高中英语 uit 2 growing pains task课件 牛津译林版必修1.ppt

* Unit The environment Task Designing a poster Skills building 1: listening and drawing conclusions Draw conclusions from what is said in the dialogues 1. I’ve just been to the hospital, and the doctor asked me to take some medicine. The speaker is ill. 2. W: When will the film start? M: In two minutes. Ticket, please. The woman is going to see a film. 3.W: The light will be shut off at ten to eleven. M: So we’ve got only a quarter of an hour left. It’s 10:35 now. listen to some short descriptions from news reports and draw a conclusion about what kind of natural disaster occurred in each situation. Answers flood 2. fire 3. earthquake 4. typhoon 5. drought listen to a news report. Decide which of the conclusions below are logical according to what you will hear. Answers 1 2 4 Step 1: listening to a lecture What causes desertification? people plant too much on the land without giving it a rest too many animals depend on the same land to eat people cut down trees for fuel and to make space for more farms … 1. What is desertification? It is when useable land becomes dry and turns into a desert. 2.Where does it happen? It happens in Africa, the USA, South America and China. 3.How are people affected by it? People lose their homes and farms; many families starve and others move to the cities to find work. Listen to the lecture, and answer the following questions: 4. Why does it happen? People plant too much on the land without giving it a rest; too many animals all depend on the same land to eat; and people cut down trees for fuel and to make space for more farms. 5. Who should be concerned? Everyone should be concerned. Listen to the lecture, and answer the following questions: Listen again and match the following statements with the conclusions . 1 Your teacher wants you to help educate people about desertification. 2 A desert is an area of dry land. Desertification is what we call it