Unit5 A Delicate World 第 1 课时（Starting OutUnderstanding Ideas)--高中英语（外研社版）.pptx

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Unit5ADelicateWorld

StartingOutUnderstandingIdeas

Understandtheideathathumansarepartofearth’secosystem;Talkabouthowtoprotectournaturalecosystem.LearningObjectivesLearnhowthechaoswascausedinMacquarieIslandandhowpeopletriedtoconservetheisland,thenuse“causeandeffect”structuretodescribeastory;

StartingOut

1.Watchthevideoandanswerthequestions.1)ArehumanspartofEarth’secosystems?Why?2)Inwhatwayscanhumansaffectecosystems?StartingOut

2.Lookatthesatelliteimagesandanswerthequestions.1)Whatishappeningtotheareaaccordingtothesatelliteimages?2)Whatdoyouthinkalatersatelliteimagewouldshow?3)Whatdoyouthinkcausedthesechanges?Thewaterareaisshrinking.Thewaterareawillbesmaller.Perhapsbecauseofhumanover-exploitation.StartingOut

TheAralSealiesbetweenUzbekistan(tothesouth)andKazakhstan(tothenorth).Oncethefourthlargestlakeintheworld,theAralSeaisnowlessthanhalfofitsoriginalsize.TheAralSeaisaterminal,orendorheic,sea(meaningnowaterflowsoutofit).ItisfedbytheSyrDaryaandtheAmuDaryaRivers,butSovietriverdiversionsforirrigationmadeover40yearsagohavestarvedtheAralSeaofwater.In2001,theWorldBankfundedtheconstructionofan8-miledamtoseparatetheNorthandSouthAral,andtherebysavethesmallerandlesspollutedNorthAralSea.TheNorthAralhasbeengrowingsincecompletionoftheKok-AralDaminthesummerof2005.RepairsandupdatestotheinefficientSoviet-eracanalshavealsoplayedaroleintherejuvenationoftheNorthAral.TheAralSea

UnderstandingIdeas

MacquarieIslandliesintheSouth-westPacificOcean,halfwaybetweenAustraliaandAntarctica.Itsnativeinhabitantsencounteredchallenges.Humaninterventionledtotheerosionoftheoriginalhabitat,casedchaosanddestroyedtheecologydramatically.Lead-in

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