1、Unit 1 Nature in the balance Extended reading Brainstorming 1 Step What can you see from the pictures? What do you think of them? Prediction 2 Step News that matters: pollution in Norgate Can you predict what will be talked about in the TV show? Prediction 2 Step News that matters: pollution in Norg
2、ate How many people are there in the TV show and who are they? Can you guess what opinions they will hold? Detailed reading 3 Step What are the environmental problems in Norgate? What does James Smith think should be done to solve the problem? Read para. 3 and answer. Detailed reading 3 Step How doe
3、s Vincent Brown respond to the protest of James Smith? What do the factories do to protect the environment? Read para. 5 and answer. What benefits have the factories brought to Norgate? Detailed reading 3 Step What does the committee do for protecting the environment in Norgate? What else should be
4、done to protect the environment according to Julie Archer? Read para. 7 and answer. Detailed reading 3 Step What is the hosts attitude towards the situation in Norgate? Read para. 8 and answer. Detailed reading 3 Step Factory managers care deeply about the environment and the community. Factories ha
5、ve taken various measures to reduce pollution, even though these measures raise their production costs. Factories have helped Norgates economy and created job opportunities for local residents. Norgate has become seriously polluted over the past 20 years. Factories have caused water and air pollutio
6、n and endangered public health. Heavy industry should be moved out of Norgate. James Smith Vincent Brown Detailed reading 3 Step The committee plays a major role in controlling pollution, but also has a duty to promote economic growth. Different branches of government work together to ensure that de
7、velopment strategies can be followed in an environmentally friendly way. Everyone should do their part to protect the environment. Norgates fast development has brought increased pollution levels and greatly damaged the environment. The fortunes of our environment and our economy are inseparable. We
8、 should build a better future and a cleaner world for our children. Host Julie Archer Critical thinking 4 Step Though the factories and the committee have done much to protect the local environment, there is still serious pollution in Norgate. Who should be responsible for this? Heavy industry facto
9、ries moving in Use of new technologies to reduce pollution Make environmental policies for business to observe Work hand in hand with other branches of government Follow the golden rule of reduce, reuse and recycle ? ? ? Dirty and smelly river Smog in the air Harm to the health of the local people C
10、ontrolControl CausesCauses ConsequencesConsequences The environmental problems in Norgate The environmental problems around the world Further thinking 5 Step Do you think things will change significantly in the future? Further thinking The world 20 years from now Nature Human beings Animals Plants Air Wate r Mountains Awareness Behaviours ? 5 Step Homework Write a short passage about what the world will be like 20 years from now.
