2015-2016学年高中英语 Unit 4 Global warming Reading 教案 新人教版选修6.docVIP

Unit 4 Global warming Reading Teaching goals Target language words and phrases: energy, light v. , heat v. , renewable, non-renewable, run out, compare, phenomenon, graph, fuel, trap, data, climate, catastrophe, consequence, range, per, glance, compare to, come about, fierce debate, result in, build up, keep on Ability goals Enable the students to talk about different sources of energy. Enable the students to read the text, understand what it is about and talk about the causes and effects of global warming. Teaching important difficult points Enable the students to get a better understanding of articles of this kind. Teaching aids A projector and a blackboard Teaching procedures Step 1 Warming up T：Now lets look at a picture on the slide and answer the question below. What is the greenhouse made and used for? A greenhouse is made of glass and is used for growing plants, especially during cold weather. Whats greenhouse effect? Step 2 Scanning Read the text quickly and find the answer to the questions: 1. Who wrote the magazine article? What is the name of the magazine? Sophie Armstrong, Earth Care. 2. What are the names of the three scientists mentioned in the article? Dr Janice Foster, Charles Keeling, George Hambley. 3. What do they think about global warming? Do they agree with one another? They dont agree with each other. Dr. Janice Foster thinks the effects of global warming could be very serious. George Hambley thinks global warming will be mild with few bad environmental consequences. Charles Keeling believes it is the burning of more and more fossil fuels that is resulting in a big increase in carbon dioxide. The first graph shows the temperature increase of one degree Fahrenheit between 1860to 2000. The second graph shows the carbon dioxide content in the atmosphere from 1957 to 1977. 4. What are the two graphs about? The first graph shows the temperature increase of one degree Fahrenheit between 1860to 2000. The second graph shows the carbon dioxide conte