建平中学英语：高二下Unit5 Reading.ppt

Unit 5 Living in harmony. Module 3 Our fragile environment What environmental problems are we facing? caused by nature caused by humanity Brainstorming flood tornado tsunami water pollution air pollution rubbish melting ice caps endangered species soil erosion desert desertification deforestation Describe the pictures on P 64 and answer the questions: 1. Which alternative do you think will make the most profit? 2. Which alternative do you think is better? Why? 3. What results will either of the alternatives bring about? results Alternative A Alternative B 1 2 3 It will provide more jobs for people. It will provide things that people can buy. It will make much profit. It will preserve the natural environment. It will produce medicine that can save lives. It will improve sustainable (持续的)development and growth. Skimming scanning on P 64 The text : Green Orchids Saleem money Pakan Valley medicine An o_____ businessman was seriously ill from being overweight. Unfortunately, he was still o________ with making money. He dealt with business first instead of meeting his p______ doctor, who was bringing him v_____ news about saving his life. What was worse, he made a bad decision to c_________ all the trees in Pakan Valley in order to build a factory there, so he could make a huge p____. Of course, you can f_______ the consequences. The main i_________ of the only medicine that could save his life came from a newly-discovered o_____ which only grew in Pakan Valley. bese bsessed ersonal ital ut down rofit oresee ngredient rchid Text Summary Physical appearance: Background: Personality: obese, overweight billionaire businessman unfriendly impatient impolite selfish greedy From the story, what kind of person is Saleem? Saleem’s greed leads to his death, if we human beings continue to do such foolish things, the same thing will happen. As long as we pay attention to protecting our environment, our world will be a harmonious family. So