ProjectProtectingtheYangtzeRiverUnit2TheenvironmentAsthethirdlongestriverintheworld,howlongistheYangtzeRiver?Whatarethethreelongestriversintheworld?Howmanyprovincesdoesitrunacross?Itrunsacrossnineprovinces.Itis6,300kilometerslong.TheNileinAfrica,the

AmazoninSouthAmericaandtheYangtzeRiverinChina.

Whatisthefamousmanmadeproject?ThreeGorgesDam.(Itcancontrolflood,storeelectricityandsoon.)

therareanimalsandfishesWhite-flagdolphin

Yangtzealligator

Zhonghuasturgeon

1.

WhathascausedthepollutionoftheYangtzeRiver?(Para.1)2.Whatarethetwospecialgovernmentprojects?3.HavepeoplesolvedalltheproblemsconcerningtheYangtzeRiver?

Skimming&scanning.(p38)1.

WhathascausedthepollutionoftheYangtzeRiver?(Para.1)

Rapiddevelopmentandanincreaseinpopulationhavemeantthattheamountofwatertakenfromtheriverisrising,andthewastebeingputbackintotheriverhasbeenincreasing.Answerthefollowingquestions.2.Whatarethetwospecialgovernmentprojects?

Thefirstprojectisawaterandsoilpreservationproject,andthesecondincludesanaturereverseforwhite-flagdolphins.(para.3-4)3.HavepeoplesolvedalltheproblemsconcerningtheYangtzeRiver?

No,westillhavealongwaytogo.(L21)SpeakingWhatcanyoudotoprotectYantzeRiver?Skimming&scanning.(p39)1.Whatistheonethingwecandotosolvethisproblem?2.Whatshouldwedowhenweareathome?3.Howdoyoufeelwhenyoulookatthetreeyouplant?Climatechangeandalow-carbonlife1.Whatistheonethingwecandotosolvethisproblem?

Onethingwecandotosolvethisproblemistowalkoruseabicyclewhenpossible.(L9)2.Whatshouldyoudowhenweareathome?

Youshoulduseaslittleenergyaspossible.(L16)3.Howdoyoufeelwhenyoulookatthetreeyouplant?

Youwillfindasenseofsatisfactionknowingthatyoudidyourparttohelpsolveteproblemofclimatechange.(L24-26)TorF.1.Wemustdrivecarswhenweneedtotravellongdistance.2.Ifyoumustdriveacar,itisgoodtotravelalone.F(L12)F(L14)3.Themorepetrolandelectricityweconsume,themorecarbonwearelettingoff.4.Metalproductsandpaperproductsrequirelessenergytoproduce.T(L7-8)F(L19)

Discussion1.Whatwillyouthinkaboutwhenyouseethetitle“Climatechangeandalow-carbonlife”?2.Whatdoyouthinkcausesclimatechange?Doyouthinkthatyourwayoflifecanchangetheclimate?3.Canyougivesomeexamplestoshowwhatkindoflifealow-carbonlifeis?

Discussion1.Whatwillyouthinkaboutwhenyouseethetitle“Climatechangeandalow-carbonlife”?

Discussion2.Whatdoyouthinkcausesclimatechange?Doyouthinkthatyourwayoflifecanchangetheclimate?

Discussion3.Canyougivesomeexamplestoshowwhatkindoflifealow-carbonlifeis?Notes:Theproblemsandcauses.Asastudent,whatyoushoulddotoprotecttheenvironment.WhatcanyoudotomakeothersawareoftheimportanceofprotectingtheYangtzeRiver？Writeapassageaboutwhatstudentsshoulddotoprotecttheenvironment.…thehealthoftheYangtzeRiverhasraisedconcernbothinChinaandabroad.raise本意為“舉起；使……升起；使……站立；扶起”。如：

Heraisedhislefthand.

他把左手舉起來。

Sheraisedthefallenchild.

她把跌倒的孩子扶起來。Languagepointsraise在此處意為“引起；造成”。如：Hisabsenceraisedfearsabouthissafety.他的缺席引起人們對他安全的擔心。Theuseofanimalsinscientifictestsraisessomedifficultethicalproblems.用動物做科學(xué)試驗引起了一些棘手的道德問題。Afunnyremarkraisesalaugh.滑稽的話惹人發(fā)笑。2.Thespecialgovernmentprojectsarealsounderway.underway已經(jīng)開始并進行著。如：

Theprojectisnowwellunderway.

這一項目現(xiàn)正順利進行。3.ThisisnotgoodnewsforthepeoplewhorelyontheYangtzeRiverforwater.Norisitgoodnewsforthewiderangeoffishandwildlife…relyon…for…意為“依賴……提供……”

如：

Childrenrelyontheirparentsfor

foodandclothing.

孩子們依賴父母供給衣食。(2)第二句話以nor開頭，用倒裝語序。句中fishandwildlife后接一個由that引導(dǎo)的定語從句。(3)range范圍，幅度，差距。這里用作名詞，意為“一系列，各種各樣”。如：

thewholerangeofhistory整個歷史

outsidetherangeofhumanknowledge

在人類知識范圍之外相關(guān)短語：beyondtherangeof…超過……的范圍withintherangeof…在……范圍之內(nèi)e.g.Itisbeyondtherangeofmyability.

這件事超出了我的能力范圍。

Theworkiswithintherangeofourresponsibilities.

這工作在我們的責任范圍之內(nèi)。4.Althoughweproducecarbonwhenwebreathe,thecarbonweproduceismuchlessthanthatproducedbyacar.

句中that指代carbon，后接過去分詞短語producedbyacar作定語。英語中常用that來指代一個不可數(shù)名詞。如：

Theweatherhereismuchmorepleasantthanthatinthenorth.

這里的天氣比北方舒服多了。

5.Plantingasmalltreeischeapandeasy,andtwodecadesfromnow,whenyoulookatwhatwillhavebecomealargetree,youwillfindasenseofsatisfactionknowingthatyoudidyourparttohelpsolvetheproblemof