Unit 2 Greener Planet, Better Home Oral Communication & Reading for Writing课件 2026-2027学年仁爱科普版英语九年级上册

In this unit, you will learn to: • talk about environmental protection. • develop an awareness of environmental protection. • analyze the cause and effect of an event. • use the reading strategy of making generalizations. • make a survey of low-carbon living. Big Question: How can you be a green person? u UNIT 2 Oral Communication & Reading for Writing Developing the Topic 学习目标 通过本节课的学习，同学们将能： 1. 识别并描述主要的环境污染类型及其成因与后果。 2. 听懂并谈论日常生活中的环保行为，掌握相关的动词短语。 3. 运用所学句型，表达自己为保护环境所做的努力。 4. 增强社会责任感，养成绿色低碳的生活习惯。 Watch a video and answer the questions. 1. How do you feel? Sad/Upset/Worried/Terrible. 2. What should we do to protect the environment? We should reuse water in our daily life. 我们日常生活中应当循环用水。 We should recycle paper and plastic bottles. 我们应该回收纸张和塑料瓶。 We should save electricity.我们应当节约用电。 We should plant more trees.我们应当多植树。 We shouldn’t throw rubbish everywhere. 我们不应该到处乱扔垃圾。 We can take the bus instead of driving cars. 我们可以乘坐公交，代替开车。 We should sort waste.我们应当进行垃圾分类。 Activity 1 A. Listen to the monologs and match the speakers with the sentences. Xiao Ya Li Ming Kangkang We’ve planted many trees by now, and we take good care of them. We’re doing our part to go green. I’ve long been used to thinking twice before throwing things away. Oral Communication Talking about how to protect the environment B. Listen again and complete the table. Names Xiao Ya Li Ming Kangkang Activities • writes on _______ sides of the paper • ________ paper boxes, plastic cups and many other things • a member of the _____________ Club for 2 years • plants trees on ___________ 12, National Tree-planting Day • rides a _______ or takes a bus to and from school • takes the ___________ as much as possible both reuses school’s Green March bike underground Activity 2 Group work. Discuss what you have done to help protect the environment, and then report it to the class. The following information may help you. ·ride a bike or take a bus ·plant trees; be a volunteer ·save water; recycle waste ·use less paper ·stop using plastic bags The earth is our home. We have done many things to make our earth green. For me, first, I have ridden a bike to school for three years … One version The earth is our home. We have done many things to make our earth green. For me, first I have ridden a bike to school for three years. Second, I have saved water at home. I always reuse water. Also, I have stopped using plastic bags when I go shopping. What’s more, I have used less paper to protect trees. I hope more people can join us to protect the environment. Reading for Writing Pollution—causes and effects Activity 1 Pair work. Identify the types of pollution in the pictures and talk about how we can prevent or reduce pollution. air pollution water pollution noise pollution Talk about other kinds of pollution and their causes in your group. air pollution water pollution noise pollution soil pollution light pollution Heavy smoke from cars and factories leads to air pollution. Waste and dirty water are poured into rivers. Busy traffic and loud machines produce much noise. The soil is polluted by rubbish and harmful chemicals. Too many bright lights at night cause light pollution. 1.What is the main idea of the passage? The passage talks about the causes and bad influences of water pollution. 2.How many reasons for water pollution are mentioned? First of all, people have put lots of unclean things into rivers and lakes, such as wastewater and rubbish. Such actions have reduced the quality of our drinking water. Besides, farming and factory activities have also been the main causes of water pollution. For many years, farms and factories have poured harmful materials and waste into rivers. As a result, the natural environment has suffered greatly. What’s worse, oil pollution from ships and land-based factories is also serious. It has polluted the ocean and harmed plants and animals as well. Causes Effects 1.People have put lots of unclean things into rivers and lakes, such as wastewater and rubbish. 2.Farms and factories have poured harmful materials and waste into rivers. 3.Oil pollution from ships and land-based factories. 1.Such actions have reduced the quality of our drinking water. 2.The natural environment has suffered greatly. 