Let’s Save Water! Hongwen School By:Xie Zhenzhen

A poem Water all around us Water has no taste at all. Water has no smell. Water’s in the waterfall, The pump, the tap, the well, Water’s everywhere around us. Water’s in the rain, In the bath and in the pond, And in the sea again.

What can people use water to do? brush their teeth play water games wash vegetables …use water to… drink take a shower mop the floor take a bath / bɑ:θ/ wash their hands We use water almost everywhere. Water is useful to all the people.

Life will be difficult without water. Question: What will happen if there is no water? If there is no water, _________ will have no water to _______. Life will be difficult without water.

Water we can use Water is limited（有限的）and precious（珍贵的）. The water resource in the world available(可用的） 13% salty water 97.5% fresh water 2.5% unavailable 87% Water is limited（有限的）and precious（珍贵的）.

What is he doing? a running tap

How can we save water? washing vegetables wash ____________ under a _________ _______. vegetables brush his teeth under a running tap running tap washing vegetables We can save water by not under a running tap. brushing our teeth

We can save water by fixing a dripping tap. How can we save water? a dripping tap Fix a _____________. turn off a dripping tap dripping tap We can save water by fixing a dripping tap. We can also save water by turning off a dripping tap.

How else can we save water? take a shower a bath instead of We can save water by______________. taking a shower We can save water by not ____________. taking a bath We can save water by taking a shower instead of a bath.

Think and say In pairs, talk about different ways of saving water. A: How can we save water at home/ at school? B: We can save water by …/ We can save water by not…/ We can save water by… instead of…

at home at school Listening: How does my sister save water ? 1.She never brushes her teeth under a ________ ______. 1.She never ______ to close the tap 2.She never washes vegetables and fruit under a _______ ______. 2.She always _____ ____ a dripping tap 3.She never takes a _______ for a long time. 3.She never plays _____ games 4.She fixs a ______ tap when she finds a leak (漏洞）at home. 4. She _____ water to water flowers forgets running tap turns off running tap shower water dripping reuses

I p______ to save water by different ways. ripping cloze test Water is very useful. It is important for us to save water. We should fix a d______ tap. We’d better not wash vegetables under a r______ tap. We mustn’t play water games. We can save water by t_____ a shower instead of a bath. We can save water by not b_______ our teeth under a running tap. I p______ to save water by different ways. ripping unning aking rushing romise

Group work: The World Expo is coming Group work: The World Expo is coming. We should protect our environment by ourselves. Now let’s have a competition and discuss how to save water around us. Then we should make a poster. Let’s save water! The World Expo is coming. We should protect our environment by ourselves. We must save water in our life. … We must keep our promise to make our city more beautiful. Better city, better life! We promise to… We can save water by… We can save water by not ... We promise to… We can save water by …instead of… We promise to…

Let’s save water! Let’s make our promises! Let’s be friends of the water! Don’t let our tears become the last drop of water. Let’s make our promises!

Summary: Water is an natural element. It is useful and important. It is limited and precious. We mustn’t waste water and we must save water. fixing the dripping tap We can save water by .... turning off the dripping tap washing vegetables under a running tap We can save water by not.... playing water games We can save water by ....instead of… The world Expo is coming. We should save water by ourselves. Better city, better life!

Homework Let’s save water! Oral homework: When you see your parents or grandparents wasting water, what should you do? 2. Written homework: Write a report about the poster on page 66 and suggest ways of saving water. Let’s save water! We can save water by doing _________. We can save water by not doing _________. We can save water by…instead of… ___________________________________________

Thank you!