book6unit2listening,speakingandwriting.ppt

Carbon dioxide is not the only greenhouse gas. Other gases, such as methane (CH4) and nitrous (氮的、硝的) oxide (NO), are even stronger infrared (红外线的) absorbers. What should we do? *Understand relevant knowledge *Try to be volunteers *Support environmental protection commonwealth*Simple life! *……… * Unit 2 Listening, speaking writing Listening and Speaking Talking about Global Issues hunger Somalia （索马里） Reasons: 1) Lack of money 2) Large population The Republic of Niger (尼日尔） poverty illegal drugs nuclear weapons civil war HIV/AIDS epidemic Global Issues Work in groups to have a discussion about one of the global issues listed above. What do you think of its causes? How can we solute it? hunger poverty nuclear weapons illegal drugs civil war HIV/AIDS epidemic Listen to the passage and decide whether the following statements are true or false. ____1) The population of the earth is increasing very slowly. ____ 2) Much of the waste goes into the water, the soil. ____ 3) All of the waste is absorbed and made harmless. ____ 4) It is about how the pollution is formed. and the air F fast F F Some T 2. Listen to a short passage twice and fill in the blanks with the words you hear. The population of the _____ is increasing very fast. Man must make the earth support _______ people. This has made ____necessary for agriculture and industry to _______ very quickly. With the development of modem agriculture and industry, more and more waste is _______. Much of this waste is_______. It goes into the water, the soil and the air. Some of it is absorbed and _____ harmless. But where ______ is too much of it, the poisonous waste may ____ great harm to the things _______ us. This is called pollution. earth more it develop produced harmful made there do around 3. Now listen to a brief interview about the Greenhouse Effect and work in pairs to discuss the following questions. Is the earth getting warmer? ________________