Unit 4 Living Planet 课件 1.pptVIP

Step 3 With the help of the following checklist, edit your partners note. Step 4 Proofread your own note carefully and then hand in your final draft to the teacher. Period 5 What jumps into your mind when you see the word “Climate”? Can you share your opinion with your partners. Climate temperature precipitation ? weather ? Discuss the following questions with group members based on the passage in student book p.43. 1) What is climate? What is weather? How do you distinguish them? 2) How many different types of climate are there on earth mainly? What are they? 3) What elements may cause climate differences? C A What affects climate How it affects climate many things in nature, such as sunshine, temperature and precipitation nearness to mountains, oceans, and large lakes Altitude Winds They move heat and moisture between the oceans and continents. Winds keep the tropics from overheating. They keep the polar regions from getting overly cold. Air cools as altitude increases. What affects climate How it affects climate long period of time dinosaurs sun atmosphere human activity colder Air pollution forest cover climate (the amount of) rain or snow Work in group of four and discuss: How is climate closely related to our life and how do we influence climate? Write as long a list as possible and then report to the whole class. Locate the following words or phrases in the text and then work them out with your group members. extremely, thunderstorm, climate, affect, nearness, keep...from, overly, eruption, block out extreme(a.)+ly =extremely(adv.) thunder+storm=thunderstorm affect vs. effect affect (vt.) a. The amount of rain affects the growth of crops. b. She was affected by todays news. c. He affected not to see her. effect (n.) This had a great effect upon the future of both mother and son. what is the difference between them? near(v.) + ness = nearness(n.) =very, to