Unit Book 10_课件_U1_Reading2-8 2 Task Reading and Discussing

Step 1: Lead-in Guess some riddles

1. It had been raining for ten days and then the river went over its banks and water was everywhere. The field that we had just planted with rice was covered with water. --- Flood

2. The house just went up in flames 2. The house just went up in flames. We could not stop it from burning down. --- Fire 3. The wind was very strong and the rain just poured down. Many shop windows were broken. ---Typhoon

4. One minute I was standing and next I had fallen on the ground 4. One minute I was standing and next I had fallen on the ground. The ground was moving all around me. Several cars fell into big holes in the roads. I was really frightened. I am lucky to be alive. ---Earthquake

5. There used to be a clear river in my hometown 5. There used to be a clear river in my hometown. But now people always pour the waste into the river. It is not clear any longer. ---Water Pollution

6. People plant too much on the land without giving it a rest and they cut down trees for energy. All of this dries out the land. The land that can be used to grow crops turns into desert. ---Desertification

desertification

Step 2: Reading Read for information

Read a scientific article: Desertfication--- a growing problem!

Questions: 1. What is desertification? It is what happens when land that can be used to grow crops turns into desert. 2. What is the purpose of setting up CNDMC? It is set up to do research into the problem of desertification. 3. What solutions are mentioned to desertification?

Solutions to desertification: build fences plant more trees and bushes do some scientific research conduct better administration train people in responsible water usage share information between countries use satellites to pick out areas

Read a newspaper

Questions: Q1: At what time can you see This Is It? At 14.30 and 18.00. Q2: What is the weather like in Hangzhou? It's rainy. Q3: What has just opened? The city's Modern Art Museum. Q4: How many people went to the opening? Over 10,000 people.

Statement and conclusion

Draw conclusions from some statements 1.I’ve just been to the hospital, and the doctor asked me to take some medicine. The speaker is ill. 2.W:When will the film start? M: In two minutes. Ticket, please. The woman is going to see a film. 3.W: The light will be shut off at ten to eleven. M: So we’ve got only a quarter of an hour left. It’s 10:35 now.

Match the following statements with the conclusions . 1. Your teacher wants you to help educate people about desertification. 2. A desert is an area of dry land. Desertification is what we call it when land turns into desert. 3. People plant things without giving the land a chance to rest. 4. The wind carries sand from the deserts to the cities, causing air pollution. a The ending –ification means a process. b One way to stop desertification is to allow the land a chance to rest between plantings. c Some people become ill after breathing this air. d Many people around the world do not know about desertification.

Step 3: Discussing Present your point of view

useful words Because … as a result of … due to … on account of … I think/believe that … From my point of view It seems that … It seems to me that … Personally, I agree/disagree because …

Reason and effect

Have a discussion

Discussion: 1)Why should we stop desertification? 2)Apart from the reading passage we have learned, what else can we do to decrease desertification?

You can start like this: I think/believe that we must... because... If we do..., ... We can do... to...

Other solutions: Collect some money to help the poor farms. Save as much water as possible in our daily life. Ask scientists to find more plants that are suitable for growing in deserts.

Thank You!