Unit10The world around us What is our world made up of?Human beings, animals, plants, and other things. Green Park in Birmingham • Pre-reading:Pre-reading:• 1.How do plants & animals 1.How do plants & animals • live together?live together?• 2.What do plants & animals2.What do plants & animals• need to survive?need to survive?• 3.What do human beings need 3.What do human beings need • to survive?to survive? O2:oxygenputriditymicrobeHow do plants and animals live together? Fast-reading:Main idea of the text:It’s about why a species becomes endangered and what we can do to protect plants & animals from becoming endangered. Careful reading Read the text quickly, and then try to find the topic sentence of each paragraph. Para. 1:Para. 2:Para. 3:Topic sentencesSome species are endangered,and we must learn to act in ways that do not harm living things.A species can become endangered for different reasons.There is a lot we can do to keep animals and plants from becoming endangered. True or False questions:1.Human beings always do as they say.2.It’s late for us to take measures to keep animals and plants from dying out.3.A species may die out if humans or other animals use too much of a plant or kill too many animals.4.Planting a tree is a way to creating more space for animals.FFFFTTTT Post-reading:1) Why do animals and plants become endangered according to the text?2) What can we do to protect animals and plants that are being endangered? 1)Why do animals and plants become endangered according to the text? Main reasons for endangered species•Habitat change•The arrival of a new species•Overuse of plants and over-hunt of animals 2) What can we do to protect animals and plants that are being endangered? Let people learn more about plants , animals and our environment Stop polluting the air, water and soil Do not use too much land Make rules or laws to forbid people to cut down trees and hunt animals Plant more trees …… The following are the ways to make the earth a better place for humans to live in.•Reduce the amount of rubbish•Buy things that can be used many times•Reuse boxes, bags and other things•Recycle waste paper, metals, glass,etc.•Teach others to reuse things•Tell our friends, relatives and other people that it is important to protect the environment•…… Discussion•List things you could do to protect the environment in your everyday life. Homework:Oral-work: Read the passage again after classWritten-work: Choose an environmental problem in Xuancheng and write down your solutions to the problem.
