Unit 8 Integration～Further study 课件 2025-2026学年译林版英语八年级下册

Unit 8 A green world Integration~Further study 23021 学习目标 1 2 3 To master the new words and phrases. To learn about China's efforts to fight against desertification through reading. To learn about Qizi Bay in Hainan Province and plastic pollution and efforts from different countries to fight it through listening. 4 To talk about how green your hometown is 5 To write your own presentation script on how to go green. 23021 Watch the pictures and answer the question below. What problems can desertification bring? Lead in Desertification can lead to the loss of fertile land, making it difficult to grow crops. It can also cause sandstorms, which harm the air quality and people’s health. Besides, it destroys the habitats of many plants and animals, leading to a reduction in biodiversity. 23021 Reading 新课讲授 Daniel found an article about China's efforts to fight against desertification. According to the United Nations, in the last 40 years, desertification has been a problem across almost 30% of the earth's land. China has some of the largest deserts in the world and is working hard to change this situation. In 1997, China joined the UNCCD, an international agreement to fight desertification. Since then, China has reduced its desert area by thousands of square kilometres each year, A perfect example of this is the Mu Us Desert in North-west China. Many trees were planted there. Now about 80% of the desert is green. China has made a great start in dealing with the problem of desertification. However, all the countries in the world need to work together to protect our planet. 23021 1. What has been a problem across almost 30% of the earth’s land? 2. Why is the Mu Us Desert a perfect example of China’s efforts to fight against desertification? 3. What has happened in China since 1997? Because many trees were planted there. Now about 80% of the desert is green. Desertification. Read the article and answer the questions below. China has reduced its desert area by thousands of square kilometres each year since 1997. 23021 Read the article again and answer the questions. 1. Why does the writer list numbers in the article? 2. What efforts do you think can be made to reduce desert area? To make the writing more believable and give clear, specific and exact information. We can plant more trees, use water more efficiently and implement better land management practices. Furthermore, raising public awareness of environmental protection is equally important. 23021 An environmental journalist is talking about Qizi Bay in Hainan Province. Read the table and predict the answers. Predicting Qizi Bay: desert turned into a land of hope Where is Qizi Bay? In Hainan Province. What was Qizi Bay like in the past? It hardly had any (1) _. The sky was (2) _ when a storm hit. Who made great efforts to improve Qizi Bay? Tao Fengjiao and a team of (3) _. How many trees are there in Qizi Bay now? About (4) _. Why did the local government open a museum in 2021? To (5) _ the women's great work. n. adj. people number v. 23021 Listen to what the journalist says and complete the table below. Qizi Bay: desert turned into a land of hope Where is Qizi Bay? In Hainan Province. What was Qizi Bay like in the past? It hardly had any (1) _. The sky was (2) _ when a storm hit. Who made great efforts to improve Qizi Bay? Tao Fengjiao and a team of (3) _. How many trees are there in Qizi Bay now? About (4) _. Why did the local government open a museum in 2021? To (5) _ the women's great work. living plants filled with sand women farmers six million tell the story of Listening 23021 1. By 2050, there might be more plastic in the ocean than fish. _ 2. Canada does not allow the use of tiny plastic pieces in personal care products. _ 3. People can buy plastic food bags in supermarkets in New Zealand. _ 4. In New Zealand, people will be fined if they buy single-use plastics. _ 5. In Germany, people have to pay to recycle plastic bottles. _ Daniel is listening to a news report about plastic pollution and efforts from different countries to fight it. Write a T if a sentence is true or an F if it is false. Then correct the false one(s). T T F F People cannot buy plastic food bags in supermarkets in New Zealand. In New Zealand, shopping malls and supermarkets will be fined if they provide or sell single-use plastics. In Germany, people have to pay a little bit more when they buy a plastic bottle. If they bring the bottle back to be recycled, they get the money back. F 23021 A greener earth Many countries are taking action to protect our planet. Desertification is a serious problem in many countries, including China. China is making efforts to reduce its desert area. One example is Qizi Bay in Hainan Province. Qizi Bay was once a (1) _. When a (2) _ hit, the air was filled with sand. To change this, a team of local women worked hard to (3) _ in the area. This was not an easy task. After many years of hard work and government support, they finally succeeded, and there are now millions of trees in Qizi Bay. desert storm grow trees Completing Daniel is writing an article about the environmental protection. Help him complete the article with the information in Parts B1 and B2. 