Unit 3 Make our world more beautiful

water pollution

air pollution

noise

Of all things we have done, which do good to and which do harm to environment? smoke in a public place use plastic bags burn tree leaves keep plants ride a bike to work sneeze on a bus keep the classroom clean and tidy litter things about collect newspaper for recycling pour litter into the Changjiang River

What does the text tell us? Part 1 (Paragraphs 1-3) Part 2 (Paragraphs 4-6) Part 3 (Paragraph 7) Once I found how people threw in the rubbish. What should we do and not do? Everybody should make his contribution to protecting the environment.

Listen to Paragraghs 1-3 with the questions: 1.What did the writer suddenly hear one day when he was at a friend’s home? 2.What did his father do as soon as he heard the music? 3.Why did the rubbish truck produce(make) music? A piece of beautiful music. He picked up some rubbish and went out. It produced music so that the people could go out with their rubbish and throw them in.

Draw pictures on public walls. Spit in a public place. Throw litter onto the ground. Cut down trees. Throw rubbish into a dustbindustbin Collect waste paper or bottles for recycling Plant some trees and flowers near your neighborhood.

Make an interview: Suppose your partner, is an expert( 专家 ) on environment,please ask him some questions. You can ask like this: 1.Do you think our environment is good enough? Why do you think so? 2.What things can harm the environment? 3.What should we not do to protect the environment? 4.What can we do to improve the environment?

Language points: Come to one’s ears/eyes When Tony heard the sad news, tears came to his eyes. One night I was having a nice dream, when suddenly a cry came to my ears. Whenever/wherever Whenever (No matter when) you have any problem, reach me by phone. Wherever(No matter where) you go, remember you are a Chinese. I don’t want to listen to whatever you say.

Make a contribution to/contribute…to… Lu Xun has made a great contribution to the literature of China. Everybody should make a contribution to keeping our classroom clean and tidy. Choplin contributed all his life to the film industry.

dustbin litter