Unit 2 The Environment ReadingWhat are they doing? Pre-readingFrom the title “The economy or the environment—must we choose”, what can you get? Go through the speech quickly and answer questions in Part A1.What side does Mr. Lin Shuiqing and Mr. Qian Liwei each represent? Mr. Lin Shuiqing represents the environment and Mr. Qian Liwei represents the economy.2.By how many times has the world’s population increased since 1800? Six times.3. According to Mr. Qian Liwei, what should be done to factories that pollute the environment? They should have to pay higher taxes.Fast readingReading for main idea1.What is the text about?2.What’s Lin Shuiqing’s opinion?3.What’s Qian liwei’s opinion?A debate about “the economy or the environment—must we choose?”Developing economy damages the environment.Economic development is not really bad for environment.Careful readingRead the speech carefully,and answer the following questions.1.How many ways our environment is damaged are mentioned in the text?2.What does Lin Shuiqing think about it?3.What does he suggest people do?Three. Industrial waste, fishing and populationIt’s awful.Cut back on production, recycling, environmentally friendly ways of living1.Why does Qian Liwei say that economic development is not really bad for environment?2.What does he suggest people do?Factories and economy, people are more importantRecycling, laws, taxesPut the subjects each speaker talks about in the correct order.Lin Shuiqingrecycling industrial wastepopulationfishingwater pollutionproduction145326Qian Liweitaxesrecyclingfactoriesproductionlaws31245Careful readingSpeakersPoints they presentReasons they provide to convince youLin Shuiqing(an environmentalist)industrialwastewater pollutionfishingpopulationproductionrecyc...
