1、Unit 8 Protecting Our Environment,Text A: A Fable for TomorrowCollege English, Unit 8, Book 2,Lead-in,Text Study,Assignment,Further Exploration,Tasks,EnvironmentalProtection,Campus life,Lead-in,Text Study,Assignment,Further Exploration,Tasks,Freshmens dorm,Campus life,Lead-in,Text Study,Assignment,F
2、urther Exploration,Tasks,Four years later,Campus life,Before,After,Lead-in,Text Study,Assignment,Further Exploration,clean & tidy,dirty & messy,Tasks,A Slideshow,Lead-in,Text Study,Assignment,Tasks,Further Exploration,This beautiful planet is the earthour only HOME.,We once lived in a favorable envi
3、ronment.,Man and Nature lived in harmony,Then a strange blight crept over and everything began to CHANGE.,We are now living in a heavily polluted environment.,Serious desertification is occurring,The sky is not clear but dusty.,Global Warming & Climate Change become major threats.,The worst drought
4、in 100 years hit Southwest China.,Animals and plants are at risk of becoming extinct.,With massive use of chemicals in some places, there is a shadow of death.,Japan Nuclear Crisis,We are harming our planet in so MANY ways.,Before,After,1. 2. 3. 4. 5.,1. 2. 3. 4. 5.,clean & crystal,Lead-in,Text Stud
5、y,Assignment,What do you think of our environment before and after pollution?,various,fertile,mild,fresh,water,air,land,weather,creature,Tasks,Further Exploration,dirty & foul,dusty,barren,wild,endangered,Lead-in,Text Study,Assignment,Global Warming,Environmental Problems,Pollution,Climate Change,Fo
6、od Safety,Destruction of Nature,Chemical Abuse,Global Environmental Problems,Tasks,Further Exploration,Brainstorming:,Protecting Our Environment Text A: A Fable for Tomorrow,Rachel Carson,Silent Spring,Tasks,Text Study,Lead-in,Assignment,Further Exploration,Q1. What was the town like in spring and a
7、utumn? (Para. 1)_Q2. Describe the winter scene by the roadsides in the old days. (Para. 2)_,Part I. (Para. 1-2),Reading & Exploring: Text A: A Fable for Tomorrow,Text Study,Lead-in,Assignment,Tasks,Further Exploration,Protecting Our Environment Text A: A Fable for Tomorrow,Text Study,Lead-in,Assignm
8、ent,There was once a town in the heart of America where all life seemed to live in harmony with its surroundings. The town lay in the midst of a checkerboard of prosperous farms, with fields of grain and hillsides of orchards where, in spring, white clouds of bloom drifted above the green fields. In
9、 autumn, oak and maple and birch set up a blaze of colour that flamed and flickered across a backdrop of pines. Then foxes barked in the hills and deer silently crossed the fields, half hidden in the mists of the autumn mornings.,Para. 1,Tasks,Further Exploration,Q1. What was the town like in spring
10、 and autumn? (Para. 1)_Q2. Describe the winter scene by the roadsides in the old days. (Para. 2)_,White clouds of bloom drifted above the green fields.,Part I. (Para. 1-2),Reading & Exploring: Text A: A Fable for Tomorrow,Text Study,Lead-in,Assignment,Tasks,Further Exploration,Protecting Our Environ
11、ment Text A: A Fable for Tomorrow,Text Study,Lead-in,Assignment,There was once a town in the heart of America where all life seemed to live in harmony with its surroundings. The town lay in the midst of a checkerboard of prosperous farms, with fields of grain and hillsides of orchards where, in spri
12、ng, white clouds of bloom drifted above the green fields. In autumn, oak and maple and birch set up a blaze of colour that flamed and flickered across a backdrop of pines. Then foxes barked in the hills and deer silently crossed the fields, half hidden in the mists of the autumn mornings.,Para. 1,Ta
13、sks,Further Exploration,Q1. What was the town like in spring and autumn? (Para. 1)_Q2. Describe the winter scene by the roadsides in the old days. (Para. 2)_,White clouds of bloom drifted above the green fields.,Part I. (Para. 1-2),Oak and maple and birch set up a blaze of color. The foxes barked in
14、 the hills,Reading & Exploring: Text A: A Fable for Tomorrow,Text Study,Lead-in,Assignment,Tasks,Further Exploration,Protecting Our Environment Text A: A Fable for Tomorrow,Text Study,Lead-in,Assignment,Along the roads, laurel, viburnum and alder, great ferns and wild flowers, delighted the travelle
15、rs eye through much of the year. Even in winter the roadsides were places of beauty, where countless birds came to feed on the berries and on the seed heads of the dried weeds rising above the snow. The countryside was, in fact, famous for the abundance and variety of its bird life, and when the flo
16、od of migrants was pouring through in spring and autumn people travelled from great distances to observe them. Others came to fish the streams, which flowed clear and cold out of the hills and contained shady pools where trout lay. So it had been from the days many years ago when the first settlers
17、raised their houses, sank their wells and built their barns.,Para. 2,Tasks,Further Exploration,Q1. What was the town like in spring and autumn? (Para. 1)_Q2. Describe the winter scene by the roadsides in the old days. (Para. 2)_,White clouds of bloom drifted above the green fields.,Part I. (Para. 1-
