1、Listening,Page 62,Answer key for exercise 2:,an organization by kids for kids; concerned with the environment four students in Australia; in 1996 to draw attention to the environment the Horse that Saved the World to explain why its better for the environment if we walk to school, ride bikes or go b
2、y bus,Answer key for exercise 3:,Methods of saving energy: buy energy-saving goods turn off appliances when not using them,Projects that Millennium Kids have done: planted trees developed activities that reduce, reuse and recycle waste planned ways to reduce recycle and reuse plastic bags,Using word
3、s and expressions,Suggested answers to exercise 1:,Page 63,I think our conference was very successful on the whole. Professor Browns presentation was warmly received. There is a wide range of energy sources: coal, oil, natural gas, water power, nuclear power and so on. Since your bicycle is broken,
4、you can use mine, so long as you take care of it. Sue often buys food at the nearby store and heats it in the microwave for lunch. Then she drinks a can of coke to refresh herself and goes back to the office.,I would like to thank Mr Smith on behalf of the school for his work as a scholar, an engine
5、er and educator. She is opposed to war, cruelty to animals, racism and so on with a commitment to help all living things. His programme has been passed smoothly because most of the representatives in the conference subscribed to it. In recent years, the winter temperature in this region tends to go
6、up, and one of the main reasons which have resulted in this consequence is the air pollution.,His main contribution to our country is that he suggested on controlling population growth. The chairman of the conference stated that though the people at present are in disagreement on some issues, they a
7、re in agreement with each other on environmental protection. The existence of life in outer space is still a mystery. Experts said that the global temperature would show a tendency to increase.,Suggested answers to exercise 2:,mild, circumstance, flood, catastrophe, steadily, casual, average,widespr
8、ead, electrical, motor, advocated, put up with, kept on,Using sturctures,It was in 1996 that the first childrens conference on the environment was organized in Australia. It is children that/who run Millennium Kids. It is on the Internet that you can find out more about Millennium Kids. It is at the
9、 yearly conference that the young people decide which projects they want to concentrate on. It is plastic bags that Millennium Kids is asking us to reduce, reuse and recycle.,Page 64,Answer key for exercise 1:,Answer key for exercise 2:,Indeed, it was four Australian children who started it in 1996
10、when they organized the first childrens environmental conference. It is at this conference that we decide which projects we want to work on in the following year. It was through one of these projects about five years ago that I first became involved Millennium Kids.,Listening task,Page 65,Answer key
11、 to exercise 1:,Part 1: How fan Kierman began Clean-up Australia Day Part 2: Clean-up the World Day and Ian Kiermans contribution to improving the environment,Answer key for Exercise 2:,Ian Kierman competed in a round-the-world,He was shocked at the pollution in the ocean.,Clean-up day for Sydney Ha
12、rbour,40,000 volunteers; collected old car bodies, plastics, glass bottles, cigarette butts,the first Clean Up Australia Day,300,000 volunteers,Clean Up Australia Day,most common kinds of rubbish: cigarette butts, glass bottles and plastic bags,the first Clean Up the World Day,30 million volunteers
13、in 80 countries,Clean Up the World Day,40 Million volunteers in 128 countries; cleaned streets, beaches, river banks and parks,Clean up Your Butts and Bags,Read Toms essay about litter. Make a summary for each paragraph.,Reading task on 66,Clean up Your Butts and Bags,Answer key for Exercise 1:,The
14、main point of view to be circled: all sorts of items become litter, but two of the most common and most dangerous are cigarette butts and plastic bags. The evidence about cigarette butts Tom gives to support his argument to be underlined: Over 1600 billion cigarettes are smoked each year in China th
15、e toxic chemicals add up to a great amount.,The evidence about plastic bags Tom gives to support his argument to be boxed: They are made from to kill another animal. Toms solutions: 1). Put cigarette butts in the rubbish bin. 2). Not to let plastic bags become litter. 3). Use fewer plastic bags and
16、recycle them. 4). Not to smoke. 5. Not use plastic bags at all.,Answer key for Exercise 2:,Litter is a serious environmental problem.,Cigarette butts are small but are still bad for the environment.,Over 1600 billion cigarettes are smoked each year in China. Many of the butts become litter. 4.5 tril
17、lion butts are littered every year in the world. Butts spoil the beauty of the environment. Butts contain toxic chemicals. These get into the water supply. These decrease the quality of the water and endanger living things. Butts take up to 5 years to break down, so the toxic chemicals add up to a g
18、reat amount.,Evidence:,Plastic bags are a danger to the environment.,1.Plastic bags are made from non-renewable resources. If they are not recycled, these resources are lost to us. 2.In china, 2 billion plastic bags are used every day. Many of these become litter. 3.Plastic bags last from 20 to 1,00
19、0 years in the environment. ,The environment would be less polluted if we cleaned up cigarette butts and plastic bags. The best solution would be not to smoke or use plastic bags at all.,Discussion,Discuss the environmental problems that concern people most in groups of four. List as many environmen
20、t topics as possible, then write them on a piece of paper.,environment topics,air pollution,noise,soil erosion,water pollution,litter classification,desertification,make green by planting trees,deforestation,water pollution,air pollution,soil erosion,desertification,deforestation,litter classificati
21、on,planting trees,Choose a topic from the list that you feel strongly about. Make notes on your topic using headings similar to the table in the reading task. Use the passage as a model.,Writing,Step 1: Write out the thesis statement. (point of view) Step 2: Write out the topic sentence of the first
22、 body paragraph. Step 3: Give the supporting points and details about the first subtopic. Step 4: Write out the topic sentence of the second body paragraph. Step 5: Give the supporting points and details about the second subtopic. (more body paragraphs . ),Writing tips,The Environmental Effects of F
23、ossil FuelsThere is no doubt that fossil fuels bring a lot of good to us. But do you know that many of the environmental problems our country faces today result from our fossil fuel dependence.The environment faces air pollution, global warming, acid rain, and several other very serious problems bec
24、ause of our use of fossil fuels. Over the last 150 years, burning of fossil fuels has resulted in more than 25 percent,A sample version,increase in carbon dioxide in our atmosphere. Carbon dioxide is one of the main factors in global warming which is negatively affecting everyone. Fossil fuels also
25、affect water pollution, land pollution, and thermal pollution (heat pollution). Coal mining is one of the causes of pollution in the environment. After the mining is completed, the land will remain barren.,Materials other than coal are also brought to the surface in the coal mining process, and thes
26、e are left as solid wastes. The production, transportation, and use of fossil fuels are to blame for the effects of pollution on the environment. Then what should we do? We should spare no effort to improve our environment. Please save energy and use fewer fossil fuels in our daily lives.,Homework,Finish your composition on environmental problems.,See you next time!,
