1、选择性必修一 Unit 3 Conservation(7)高二年级 英语1.World Heritage Sites in China2.Nature is Turning on UsReading Club 1.World Heritage Sites in ChinaLead in 1.Do you know about“World Heritage Sites”?2.What“World Heritage Sites”do China have?World Heritage Site is given by United Nations Educational,Scientific an
2、d Cultural Organisation(UNESCO)committee to places in the world that are outstanding examples of cultural or natural history.55 World Heritage Sites in China(up to 2019)55 World Heritage Sites in China(up to 2019)Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Areathe Old Town of Lijiangthe Temple an
3、d Mansion of ConfuciusThere are more than 900 halls and rooms in the temple,more than 1,000 stone tablets and 100,000 tombs outside the temple.1.Where is the site?2.How huge is it?In Qufu,Shandong Province.3.For whom is the site built?The site is a memorial to Confucius,the great philosopher,politic
4、ian and educator of the 6th5th centuries B.C.Built to commemorate him in 478 B.C.,the temple has been destroyed and reconstructed over the centuries;today it comprises more than 100 buildings.More informationThe Qufu complex of monuments has retained its outstanding artistic and historic character d
5、ue to the devotion of successive Chinese emperors over more than 2,000 years.2.the Old Town of Lijiang1.Where is the Old Town of Lijiang?It is a few hours bus-ride away from the ancient city of Dali in Yunnan Province.Surrounded by fields,mountains and rivers,it looks like a jade ink stone in spring
6、 and summer.2.Why does it look like a jade ink stone?3.Why is the Old Town of Lijiang like“Venice in the East”to foreigners?alleys,streams,bridges and houses“city on water”More informationThe three parts of the Old Town of Lijiang:Dayan Old Town(including the Heilong Pool),Baisha housing cluster and
7、 Shuhe housing cluster,fully reflect the social,economic and cultural features of the different periods,following the natural topography of mountains and water sources to form an outstanding settlement combining the residential traditions of Naxi,Han,Bai and Tibetan people.Dayan Old Town was establi
8、shed in the Ming dynasty as a commercial centre.More information The Old Town of Lijiang has integrated the mountains,rivers,trees and architecture to create a human habitat featuring the unity between man and nature.3.Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Arealocationnatural beautyprotecte
9、d speciesnorth of Sichuan Provincemountains,lakes,streams,trees,underground springs and waterfallsprotected species of plants and endangered animalsMore informationCovering 72,000 hectares,Jiuzhaigou preserves a series of important forest ecosystems including old-growth forests which provide importa
10、nt habitat for numerous threatened species of plants and animals,including the giant panda and golden monkey.Unfortunately,a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Jiuzhaigou County at 9:19 p.m.on August 8,2017.Good news is that it reopened on Sept.27,two years later.Do you know what happened to Jiuzhaigou
11、 in 2017?Summary The Temple and Mansion of Confucius is a memorial to Confucius.The site is huge.The Old Town of Lijiang looks like a jade ink stone in spring and summer.Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area is a unique natural wonder.Mogao CavesMount TaishanPeking Man Site at Zhoukoud
12、ianMount HuangshanAncient City of Ping YaoClassical Gardens of SuzhouOther World Heritage Sites in China Summer PalaceTemple of HeavenMount WuyiLongmen GrottoesYungang GrottoesThe Great Wall.2.Nature is Turning on UsLead inWhat disasters have been threatening the lives on the earth?Are they caused b
13、y people?Are they made worse by people?Are they natural?Environmental disastersdroughtnatural/made worse by peopleearthquakenaturalEnvironmental disastersEnvironmental disastersfloodnatural/made worse by peopleEnvironmental disastersforest firenatural/caused by peopleEnvironmental disastershurricane
14、naturalEnvironmental disasterstsunaminaturalEnvironmental disasterstyphoonnaturalEnvironmental disastersvolcanic eruptionnaturallandslidenatural/made worse by peopleEnvironmental disastersNature is Turning on Ussuddenly attack someoneNatural disastersAsia,Europe and South AmericaEarthquakesUS,Centra
15、l AmericaHurricanes and typhoonsin Somalia and Kenya,in 2017;Canada in 2016Reduced rainfallIndonesia,in 2016Mt Tambora in Indonesia,1815Volcanic eruptionsMocoa in Colombia,in 2017LandslidesComplete the diagramGeneral Understanding1.Who are most likely to be the victims of natural disasters?2.Why are
16、 there now more hurricanes,floods and droughts?3.Why are volcanoes and earthquakes more dangerous now?4.What could be the biggest threat to the planet in the future?5.What effects might this threat have?1.Who are most likely to be the victims of natural disasters?2.Why are there now more hurricanes,
17、floods and droughts?Poor people.Overpopulation and mismanagement of the worlds resources.3.Why are volcanoes and earthquakes more dangerous now?Because around half the worlds population live in cities,more than 500 million people now live within the range of volcanic eruption and an even greater num
18、ber of people live at risk from earthquakes.4.What could be the biggest threat to the planet in the future?5.What effects might this threat have?A volcanic eruption.It might send the planet into winter for years.According to the author,why is nature turning on us?First,overpopulation results in heav
19、y building using local materials without proper planning which can contribute to landslides or collapse during earthquakes.Next,global warming caused by factories and vehicles,and the destruction of forests cause climate change and extreme weather conditions.Critical thinking1.Is the authors attitud
20、e positive or negative towards the future?Find evidence from the text.2.Do you agree with the author?Why?What is your attitude towards the future?1.Is the authors attitude positive or negative towards the future?Find evidence from the text.The author has a negative point of view.He believes that env
21、ironmental disasters will get worse,after speaking to experts.He says Experts are predicting worse to come,Most disaster experts believe that things could get a lot worse.,He warns that the world has not seen the worst yet.”and There are about two of these events every 100,000 years.2.Do you agree w
22、ith the author?Why?What is your attitude towards the future?I agree with the author that things will get worse.The writer presents a lot of facts of disasters in the text.In recent years there have been more natural disasters than in the past,so I think this will continue unless we can manage to stop or reverse global warming.HomeworkSearch online to find:1.more World Heritage Sites;2.more environmental disasters.Thank you!
