1、lM3 U1 lNature in the balancelWelcome to the unit1Step 1:Lead inTalk about your favourite English song.2Step 2:Pre-readingListen to the English song and answer the following questions.(1)What are the rhyming words in this song?3Step 2:Pre-readingListen to the English song and answer the following qu
2、estions.(1)What are the rhyming words in this song?Possible answer:harm/alarm;seas/trees;clean/green;above/love;pollution/solution4Step 2:Pre-readingListen to the English song and answer the following questions.(2)How do you understand“harm”and“alarm”in this song?5Step 2:Pre-readingListen to the Eng
3、lish song and answer the following questions.(2)How do you understand“harm”and“alarm”in this song?Possible answer“Harm”means something bad we have done to the Earth,including polluting soils and seas,cutting down too many trees,etc.“Alarm”means the signal that warns us of the importance of environme
4、ntal protection which urges us to find a solution to this problem.6 Welcome to the unit The human race has done much harm.We have polluted our soils and seas,And cut down too many trees.Now is the time to sound the alarm.7 We want to live in a world thats clean;We want to live in a world of green.Th
5、e human race has done much harm;Now is the time to sound the alarm.8 Lets be thankful for the skies above;Lets plant new trees and stop pollution;Lets work together to find the solution;The Earths our home to protect and love.9 We want to live in a world thats clean;We want to live in a world of gre
6、en.Lets be thankful for the skies above;The Earths our home to protect and love.10Step 3:While-readingRead and answer(1)What is the message of the song?Humans have done much harm to the Earth,and we have to take action to change this situation.11Step 3:While-readingRead and answer(2)What can you do
7、to help protect the environment?We can use less paper and fewer plastic bottles and bags.Cutting down on electricity usage can also help reduce the air pollution that power stations create.12Let us not,however,flatter ourselves overmuch on account of our human victories over nature.For each such vic
8、tory nature takes its revenge on us.Friedrich Engels“但是我们不要过分陶醉于我们人类对自然界的胜利。对于每一次这样的胜利，自然界都对我们进行报复。”恩格斯是德国哲学家、革命导师。这句话选自他的劳动在从猿到人转变过程中的作用一文，意在告诫我们：人类要和自然和谐相处13Let us not,however,flatter ourselves overmuch on account of our human victories over nature.For each such victory nature takes its revenge on
9、 us.Friedrich Engels14Step 4:Post-readingRead and discuss:What can you do to help protect the environment?15Step 5:Post-readingRead and discuss:What can you do to help protect the environment?1.Plant trees2.Protect the forest3.16Step 6:Homework1.Review what we have learnt.2.Write an essay on how to protect animals.17感谢观看18