23021 Another serious environmental problem is (4) _. Plastic is very useful in our daily lives, but it causes a lot of damage. Scientists are worried that soon there will be more plastic than (5) _ in the sea. Lots of countries are trying to improve this situation. For example, in (6) _, people are encouraged to recycle plastic bottles. All these efforts give us hope for a greener planet. If we work together, we can make a big difference and create a better future. fish plastic pollution Germany 23021 How can we have a greener earth? We should take action as China does to control desertification, and follow the examples of those countries fighting against plastic pollution. If everyone works together to protect our planet, we can make a big difference and create a better future. Further thinking 23021 1. What honour is Sunshine Town hoping to win? 2. What does their town do to go green? Kitty and Sandy are talking about how green sunshine Town is. Listen to the tape and answer the questions. Sunshine Town is hoping to win a Green Town honour. Listening They separate their rubbish so that more of it can be recycled. More clean energy like solar power is used, which helps make their air cleaner. There are also new systems to deal with the wastewater in the city. 23021 Kitty: Do you know that our town is hoping to win a Green Town honour? Sandy: Yes. I think it's great. Our town is green in many ways these days. For example, we all have to separate our rubbish now so that more of it can be recycled. Kitty: And more clean energy like solar power is used. This helps make our air cleaner. Sandy: That's right. There are also new systems to deal with the wastewater in the city. Kitty: Well, all these ways make a difference to the environment. Sandy: Yes, they do. Read the conversation and find out the expressions used to respond to others’ ideas. Reading 23021 Think of more expressions to show agreement to others’ views and ideas. Exactly. I agree with you./I can’t agree more. That’s correct/true. That’s a good point./You’re absolutely right. That makes sense ... 23021 Listen to the recording of the conversation and read along, and then read aloud in different roles. Kitty: Do you know that our town is hoping to win a Green Town honour? Sandy: Yes. I think it's great. Our town is green in many ways these days. For example, we all have to separate our rubbish now so that more of it can be recycled. Kitty: And more clean energy like solar power is used. This helps make our air cleaner. Sandy: That's right. There are also new systems to deal with the wastewater in the city. Kitty: Well, all these ways make a difference to the environment. Sandy: Yes, they do. Listen and read 23021 Work in pairs and talk about how green your hometown is. Use the conversation below as a model. A: Do you know that …? B: Yes. I think it’s … Our town is … For example, we all have to … A: And … That helps ... B: That’s right. There are also … to deal with ... A: Well, all these ways make a difference to ... B: Yes, they do. Speaking 23021 Writing Mr Wu asked the Class 1, Grade 8 students to give a presentation on how to go green. 23021 Brainstorming: If you are going to write your own presentation script on how to go green, what key points would you mention? Save energy and resources: Take shorter showers to save water; turn off lights and electrical devices when not in use to save electricity; collect rainwater for watering plants. Reduce single-use plastics: Use reusable shopping bags, water bottles, and straws (paper or metal) instead of disposable ones; encourage friends and family to do the same. Recycle and reuse: Sort rubbish into categories like paper, plastic, glass, and metal; donate old books, clothes, or other usable items to charities or second-hand stores. Call for action: Emphasize that everyone’s small efforts matter; urge people to start taking these steps now to make the world greener. 23021 Go green! Reduce Take shorter showers. Turn off lights when leaving a room. Say no to single-use plastic bags and bottles. Reuse Donate old clothes and books to charities. Shop at second-hand stores. Recycle Recycle paper, plastic and glass. Collect batteries and electronic products Millie is listing her ideas. Read her notes below. Tip: Before writing a presentation script, it is important to clearly list the main points first. 23021 Read Millie’s script for her presentation. Let's go green! Are you ready to go green? Everybody can do something to help protect the environment. It's easy, and you only have to remember three words: reduce, reuse, recycle. First, let's focus on reducing waste and pollution. We can save water by taking shorter showers. We can turn off lights when leaving a room to save electricity. In addition, we can reduce pollution by saying no to single-use plastic bags and bottles. Reusing old things is another way to live a greener life. This produces less waste and saves energy. For example, we can donate old clothes or books to charities and shop at second-hand stores. Finally, recycle. It's all about dealing with waste materials correctly, Remember that things like paper, plastic and glass can be recycled. We should also collect batteries and electronic products for recycling. If we all follow these simple steps, we can make a big difference and enjoy a greener world! 