1. 课标人教实验版高二 Module 6
Unit 4

2. Listening
＆ Speaking

3. Listening and Speaking
I. Listen to the tape and answer and decide which statements Professor Keeling does NOT agree with.
1. We should stop depending on fossil fuels for our energy.
2. 90% of our energy comes from fossil fuels.

4. 3. We can replace fossil fuels with
cleaner sources of energy.
4. Nuclear power is a good source of
energy.

5. 2. Listen to Part 1 again and tick the energy sources that are mentioned. Complete the notes on them.
Sources of energy
Notes
Fossil fuels
Produce carbon dioxide
cheap and concentrated form of energy

6. Energy from the sun Nuclear power Wind power clean
not practical: need huge areas of land to provide enough energy
clean
not very practical with present technology
does not produce carbon dioxide
dangerous

7. 3. Listen to Part 2 and the list three things we can do to save energy.
First we must try to find ways to use fossil fuels that does not put carbon dioxide into the air.
Second we must produce products that are economical with energy.
Third we must ask people to cut down on the energy the use.

8. 4. Listen to part 2 again and fill in the blanks.
LI BIN: …What about _______? They don’t cut down on their use of ______.
factories
energy

9. KEELING: No, they don’t. However, that is a _______ we must work on as a ______ community. That means ________ and _________　countries will have to work together.
problem
global
developed
developing

10. LI BIN: But it’s not the _________ countries that put most of the carbon_______ into the air. The developed countries are really the ones to ______.
developing
dioxide
blame

11. Answer key for Exercise 2(P62):
Questions to Julie
Her answers
What is Millennium Kids
Who started it? When?
An organization by kids of kids; concerned with the environment
Four students in Australia; in 1996

12. Why was it organized
What play did they perform last year?
To draw attention to the environment
The horse that Saved the World

13. What was the purpose of performing the play?
To explain why it’s better for the environment if we walk to school, ride bikes or go by bus

14. Answer key for Exercise 3:
Methods of saving energy:
Buy energy-saving goods
Turn off appliances when not using them
Projects that Millennium Kids have
done:
1 planted trees
2 developed activities that reduce, reuse
and recycle waste
3 planned ways to reduce recycle and
reuse plastic bags

15. Answer key for Exercise 1 (P65)
Part 1: How Ian Kierman began Clean-up Australia Day
Part 2: Clean-up the World Day and Ian Kierman’s contribution to improving the environment

16. Answer key for Exercise 2 (P65)
Year
Event
Facts about the event
Ian Kiernan competed in a round-the-world yacht race
He was shocked at the pollution in the ocean.
1987

17. Clean-up Day for Sydney Harbour
40,000 volunteers; collected old car bodies, plastics, glass bottles, cigarette butts
1989

18. the first Clean Up Australia Day
1990
300,000 volunteers

19. Clean Up Australia Day
most common kinds of rubbish: cigarette butts, glass bottles and plastic bags
2001

20. the first Clean Up the World Day
30 million volunteers in 80 countries
1993

21. 40 million volunteers in 128 countries; cleaned streets, beaches, river banks and parks
Clean Up the World
Day
2001

22. Homework
Prepare a talk about “Clean Up China Day”.