ugly according to the writer? Why?
According to the writer, burgers are “the really ugly”, because they come from cows create the same amount of greenhouse gases as 20 million cars. (Line 31-32)
methane gas 甲烷
[ˈmiːθeɪn];
[ˈmeθeɪn]
Post-reading
packaging
footprints
labels
pollution
recycled
dump
sunlight/environment
energy efficient
greenhouse
protect
Post-reading activity
The passage is about the great impact of food transport, packaging and production on the environment.
The first method is to check food miles by reading food labels.
Next is to check the food packaging.
The last way is to look at how the food is produced.
Discussion Period
What is writer’s purpose of writing this passage?
01
Do you think it is necessary to care about the carbon footprint of food? Why or Why not?
02
After reading this article, do you still want to eat food that may not be eco-friendly, like burgers? Why?
03
1. Read the text after the recording three times in the correct pronounciation and intonation.
Assignments
2. Write the factors affecting your food choices and the reasons in 3-5 sentences.
thank you
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