1、 Topic Talk What comes to your mind when you see the word “nature”? Lead-in Can you add more words to the diagram? Nature Living things: Natural landscapes: Natural disasters: Environmental problems: Nature Living things: plants: trees flowers weeds plants weed Nature Living things: animals: plants
2、animals birds fish deer insects whales dolphins sharks kangaroos eagles foxes deer insects whale dolphin shark kangaroo eagle fox Nature Natural landscapes: landscape: forests rivers grass hills a wide view of country scenery 风景，景色 lakes mountains Nature Natural disasters: droughts landslides hurric
3、anes volcanic eruptions floods drought a long period of dry weather when there is not enough water a sudden fall of earth or rocks down a hill landslide hurricane a violent storm flood volcanic eruption Nature Environmental problems： pollution ( ) climate change changes to ecology 生态改变 the destructi
4、on of jungles 热带丛林的破坏 air water noise soil Can you use sentences to talk about each aspect? Nature Living things: Natural landscapes: Natural disasters: Environmental problems: Nature Living things: plants animals There are many different kinds of animals and plants in nature. Nature Natural landsca
5、pes: forests rivers grass hills lakes mountains All of us are amazed by natural landscape, such as rivers, forests, and mountains. Nature Natural disasters: droughts landslides hurricanes volcanic eruptions There is little we can do to avoid natural disasters. floods Nature Environmental problems： p
6、ollution ( ) climate change changes to ecology 生态改变 the destruction of jungles 雨林的破坏 airwater noisesoil We are faced with serious environmental problems. Task 1 Listen and Find What are they talking about? They are discussing the nature, wildlife and environmental problems of the city. Listening （5.
7、1） Task 2 Listen and Complete Read the Text Builder carefully and complete it by underlining the words or expressions you hear. Text Builder Comments Actually, the whole city is quite _. beautiful, quiet, green, busy, crowded Text Builder Natural Landscape About 66% of the city is covered with _. wa
8、ter or green space, forests, trees and grass Text Builder Living Things Its great for wildlife. You can see different kinds of _. plants, trees, flowers, weeds, animals, birds, fish, deer, insects, whales, dolphins, sharks, kangaroos, eagles, foxes Text Builder Environmental Problems Theres less _ n
9、ow than fifty years ago. The biggest environmental problems are _ and _. noise pollution, air pollution, water pollution, soil pollution, climate change, changes to ecology, the destruction of jungles Task 2 Listen and Complete Read the Text Builder carefully and complete it by underlining the words
10、 or expressions you hear. Text Builder Comments Actually, the whole city is quite _. beautiful, quiet, green, busy, crowded Text Builder Natural Landscape About 66% of the city is covered with _. water or green space, forests, trees and grass Text Builder Living Things Its great for wildlife. You ca
11、n see different kinds of _. plants, trees, flowers, weeds, animals, birds, fish, deer, insects, whales, dolphins, sharks, kangaroos, eagles, foxes Text Builder Environmental Problems Theres less _ now than fifty years ago. The biggest environmental problems are _ and _. noise pollution, air pollutio
12、n, water pollution, soil pollution, climate change, changes to ecology, the destruction of jungles Actually, the whole city is quite green. About 66% of the city is covered with water or green space. Its great for wildlife. You can see many kinds of birds. Theres less water pollution now than fifty
13、years ago. The biggest environmental problems are air pollution and noise pollution. Task 3 Use the Text Builder to talk about the natural environment in your city or near the place where you live. Text Builder Comments Actually, the whole city is quite _. beautiful, quiet, green, busy, crowded Actu
14、ally, the whole city is quite busy, especially during rush hour. Text Builder Natural Landscape About 66% of the city is covered with _. water or green space, forests, trees and grass Its said that about 43% of the city is covered with trees and grass. Text Builder Living Things Its great for wildli
15、fe. You can see different kinds of _. plants, trees, flowers, weeds, animals, birds, fish, deer, insects, whales, dolphins, sharks, kangaroos, eagles, foxes We can see different kinds of birds in the park. Text Builder Environmental Problems Theres less _ now than fifty years ago. The biggest enviro
16、nmental problems are _ and _. noise pollution, air pollution, water pollution, soil pollution, climate change, changes to ecology, the destruction of jungles We are worried about the smog, which is a big environmental problem in my city. I am so lucky to live in a beautiful community. There is a lot
17、 of green space between buildings. When spring arrives, we can see so many colorful flowers along the streets. Animals, such as different kinds of birds, love this kind of environment. And there are other interesting animals too, like squirrels. Task 1 Listen and Complete Listening （5.2） The two stu
18、dents were shocked at the lecture on nature. They didnt know that we were 1_ so much. They learnt that we overused nature. As a result, nature 2_, felt pain and finally 3_ on us. They realized that nature is our home. Humans, animals, plants and 4_ live in it. We should 5_ our “home”. We should 6_ n
19、ature. The two students were shocked at the lecture on nature. They didnt know that we were 1_ so much. They learnt that we overused nature. As a result, nature 2_, felt pain and finally 3_ on us. They realized that nature is our home. Humans, animals, plants and 4_ live in it. We should 5_ our “hom
20、e”. We should 6_ nature. harming nature got hurt protect take care of all other living things turned its back They learnt that we overused nature. As a result, nature got hurt, felt pain and finally turned its back on us. They learnt that we overused nature. As a result, nature got hurt, felt pain a
21、nd finally turned its back on us. to make use of too often overuse turn its back on to avoid or refuse to help, especially unfairly or unkindly Task 2 What have you learned from their dialogue? We are harming nature so much. We overuse nature. How do humans treat nature? Task 2 What have you learned
22、 from their dialogue? Nature gets hurt, feels pain and turns its back on us. How does nature treat us? Task 2 What have you learned from their dialogue? Nature is our home. Whats the relationship between humans and nature? Humans, animals, plants and all other living things live in it. Task 2 What h
23、ave you learned from their dialogue? We should take care of our “home”. What should we do? We should protect nature. Task 3 Talk about your understanding of the relationship between humans and nature. pollution, protection, wildlife overuse, protect, avoid, harm depend on, live in harmony with 1. Pe
24、ople should live in harmony with nature. 2. Humans are responsible for the extinction of different kinds of wildlife. 3. Air pollution is not the environmental problem that can only be solved by planting more trees. 4. If we harm nature, it will turn its back on us. “The Earth and sky, woods and fie
25、lds, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books.” John Lubbock QuoteUnquote “Wildlife extinction is not a process that gives you time to fix your mistakes. In the face of science, there are no second chances.”
26、Pan Wenshi QuoteUnquote “We cannot command nature except by obeying her.” Francis Bacon QuoteUnquote “Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.” Frank Lloyd Wright QuoteUnquote Write down your understanding of the relationship between humans and nature. Try to use the useful expressions learned in this class. Homework
