Chapter 1 reading and language.ppt

Chapter 1 The Green Consumer Reading What causes the environment pollution nowadays? trees cutting/ water pollution/air pollution/ rubbish everywhere noisy / too many cars 2. What is the best way to protect our earth? ● As a green consumers… Words expressions Skimming the text find out the main idea of each topic. Read the first topic and find out the main idea 2. What is the main idea of the second topic? More trees are cut down , what will happen(topic 3)? In the fourth picture we can see amount of rubbish there? and what do you think of this passage ? Carbon dioxide are produced more and more, so they keep much of the warmth from getting out and keep in too much heat. The temperature rises. Language * air pollution smog = smoke + fog 烟雾 water pollution atmosphere 大气层、空气 the surface of the moon 月球表面 rain forests 雨林 destruction of rain forests 雨林的破坏 flood 洪水 Reading You are going to read a book review by Tony Ma. Before you read it, look at the book cover, the title, the first paragraph and the headings, and try to answer these questions. A Look and think The Young Green Consumer Guide The writers are John Elkington and Julia Hailes. A green consumer is someone who only buys goods that will not harm the environment.. The main topic of the book is becoming a green consumer to save Earth Four. ●The greenhouse effect. ● Destruction of rainforests ● Bad habits ● How can we save Earth? The atmosphere around Earth is essential to all living things. People are making holes in the ozone layer The burning and cutting down of trees is making the greenhouse effect worse. it causes floods. Bad habits cause pollution. Rubbish should be thrown away in right way or we should use recycling things. What does the last topic talk about? Be green consumers and try to use and buy things which do not damage the enviroment. Read the text and answer the following questions. 1.What causes our Earth to be in da