●WordpowerStep1:Brainstormingyourimaginationtodesignahotelthatisenvironmentallyfriendly.Workinpairsandhaveadiscussion.Youshouldconsiderthefollowingquestions:1).Whattypeofenergydoesanenvironmentallyfriendlyhoteluse?2).Howdoesanenvironmentallyfriendlyhotelwashthesheets?3).Whatotherfeaturesdoesanenvironmentallyfriendlyhotelhave?Ihaveapictureofahotelhereforyou:Doyouthinkthislookslikeanenvironmentallyfriendlyhotel?Doesitlooklikethepictureyouhadinyourheadofanenvironmentallyfriendlyhotel?Whichpartsdonotlooklikethepictureyouhadinyourhead?Ok,you’velearnedtousesomewordsrelatedtotheenvironmenttotalkabouttheenvironmentandtheproblemsassociatedwiththissection,wewilllearnmorewordsrelatedtotheenvironment.Step2:Vocabularylearning1.Let’sreadabrochureaboutanew,environmentallyfriendlyhotelwhichisopeningandtrytoanswerthefollowingquestions:Accordingtothebrochure,whatkindoftouristswillbeparticularlyinterestedinthishotel?WhatarethecharacteristicsofEcoville?2.I’dlikeyoutoexplainsomecompoundnounsinsimpleEnglishandthepicturesonPage26maygiveyouahelp:clear-cutloggingopencastminingslashandburnfarmingozonelayeracidrainglobalwarmingAnswersB1.acidrain2.clear-cutlogging3.ozonelayer4.opencastmining5.globalwarming6.slashandburnfarmingStep3:Vocabularyextension1.Nowlet’scometopartConpagethepassageandfillintheblankscorrectly.AnswersC(1)environmental(2)ozonelayer(3)ecosystem(4)energy(5)fossilfuels(6)eco-friendly(7)harm(8)ecotourists2.Readthepassageagainanddiscussthefollowingquestionswithyourpartner:Whothoughtoftheideatobuildanenvironmentallyfriendlyhotel?Whatmadehimdecidetobuildthistypeofhotel?WheredidthedifferencesexistbetweenEcovilleandotherhotels?3.Let’shaveacompetitionforPartD.You’llbedividedintogroupsoffour.Pleasethinkofasmanywordsaspossiblebeginningwith“eco”.Thegroupthathasthemostcorrectwordswins.Beforethat,I’dlikeyoutotellmewhattheprefix“eco-”means.Theprefix“eco-”comesfromGreekandmeans“earth”.Itisusedinmanywordstotalkabouttheenvironment.AnswersD(1)eco-activity(2)eco-friendly(3)ecodevelopment(4)ecology(5)eco-disaster(6)eco-tourism(7)ecotouristsForreference:ecocatastrophe：生態(tài)災(zāi)難ecosphere生態(tài)圈/界ecospheric生態(tài)圈/界的ecocide生態(tài)滅絕ecocline生態(tài)差型ecologic(al)生態(tài)的ecologically生態(tài)地ecology生態(tài)學(xué)ecospecies生態(tài)種ecotone交錯(cuò)群落ecotype生態(tài)型ecosystem生態(tài)系統(tǒng)4.Reading:words:247time:4’ChinaWillLaunch6KeyMeteorologicalProjectsinthe11th5-yearPlanAccordingtohotnewsfromtheconferenceonthenext5-yearplan,inthe11th5-yearplan,Chinawillinvest11billionRMBin6meteorologicalprojectssuchasMeteorologicalDisasterMonitoring,EarlyWarningandResponding,ClimateChangesAnswering(Ⅰ),CloudandWaterintheAtmosphereasResources,NewGenerationWeatherRadar,MeteorologicalSatellitesandCapabilityBuildingofBeijingSuper-ComputingApplicationCenteretc.

Thepeopleconcernedthoughtthatafterthe6keyprojectscompleted,ourcountrywillimproveabilitiestoresistdisasterandemergencyresponsebyimprovingmeteorologicalmonitoring,forecastingandweatherservice,sothatthelossesofGDPcausedbymeteorologicaldisasterwilldecreasefrom3%-6%to2%-5%,andensureeconomygrowstably.Toexploitactivelyandmakegooduseofmeteorologicalresources,andincreasewindenergyandsolarenergyto3%-5%proportionofallenergysources.Makingrapidprogressinutilizingcloudandwaterintheatmosphereasresources,artificialrainreachesto48-60billionsteresannually.

Inaddition,theseprojectswillbeinfavorofslowingclimatechangeandadapttotheinfluenceinduced.Theywillaccelerateclimatesystem,natureecosphereandhumansocietyharmoniouslyprogressing.Theywillpromotemeteorologicalservicestosupportruraleconomicdevelopmentandfurthercontributiontotheprogressofpublicdevelopmentinmoderncountry.Theywillenrichweatherserviceproductsrelatedcloselytocommonpeople’slivingqua