重大版Book6Unit1 Protecting the environment.ppt

The U.S. is a big part of the problem. Although the U.S. has about 4 percent of the world’s people, it produces about 25 percent of the pollution that leads to global warming. A special agreement called the United Nations’ Kyoto Protocol would limit, or cut down on, the amount of harmful gases that countries are allowed to produce. But the former President Bush has refused to sign the treaty, saying it would hurt America’s businesses. Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev signed the agreement/treaty cutting their nations’ nuclear arsenals. Plants and animals aren’t the only creatures that are in danger. Humans are at risk, too. Many scientists believe the Earth’s rising temperatures could eventually melt polar ice caps, cause sea levels to rise and deteriorate into flooding. to become worse What is the process of global warming? Read through the passage and put the following sentences into the correct order. 1) Carbon dioxide stays around the Earth. 2) Heat from the sunlight can’t escape and makes the Earth warmer. 3) Factories and cars release carbon dioxide into the air. 4) Sunlight travels through the layer of carbon dioxide. The correct order is: 3)→1) →4) →2) Read the passage again and answer the following questions. 1) What is the result of a recent study on global warming? 2) What kind of method has been used by researchers to study certain species? 3) According to the study, how many butterfly species will die out by the year 2050 in Australia? The study found that between 15 and 37 percent of the studied species could be extinct or nearly extinct by 2050. They used computer models to predict what would happen to certain species if global warming continues. Over half of Australia’s more than 400 butterfly species. 4) What is the function of the United Nations’ Kyoto Protocol? 5) Why didn’t the former President Bush sign the Protocol? The United Nations’ Kyoto Protocol would limit, or cut down on, the amount of harmful gases that countries a