2013北师大版高2下Unit22“Environmental Protection”〔Lesson 1〕课件.pptVIP

1 Global Warming In groups discuss what you know about global warming. Look at the pictures to get ideas. Traffic Jam Factory The Greenhouse Effect The greenhouse effect is the rise in temperature that the Earth experiences because certain gases in the atmosphere (water vapor, carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, and methane, for example) trap energy from the sun. Without these gases, heat would escape back into space and Earth’s average temperature would be about 60oF colder. Because of how they warm our world, these gases are referred to as greenhouse gases. The Greenhouse Effect Without this greenhouse heating, the Earths average temperature would be only about -73 C (-100 F); even the oceans would be frozen under such conditions,such as the Moon and the Mars. What Are Greenhouse Gases? Some greenhouse gases occur naturally in the atmosphere, while others result from human activities. Naturally occuring greenhouse gases include water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and ozone. Certain human activities, however, add to the levels of most of these naturally occurring gases . Taking action on global warming (or climate change) is similar. In some cases, it only takes a little change in lifestyle and behavior to make some big changes in greenhouse gas reductions. For other types of actions, the changes are more significant. When that action is multiplied by the 1.3 billion people in the China. Or the 6 billion people worldwide, the savings are significant. Buy the recycled products Recycling the bottles Paper recycling Vocabulary Use the expressions in the box in the correct form to complete the sentences. beyond our control, pump into, as a result of, in large quantities, refer to, speed up 1 Water was the fish pond from the river. 2 We all need to to finish in time! 3 There is nothing more we can do .the situation is now . 4