牛津高中英语 ( 模块十 · 高三上学期 )

Project A gift for the future 板块：教学设计 — 课件 Unit 1 Building the future

Unit 1 课件描述： 1.Help students know the importance of sustainable development and some particular forms of renewable energy 2. Learn some important words and expressions 3. Get ready for the classroom display about the report of what your city/town is doing to support sustainable development.

How can we live in the future?

What do these areas need badly? development In order to improve people’s lives and to reduce poverty, it is important for countries to develop.

Do you know some particular forms of renewable energy?

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Pair work Focus on the title first and discuss the questions. ● What is the gift for the future? ● What do you think we can give for the future?

Listen to the tape and find out the main idea of this article and how it is organized. title importance of sustainable development (paras1~3) sources of energy including fossil fuels and renewable energy (paras4~10) A gift for the future Listening

1. Answer the following questions. 1) What do you think of development in the past? —It polluted the environment and wasted natural resources. Silent reading: Read the article carefully and finish the exercises below.

2) Compared to development in the past, what are the advantages of sustainable development? —It is long-term planning which focus on the environment and preserving natural resources. It is all about creating better health care, education, housing and improved standards of living for everyone.

Sustainable development is defined as balancing the fulfillment of human needs with the protection of the natural environment so that these needs can be met not only in the present, but in the indefinite future. This linkage between environment and development was first set rolling in a major way only in 1980, when the International Union for the Conservation of Nature published the World Conservation Strategy and used the term ‘sustainable development’.natural environment

The concept went on to find its most august expression in the 1987 report of the Brundtland Commission – formally, the World Commission on Environment and Development. Set up by the United Nations General Assembly, Brundtland coined what has become the most often-quoted definition of sustainable development as development that "meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs."[1]The field of sustainable development can be conceptually broken into four constituent parts: environmental sustainability, economic sustainability, social sustainability and political sustainability.[1] sustainability

3) What might happen in the future to the current sources of energy? —Our future and the lives of our children and grandchildren will be in danger. There will be an increase in pollution, global warning and acid rain.

Forms of energy What we can do with the energy Advantages use the sun’s natural energy to provide heat, light, hot water and electricity solar energy renewable; never run out; help the environment

wind energy hydroele ctricity use windmills to pump water and grind wheat; use wind turbines to generate electricity renewa ble; never run out; help the environ ment use the force of the water stored in a reservoir to generate electricity

Discussion Planning: Preparing: 1. Form a group of 4 members. 2. Every member should get involved in the research. 1. Discuss the information from various sources on the topic. 2. Decide what to include and what to leave out.

Discussion Producing: Presenting: 1. Draw an outline of your display. 2. Use some examples or statistics to help you. 3. Use some illustrations to make your display attractive. 4. Correct any mistake. Present your display to the class.

Homework Get ready for the classroom display about the Roma.

Period two Ask students to make a classroom display.