1. harmony / harmonious 2. peace / peaceful 3. destruction / destructive 4. pollution 5. disaster 6. protection 7. environmentalist 8. erupting volcano 9. flood 和谐；和谐的 和平；和平的 破坏；破坏的 污染 灾难 保护 环保人士 喷发的火山 洪水

10. flood 11. drought 12. typhoon 13. tsunami 15. greenhouse effect 16. Ozone hole 洪水 干旱 台风 海啸 温室效应 臭氧洞

Discussion: What is the environment? It is the place (where people, animals and plants live; It is the natural world

When we talk about environment, what words will come to your mind? harmony / harmonious peace / peaceful destruction / destructive pollution disaster protection environmentalists

Compared with the last few years, the environment is getting worse. What might be the reasons for the changes?

Disasters An earthquake Can you give other examples to show what will happen when an earthquake takes place?

Air pollution

An erupting volcano

Rubbish

Other Disasters flood

fire

drought

typhoon

tsunami

greenhouse effect

ozone hole

What can we do to protect the environment?

Lead-in

Some people think that it is impossible to improve our living standards without damaging the environment. Do you agree with them? Lead-in

What are they doing?

Reading and difficult points

P1 1.What is the article about? (Within 12words) A debate about “ The economy or the environment- must we choose?” 2. What side does Mr. Lin Shuiqing and Mr. Qian Liwei each represent? Mr. Lin Shuiqing represents the environment and Mr. Qian Liwei represents the economy. 3. What will they do after the two men speak? (within 6 words) Opening the floor for discussion.

1. follow the usual schedule 2.open the floor for discussion 难句 1. With me are Mr lin Shuiqing, from the society for Environmental Preservation, and Mr Qian Liwei, a business development consultant. 1. 按照通常的安排 ２. 展开自由讨论 (1) 倒装 ( ２ ) 主谓一致 a. On the wall hang two portraits. b. In the front of the classroom is standing our teacher.

Between the two buildings _____ a tall tree. A. stands B. standing C. lies D. are

Look! In front of the stadium ______. A. stands a high tower B. does a high tower stand C. a high tower stands D. a high tower does stand

P2 1.How many things does Mr Lin Shuiqing mention? What are they? 5. destroyed places; dead plants and animals; harmful chemicals produced by factories; waste created by factories; other types of waste 2. What is the result of harmful waste? Going into the atmosphere; making people sick; Killing river and sea life. 1. be damaged by 2. large amounts of 3. flow into 被 … 破坏 大量的 流向 ……

难句： 1. First I am talking to you today about the way vast areas of the world are damaged by chemical waste. vast areas of the world are damaged by chemical waste 是定语从句，修饰先行词 the way 。 vast adj. 广阔的；大量的 a vast of crowd a vast area of forest I don’t like the way (that / in which/…) he talks with his parents.

Other types of waste flow into our water, killing river and sea life. ① His friend died, him a lot of money. (get) ② Her husband died in 1924 ， her with five children.(leave) ③ European football is played in 80 countries, ________ it the most popular sport in the world. (make) getting leaving making 难句： 2

P3 1. What will happen when people catch large numbers of fish? There will be a smaller number of fish left for us to eat in the future 1. as well 2. large numbers of 3. result in … 也 许多，大量 导致（结果）

result in ＆ result from 1. result in “ 引起, 导致 …” ，表结果。如： The accident resulted in three people being killed. 2. result from “ 起因于, 由 …… 导致 ” ，表起因。 Nothing has resulted from his efforts. [ 知识链接 ]

1. Hard work ______ success. A. result from B. results in C. results from D. resulting in 2. 粗心驾驶导致了这场事故。 Careless driving resulted in the accident. 3. 这场事故是由于粗心驾驶造成的。 The accident resulted from careless driving. Practice B

