Lesson 59 Let ’ s look at garbage !

Environment clubs  No-garbage lunches. Environment clubs encourage students to bring their lunches in reusable bags and dishes.  No-car day. On a no-car day,nobody comes to school in a car—not the students and not the teachers!  Turn off the water! In environment clubs,students fix leaky toilets and sinks.

Have you seen these signs before ? Empty bottles or cans. Rubbish that can be recycled. Other waste things.

a pair of glasses glass Keys metal basins plastic Learn the new words

Listen read and answer ① What are Jenny and Danny doing? They are sorting the garbage that can be recycled. ② What makes the most garbage? Packaging. ③ How much packaging do Americans throw out in one day? 136 million kilograms of packaging.

Sort It! Jenny has emptied two bags of garbage onto the floor. DANNY: That’s a lot of garbage! Can I help you sort it? JENNY: Yes! Please. I’m putting the glass here,the metal here, the plastic here, and the paper here. DANNY : What are these other things? JENNY:That’s everything that isn’t glass, metal, plastic or paper. DANNY: What makes the most garbage? JENNY:Packaging

Every year,each person in North America makes about 1000kilograms of garbage.That ’ s the same weight as a small car ! In just one day,Americans throw out 136 million kilograms of packaging.This would fill about ten thousand trucks!

Learning tips : What’s packaging ? When you buy something,it might come in a box or a plastic bag.The box or bag might have words or pictures on it. That’s packaging.About ten percent of packaging is plastic.

42.5% 15,5% 12% 45 percent 12 percent 15.5 percent About ten percent of packaging is plastic. 大约 10 ％的包装都是塑料。

Exercise:complete the following sentences according to the Chinese : 1. 当你买东西时，它可能放在盒里或者一个塑料 袋里。 When you buy something,it _______ come _______ a box or a _______ bag. 2. 你现在可以把这些垃圾拿出去。 You can ____ ____ _____ _____. 3. 那是和一辆小汽车的重量一样的。 That ’ s ____ ____ _____ ___ a car. might in plastic takeoutthegarbage thesameweightas

4. 大约三分之一的北美垃圾来自于包装。 About _______ ____ North America garbage ______ from packaging. 5. 大约百分之十的包装是塑料的。 About _____ ______ ____ packaging ____ plastic. 6. 包装物产生最多的垃圾 。 Packaging ____ the most garbage. one-thirdof comes tenpercentof makes is

Please take good care of our environment. We know good environment can make us feel happy and health. So I think protecting our enviroment is very important. It ’ s our duty. To improve the environment means to improve our life. Every one of us should try our best to reduce pollution.

Project : After class,pick up the garbage in the school and sort the garbage,then try to find out : 1.How much of each type of garbage do you have ? 2.Do you have more plastic than paper ? 3.Do you have less metal than paper ? 4. What type do you have the least of ? 5.What type do you have the most of ? 6.Could you use some of the garbage again?

1.Some new words sort,metal,plastic,weight,percent 2.Some difficult sentences ① That ’ s everything that isn ’ t glass,metal,plastic or paper. eg. I buy my son everything that is good for his study. Brief Summary :

② About ten percent of packaging is plastic. eg. Seventy percent of the earth ’ s surface is covered with water. eg. Sixty percent of the students in our class are league members. ③ That ’ s the same weight as a small car! eg. She has the same dress as mine.

homework  Finish exercises in the activity book.  Go on reading in the reading book.

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