M5U2reading

M5 U2 The Environment

Period I---Reading comprehension

Welcome to the unit & reading

Teaching aims :

●Enable the students to read an article about the environment

●Improve the students’ ability in expressing your opinions on the environment

●Enable the students to realize the importance of protecting the environment

【Activity procedures】

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Reading

Activity 1 Fast reading

1．Activity Aim：make Ss have a brief understanding of the passage

2．Teaching Method：students-centered practice

Step 1.Warming up.

Answer the following questions:

1) Can you think of any natural disasters that damage the environment?

2) If you were the speaker, which one do you choose, economy or

environment? Why?

Step 2. Reading strategy ----- reading a debate

1) What is the order of a debate?

2) What is important in a debate?

3) What should we pay attention to when we read or listen to a debate?

Step 3. Fast reading:

Go through the passage as quickly as they can and try to find answers to the

following questions:

1. Who are the three speakers?

2. What side does Mr Lin Shuiqing and Mr Qian Liwei each represent?

3. By how many times has the world’s population increased since 1800?

4. According to Mr Qian liwei,what should be done to factories that pollute the

environment?

Key: 1. James Long,Lin Shuiqing and Qian Liwei

2.Mr Lin Shuiqing represents the environment and Mr Qian Liwei

represents the economy.

3.Six times.

4.They should have to pay higher taxes.

Activity 2 Detailed reading

1．Activity Aim : make Ss get some details of the text

2．Teaching Method: students-centered practice

Step 1. Read the text and do the following True or False questions.

1.Before Qian Liwei makes a speech, we’ll open the floor for discussion.

2.Lin Shuiqing thinks many plants and animals have died because of pollution.

3.The world’s population has grown by sixty times what it was in 1800.

4.The amount of rubbish we produce is turning into a big problem.

5.Qian Liwei is often seen as being against the environment.

Key: F T F T T

Step 2. Answer the following questions according to Lin Shuiqing’s debate.

1. What society does Lin Shuiqing belong to?

2. What does Lin Shuiqing start his speech by talking about?

3. What is happening to large amounts of fish?

4. What does Lin Shuiqing think we should teach people about?

Key: 1.The society for Environmental Preservation

2. Industrial waste

3. They are being caught by fishing boats before they can lay eggs.

4. He thinks we should teach people about environmentally friendly ways of living.

Step 3. Answer the following questions according to Qian Liwei’s debate.

1. Why does Qian Liwei think production should not be cut back?

2. What does Qian Liwei say we should produce more of?

3. What does Qian Liwei say we need more of?

4. What does Qian Liwei say many people are willing to do?

Key:

1. Because jobs will be lost.People are more important than fish and trees.

2.Recycled products.

3.We need more effective laws to preserve the environment,which still allow the economy to grow.

4.They are willing to pay slightly higher prices for things that are environmentally friendly.