外研社必修3 module4 Listening speaking and writing.pptVIP

* * Activity2: listen to an environmental expert’s speech. Put the topics below in the order you hear them. Check your answers. E D C B A Listen and answer these questions. 1. What is the most urgent problem of all? 2. What examples of coastal cities does David give? 3. Why is the climate getting warmer? The climate. New York and Shanghai. Because pollution is stopping the sun’s heat leaving the atmosphere. Activity 3 4. What is described as a major problem? 5. What happens when we cut down a lot of trees? 6. How does the interviewer feel about the situation? Carbon dioxide from cars. There is less oxygen and more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Optimistic. Listen again. Complete the sentences. As a result, the ice at ____________ is beginning to melt. 2. The sea may rise and cities on the coast may _________________________. 3. Too much carbon dioxide pollutes the ______________. the Poles disappear (under water) atmosphere Activity 4 4. Trees take in _________________ and give out _____________. 5. We __________ garbage and pollute the atmosphere. 6. Instead, we should ____________ the garbage. carbon dioxide oxygen burn recycle Listening Vocabulary – 5. Extra-exercises (15m) Listen to the tape, then fill the blank. Int: David, what do you see as the main problems with the ____________? D.U: Well, ____________, the most ______ problem of all is the ________. The world’s climate seems to be getting warmer. Int: We’ve seen ________________ of that, haven’t we? _______ summers, ________ winters, that kind of thing. environment in a nutshell urgent climate a lot of evidence Hotter warmer D.U: Yes, we have. Also, scientists have found that the ice at the Poles is beginning to ______. Int: We’ve heard that too. Is that really happening? D.U: Yes, I’m afraid it is. Ad ______________ in the future, the ice may melt ___________. Then it’s possible that the sea could rise and _____________ like New York and Shanghai could disappear