冀教版英语必修3 Unit8 Protecting the Environment Section4VIP免费

Unit8section4READINGFORTHEENVIROMENTTherearethreereadingsinthissectionthatareexpectedtoexpandonthethemeoftheunitThefirstoneisabouttheimportanceofkeepingthebalanceofnature.Thesecondisaboutapioneer---ahistoricalfigureinenvironmentalprotection,RachelCarson.ThethirdoneisanencouragingexampleofenvironmentalprotectioninChina---thebeautifulJiuzhaigouValley,Sichuan.OURNATURALENVIROMENTDividetheclassintogroups.Identifyaleaderforeachgroup.MakesurethateachgroupcontainsastrongEnglishspeakerandreader.Informthestudentsthattheywillbeworkingtogetherasagrouptocreateasummaryofeachparagraph.Readthroughournaturalenviromentonpage99.demonstratethefirstpara.Withtheclass.Haveeachgroupreadthepara,discusstheparawitheachother,createasummarysentenceofthepara,andaskeachgrouptosharetheirsummarysentence.Explainthatthisisaco—operativeactivity.Thestudentscandiscussthesummaryintheirfirstlanguage.Themainpurposeistofacilitatetheunderstandingofthetext,thediscussionofthemeaningandthenegotiationofthebestsummarysentence,thusthediscussioncanbedoneinChineseandsummarysentencecanlaterbetranslatedintoEnglish.UsetheFocusQuestionandPost—readingactivitiesforfurtherdiscussionofthereading.RACHELCARSONAssignthereadingashomework.EachstudentistowritehisorherownanswerstothePost—readingActivities.studentsmustprovideanexampleorcommentsabouttheiranswers.ENVIROMENTALPROTECTIONINTHEJIUZHAIGOUVALLEY,SICHUANThestoryprovidesanexampleofenvironmentalprotectioninasignificanttouristspotinChina.Thepost—readingActivitiesaskstudentstodotwothings:1.tounderstandanddiscusstheinformationinthetext,and2.tothinkaboutwhattheycandointheirownlivestoprotecttheenviromentfrombeingdestroyed.Thesecondactivitycanbeusedasawayofconnectingstudentswiththetext.Itis,afterall,importantforthemtorelatewhattheyhavereadtotheirowndailylives.WRAPITUPThiswordsearchisdesignedtohelpstudentsreviewsomeofthewordstheyhavelearnedregardingenvironmentalprotection,andtoreinforcetheideaofecologicalbalance.用心爱心专心