Unit3EnvironmentalProtectionListeningandSpeakingTalkaboutAirPollutionBeforeyoulisten,lookatthepicturesbelowanddiscussthequestionsingroups.Activity1Lead-inWhatinformationcanyougetformthispicture?Activity1Lead-inThebridge

isinLondon.

Thechimneys

areinapower

station.Theburningcoalisusedtoproduceelctricity.Doyouknowwherethesecondpictureistakenfrom?Whatcausedthisevent?Activity1Lead-inWhatcausedthisevent?Howdothesesituationsinfluenceyourlife?Thesesituationsinfluencemylifenotonlybyprovidingelectricityforme,andtransportingme,butalsobypollutingtheairIbreathe.Whatisit?Andwhatdoyouthinkaboutit?

newenergyvehicles

1.Theexpression“smog”originatedinBritainandmeansacombinationof“smoke”and“fog”.

2.SmogbecameasevereprobleminBritainbecausepeopleatthattimeburntlotsoffossilfuels.

3.TheworstsmoginBritishhistoryhappenedinLondonin1942.

4.TheGreatSmogofLondonclaimed5,000lives.

5.Later,theUKgovernmentorderedpeoplenottoburnweadintheirhomes.Listenforthe1sttimeDecidewhetherthestatementsaretrue(T)orfalse(F)TTFFFActivity2ListeningPart1Listenforthe2ndtimeBenDrake,anexportonairpollution,isbeinginterviewedontheradio.Hesaidthatsmogwasasevereproblem

inBritain.Atthattime,BritainwasexperiencingaboominindustryFactoriesandhomes

,whichcreatedsmog.HealsomentionedtheheavysmoginLondon

in1952.LatertheUKgovernmentrestricted

inhomesandforcedfactoriesto

Assmogisharmfultoeveryone,theexpertadvised

us

to

,use

andfurtherdevelop

.intheearly20thcenturyusedlotsof

coal

wasparticularlybadandcaused

over4000deathsburningcoalmoveawayfromcitycentersreplacecoalwithcleanerformsof

energynewenergy-efficientvehiclesgreentechnologySslistenagainandfillintheblankbysummarizinginformationAnswerthequestionwithdirectspeechinthelisteningpassageandthenchangeitintoindirectspeech.WhenDrakementionsnewenergy-effientvehicles,whatdoesthehostesssay?Post-listeningCompareandSummarize

ColumnA

ColumnBBenDrake:“Smog”comesfrom

combinationofthe

words“smoke”and“fog”.Itoriginatedinearly20thcentury,whensmogwasasevere

problemHesaidthatsmogwasasevereproblemin

the

early20thcenturyinBritain. BenDrake:Smogcausedmanyhealthissuesandkilled

manypeople.TheworstcasehappenedinLondonin1952.Healsomentionedtheheavysmogin

1952inLondonwasparticularlybadandcausedmanyhealthissuesandkilled

manypeople.BenDrake:Wehavetoreducesmogandimproveaitqualityforeveryone’shealthandwellbeing Theexpertadvisedustoreducesmogand

improveairqualityforeveryone’shealthand

wellbeing.DirectSpeechIndirectSpeechThinkanddiscuss.Activity3ListeningPart2P771Wheredoyouthinkthesephootosweretaken?2Whatdoyouthinkthetwopeoplearedoing?Whyaretheydoingit?3Doyoubelieveanordinarypersoncanachievegreatthings?2ListentothestoryandcheckyouranswersinActivity1Listenforthe2ndtimeDecidewhetherthestatementsaretrue(T)orfalse(F)TTFFActivity3ListeningPart21YinYuzhenmovedtothedeserttostaywithherhusband.

2Shestartedtoplanttreesbecauseshewantedtocreatelandforfarming.3Manyoftheyoungtreeshaddiedbeforetheyfoundthebestplantsandmethods

touseinthedesert.4Afterdecades,about60,000treeshave

beenplanted.

5YinYuzhenhasreceivedawardsandrecognitionfromallovertheworld.T

“Althoughactionsmayseemsmallandinsignificant,overtimetheyjointogethertobecomegreat

achievements.’Whatdoyouthinkthissentencemeans?Doyouagree?Giveyourreasons.Post-Listening

PracticeofDirectSpeechandIndirectSpeechWhatisthespeaker’sattitudetowardsYinYuzhenandher

husband’sactions?HowdidthespeakerdescribeYinYuzhen?Doyouthinkwearefacingan

environmentalprobleminDongfang?

Whatcanwehighschoolstudentdoinourdailylifetoprotectourcity?(ClassWorkbrainstorm)Homework1.Reviewthelisteningskillslearnedinthislessonandfinishactivity2&3onworkbookP77.2.Prepareapresentation