3.It has polluted the ocean and harmed plants and animals. Activity 2 Read the text about water pollution and complete the chart. My name is Li Xiang. We have all learned a lot about air pollution since Mr. Wang’s geography lesson last week. But today, let’s talk about water pollution. First of all, people have put lots of unclean things into rivers and lakes, such as wastewater and rubbish. Such actions have reduced the quality of our drinking water. Besides, farming and factory activities have also been the main causes of water pollution. For many years, farms and factories have poured harmful materials and waste into rivers. As a result, the natural environment has suffered greatly. What’s worse, oil pollution from ships and land-based factories is also serious. It has polluted the ocean and harmed plants and animals as well. In a word, water pollution has become a great danger to human health and the environment. We need to reconsider our way of living and protect our home planet. Activity 3 Draw a chain about your activities in protecting the environment, and then draft your essay. The phrases and sentence patterns may help you. Useful phrases Useful sentence patterns put … into … main causes natural environment We have learned a lot about … Besides, … As a result, … In a word, … Activity 4 Rate your draft, and then complete your essay. We have learned a lot about environmental protection recently. I realize that the natural environment is facing serious problems, so I decide to take action. First, I try to live a green life. I never put the rubbish like plastic bottles into the river. Besides, I start to use cloth bags instead of plastic bags when shopping to reduce white pollution. I also turn off the lights immediately when leaving the room to save energy. Small efforts can bring great changes in environmental protection. If everyone takes action, all kinds of pollution will be greatly reduced. Let’s start from now on! Invite your partner to rate your final draft. 1-Needs improvement; 2-Satisfactory; 3-Good; 4-Excellent How well can you __________________? Self-rating Partner’s rating express your view of living a greener life organize the cause and effect relationship introduce your activities in protecting the environment organize your ideas in a well-balanced structure use the theme vocabulary of the unit use the present perfect tense use punctuation spell the words Please ask your partner to review your draft and offer suggestions for improvement. Language points 1. Such actions have reduced the quality of our drinking water.这类行为降低了我们饮用水的质量。 【点拨】(1) the quality of ······的质量 (2) drinking water 饮用水 (动名词作定语) (3) reduce sth 减少/降低某物(及物动词，直接加宾语) 【拓展】(1) reduce...to... 把······减少到······ e.g. We reduced costs to 500 yuan.我们把成本降低到500元。 (2) reduce...by...把······减少了······ e.g. The price reduced by 20%.价格下降了20%。 2. Besides, farming and factory activities have also been the main causes of water pollution.此外，务农与工厂生产活动也是水污染的主要成因。 【点拨】main cause 主要原因 【拓展】(1) cause也可作为动词，cause sth引起某事。 e.g. Smoking causes illness.吸烟引发疾病。 (2) cause sb sth 给某人带来······ e.g. Pollution causes us many problems.污染给我们带来许多麻烦。 (3) cause sb to do sth 使/导致某人做某事(重中之重！) e.g. Noise causes people to feel upset.噪声使人们感到烦躁。 3. I’ve long been used to thinking twice before throwing things away.我早就已经养成习惯，丢弃物品前都会再三考虑。 【点拨】(1) be used to doing sth 习惯于做某事 e.g. I am used to getting up early.我习惯早起。 【拓展】①used to do sth 过去常常做某事 ②be used to do sth 被用来做某事 e.g. Wood is used to make paper.木头被用来造纸。 e.g. I used to live here.我以前住在这里。 (2) think twice before doing sth 在做某事之前慎重考虑 (3) throw...away把······扔掉 注意：代词只能放中间，名词两种位置都可以。 throw it away ✔ throw away it ❌ throw the rubbish away＝throw away the rubbish Exercise 根据汉语提示补全句子 1. My sister __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________(习惯于听音乐) when she does homework. 2. You should __________ __________(三思) before you decide to give up the competition. 3. Jack is __________ __________ __________(······的一员) the school chess club. 4. You need to __________ __________ __________ __________ (妥善照料) your violin. is used to listening think twice a member of take good care of to music 5. The mountains look amazing; they are covered with green trees __________ __________ __________(全年)． 6. Every student should __________ __________ __________(尽自己一份力)to make our class excellent. 7. I missed the last bus. __________ __________(更糟糕的是), my phone ran out of power. 8. Sudden heavy storms are __________ __________ __________ __________(一大危害) the boats on the lake. all year round do their part What’s worse a great danger to THANKS Lavf59.27.100 null 87864.0 null 83976.0 $