23021 Read Millie’s script and work out the structure of the article. Part 1 Paragraph 1 Introduction: the idea of the 3 R's—reduce, reuse, recycle Part 2 Paragraphs 2-4 Main body: the details of the 3 R's Part 3 Paragraph 5 Conclusion: a call to action 23021 Read Millie’s script and find useful expressions in the article and come up with more with the help of the chart below. Paragraphs Content Expressions Paragraph 1 Introduction (1) _ Paragraphs 2-4 Main body (2) _ Paragraph 5 Conclusion (3) _ 23021 (1) Everybody/Everyone can … It’s …, and you only have to … (2) First, let’s focus on …/First of all, we can … In addition, …/Moreover, … … is another way to … Second, it is … to … Finally, …/Last but not least, … Remember that …/Don’t forget to … (3) If we …, we can … Let’s … 23021 What else can be done to go green? Choose to walk, ride a bike, or take public transport instead of going by car when traveling short distances to reduce air pollution. Use both sides of paper and avoid wasting stationery to save natural resources like trees. Turn off the tap while brushing teeth or washing dishes to save more water. Avoid buying over-packaged products to cut down on unnecessary waste. Don’t throw batteries, old phones, or broken electronics in the regular bin. 23021 You are going to write your own presentation script. Make some notes first like the ones in Part D1. Use Millie's writing as a model. Reduce reduce waste save water take buses instead of driving cars use fewer plastic bags ... Reuse reuse water reuse bottles and boxes use cloth bags instead of plastic ones reuse old clothes ... Recycle recycle paper, glass and plastic sort rubbish every day recycle waste batteries make new things from old waste ... 23021 Useful expressions Everybody can do something to help protect the environment. Here are some simple steps to take. First, we can save ... We should also ... In order to ..., we should ... To help reduce pollution, we can ... We should also ... Instead of ..., we could ... is also a good way to help ... It's important for us to ... 23021 Check your writing after you finish and exchange drafts with your partners for review. Then revise your articles. Self-assessment 问题 是 否 如果为“否” ,如何改进? 你的短文是否有一个恰当的标题? 你在短文中是否介绍了绿色生活的方法? 你在短文的开头是否号召所有人践行绿色生活? 你在短文的主干部分是否介绍践行绿色生活的方法? 你在短文的末尾是否阐述了践行绿色生活的重要意义? 你的短文是否提供了充足的细节? 你的短文是否使用了较丰富的词汇和句型来介绍践行绿色生活的方法? 你的短文在拼写、语法和标点方面是否都正确? 23021 Peer-assessment 评价指标 得分 评分标准 短文是否介绍了践行绿色生活的方法? 5 = Excellent 4 = Good 3 = Acceptable 2 = Needs improvement 短文是否结构清晰,并详略得当地号召所有人践行绿色生活,从多方面介绍践行绿色生活的方法,并阐述践行绿色生活的重要意义? 短文各段的细节是否充足? 短文是否使用了较丰富的词汇和句型来介绍践行绿色生活的方法? 短文在拼写、语法和标点方面是否都正确? 23021 Sample Simple steps for a healthier planet Hello everyone! Are you ready to go green? Protecting our planet is everyone’s responsibility. The good news is—it’s not hard to start! By following three simple ideas—save, choose and act—we can all help create a healthier planet. First, let’s save our precious resources. We can save energy by unplugging chargers when they’re not in use. We can save water by turning off the tap while brushing our teeth. We can also save paper by printing on both sides or reusing old notebooks. 23021 Next, it’s important to choose wisely. Whenever possible, pick products with less packaging. Say yes to reusable bags, bottles and lunchboxes. Support local and seasonal foods—they travel shorter distances, which means less fuel and fewer emissions. Every smart choice adds up! Finally, act—get involved! Join your school’s recycling programmes and make sure paper, cans and plastic go into the right bins. You can also start a small green project, like planting trees or setting up a classroom compost bin. Share what you learn with friends and family! Remember, going green isn’t about being perfect. It’s about doing what we can, step by step. Together, our small actions can lead to big changes. Let’s start today—for our future and for our planet! 23021 What I can do Me Partner 1 I can discuss how to protect the environment. 2 I can use the passive voice in the simple future tense correctly. 3 I can describe how to go green with the new words in this unit. 4 I am more aware of how we can work together to make the earth a greener place. * Assess your learning of new words and grammar by doing the exercises on page 143. Result: Weak Good Wonderful I am good at _ I need to spend more time on _ My action plan: _ Assessment 23021 Further study World Environment Day is on 5 June every year. It aims to highlight the importance of environmental protection across the world. Its official website gives many ideas for helping protect the environment. Visit the website and see what things you could do. Discuss your ideas with your classmates. 23021 Language points 1. According to the United Nations, in the last 40 years, desertification has been a problem across almost 30% of the earth's land. 根据联合国统计,在过去40年里,地球上近30%的土地都存在荒漠化问题。 according to 依照,根据 e.g. The work was done according to her instructions. 这项工作是依照她的指示办的。 According to the theory of relativity, nothing can travel faster than light. 根据相对论,任何东西都无法超越光速。 23021 2. China has made a great start in dealing with the problem of desertification.中国在处理荒漠化问题上已经实现良好开局。 短语 make a great start 意思是“开个好头”。 e.g. To make a great start, teachers often ask their students to make study plans for the new term. 为了开个好头,老师经常要求学生为新学期制订学习计划。 23021 3. Go green! 行动起来,保护环境! 短语go green的意思相当于do something to protect the environment,其中green意思是“环境保护的,环保的”。 e.g. They listed several ways to go green in daily life. 他们列出了几种在日常生活中用行动保护环境的方法。 23021 Homework Complete and polish your article and share it with others. Review the whole unit. 23021 Blues 80013.055 Blues 74552.93 Blues 70817.055 Blues 60994.734 Blues 105249.805 $