必修6uint4Language study

● Recycle.
● Buy products made from recycled
materials.
● Buy energy-saving products.
● Plant trees. ● Talk about global warming.
Discovering useful words and
the use of oil fuels, the earth will still
keep warming up.
7. The headmaster has stated that he
is not going to put up with littering
in the school.
8. Since your bicycle is broken you can use mine, so long as you take care of it.
2• Answer key for Exercise 2 P64 : 1. It would make a big difference to
our environment if we planted more
trees around the school.
2. The research resulted in a better
to reduce water pollution.
3. The two countries have reached an _________ on the levels of greenhouse agreement gases they will allow. 4. The quality of the air would improve
power, nuclear power and so on.
5. I think people turn up the heat in
their houses too high and just waste
energy.
6. Even if there is a steady decrease in
if there was a reduction ________ in the use of
coal.
5. The increase in the use of fossil fuels
catastrophic results for could have _____________
the earth. 6. We have lost thousands of trees
over a period of years in a particular
place.
consequence of a rising sea 6. The _____________
level would be widespread flooding.
7. The use of energy in Susanna's country is low ______________ compared to the use of energy in the USA.
10. One hectare of forest can absorb
23 tons of carbon dioxide ____ per year.
2 Look at the two graphs on page 26. Then complete the paragraphs
about them with appropriate words.
time, the earth reached its ______ lowest
temperature in about _____ 1910 and its highest in 2000.
There was a steady _______ increase in the temperature during the twenty years after 1980. We can see from the graph that the earth has become ________ warmer since early last century. The second graph shows the amount of_____________ carbon dioxide in the
Discovering useful structures (P29) • Answer key for Exercise 1:
1. It was a scientist called Charles
Keeling who made accurate
measurements of the amount of
4. Many scientists believe that global
warming has come __________ about through
the burning of fossil fuels. They do
not think that ignoring the issue is worth the ____ risk . 5. Climate ______ describes weather conditions
atmosphere from _____ 1997 . 1957 to _____
The carbon dioxide _______ went up steadily
over this forty-year period. It went up from 315 to 370 parts ____ per million.
The first graph shows the global
____________ temperature between ______ 1860 and
_____ 2000 .
The temperature _________ increased and
decreased over this period but on the rose by around one whole it ______ degree Fahrenheit. During this
expressions (P28) 1 Go over the new words and phrases in the previous sections. Then complete each sentence with one of
those new words or phrases.
1. Charles Keeling collected ______on data the carbon dioxide content in the atmosphere over a forty-year period. He found that the amount of carbon
dioxide _______ kept on increasing during
that time.
2. Although we are burning coal in
huge _________ quantities every year, we won't ________ run out of it for centuries. 3. If the amount of greenhouse gases continues to build _______ up we could be facing a global __________ catastrophe .
课标人教实验版 高二 Module 6
Unit 4
Language Study
广东 刘超英
A sample poster
Fight global warming
Cut down on energy Cut down on carbon dioxide ● Not using it ...? Turn it off. ● Don't turn the heat up, put on a jacket. ● Walk or ride a bike.
Using Words and Epressions (P63)
1 Complete the sentences below with the correct word. Use a new word made from a word on the left and a
suffix on the right.
9. Past accidents have shown that
building nuclear power stations can be _____ risky . 10. Many people don't understand the ___________ seriousness of the world's environmental problems.
understanding of changes in the
climate. 3. I think our conference was very successful on the whole.
4. There is a wide range of energy
sources: coal, oil, natural gas, water
11. I wonder whether these floods have
climatic changes. been caused by ________
12. It is extremely ________ doubtful that the world will stop using fossil fuels this century.