Unit 8 A green World Speak up & Study skills

Speak up & Study skills 【学习目标】 1.学会及时检查自己的作业 2.掌握检查错误的方法 3.掌握改正错误所用的代码符号 【重点】正确快速找出作业中的错误 【难点】 正确使用不同的代码完成纠错

Translate the phrases and sentences. Revision Translate the phrases and sentences. 1. 关掉水龙头 2. 少于 3. 扔掉 4. 依靠 5. 自然资源 6. 洗澡 7. 刷牙 turn off the tape less than throw away depend on natural resources take showers brush the teeth

use both sides of the paper recycle empty bottles turn off the lights 8. 学生的数量 9. 用纸的两面 10. 回收空瓶子 11. 关灯 12. 做一个调查 13. ……的结果 14. 保护环境 number of students use both sides of the paper recycle empty bottles turn off the lights do a survey the result of … protect the environment Z.x.x. K

1. 几乎没有学生带他们自己的袋子去超市。 2. 这是调查的结果。 3. 调查表明学生为帮助保护环境正在做许多 事。 Few students take their own bags to the supermarket. Here are the results of the survey. The survey shows that students are doing a lot to help protect the environment.

Presentation dust n. 灰尘

Zx.xk harmful adj. 有害的

soil n. 土壤

coal n. 煤

oil n. 石油；原油；食用油

gas n. 气体；煤气

Now we've learnt a lot about what we can do to protect the environment Now we've learnt a lot about what we can do to protect the environment. Can anybody tell us some other ways to protect the environment? Sandy and Kitty are also talking about how to protect the environment. Listen to their conversation and answer the questions.

1. What has been a serious problem all around the world? 2. What can Kitty do to protect the environment? 3. Is air pollution harmful to our health? Pollution has become a serious problem all around the world. She can plant more trees. Yes, it is.

Listen to their conversation again and find out the advantages of planting trees. Trees make our town look nicer. Trees reduce dust and help keep air clean. Trees help keep soil in place during storms. Trees provide home for animals.

Read the dialogue by yourselves . And then act it out.

Make up your own dialogue. Sample conversation S 1: Water is very important for all living things. S 2: Yes. We should use our water carefully and not waste it. S 1: Right. We can help save water by doing many simple things like turning off the tap while we brush our teeth.

S 2: Taking short showers saves even more water. S 1: Saving water is good for the environment. I hope all of us do our best to save water. S 2: I hope so too.

Checking your work Study skills We can correct a lot of our own mistakes by checking our work. After we have finished a piece of writing, always spend some time reading it through.

Types of mistakes W= word usage mistake P = punctuation mistake S = spelling mistake M = missing word G = grammatical mistake 单词使用错误 标点符号错误 拼写错误 遗漏单词 语法错误

Let’s protect the environment! Millie has written an article. Help her check her work. Underline the mistake, make the corrections and decide the types of mistakes she has made. Let’s protect the environment! People depend natural resources to live. Water and soil help provide us with necessary food and drinks. Coal, oil and natural gas is not only useful for families, but have a wider use for factorys. on (M) __ are (G) __ _______ factories (G)

Some natural resources are around us, such as water Some natural resources are around us, such as water. Others like coal, oil and natural gas are dug up from the ground. They will form over thousands or even millions of years. As a result, it is very important for us to use them wise. If they are used and thrown away carelessly. finally some of them will run out. will be formed (G) _______ wisely (W) ____ __ , (P)

It is time for us to take proper actions to protect our enviromnent It is time for us to take proper actions to protect our enviromnent. We should try produce less waste, reuse or recycle things if possible? environment (S) ___________ to (M) __ __ . (P)

Correct mistakes in the sentences. no 1. You should pay not attention to his words. 2. Nobody can prove him wrongly. 3. Who made them so sadly. 4. What a valuable advice it is! 5. I really don’t know what to solve the problem. 6. I don’t see anything strange about the photo, too. 7. What is he look like? He is kind and helpful. 8. Listen, the music is sounding beautiful. ___ ______ wrong ____ sad __ 去掉a how ____ __ either does __ _________ sounds

Language points 1. I think our town will look nicer with more trees around. 句中with more trees around为介词短 语，起副词作用。around用作副词， 意思是“周围，四周”。 e.g. I could hear laughter all around. 我可以听见周围的笑声。

2. Air pollution is harmful to our health. be harmful to sb. = harm sb. = do harm to sb. 对某人有害 e.g. Air pollution is harmful to our health. = Air pollution harm to our health. = Air pollution does harm to our health. 空气污染对我们的健康是有害的。

3. They provide home for animals too. provide sth. for sb. = provide sb. with sth. 提供给某人某物 e.g. They provide homes for animals. = They provide animals with homes. 他们给动物提供了家园。

Homework 1. Remember the new words and the language points in this lesson. 2. Write a short passage “My green life” and use the skills we have learnt today to check your work.