word power

Have you ever visit some beautiful places during your summer holiday?

Which place do you prefer to live at? Why?

How many kinds of pollution do you know? Air pollution

Water pollution

Earth pollution

Chemistry pollution

Rubbish pollution

what can be used instead of fossil fuels? If we want to protect our environment , what can be used instead of fossil fuels? Solar energy Fossil fuels electricity Natural gas

Read this brochure about a environmentally friendly hotel, and pay attention to the red words.

Ecotourists are people who visit an area and do not harm or damage the ecosystem. They are interested in environmental protection. If you are this kind of tourist, you will love Ecoville. We use natural, safe energy from the sun, solar energy, instead of digging up Earth to find fossil fuels. Nothing in our hotel causes pollution. We even use eco-friendly washing powder to wash your sheets. Don’t have your next holiday in a city full of factories that create harmful waste. Come to Ecoville, where you and Earth will be safe together.

uu Eco-tourists Eco-system 生态旅游者 生态系统 Eco- comes from Greek and means ‘earth’, it is used in many words to talk about the environment. Write as many words that include the prefix eco-as you can. Use your dictionary if you need to.

Words with prefix eco- ecoactivity ecotourism ecofriengdly ecologist ecology ecodisaster ecodevelopment

Some compound words environmental protection Solar energy Fossil fuels adj + n n n + n n n + n n

Guess the meaning of following words, and match them with pictures. Clear-cut logging ozone layer Opencast mining acid rain Slash and burn farming Global warming

Opencast mining

Ozone layer

Clear-cut logging

Global warming

Acid rain

Slash and burn farming

Discussing What measures can we take to solve these problems above? (Divide the class into six group, and each group talk about one picture.)

Finish part C on page 27 1, environmental 2, ozone layer 3,ecosystem 4, energy 5, fossil fuels 6, eco-friendly 7,harm 8, ecotourists