1、1.What are the extreme weather and disasters mentioned in the video?2.What do you think causes such extreme weather and disasters?droughtfloodstormsea level riseheat wavefireGlobal warmingClimate changePara 1A.Solutions to reduce greenhouse gas emission.Para 2Para 3Para 4Para 5B.The effects of the r
2、ise in temperature.C.The problem that Earth is getting warmer and warmer.D.An example of a dead polar bear.E.The causes of the increase in global temperature.Read for main idea of each paragraphRead for structurePart 1:evidence/phenomenon examplePart 2:causesPart 3:effects/influences/resultsPart 4:s
3、olutions evidenceThe structure of the text.problemexamplecauseseffectssolutionsExpository writingPara 1-2Read for details1.What happened to the polar bear in the photo?Why did the writer write about it?The polar bear in the photo died of starvation.Paragraph1-2:The writer wrote about it because itsh
4、owed one of the effects of risingtemperatures due to climate change.2.Can you use your words to describe how climate change have influenced the polar bears life?Climate change low sea-ice levelsbears could not hunt had to travel greater distances to find foodstarved to deathits dead body found Para
5、31.Why is the“natural”greenhouse effect important and necessary?The“natural”greenhouse effect is important because it warms the Earths surface and keeps it habitable.2.What are the consequences of high greenhouse gas emissions?High greenhouse gas emissions lead to more heat energy being trapped in t
6、he atmosphere and rising temperatures.Paragraph:3Keeping Earths warm and habitableGreenhouse effect“Natural”greenhouse effect“man-made”greenhouse effectCausing Earths surface temperature to rise quickly if too much heat energy is trappedPara 4The rise in temperature led toextreme weather/natural dis
7、asters exampleresultextreme rainstorms,heat wavesserious damage,costing human lives,economic lossesPara 501The governments:02 Individuals:make policies and take appropriate actions and measures.reduce our“carbon footprint”by educate everyone about global warming2.What is the authors purpose of writi
8、ng this text?The authors purpose is to arouse our awareness of the problem of the rising temperature and appeal to us to take appropriate actions to deal with climate change.As a student,what can we do to protect the environment in our daily life?Climate change Evidence SolutionsCauses Effects governmentindividualsextreme weathernatural disastersGreenhouse effectnatural greenhouse effectman-made greenhouse effectA better understanding of climate changePreview the knowledge points in the text in advance.homeworkDo the exercise of grammatical word filling.
