Oxford English 9B Chapter 1 A Young Green Consumer Guide Class 1 Grade 9 Wuqiao School Xuming

trees traffic lights plants green Olympic Games green food health green Expo vegetables What does “green” make you think of? It makes me think of…

Have you heard about the green consumer? A consumer means a person who buys and uses things. [ kən'sju:mə ] n. 消费者

Task A Do a match Part 1 A. Bad habits Part 2 B. Damage to the ozone layer Part 3 C. The Greenhouse Effect Part 4 D. How can we save the earth? Part 5 E. Destruction of the rain forests [ 'dæmid ʒ ] n. 破坏 [ i'fekt ] n. 效应 [ 'leiə ] n. 层 [ 'əuzəun ] n. 臭氧 [ dis'tr ʌ k ʃ ən ] n. 破坏

glass atmosphere greenhouse lets sunlight in keeps the warmth The Greenhouse Effect keeps the earth warm [ w ɔ :mθ ] n. 温暖 [ 'ætməsfiə ] n. 大气 (gases)

Task B Read P2&3 in Part 1,then complete the table. The trouble ______________________ The EffectIt may__________________________ ___________________________ Our/The atmosphere is changing cause the level of the sea to rise and drown cities and even whole countries [ draun ] v. 淹没

Task C What’s wrong with the ozone layer? Listen and fill in the blanks. The writers tell us that ‘ozone is a gas which occurs (v. 出现 ) ________ km above the ground. It forms an essential (a. 必要的 ) protective layer around the earth. Without it, the _______ would burn us up. We are making _______ in the ozone layer mainly by using chemicals (n. 化学物质 ) called CFCs (n. 氟化 物 ). We use these in __________ and spray (n. 喷雾剂 ) cans, and to make plastic items such as fast food boxes sun holes fridges

Task D Please read Part 3. True or False? ( )1. The burning and cutting down of trees is making the Greenhouse Effect better because trees take in CO 2. ( )2. If there are more trees, the amount of CO 2 in the atmosphere will be less. ( )3. According to the passage, we know that the forest is the home of people and animals. F T T worse

Task E Read Part 4. Answer the following questions. If you can, answer it in a whole sentence or in a full answer. 1.What causes pollution? 2.People have known what to do with the rubbish, haven’t they? 3.How many drink cans are thrown away in Britain every year? People’s/Our bad habits. People’s/Our bad habits cause pollution. No./No, they haven’t. Seven billion/7,000,000,000./ Seven billion drink cans are thrown away in Britain every year.

We should/shouldn’t …. We should/shouldn’t … when …. We should/shouldn’t … after …. We should/shouldn’t … by doing …. We should/shouldn’t … by not doing …. To be a green consumer, what should/shouldn’t we do now? We should only buy and use things that do not damage the environment. We should buy only from companies that do not damage the environment either.

Threats The Greenhouse Effect Damage to the ozone layer Destruction of the rain forests Bad habits [ θret ] n. 威胁 (dangers)

As a Shanghainese, we should do something to welcome the 2010 World Expo. We promise to… We promise not to… ● Let’s give the visitors to Shanghai a green city, a green Expo, shall we?

Assignments: 1.Read the text at least three times. 2.Keep your promise and help to make more people around you be green consumers. 3.Write some tips on how to protect the environment. Tips( 建议） on how to protect the environment: Be clean and green. Do’s Don’ts Have showers instead of baths. Don’t buy things that damage the environment. __________________________ ________________________________________ ___________________________ ________________________________________ ● ● ● _ ●