初一英语-Pollution.ppt

waste gas 废气 smoke 烟 exhaust 尾气 water pollution noise pollution Br.: rubbish 垃圾 garbage: waste food Am. : trash / garbage 垃圾箱：Br: dustbin Am: trash-can What can we recycle? What should be collected? Waste batteries do harm to the environment. 白色垃圾对环境有害。 White garbage does harm to the environment. I. About pollution Please read the first paragraph of the passage and answer some questions. Q1: What does “pollute” mean? The world itself is becoming much smaller by using modern traffic and modern communication means (通讯设备). Life today is much easier than it was hundreds of years ago, but it has brought new problems. One of the biggest is pollution. To pollute means to make things dirty. Pollution comes in many ways. We see it, smell it, drink it and even hear it. Q2: Is pollution the only problem of the world? The world itself is becoming much smaller by using modern traffic and modern communication means (通讯设备). Life today is much easier than it was hundreds of years ago, but it has brought new problems. One of the biggest is pollution. To pollute means to make things dirty. Pollution comes in many ways. We see it, smell it, drink it and even hear it. Q 3: Why was the problem not so serious many years ago? Man has been polluting the earth. The more people, the more pollution. Many years ago, the problem was not so serious because there were not so many people. When the land was used up or the river was dirty in one place, Man moved to another place. But this is no longer true. Man is now slowly polluting the whole world. Q4: What pollution is the most serious? Air pollution is still the most serious. It’s bad for all living things in the world, but it is not the only one kind of pollution. Water pollution kills our fish and pollutes our drinking water. Noise pollution makes us angry more easily. Q5: Are there any other kinds of pollution in the world? Air pollution is still the most serious. It’s bad for all living things in the wor