综合英语第二版_unit_8_focus_on_global_warming.ppt

孩子~~~北极呆不下去了，我给你化化妆，去中国吧，这个样子人们会善待你的。。。 Pre-reading activities 1. What do you know about global warming? What is the cause of global warming? 2. What changes could the greenhouse effect create in the Earth’s climate? 3. What can we do to deal with the greenhouse effect? Global warming is the increase in the average temperature of the Earth’s near-surface air and oceans since the mid-20th century and its projected continuation. A greenhouse is made of glass and is used for growing plants, especially during cold weather. How does a greenhouse work? Group discussion 1.What are some of the environmental problems in today’s world? 2. What is causing the environmental problems? 3. What should we do to protect our environment? Language Points Paragraph 1 Twenty-five years ago if you made a trip to the local library and perused the periodical section for articles on global warming… peruse to read through carefully 细读，精读 Eg. We perused the companys financial statements for the past five years... Have you perused the article? periodical (1) n. Periodicals are magazines, especially serious or academic ones, that are published at regular intervals. 期刊 The periodical is obtainable on the very first day of every month. (2) adj. Periodical events or situations happen occasionally, at fairly regular intervals. 定期的 She made periodical visits to her dentist. youd probably have come up with only a few abstracts from hardcore science journals or maybe a blurb in some esoteric geopolitical magazine. abstract： 1) n. An abstract of an article, document, or speech is a short piece of writing that gives the main points of it. 摘要 = summary The whole text of the?abstract?shall contain not more than 300 Chinese characters. 摘要文字部分不得超过300个汉字 。 abstract： abstract： 3）v vt. ?remove sth from somewhere; obtain facts from a calculation or piece of research 提取; 抽取; 分离 They are trying to?abstract?iron from ore. 他们正试图从矿石中提取铁。 vt.