Make our world more beautiful
Teaching aims and demands
1. 1. words
(1) give the new words English meanings:
pour: to make a liquid flow from or into
rubbish: things that you throw away because you do not want them
litter: pieces of paper and other waste that are left in public places
spit: to force out the liquid in your mouth
dustbin: a large container for rubbish kept outside your house
collect: to get things from different places and bring them together
recycle: to put used paper, glass, plastic, etc. through a process so that it can be used again
contribution: something that you do to help produce or develop something, or to help make something successful
(2) Find the new words in the passage:
As a middle school student, you should pick up some rubbish and throw it into a dustbin, you should spend your part time collecting waste paper or bottles for recycling, you’d better plant trees or flowers in your schoolyard as many as possible. If you do those, it means that you have already done something useful to improve the environment.
As a middle school student, you shouldn’t throw any litter onto the ground, you shouldn’t draw pictures on public walls, and you shouldn’t spit anywhere and cut down any trees. If you don’t do those, it means that you have already helped protect our environment.
2. expressions
(1) The factory was pouring wastewater into the river near it.
(2) Businessmen are afraid of newspapers and TV stations.
(3)How long have you been a member of Greener China?
(4) If everyone makes a contribution to protecting the environment, the world will become much more beautiful.
(5) Have I ever collected waste paper or bottles for recycling?
(6) Have you ever cut down trees?
3. grammar
The present perfect tense
for 12 weeks = since 12 weeks ago
Teaching steps
Lesson 9
“Greener China”
1. revision
(1) could you say something about the youngest swimmer to cross the Qiongzhou Channel on his birthday?
(2) Exercise:
Fill in the blanks:
Li lida, failed _____ ______ the Qiongzhou Channel in 2000, but his dream _____ _____ on May 17, 2001, his ______, he became the youngest person to swim _____ the channel _____ Hainan Island _____ the mainland. He _____ _____ the South China Sea _____ a beach _____ Guangdong ______ 6:02______ the morning. It took him 9 hours and 58 minutes ______ ______ his ______. His parents and his teacher were ______ ______ him on the beach in Haikou. They were all very ______ ______ him. He is ______ ______ the pride of their school, ______ ______ the pride of all the people in Hainan.
2. Read and say
(1) Look at the pictures in lesson 9
1. what can you see in picture 1?
2. and what is the factory doing now?
3. does pouring waste water into rivers harm the environment?
4. do you think we can do something about it?
Listen to the tape and tell me what things Victor and Hu lan are going to do about it.
(2) Let’s act it out