1、Unit 1 Nature in the balance Integrated skills (I) How to effectively obtain information on causes and solutions Step 1 Signal words indicating causes Words or phrases indicating causes It is because . Its caused by the fact that . The primary reason is . . for ./. because of ./. due to . Paragraph
2、2 What are the three main reasons why people hunt animals? _ People hunt animals for food, for fashion and for fun. Paragraph 3 Why has the dolphin population dropped greatly? _ _ Because of the pollution caused by ship traffic and other human activities. Tapescript: People cutting down trees. Why i
3、s protecting animals so important? Tapescript: Today I want to talk about protecting animals. We often forget how important animals are to our world. They make our world more beautiful and lively. They provide food and medicine for us.They play a role in maintaining the balance of our ecosystem. Its
4、 therefore our duty to protect animals. beautiful and lively food and medicine maintaining the balance Summary words Step 2 Signal words indicating solutions Expressions indicating solutions The best way to . is to . We must also try to . . is an effective way to . There are also things we can do to
5、 help . . can make a big difference. . also helps. Expressions on solutions against the law animal habitats using less paper Step 3 Exercises Finish the following exercises by using the techniques learned before. Problems Facts Causes water need to be collected from river 1. no _ 2. no _ education 1
6、. schools are very poor 2. classrooms do not even have a roof be _ houses built of wood, not strong no _ health 1. be in poor health 2. children do not grow properly 1. poor _ 2. no_ Recently I have visited a village in northern Thailand. As you can see, water has to be collected from the river, 10
7、minutes walk away, because there was no running water and electricity in this village. A common problem facing the children living in this remote mountainous area is education. As the village is poor, many schools are very small, and some classrooms do not even have a roof. Another problem is that t
8、he villagers houses are built of wood and are not very strong. It is caused by the fact that they have no money and cannot get any other materials. Unfortunately, many of the children have poor diets and do not eat enough meat. And there are no doctors or nurses. As a result, they are in poor health
9、 and do not grow properly. running water electricity poor money diets doctors or nurses A problem facing the children is . A common problem is that . It is caused by the fact that . Another problem is that . As a result of . Sentence patterns indicating causes 1. _ to donate money _ our living condi
10、tions will be improved. 2. _ donate basic necessities, _ books, food and our old clothes? 3. _ be volunteers or teachers _ a lack of education and guidance. 4. _ be an ambassador _ more people concerned about poor children. What we should do now is Why not so that It is our responsibility to such as
11、 because of It would be a good idea to and call on Sentence patterns indicating solutions What we should do now is . so that . Why not do . such as . It is our responsibility to . because of . It would be a good idea to . and call on . summary words sentence patterns Techniques of obtaining information on causes and solutions Step 4 Summarizing
