Pollution and the Environment Spoken English II, Class 1 & 3 Dr. Janet Sio Fujian Normal University

Vocabulary Matching Game: Aspects of Culture Do you have the definition for (read the word) ? Do you have the word that means (read the definition) ?

Culture Customs Beliefs Attitudes Values History Expectations Communication Style World View Diverse Generalization Miscommunication Point of View A way of life shared by a group of people Ways of behaving Ideas about what is true, right or wrong Feelings about something What is considered to be important What has happened in the past What is considered to be reasonable or usual The ways we use language to express ourselves A person or group’s way of looking at the world around them Having differences A fact which is common among a group of people A failure to tell or understand each other’s meaning the way a group or person(s) understand something because of their underlying needs, wants and feelings

Expressing Opinion: Homework A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words (an image can communicate complex ideas more easily than words) Try to describe one of the following paintings by American painter Norman Rockwell as fully as possible. Think about the language you would use to describe: (1)Objects and people (2)Actions (what is presently happening and what will happen) (3)Facial expressions (4)The mood (the atmosphere)

“As far as I’m concerned,…” “I think...” “If you ask me...” “In my opinion...” “As I see it...”

“As far as I’m concerned,…” “I think...” “If you ask me...” “In my opinion...” “As I see it...”

“As far as I’m concerned,…” “I think...” “If you ask me...” “In my opinion...” “As I see it...”

“As far as I’m concerned,…” “I think...” “If you ask me...” “In my opinion...” “As I see it...”

Complaining Constructively Complaints can be helpful if you can provide reasons why something doesn’t work or is unliked problem  root cause  solution “Too much/many”“Not enough” Much (non count words) Many (count words) Eg. I don’t like this classroom. There’s too much organized activity and not enough time to practice

Practice complaining constructively ComplaintToo much/manyNot enough The food on campus is terrible! This is a poor village I don’t like studying here I need a bigger room I can’t date him/her Life in Fuzhou It’s difficult to travel

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words (an image can communicate complex ideas more easily than words) Try to describe TWO of the photos by Canadian photographer, Ed Burtynsky, as fully as possible. Think about the language you would use to describe: (1)Objects and/or people- colours and materials (2) the environment and emotions or ideas that you have when looking at this photograph.

Nickel Tailings #34 Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

Oil Fields, California, USA

Tire disposal, California

Steel Plant, Shanghai, China mercury

Coal Hills, China

Ship Breaking Yard Chittagong, Bangladesh

Factories, Zhangzhou, China

Compacted Oil Drums, Hamilton, Canada

Dam #6, Three Gorges Dam, China

Brainstorm: Types of Pollution air pollution water pollution litter/solid waste pollution noise pollution

Homework Review vocabulary for discussing pollution Practice complaining constructively Review country names and nationalities