______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________What’sreallygreen?Unit6EarthFirst--Developingideas--

Lookatthequestionsabout“greenliving”andtickyouranswers.01DiscussandshareWhichisgreener?plasticbagpaperbagturnoffadeviceunplugadevicelocalfoodfoodfromotherplacestakeabathtakeashowerLookatthetitleandthinkaboutthemeaningofit.Activity2

ColorInexperiencedEnvironmentalfriendlyWhat’sreallygreen?Readthesubheadingsinthepassageanddecideiftheyaretrueorfalse.expandon:toadddetailstowhatyouaresayingPapershoppingbagsarebetterthanplasticonesWhenyouturnoffadevice,itstopsusingpower.Eatinglocalfoodisgoodfortheenvironment.It'sbettertotakeashowerthanabath.What’sreallygreen?

Mostofusareawarethatwemusttakecareoftheenvironment,andthemajorityofustakestepstosaveenergyandreducewasteandpollution.Butrecently,some"greentruths"havebeenshowntobeonlyhalftrue,orevencompletelyfalse.Herearesomecommonones.

Whicharereallygreen?Learningtolearn

Environmentalawarenessisnowpartofdailylife.Butit'sworthcheckingcommonideasandopinionstoseewhat'sreallygreen.BodyGreentruth1Greentruth2Greentruth3Greentruth4IntroductionConclusiongreentruthswhat’sreallygreenSkimandgetthemainideaofthepassage.Itdiscussessomecommon____________whichhavebeenshowntobe____________orevencompletely_______.“green

truths”halftruefalsePapershoppingbagsarebetterthanplasticonesWhenyouturnoffadevice,itstopsusingpower.Eatinglocalfoodisgoodfortheenvironment.It'sbettertotakeashowerthanabath.

Mostofusareawarethatwemusttakecareoftheenvironment,andthemajorityofustakestepstosaveenergyandreducewasteandpollution.Butrecently,some"greentruths"havebeenshowntobeonlyhalftrue,orevencompletelyfalse.Herearesomecommonones.

Whicharereallygreen?While-readingMakingpaperbags

usesmore______thanmaking____________.causeseffectsmeasuresPaper

bagsarenotgoodfortheenvironment.Turningoffadevicewon'tstopitfromusingpower.Eatinglocalfoodisn’talwaysbetterfortheenvironment.Itisnotalwaysbettertotakeashowerthanabath.GroupworkReadtheeffectsandcompletethecausesandmeasuresoftheseaccordingtothepassage.takea______withyouwhenyougoshopping.Devices____gointostand-bymodebutstillusepowerbecauseelectricitycontinuesto__thedevice.Remove_______fromits________.Localproducesometimesmightusemoreenergyandproducemoregreenhouse______alongwayaway—even______itstransport.analyzeand_________make_______________Ifyouspendmorethaneightminutesonshower,youwilluse___water__inabath---about50litresofwater.keepyourshowertime_____________________.ReadfordetailsMakingpaperbags

usesmore______thanmaking____________.Italsoproducesmoregreenhousegases.causeseffectsmeasuresPaper

bagsarenotgoodfortheenvironment.Turningoffadevicewon'tstopitfromusingpower.Eatinglocalfoodisn’talwaysbetterfortheenvironment.Itisnotalwaysbettertotakeashowerthanabath.GroupworkReadtheeffectsandcompletethecausesandmeasuresoftheseaccordingtothepassage.takea______withyouwhenyougoshopping.Devices____gointostand-bymodebutstillusepowerbecauseelectricitycontinuesto_

_thedevice.Remove_______fromits________.Localproducemighthaveusedmoreenergyandproducedmoregreenhouse______

alongwayaway—even______itstransport.analyzeand_________make_______________.Ifyouspendmorethaneightminutesonshower,youwilluse___water__inabath---about50litresofwater.keepyourshowertime_____________________.ReadfordetailsenergyandwaterplasticbagsturnedoffleakfromasmuchasgasesthanproducegrowntakingintoaccountreusablebagtheplugpowersupplythesituationrightdecisionsasshortaspossibleWhydopeoplethinkplasticbagsarebadfortheenvironment?

Becauseplasticbagscauselitter&areadangertowildanimals,whichmistakethemforfood.Andittakeshundredsofyearsforplastictobreakdown.?Papershoppingbagsare

betterthanplasticones.Whatelsecanbereusedinourdailylife?thermos/＇θ??m?s/watercupmealboxWhyistheword“off”putintoaquotationmark?Becauseelectricitycontinuestoleakfromthedeviceevenwhenitisturned“off”.Becausetheapplianceisnotreallyoff,anditgoesintostand-bymodeandstillusespower.?Whenyouturnoffadevice,itstopsusingpower.Whydoesthedevicestillusepowerwhenit’sturnedoff?Whydopeoplethinkeatinglocalfoodisbetterfortheenvironment?Itseemslikecommonsense,becauseitdoesnotneedtobetransportedlongdistancesandkeptcoldduringtransport.?Eatinglocalfoodisgoodfortheenvironment.Whyisitnotalwaysbettertotakeashowerthanabath?Itdependsonhowlongyouspendintheshowerandhowlargeyourbathis.?It’sbettertotakeashowerthanabath.Ifyouspendmorethaneightminutesonshower,youwilluseasmuchwaterasinabath---about50litresofwater.Therefore,thekeyistokeepyourshowertimeasshortaspossible.Post-readingRetellthepassagebasedonthemindmap.Papershoppingbagstimetobreakdown;energyandwater;greenhousegases;areusablebagelectricdeviceslocalfoodshowerorbathpowerleakinstand-bymode;removethepluginsomecases;moreenergy;moregreenhousegasesItdepends;showertime;eightminutes02040103Post-reading

Areyouawareofanyother“greentruths”thatarenottrue?

Startyourretellingbystatingthetopic.

Describethe“greentruth”inmoredetail---whypeoplebelieveit’s“green”.

Explainwhyitisnotcompletelytrue.Areelectriccarsreally“green”?andShareExample:Areelectriccarsreally“green”?Electriccarsrunonelectricityandtheydon’tburngasolineatall;thereforetheydon’temitCO2,thuscreating“zeroemission”(零排放).Althoughdrivinganelectriccardoesnotcauseanyairpollution,thepollutionmainlycomesfromtheproductionofits

batteryandtheelectricity

usedtokeepitrunning.Theproductionoftheelectricbatteriesrequireslithium(鋰).Alargeamountofenergyisusedonminingandprocessingthismetal.Meanwhile,theelectricitybywhichelectriccarsarepoweredismainlyfromburningcoalorgas.Allofthesecontributetocarbonemissions.Consequently,electriccarsaren’treallygreen.Therefore,it’sbettertousepublictransportationandtravelinanenvironmentallyfriendlyway.Topic:

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Giveatalkaboutoneofthe“greentruths”inthepassage.Usethesequestionstohelpplanyourtalk.Which“greentruth”areyougoingtotalkabout?Whydopeoplebelieveitis“green”?Whyisitnotcompletelytrue?Whatcanyoudotobecome“greener”?Organize