1、Unit 2 The environment Word power山水映玉潭山水映玉潭 萤萤火火近近自自然然 阔宇漫山娇阔宇漫山娇 Environmental problems are discussed quite frequently in the news.A whole vocabulary has developed to help us about the environment and problems related to it.Discussing the environment A.Read this leaflet about a new hotel which is f
2、riendly to the environment.Ecotourists are people who visit an area and do not harm or damage the ecosystem.They are interested in environmental protection.If you are this kind of tourist,you will love Ecoville.We use natural,safe energy,from the sun,solar energy,instead of digging up earth to find
3、fuels,such as coal and oil.Nothing in our hotel causes pollution.We even use eco-friendly washing powder to wash your sheets.Dont have your next holiday in a city full of factories that create harmful waste.Come to Ecoville,where you and Earth will be safe together.B.When we talk about things that a
4、re bad for the environment,many of the words that we use are compound nouns.Use the compound nouns in the box to label the pictures below.clear-cut logging;slash and burn farming;acid rain;global warmingacid rainclear-cut loggingglobal warmingSlash and burn farmingC.Help Ecoville write an ad.Fill in
5、 the blanks with the words from Part A on page 26.The idea behind our hotel is(1)_ protection.It is safe and fun for the whole family,even Mother Earth.Ecoville,the perfect holiday destination!environmentalEcoville was created by Li Zheng,a scientist.He was worried about _ He wanted a chance to have
6、 a holiday in a beautiful part of the world,but not to cause damage to the(3)_ of the area.One night he saw a television show about a village in Africa.The whole village ecosystemglobal warminguses(4)_ from the sun.No(5)_ are burnt in peoples homes.There is no harmful waste from the factories becaus
7、e it is changed back into fuel and used to power the factories.energyfossil fuelsMr Li was very excited about this idea,and decided to build Ecoville exactly the same way.Nothing you find in Ecoville causes any harmat all.We built our hotel around the trees you can relax and be sure that there was n
8、o damage done to make space for your room.We even checked to make sure that the metals we used to build were(6)_.So come and join us,become part of the new generation of tourists,(7)_,and spend your next holiday in beautiful Ecoville.ecotouristsecofriendly D.The prefix eco-comes from Greek and means earth.It is used in many words to talk about the environment,such as ecology and eco-tourism.Write six words that include the prefix eco-.Use your dictionary if you need to.eco-friendlyeco-tripecotouristsecosystemEcovilleEco-travelHomeworkPreview Grammar and usage.
