1、Developing ideas 1. Which shopping bag is more environmentally friendly ? A plastic bag . A paper bag. Neither of these. Look at the questions about “green living” and tick your answers. 2. What should you do to save energy when leaving your home? Turn off a device Unplug a device Neither of these.
2、3. What food is better for the environment? Food produced near to where you live. Food produced far from where you live. It depends. 4. Which uses less water? Taking a bath. Taking a shower. It depends. Learning to learn As subheadings expand on the main heading or title, they can be slightly longer
3、 than the main heading. Although not every paragraph needs a subheading, they can be skimmed to give the reader an overall understanding of the content of a text. expand on: to add details to what you are saying Read the subheadings in the passage and decide if they are true or false. The majority o
4、f us take steps to save energy and reduce waste and pollution. But recently, some “green truths” have been shown to be only half true, or even completely false. Why do people think plastic bags are bad for the environment? Why are paper bags not good for the environment? What kind of bag is a better
5、 choice? Paper shopping bags are better than plastic ones. Because plastic bags cause litter therefore they dont emit CO2, thus creating “zero emission” (零排放). Description: Although driving an electric car does not cause any air pollution, the pollution mainly comes from the production of its batter
6、y (电池) and the electricity used to keep it running. The production of the electric batteries requires lithium (锂). A large amount of energy is used on mining and processing this metal. Meanwhile, the electricity by which electric cars are powered is mainly from burning coal or gas. All of these cont
7、ribute to carbon emissions. Consequently, electric cars arent really green. How “green” are you? What can you do to become “greener”? Think and share refuse to buy over- packaged products donate the clothes youve outgrown to others Investigate 1 Identify areas in your school that would benefit from
8、greater environmental awareness. 2 Work in groups. Discuss in which areas you can make a difference. Research information about: energy saving water conservation tree planting 1 Which shopping bag is more environmentally friendly? A A plastic bag. B A paper bag C Either of both. D Neither of both. 2
9、 What should you do to save energy when leaving your home? A Turn off a device. B Unplug a device. C Use older device. D None of these. 3 People generally hold the idea that _. A eating local food is better for the environment B eating the food grown a long way away is better C the transport of food
10、 uses more energy than production D Local produce uses more energy and produces more greenhouse gases Reading comprehension 4 Which of the following is really green according to the passage? A Use paper bags when shopping. B Turn off a device when leaving your home. C Eat local food instead of that
11、from a long distance. D Keep your shower time as short as possible. 5 The passage mainly tells us _ . A we should raise the awareness of environmental protection B we must take care of the environment C not all the “green truths” really green D the common ideas are false The 1_(major) of us take ste
12、ps to save energy and reduce pollution. But recently, some ” green truths “ 2_(show) to be only half true, or even 3_(complete) false. Plastic bags cause litter and are a danger to wild animals , 4_mistake them for food. So people think paper bags are the better environmental choice. 5_, making a pa
13、per bag uses four times as much energy 6_ making a plastic one. In fact, both kinds of bags are bad 7_ the environment. You should unplug a device rather than turn it off when 8_(leave) your home. Is eating local food for the environment? The answer is “No”. 9_is the production of food, not its tran
14、sport, that uses most of the energy. People often thinks its better to take a shower than a bath, but its not right. It depends on how long you spend in the shower and how large your bath is. 10_ , the key is to keep your shower time as short as possible. majority have been shown completely which Ho
15、wever as for leaving It Therefore 直击高考直击高考 1 What is the purpose of the letter? 2 What is the existing problem? 3 What are the proposed actions from Class 8? Discuss another environmental issue and write a persuasive letter Dear Friends, We are writing this letter to raise your awareness of the need
16、 to protect our planet. You can help simply by participating in the No Bottled Water campaign. People tend to think bottled water is cleaner and more convenient. However, they may not know that according to scientific research, millions of tons of plastic are used worldwide to make water bottles eac
17、h year. The plastic can take hundreds of years to break down. If you are worried about the effects of bottled water on the Earth, we would like to suggest you take the following steps: 1 Carry your water in a sustainable, reusable bottle. In this way, you dont need to buy bottled water. 2 If you have to purchase a plastic bottled beverage, recycle the bottle after use. 3 Ask your family members and friends to take part in this campaign. Everyone is responsible for making our planet cleaner and better by doing what we can. Lets start now. With best wishes Class 11.