P4: By how many times has the world’s population increased since 1800? Six times. 1.live on 2.grow by 3.keep doing 靠 … 为生 增长了 继续做某事 考点：

a.The population of China (be) much larger than that of Japan. b. Most of the population in the village struck by the illness last year. 1. The world’s population has grown by six times what it was in is c. The population of China is 1.3 billion. -- is the population of China? were What / How large

2. Pay attention to the following patterns: a. A …times + as + adj./adv. + as +…B b. A …times + adj./adv. 比较级 +than +…B c. A…times + the +n. (width, size, length, height …) of+…B 亚洲是欧洲的四倍大。 a. Asia is four times as large as Europe. b. Asia is four times larger than Europe. c. Asia is four times the size of Europe. The town has grown into a big city, which is _____ what it used to be. A. the size as big as B. twice the size bigger than C. twice the size of D. three times large as C

d. 倍数 + what 从句 The production is now three times it was ten years ago. P5 What is our duty? To cut back on production and reduce the number of things (we make and buy). what

2. What is a big problem? The amount of rubbish( we produce) 3. How can we reduce rubbish? By recycling. 4. What can we do at the same time? Creating more jobs and help our country become more developed. 1. cut back on 2. turn into 3. be good to do 4. at the same time 削减；缩减 变成 做 … 有好处 同时

1. It is our duty to try to cut back on production and reduce the number of things we make and buy. cut back on 减少；削减 2. The amount of rubbish we produce is turning into a big problem. Large amounts of money are spent on tabacoo. A large amount of money is spent on tabacoo. 难句

P6 1. What is people’s attitude to Mr Qian Liwei? People see him as being against the environment. 2. What’s people’s attitude to development? Having the belief that development is bad for the environment. Negative/disapproval

1.be concerned about 2.be concerned with 3.see…as 4. hide from one’s responsibility 5. be bad for 对... 关心 / 关注 与 … 有关 把 … 看作 逃避责任 对 … 有害 / 不利

1. It is clear that you are very concerned about the present situation of our environment. be concerned about 关心、 担心 … He is deeply concerned about his parents. be concerned with … 与某事物有关； Her latest novel is concerned with her ex-boyfriend. A ：主从 难句

2. They think of clouds of dirty smoke or of pipes pouring chemical waste into rivers. pour… into 倾倒；倾泻 现在分词作 后置定语 修饰 pipes that/which pours……

3. They think of greedy businessmen hiding from their responsibility and only worrying about money. ① hide from their responsibility 逃避责任 take responsibility for sth. 对 … 承担责任 be responsible for sth. 对 … 负责 ② greedy adj. 贪婪的；贪心的 be greedy for sth. 对 … 贪心的 Most businessmen are greedy for profit. greed n. 贪婪；贪心 现在分词短语 修饰 businessmen

4. People often have this belief that development is bad for the environment. belief n. 相信；信念；信仰 His committed belief resulted in his success. believe v. relief n. 减轻；解除 relieve v. 同位语从句， 解释 belief

P7 1.What is Mr Qian’s opinion towards the environment and development now? He thinks they should be possible at the same time. 2. What is Mr Qian’s opinion to companies and businessmen? People should stop thinking of companies and businessmen as the enemy, and give them credit.

1.at the same time 2.the amount of 3.think of…as 4.agree with 同时 … 的数量 把 … 看作 同意 / 与 … 一致 难句

What I’m here to say is that having worked with many environmental consultants, I know that a healthy environment and development should be possible at the same time. AB A is B: 主系表 主从 表从 C ：动宾从 1

2. There are many factories and industries which control the amount of pollution they produce. that/which

3. The people operating these factories are deeply... Do you know the girl standing at the door? = Do you know the girl who is standing at the door? The workers working in the factory are well-paid. =The workers who are working in the factory are well-paid. operate v. 经营；操作；做手术 (on) operation n. 操作，运转 ； 经营，营运 现在分词短语作定语 修饰 people=

4. Ms Lin suggested we should cut back on the quantity of things we produce… 建议虚拟语气： should+ 动词原形 Our head teacher suggested that we (should) obey the rules of our school.

