高中英语配套课件：选修6Unit4warmingupandreading.pptVIP

Unit 4 Global Warming Save the earth! energy sources We depend on energy to do many things in our daily lives. For example, energy lights our cities and heats our buildings. Make a list of things that use energy in your home, in your school, or any other places you can think of. z x x k stove light things that use energy in your home micro-wave oven cassette player heating television hairdryer video player fridge computer washing machine stove Wind energy is used as power to produce electricity . Windmills where electricity is produced by burning coals. The coal power stations in which oil is refined and made pure. The Oil Refineries a facility designed to convert nuclear z x x kenergy into electricity. A nuclear power plant on the roof of a house on a bright sunny day are used to collect solar energy, making your house warm or heating your water. Solar panels are used to keep back water and raise its level for irrigation or for producing electricity, etc. The Hydro-electric dams An energy source is “renewable” when supplies of it never run out and “non-renewable” when one day they will run out. Which energy sources on your list are renewable and which are non-renewable? Discuss Sources of energy Renewable/non-renewable coal oil natural gas wind (wind power) sun (solar energy) uranium (nuclear energy) water (hydro-electric power) plant waste (biomass energy) hot spring or geysers (geothermal energy) the sea (tidal energy) non-renewable non-renewable non-renewable renewable renewable non-renewable renewable renewable renewable renewable What is the greenhouse made and used for? Z x x k A greenhouse is made of glass and is used for growing plants, especially during cold weather. How does it work? The air inside is warm because the glass traps the heat from the sun and keeps it from escaping. This makes the greenhouse heat up and so the plants can grow throughout the cold period. What are the “greenhous