1. Presented by He Min From Nantong Middle School

2. Drought Flood Sand-storm Rubbish Waste air Waste water Revision: disasters

3. The impact on human beings Many children suffer hunger. Because of pollution many children were born abnormal. Lead-in: impacts

4. Question: Why are human beings always damaging the environment? Partly due to financial benefits

5. What are the basic elements in a debate? Debate Clear views Persuasive language Convincing evidence Support your own idea only Follow a certain order for the speakers Reading strategy: What is a debate?

6. The economy or the environment ---must we choose? A debate between an environmentalist and an economist

7. Read the debate and fill in the table below AttitudeLin Shuiqing’sQian Liwei’s Industry Populatio n Cut back on production because industry produces waste, pollutes the environment A healthy environment and a stable economy should be possible at the same time. More people need more land to live on and more food to eat. People are more important than fish and trees.

8. Read the debate and fill in the table below AttitudeLin Shuiqing’sQian Liwei’s Recycling Solution Expand our recycling industry. Produce more things from recycling materials and less from raw materials. Cut back on production, recycle rubbish, teach people about environmentally friendly ways of living recycle rubbish, effective laws, control, heavy taxes on the factories producing pollution.

9. Put the subjects each speaker talks about in the correct order. Liu Shuiqing Qian Liwei recycling industrial waste population fishing water pollution production __ 6 1 5 3 2 4 Taxes recycling factories production laws __ 5 3 1 2 4

10. A debate host An arguable topic one side the opposite side

11. Group work Let ’ s open the floor for discussion … Step 1: Decide which view your group is for. Step 2: List all your reasons. Step 3: Report to your classmates.

12. Homework 1. Read the text again after class. 2. Preview Word power. 3. Learn to use the expressions in this text 4. Prepare for the poster.