UnitOneLead_in补充资料.pptVIP

Unit One Lead-in 补充资料 Some alarming facts One-third of the world’s people don’t have enough clean water. Two-thirds of the world’s ocean coastlines are polluted. Chemicals have destroyed ten percent of the ozone layer over Europe and North America. Each year, people ruin or cut down nearly 143,000 square kilometers of forest. Every day, Americans and Canadians create about 1.8 kilograms of garbage per person. More helpful words for your reference The ocean are being polluted by industrial waste. Fish supplies have been depleted through overfishing. Automobile pollution has lowered the air quality in most major cities. Air pollution is threatening the health of older people and children. Livestock farms have contaminated soil and underground water. The burning of gas, oil, and coal has created acid rain which is damaging forests and life in rivers and lakes. More helpful words for your reference The cutting down of rain forests is destroying rare plants and wildlife. The growth of cities has eaten up huge amounts of farmland. Poverty and overcrowding are ruining the lives of people in many cities. The use of CFCs (chlorofluorocarbon 氟氯化碳) in products like hair spray has created a hole in the ozone layer. And the reduction of the ozone layer has caused many more cases of skin cancer. Assignment 1 for each of you Find Inconvenient Truth on with Chinese or English scripts. Find the following videos on . Let the Environment Guide Our Development 4 Environmental Heresies‘ My Wish: Manufactured Landscapes and Green Education My Green school Dream The Science behind a Climate Headline Why I must speak out about climate change More…key word: environment, development Assignment 2 for eight of you Presentation Caring for Our Earth Global Warming Debate Developed Countries Have a Higher Obligation to Combat Climate Change Than Developing Countries According to scientists, the satellite data confirm the Earth has had an increasing fever for decades becau