2. Do you live a green life?

3. How green are you? Do you care about protecting the environment and saving energy? Try these questions and see. 1. Do you walk or ride a bike to school? 2. Do you often buy new clothes just because they are modern? 3. Do you turn off the lights when you leave the room? 4. Do you take your own bag when shopping and not ask for a plastic bag? 5. Do you buy drinks in bottles? And what do you do with the bottles when they are empty? 6. Do you divide the waste into things to recycle and things to throw away?

5. A.Though we are young B.It does harm to our environment C.reduce, reuse and recycle D.Here are some ideas for you We all need a healthy environment, but we produce waste every day. ___1___. ___2___, we can still do something to help.In fact, even the simplest everyday activities can make a real difference to the environment. ___3___. Remember these three words: ___4___. BA D C

6. 通过上面的阅读还原小短文， 引出本课主题 —— reduce, reuse and recycle.

7. ( ) 1. What does “recycle” mean? A.It means “use less”. B. It means “use again”. C. It means “change things into something else”. D. It means “ride a bicycle”. C 方案一：

8. ( ) 2. Which of the following is wrong according to the passage? A.Daily activities can make our environment different. B. When we go shopping, we had better choose local products instead of things from abroad. C. It’s right to use a china cup and a lunch box. D. It’s better to throw things away or burn them. D

9. ( ) 3. What does the writer think of how to be green? A.Don’t waste things. B. Remember to reduce, reuse and recycle. C. Use things for as long as possible. D. We should buy products made from recycled materials. B

10. Check ( √ ) the suggestions that are mentioned in the passage. 1. Order food that you can finish. 2. Use less electricity at home. 3. Learn ways to recycle rubbish. 4. Use paper cups and paper bags. 5. Repair things. 方案二：

11. 6. Divide rubbish into different groups. 7. Collect waste or rubbish to raise money. 8. Burn things to save energy.

12. 1.Why does the writer ask us questions at the beginning? 2.How many simple steps can we take to save the world? 3.Why do we need to use less? 4.What should you do with the empty plastic bottles? 5.What’s the main idea of the passage? 方案三

13. 1.Why does the writer ask us questions at the 2. How many simple steps can we take to save the world? 3. Why do we need to use less? To find out how green we are. Three. To save money and cause less pollution.

14. 4. What should you do with the empty plastic bottles? 5.What’s the main idea of the passage? We should recycle them. How green we are and how to be green.

15. 1. We throw tons of rubbish away each year, and we have to make a change. ton n. 吨 tons of 许多, 很多 e.g. We’ve bought tons of beer for the party tonight. 我们为今晚的聚会买了大量啤酒。

16. throw away 扔掉 ; 丢弃 e.g. When are you going to throw away those old magazines? 你打算什么时候扔掉那些旧杂志？ He has thrown away a good opportunity. 他已经失去了一个良好的机会。

17. 2. Repeat these three words daily: reduce, reuse and recycle. repeat v. 重说 ; 重新做 前缀 “re-”, 意思是 “ 再, 重复 ” e.g. I repeated after the teacher word by word. 我跟着老师一个字一个字地读。

18. reuse v. 再次使用 ; 重复利用 e.g. She often reuses old envelopes. 她经常重复使用旧信封。 The bottles can be reused up to 20 times. 这些瓶子可重复使用达 20 次。

19. 3. Although it takes energy to change things into something else, it is better than throwing things away or burning them. change … into … 把 …… 变成 …… e.g. You can’t change iron into gold. 你无法把铁变成金子。

20. 4. We cannot hope for rapid change, but let’s take these simple steps today … take steps 采取措施 e.g. We need to take some steps to reduce pollution. 我们需要采取一些措施了减少污 染。