P8 1.What does Mr Qian agree? He does agree that people should produce more things from materials that have been recycled, and less from raw materials growing smaller and smaller. 2. What we should do now? What we need are better laws to preserve the environment and still allow our country to grow.

3. What is the result of the law? This might make wood and seafood more expensive. 4. What is people attitude to paying higher price? Many people are willing to pay a little higher price for things (that are friendly to the environment.)

1.preserve the environment 2.allow sb/sth to do 3.be friendly to … 保护环境 允许 … 做某事 对 … 友好 难句

1. and less from raw materials, the supply of which is growing smaller and smaller. v./n. 供给；补给 raw materials preserve v. 保护；保存

2. What we need are better laws to preserve the environment and still allow our country to grow. What 引导主语从句 不定式做后置定语 修饰 laws

3. This includes controls on how many trees are cut down and how many fish are caught. A B This includes controls on A and B 介宾从

4. But paying a higher price for some things is not always bad. pay a higher price for sth. 为 … 出更高的价格 动名词作主语

5. Asking around, I find many people willing to pay a little higher price for things that are friendly to the environment. ask around 四处打听 be willing to 情愿 / 愿意做某事 be friendly to sth. 对 … 友好 adj. 作宾补 When I ask around, 定语从句

Important phrases

1. 按照通常的安排 ２. 展开自由讨论 3. 被 … 破坏 4. 大量的 5. 充满 …… 6. 流向 …… 7. 也 8. 许多，大量 9. 导致（结果） 10. 增长了 11. 削减；缩减 12. 变成 13. 做 … 有好处 14. 同时 1. follow the usual schedule 2. open the floor for discussion 3. be damaged by 4. large amounts of 5. be full of 6. flow into 7. as well 8. large numbers of 9. result in … 10. grow by 11. cut back on 12.turn into 13.be good to do 14. at the same time

15. It is clear that 16. be concerned about 17. see…as 18. be bad for… 19. think of…as 20.agree with sb 21. preserve the environment 22. be friendly to … 23. pay higher taxes 24. pay for 25. thank sb for doing sth 15. 显然 16. 关心 17. 把 … 看作 18. 对 … 有害 19. 把 … 看作 20. 同意某人的观点 21. 保护环境 22. 对 … 有益 23. 付更高的税 24. 支付 25. 因 … 感谢某人

On P24 D. On P 25 E

1. It is clear that you are very concerned about the present situation of our environment. ①.________ is a pity that you forgot both her address and her telephone number. A. It B. There C. This D. That ② Is _______ necessary to the design before National Day? A. this B. that C. it D. he

2. What I’m here to say is that having worked with many environmental consultant, I know that a healthy environment and development should be possible at the same time. ① _____ that she was going off to sleep, I asked if she’d like that little doll on her bed. A. Seeing B. To see C. See D. Seen -ing 做状语

. ② _____ their hats into the air, the fans of the winning team let out loud shouts of victory. A. To throw B. Thrown C. Throwing D. Being thrown ③ to reach them on the phone, we sent an instead A. Fail B. Failed C. To fail D. Having failed

④._______ in the fields on a March afternoon, he could feel the warmth of spring. A. To walk. B. Walking C. Walked D. Having walked ⑤ ______ by a greater demand of vegetables, farmers have built more green houses. [ 浙江卷 ] A. Driven B. Being driven C. To drive D. Having driven

3. The people operating these factories are deeply concerned about the environment ① ____ dogs seldom bite. A. Bark B. To bark C. Barked D. Barking ② It is one of the funniest things ______ on the Internet so far this year. A. finding B. being found C. to find D. found -ing 做定语

③ The trees _____ in the storm have been moved off the road. A. being blown down B. blown down C. blowing down D. to blow down ④ The wolf spoke in a _____ voice and Mr. Dong guo felt______. A. frightening; frightened B. frightened; frightened C. frighten; frightening D. frightening; frightening

⑤ The ____ buildings showed us that an earthquake was coming. A. shaking B. shook C. shaken D. shake