Unit2EnvironmentPartOneTeachingDesignReadingTheeconomyortheenvironment—mustwechoose?Step1:Leading-inHaveyoueverseenadebateoreventakenpartinadebate?Doyouknowsomethingaboutdebates?Adebateisseriousdiscussionofasubjectinwhichmanypeopletakepart.Speakersinadebatewillrepresentoppositeviewsonthesubjectbeingdiscussed.Inadebate,onesidegetstheopportunitytopresenttheirpointsfirst.Theothersidefollowsandpresentstheirs.…Now,let’shaveadebate,shallwe?Somepeoplesaythatmoneycansolveallproblems,butsomesayknowledge.Whichonedoyouprefer?Moneyorknowledge?Forreference:CouldnaturaldisastersdevastateBritain?YesNoIfthevolcanoonLaPalmaintheCanariesexplodes,a500mhighmega-tsunamicouldengulflow-lyingpartsoftheUKThoughsomescientistsbelieveitwillhappen,it'sunlikelyforthenextfewthousandyearsOneofBritain'smostseveretornadoesdestroyedachurchand600homesincentralLondonin1091MostBritishhousesarenowbuiltfrombrickandaremuchmoresturdyIn1995,ahurricanedoubledbackfromtheCaribbeanandhitBritainThisUKstormwasonlytheremnantsofahurricane.Inordertoretainitsstrength,ahurricanemustremainoverwarmwaterof26.5CoraboveNorth-westWalesisoneofthemostseismicallyactiveplacesinthewholeUK.In1984,aquakeregistered5.4ontheRichterscale.AnothercouldhitanyAnearthquakeofthismagnituderarelycausesseveredamage.Quakesabove5areexceptionalintheUK,andthereisnoproofthatanotherisduesoon用心爱心专心116号编辑daynowStep2:FastreadingforgeneralideasGothroughthepassageasquicklyaspossibleandtrytofindanswerstothethreequestionsinpartAonPage22.Justfocusonandidentifytheinformationneededtoanswerthesequestions.Answers1.Mr.LinShuiqingrepresentstheenvironmentandMr.QianLiweirepresentstheeconomy.2.Sixtimes.3.Theyshouldhavetopayhighertaxes.Step3:Detailedreadingforimportantinformation1.Let’sreadthespeechasecondtimeandcompletePartsC1andC2onpage24AnswersC11).LinShuiqingbelongstotheSocietyforenvironmentalpreservation.2).Hestartshisspeechbytalkingaboutthewaylargeareasoftheworldaredamagedbyindustrialwaste.3).Theyarebeingcaughtbyfishingboatsbeforetheycanlayeggs.4).Hethinksweshouldteachpeopleaboutenvironmentallyfriendlywaysofliving,5).Becausejobswillbelost.Peoplearemoreimportantthanfishandtrees.6).Weshouldproducemorethingsfromrecycledproducts.7).Weneedmoreeffectivelawstopreservetheenvironment,whichstillallowtheeconomytogrow.8).Manypeoplearewillingtopayslightlyhigherpricesforthingsthatareenvironmentallyfriendly.C2LiShuiqing615324QianLiwei531242.Listentothetapeandchoosethebestanswerstothefollowingquestions:(1)WhichofthefollowingisNOTmentionedinLinShuiqing’sspeech?A.Industrialwastedestroyedmanyplacesandkilledmanyplacesandanimals.B.Factoriesproducingpoisonouschemicalsshouldclosedown.C.Fishesdiedformorethanonereasons.D.Pollutedatmospherecanmakehumanbeingssick.(2)Whatcanbeinferredfromthespeech?A.Thoughwecaughtlargenumbersoffish,theydevelopsoquicklythatwe’llstillhaveenoughtoeat.B.It’slikelythatwe’llnothaveenoughtoeatifwekeepproducingpeoplerapidly.C.LinShuiqingisfortheideaofrecycling,whileQianLiweiisagainstit.D.Aneconomistisoftenseenasbeingagainsttheenvironment.(3)Whatdoesthesentence“Peopleoftenthinkthateconomicdevelopmentisbadfortheenvironment,butthisdoesnothavetoberight.”mean?A.Economicdevelopmentisgoodfortheenvironment.B.Economicdevelopmentisbadfortheenvironment.C.Economicdevelopmentisnotalwaysbadfortheenvironment.用心爱心专心116号编辑D.Peoplearewrongtothinkeconomicdeve...
