Unit 3 Project Man versus nature

Leading in: appreciate some pictures and answer the following questions: 1.What can you see in these pictures? 2. What do you think has caused these problems?

air pollution water pollution garbage/rubbishfloods landslide deforestation desertificationsandstorm fog and smog acid rain global warming

What if man and nature meet head to head? What’s your opinion about the relationship between human beings and nature? Let’s listen to the tape while referring to the text.

The main idea of the text is : ______________ __________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ In what order is this article arranged? When it is man VS nature, neither will win. Humans can only really win by protecting nature. Raising the problem Analysing the problem Solving the problem

Read the passage quickly and find out the gist of each paragraph Para 1: Para 2: Para 3: Para 4: Natural resources have been seriously affected by our carelessness. Different attitudes towards the problem. Humans are moving towards an important point of understanding in the relationship with nature. Humans can only really win by protecting nature.

They have done a lot to destroy and damage nature. The planet we live on will be eventually destroyed. (1) What have people done to nature? (2) If we continue in this way, what might happen?

(3)What are different attitudes towards the problem? Some people think that we should use nature to meet our own needs, while other people argue that such thinking may spell disaster.

Poorer nations pay more attention to economic development but less to the environment while developed nations do things in a different way. (4) What is the attitude of poorer nations towards the problem? What about developed nations?

(5) Are human beings really profiting when they damage the environment? No, humans can only really win by protecting nature.

Fill in the missing passage Many people believe that are destroying nature. People endlessly Earth’s resources. We will destroy the planet we live on if we in this way. If we focus only on, then people may suffer. Should economic development be stopped nature? We are only doing what humans have already done, using nature to. Should they destroying rainforest and creating dams for people’s better life ? technology and mankind overdevelop continue environmental conservation in favor of meet our own needs be blamed for eventually

Introducing the project: Having a debate to express and support your opinions

How to make a debate In a debate, one side gets the opportunity to present their points first. The other side follows and presents theirs. In an actual debate, there is often a discussion after both sides have presented their views. Speakers in a debate will represent opposite views on the subject being discussed. Most importantly, you should have your points of view and try to convince the opposite team.

For Against Economic development is the first. Environmental protection is the second.

Having a debate

Nowadays many school authorities have made it a rule that students should not take their mobile phones to schools,because they are afraid that the mobile phones will have a bad effect on their studies. So what is your opinion? Mobile phones should be allowed to be taken to schools.

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