九年级英语13单元section A-1

Earth Day is an annual event, celebrated on April 22, on which day events worldwide are held to demonstrate support for environmental protection. It was first celebrated in 1970, and now is globally celebrated in more than 192 countries each year.
like parks. This is turning beautiful places into ugly ones.
Listen again and answer the questions.
1. Who attended the interview? Jason and Susan.
2. What do people throw away everyday? People are throwing things like wooden chopsticks, plastic bowls and plastic bags.
2d Read the conversation and answer the questions.
1. What’s the way to solve the air pollution? We should take the bus or subway instead of driving.
2. What’s the way that Jason and Susan both do to solve the waste pollution?
What causes pollution?
1a Read these words and put them into the related pollution.
loud music cards rubbish planes
littering ships factories smoking
building houses
Try not to use the things that can only be used one time
Remember to throw rubbish into the bins
Increase environmental awareness
Try to put different kinds of waste into different bins
A: What are your ideas for cutting down the pollution?
B: To cut down the pollution, we should…
A: So together, our actions can make a difference and …
Tony: Everyone in this town should play a part in cleaning it up!
2a Listen to the interview. Circle the kinds of pollution that Jack and Susan talk about.
litter指公共场所丢弃的小片/块垃圾，如 纸片、塑料袋、易拉罐、饮料瓶等。
rubbish指必须及时清除的剩余物，比如 厨房里的垃圾，生活垃圾等等。
waste作名词用时可表“废物”的总称， 可指“荒地”，也可指“废品、废料”。
拓展
litter v. 乱扔；弄乱
Don’t litter. 勿乱丢杂物。
pollution
Discussion
What kinds of pollution do you know?
air pollution noise pollution water pollution light pollution plastic pollution visual pollution thermal pollution radioactive pollution (放射性污染) littering／waste pollution soil/land pollution (wikipedia)
Mark: The river was dirty. Even the bottom of the river was full of rubbish.
Tony: But it used to be so clean!
Mark: Yes, but people are throwing litter into the river.
bottom of Page 8. 正确答案在第8页末尾。
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of the page. 我当时正往那页纸的底部签名。
反义词： top n. 底部，最下部
相关短语： at the bottom of 在…的底部 at the top of 在…的顶部
2. Factories that burn coal also _______ the air with a lot of black smoke.
3. TPehoepreleis_a_ra_els_to_h_tro_oo_w_mi_nu_g_cah_w_r_au_ybtbhiisnhgasnedvewraysdtea.y. 4. People are also littering inp_u_b__li_c_p_l_a_c_es_
We should write to the _g_o_v_e_r_n_m_e_n_t_ and ask them to _c_lo_s_e_d_o_w__n_ the factories. Everyone should help to _cl_e_a_n_u__p_ the river.
Role-play the conversation with your partner by using the information in 1a.
They both bring a bag when they go shopping.
Make conversations with your partner to role-play Jason, Susan and the interviewer to talk about the solutions.
1. I think people are throwing litter into the river.
litter n. 垃圾，废弃物 It is wrong to leave one’s litter in public places.
在公共场所遗弃杂物是不对的。
Litter covered the cinema floor after the film.
He sat at the bottom of the stairs. 他坐在最下面的一级楼梯上。
电影结束后，影院的地上满是垃圾。
clean / pick up litter 清除/收拾杂物
drop / leave litter 乱扔杂物
a terrible litter 乱七八糟的一大堆
a litter of magazines 乱七八糟的一堆杂志
词义辨析： litter, rubbish和waste
Earth Hour 2014 was on Saturday, March 29, from 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm in a location's local time. Earth Hour 2015 was on Saturday, March 28, from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. during participants’ local time.
mobile phone
Noise pollution:
loud music, cars, planes, ships, factories, building houses, mobile phones Air pollution: cars, factories, smoking, building houses
What can you do to help solve the pollution problems? Try to talk with your partner.
Take the bus or ride a bike instead of driving
Bring a bag instead of plastic bags when shopping
Water pollution: rubbish, littering, ships, factories
1b Listen and complete the sentences.
1. What was the problem?
The river was _re_a_l_ly__d_i_rt_y_. Even the bottom of the river was full of _r_u_b_b_i_s_h. There were no more _fi_s_h_ for fishermen to catch.
Why do you always litter up the table with all these newspapers?
你为什么总是将报纸乱丢, 把桌子 弄得乱糟糟呢？
2. Even the bottom of the river is full of rubbish.
bottom n. 底部，最下部 The correct answers can be found at the
A. land pollution
B. air pollution
C. noise pollution D. water pollution
2b Listen again and complete the sentences.
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Earth Hour
Earth Hour is a worldwide movement for the planet organized by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). The event is held worldwide from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. on the last Saturday in March.
2. What caused the problem?
People are throwing _l_it_t_e_r_ into the river. Factories are putting _w_a_s_t_e_ into the river.
3. How should the problem be solved?
Jason: The air has been really polluted around here. I’m getting very worried.
Susan: Yes, I used to be able to see stars in the sky.
Jason: The problem is that …
3. What will they talk about next? They will talk about the things they can do to help solve the problems.
2c Role-play the conversation with your partner after the example.