Saving the earthSaving the earth

• Teaching aimsTeaching aims

• 1,improve the students’ speaking ability by 1,improve the students’ speaking ability by talking about nature ecology and the talking about nature ecology and the environmentenvironment

• 2,learn and master some useful new words 2,learn and master some useful new words and expressions for supporting an opinionand expressions for supporting an opinion

• 3,learn something about the environment to 3,learn something about the environment to help the students know the importance of help the students know the importance of protecting our earthprotecting our earth

• Teaching important pointsTeaching important points

• 1,improve the students’ reading 1,improve the students’ reading abilityability

• 2,master the useful words and 2,master the useful words and expressionsexpressions

• Teaching difficult points Teaching difficult points

• 1,how to help the students master 1,how to help the students master the usage of the useful words and the usage of the useful words and phrases in the passage phrases in the passage

• 2,how to improve the students’ 2,how to improve the students’ reading abilityreading ability

Look at the pictures .how Look at the pictures .how beautiful they are !Do you beautiful they are !Do you want to pay a visit to these want to pay a visit to these places?places?

But in some places, it’s not so bBut in some places, it’s not so beautiful . Look at the pictures, pleeautiful . Look at the pictures, please.ase.

• What can see in the pictures ?What can see in the pictures ?

• Yes ,from the pictures we can see Yes ,from the pictures we can see that our environment has been that our environment has been destroyed seriously ,immediate destroyed seriously ,immediate action must be taken to stop the action must be taken to stop the destroyed environment.destroyed environment.

• Now who can tell us what cause Now who can tell us what cause these problems?these problems?

ExplanationExplanation

• 1,representative1,representative• n. people chosen to present another or n. people chosen to present another or

others.others.• adj. serving to show a class or group adj. serving to show a class or group • e.g. He was the first representative to e.g. He was the first representative to

China.China.• This painting is representative of his This painting is representative of his

work.work.

• 2.access2.access

• n. 1 means of entering a place n. 1 means of entering a place

• 2 opportunity or right to use something 2 opportunity or right to use something

or approach somebody or approach somebody

e.g. The only access to the farmhouse ise.g. The only access to the farmhouse is

across the fields. across the fields.

3 stress 3 stress vt. Put stress or emphasis on (sth.)vt. Put stress or emphasis on (sth.) n. Special emphasis or significancen. Special emphasis or significance e.g. I stressed the importance of cominge.g. I stressed the importance of coming earlyearly My parents lay great stress on honesty.My parents lay great stress on honesty.4.take action4.take action do sth.in response to what has happened do sth.in response to what has happened e.g. Immediate action must be taken to e.g. Immediate action must be taken to stop the fire spreading stop the fire spreading

5. in harmony with……5. in harmony with…… agreeing ,matching agreeing ,matching e.g. His tastes are in harmony with mine e.g. His tastes are in harmony with mine 6. put an end to… 6. put an end to… stop sth. from happening any more stop sth. from happening any more e.g. we must put an end to this foolish e.g. we must put an end to this foolish behaviour.behaviour.

• HomeworkHomework

Try to make sentences with them so Try to make sentences with them so that that

that you can use them freely .Don’t that you can use them freely .Don’t

forget to preview the text.forget to preview the text.