18、2),Oak and maple and birch set up a blaze of color. The foxes barked in the hills,Countless birds came to feed on the berries and seeds.,Reading & Exploring: Text A: A Fable for Tomorrow,Text Study,Lead-in,Assignment,Tasks,Further Exploration,Reading & Exploring: Text A: A Fable for Tomorrow,Text St
19、udy,Lead-in,Assignment,Pure land,Tasks,Further Exploration,Reading & Exploring: Text A: A Fable for Tomorrow,Part I. (Para. 1-2),Part II. (Para. 3-6),After,Text Study,Lead-in,Assignment,Before,Before: harmonious & prosperous,Tasks,Further Exploration,Q1. What was the town like after the first settle
20、rs came? _,Part II. (Para. 3-6),Reading & Exploring: Text A: A Fable for Tomorrow,(Para. 3),(Para. 4),(Para. 5),(Para. 6),Text Study,Lead-in,Assignment,Tasks,Further Exploration,Protecting Our Environment Text A: A Fable for Tomorrow,Text Study,Lead-in,Assignment,Para. 3,Then a strange blight crept
21、over the area and everything began to change. Some evil spell had settled on the community: mysterious maladies swept the flocks of chickens; the cattle and sheep sickened and died. Everywhere was a shadow of death. The farmers spoke of much illness among their families. In the town the doctors had
22、become more and more puzzled by new kinds of sickness appearing among their patients. There had been several sudden and unexplained deaths not only among adults but even among children, who would be stricken suddenly while at play and die within a few hours.,Tasks,Further Exploration,Q1. What was th
23、e town like after the first settlers came? _,Everywhere was a shadow of death. E.g. animals,Part II. (Para. 3-6),Reading & Exploring: Text A: A Fable for Tomorrow,(Para. 3),(Para. 4),(Para. 5),(Para. 6),Text Study,Lead-in,Assignment,Tasks,Further Exploration,Protecting Our Environment Text A: A Fabl
24、e for Tomorrow,Text Study,Lead-in,Assignment,There was a strange stillness. The birds, for example where had they gone? Many people spoke of them, puzzled and disturbed. The feeding stations in the backyards were deserted. The few birds seen anywhere were moribund; they trembled violently and could
25、not fly. It was a spring without voices. On the mornings that had once throbbed with the dawn chorus of robins, catbirds, doves, jays, wrens, and scores of other bird voices there was now no sound; only silence lay over the fields and woods and marsh.,Para. 4,Tasks,Further Exploration,Q1. What was t
26、he town like after the first settlers came? _,Everywhere was a shadow of death. E.g. animals,Part II. (Para. 3-6),Reading & Exploring: Text A: A Fable for Tomorrow,(Para. 3),(Para. 4),(Para. 5),(Para. 6),Text Study,Lead-in,Assignment,There was a strange stillness. E.g. birds,Tasks,Further Exploratio
27、n,Protecting Our Environment Text A: A Fable for Tomorrow,Text Study,Lead-in,Assignment,The roadsides, once so attractive, were now lined with browned and withered vegetation as though swept by fire. These too, were silent, deserted by all living things. Even the streams were now lifeless. Anglers n
28、o longer visited them, for all the fish had died.,On the farms the hens brooded, but no chicks were hatched. The farmers complained that they were unable to raise any pigs the litters were small and the young survived only a few days. The apple trees were coming into bloom but no bees droned among t
29、he blossoms, so there was no pollination and there would be no fruit.,Para. 5,Para. 6,Tasks,Further Exploration,Q1. What was the town like after the first settlers came? _,Everywhere was a shadow of death. E.g. animals,Part II. (Para. 3-6),Reading & Exploring: Text A: A Fable for Tomorrow,(Para. 3),
30、(Para. 4),(Para. 5),(Para. 6),There was a strange stillness. E.g. birds,The hens brooded, but no chicks were hatched.,Everywhere was now lifeless. E.g. roadsides, streams,Text Study,Lead-in,Assignment,Tasks,Further Exploration,Before: Pure Land,After: Wasteland,Reading & Exploring: Text A: A Fable f
31、or Tomorrow,Text Study,Lead-in,Assignment,After: silent & lifeless,Part I. (Para. 1-2),Part II. (Para. 3-6),After,Before: harmonious & prosperous,Tasks,Further Exploration,Ways to develop the paragraphs: Text A: A Fable for Tomorrow,After: silent & lifeless,Before: harmonious & prosperous,Part II. (
32、Para. 3-6),Part I. (Para. 1-2),contrast,Text Study,Lead-in,Assignment,Tasks,Further Exploration,Before,After,Review: Text A: A Fable for Tomorrow,Text Study,Lead-in,Assignment,Tasks,Further Exploration,Prediction: Text A: A Fable for Tomorrow,Part I. (Para. 1-2),Part II. (Para. 3-6),After,Before,Par
33、t III. (Para. 7-8),Part IV. (Para. 9-10),Causes,Writing Purpose,Tasks,Text Study,Lead-in,Assignment,Further Exploring,Fun with English: “Clean & Green”,Assignment,Lead-in,Text Study,Tasks,Further Exploration,Paper,Plastic & metal,Glass,Compost,What are your “green” ideas?,Make a PPT Presentation on
34、ways to protect our environment for a better tomorrow.,e.g. Recycling Riding Bicycle,1. Due time: next session 2. Grouping: a group of 45 3. Presentation: 3 minutes for each group 4. Evaluation: 10 points,Assignment,Lead-in,Text Study,Tasks,Further Exploration,The changing global environment,Words for describing the environment,Text understanding,Ways to develop the paragraphs,Summary,Whathavewe learnt?,Movie Recommendation:,An Inconvenient Truth 不愿面对的真相,A documentary film about the global warming,Further Exploration,Lead-in,Assignment,Text Study,Tasks,
