Unit8GreenLivingLesson1

RootsandShootsLookanddiscuss:1.Whatishappeningineachpicture?2.Haveyoueverdoneanyofthesethings?3.Whatwouldhappenifeverybodydidthesamethings?Leavethetaprunningwhileyoubrushyourteeth.Leavealightonwhenyougoout.Warming-upDropapieceoflitterandcan’tbebotheredtopickitup.awayofthinkingthatfocusesoncaringforjustoneselfandignorestheenvironment,animalsandtheircommunityMorepeoplewith“Just-me-ism”candomoreharmtotheworld.ReadPara.1andanswerthetwoquestions.1.Whatisthebeliefmightthesepeoplehold?2.Whatproblemsmaysuchbehaviorcause?

Just-me-ismPre-reading2.Whatothersimilarbehaviorsdoyouknow?4.Whatwouldhappenifeverybodydidthesamethings?3.Haveyoueverdoneanyofthesethings?Lookatthetitleofthepassage—“ROOTS&SHOOTS”,andpredictwhatthepassageisabout.ROOTSSHOOTSReadandExploreFastReadingPara.1Para.2-5Just-me-ismRootsandShootsIntroductionThemeaningofthenameTheimportanceoftheindividuals8

ThemeaningofitsnameShootsseemsmallandweak,buttheycanbreakopenbrickwallstoreachthelight.

Rootsmoveslowlyunderthegroundtomakeafirmfoundation.Whyisitcalledshootsandroots?shoots

rootsReadandExplore1.Whatis“Just-me-ism”?2.Whyisitaproblem?3.Anysuggestionsonsolvingtheproblem?“Just-me-ism”isawayofthinkingthatfocusesoncaringforjustoneselfandignorestheenvironment,animals

andthecommunity.Therewillbenobodytocareandlookaftertheenvironment.Asolutionwouldbetomakepeopleunderstandthateventhesmallestactioncanchangetheworld,sotheyshouldtakeactionwheneverpossiblefortheenvironment,animalsandtheircommunity.Readparagraph1anddiscussthequestionsbelow.Roots&ShootsThetimeofitsestablishment_________________Thefounder_________________Thepurpose______________________totakeactionfortheenvironment,animalsandothercommunity.

______________________tohelpbuildafuturethatissecureandlivetogetherinpeacewithnature.Intheearly1990sToeducateyoungpeople

Dr.JaneGoodallToinspireyoungpeopleReadparagraph2.CompletethebasicinformationaboutRootsandShoots.

Themeaningofitsnameshoot:thefirstpartoftheplantthatgrowsandisvisibleabovethegroundroot:thepartoftheplantthatisunderthegroundRoots____________underthegroundtomakeafirmfoundation,andshootsseemsmallandweak,buttheycan___________brickwallstoreachthelight.That’swhatRoots&Shootsisallabout:

The___________________ofeachindividual—human,animalorplant.Everyindividual_________.Everyindividualhasaroletoplay.Everyindividual_________________.

moveslowlybreakopenvalueandimportancemattersmakesadifferenceReadparagraph3.Completetherestofthetable.Readparagraph4.andexplainthequotes.

“Itisbyactingtogether,inthisexcitingway,thatwecaninvolvethousands—millions—ofpeople,andthisiswhatisgoingtochangetheworld.”

“Everyindividualmatters.Everyindividualhasaroletoplay.Everyindividualmakesadifference.”Whattechniques(技巧)didthewriteruse?repetition/quotationquotation(引用)/citingideas(3)What’sthepurposeofRoots&Shoots?A．Toeducateoldpeople.B．Toeducateyoungpeople.C．Toeducatemiddle-agedpeople.D．Toeducatechildren.√InspiredbythemessageofRoots&Shoots,manyyoungpeoplehavetakenactiontoprotecttheenvironment.Readparagraph3.Answerthefollowingquestion.Rootsmoveslowlyunderthegroundtomakeafirmfoundation,andshootsseemsmallandweak,buttheycanbreakopenbrickwallstoreachthelight.1.What'sthemeaningofitsname?2.whodoesRoots&Shootsrepresent?Itrepresentsyoungpeoplearoundtheworld.Readparagraph4.FindthetwoquotesfromDr.JaneGoodallandParaphrasethequotes.“Itisbyactingtogether,inthisexcitingway,thatwecaninvolvethousands—millions—ofpeople,andthisiswhatisgoingtochangetheworld.”

“Everyindividualmatters.Everyindividualhasaroletoplay.Everyindividualmakesadifference.”O(jiān)nlybyactingtogethercanweaskthousands—millions—ofpeopletotakeactiontocreatechangeandinfluencethechangethatisneededinourcommunitiesandourworld.Eachoneofusisveryimportant.Eachoneofushasourownresponsibilitytotake.Asmallactionwillleadtoahugechangeespeciallywheneveryoneworkstogether.Dr.Goodall’squotesmeanthatchangingtheroleisindividualact,becausetherearemillionsofpeoplewhocanmakeadifferenceiftheyallactontheirown.moveslowlybreakopenvalueandimportancemattersmakesadifferenceCarefulReading1.WhatcontributiondoesRoots&Shootsmaketosociety?2.WhatmakesDr.JaneGoodallthinkRoots&Shootscanhelpsolvetheproblemof“Just-me-ism”?

CarefulReadingReadthetextagain.Answerthequestions.Itinspiresyoungpeopletobuildafuturethatissecureandtolivetogetherinpeacewithnature.Itencouragesindividualstoplayapartinmakingtheworldabetterplaceinsteadofjustthinkingaboutthemselves.3.WhatisyourexplanationforthetwoquotesfromDr.JaneGoodall?Herquotesmeanthatchangingtheroleisanindividualact,becausetherearemillionsofpeoplewhocanmakeadifferenceiftheyallactontheirown.1.Whattechniquesdoesthewriterusetomakehis/herviewlogicalandconvincing?Findatleastoneexampleforeachtechnique.Thetechniquesthewriterusesarequotation,example,colloquialstyle,rhetoricalquestionandrepetition.Ordinarylanguageusedbycommonpeopleineveryda