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XB3 Unit3
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs, but not every man’s greed(贪婪).
— Mohandas K. Gandhi
melting glaciers
Glaciers store vital fresh water and regulate climate for humanity, satisfying people’s needs.
People’s greedy overconsumption triggers global warming that melts glaciers, depriving(剥夺) humanity of essential natural safeguards.
Pre-Reading
What information can we get from the line chart and the picture?
skinny, dead polar bear
cause-and-effect
Pre-Reading
skinny, dead polar bear
cause-and-effect
TITLE: Climate Change Requires the World’s Attention
Prediction: What might the passage talk about?
Genre/Text Type?
exposition
argumentation
narration
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Fast-Reading
Check your prediction by filling in the table.
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②
③
④
⑤
Fast-Reading
Check your prediction by filling in the table.
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②
③
④
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1.2
3
4
5
causes of rising temperature
evidence of dramatic climate change
Consequences of rising temperature
Solutions to global warming
Detailed-Reading
①
②
Part1 (Para.1&2): Evidence
Question:
What are the evidence(s) for climate change mentioned in the first two paragraphs?
specific
general
②
Part1 (Para.1&2): Evidence
climate change
starvation
longer
food-seeking travel
lack of food
low sea-ice level
The following reasons account for the death of the polar bear, with one influencing another. Read paragraph 2 and put them in a correct logical order.
Detailed-Reading
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Para.3: Causes
Detailed-Reading
Para.3: Causes
Detailed-Reading
Para.3: Causes
Heat released back into space
Heat reflected back to Earth’s surface
Reflected sunlight
Atmosphere
Sunlight
Detailed-Reading
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Para.3: Causes
Question:
Why is “man-made” greenhouse effect a problem? Interpret it in your own words.
Detailed-Reading
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Para.4: Consequences
T/F Questions:
The rise in temperature leads to extreme weather and natural disasters.
Heatwaves are not extreme weather.
Extreme rainstorms and heatwaves caused deaths and economic losses.
T
F
T
Detailed-Reading
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Para.5: Solutions
Question:
What are the suggested solutions to global warming for different groups of people?
Detailed-Reading
Post-Reading
Discussion
In our daily life, what can be done to reduce greenhouse effect?
Cut down energy consumption, like turning off idle闲置的 electrical appliances in daily life.
Minimize personal impact on the global climate, such as choosing walking or public transport instead of private cars.
Participate in local environmental initiatives or choose sustainable daily products.
Pay attention to the Language.
Detailed-Reading
broadcast comprehensive ecology starve seize
1. The Amazon basin, known as the “lungs of the world”, not only provides some balance for the planet, but also food and resources for the local natives.
2. Thousands of baby penguins to death because the changing climate forced their parents to leave them and travel long distances in search of food.
3. Many experts link China’s economic success to the reform that China has undergone since 1978.
4. The speaker said the media should make more that spread awareness of the climate crisis and possible solutions.
5. To deal with climate change, we must the initiative to do whatever is necessary to protect our environment.
ecological
starved
comprehensive
broadcasts
seize
fuel policy release restrict sustain trend
Carbon dioxide is through human activities such as destroying forests and burning fossil , as well as natural processes such as volcanic eruptions. The measurements by climate experts show a rising of carbon dioxide emissions. If this continues, our planet will face further environmental disasters. In response to this environmental issue, China is implementing significant and measures to address climate change, aiming to coal consumption, promote a harmonious relationship between man and nature, build a energy system, and advocate a moderate, green, and low-carbon lifestyle.
released
fuels
trend
policies
restrict
sustainable
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