1. Welcome to our class

2. Writing a report
Project

3. Teaching aims and demands:
1. Improve the students’ abilities of listening, reading and speaking by learning the passage Protecting the Yangtze River.
2. Learn some useful phrases and deal with some language points.

4. How much do you know about the Yangtze River ?

6. …

8. It is China’s most important freshwater river.
third
It is the _______longest river in the
world.
6,300
It flows _______kilometers from
western China into the East
China Sea.
It runs across _____provinces.
nine

10. What has happened to the Yangtze River?

13. Protecting the Yangtze River
Reading
Protecting the Yangtze River
Protecting the Yangtze River

14. Find out the topic sentence of each paragraph and finish more exercises.
The health of the Yangtze River has
raised concern both in China
and abroad.

15. 1.Why has the health of the Yangtze River raised concern both in China and abroad?
Rapid development and an increase in population have meant that the amount of
water taken from the river is rising, and
the waste being put back into the river
has been increasing.

16. Paragraph 2 Many people have recognized the
importance of protecting the Yangtze River and organizations and projects have been set up to deal with the problem.

17. ACD 2.What does the Green River organization do?
A. It educates people on the importance of protecting the Yangtze River.
B. It plants more and more trees.
C. It also watches the river.
D. It stops the illegal hunting of animals.

18. Paragraph 3 Two special government projects are
under way to protect the river.
One is a water and soil conservation
project.

19. the water and soil
conservation project
Name:
When:
Purpose:
Result:
1989
farmers replacing their crops with trees or grass
a success

20. 3.What did farmers have to do under the water and soil conservation project ?
They have replaced their crops with trees or grass .

21. Paragraph 4
The second project is a nature
reserve for white-flag dolphins.

22. 4. What does the second project include?
The second project includes nature reserves for white-flag dolphins.

23. Paragraph 5
The situation on the Yangtze River is improving.

24. Read the text carefully and analyze the structure of it.

25. Structure of the article
Parts
Main ideas
________ the problem:
Raising
Para 1
The environmental problems of the Yangtze River
How to ______ the problem:
solve
Paras
2--4
A lot of work has been done by people as well as the government to protect the river.
Para 5
Conclusion
_____________:
The environmental situation of the Yangtze River is improving.

26. Discussion:
What can we personally do to protect the Yangtze River?

28. Important phrases

29. raise concern both in China and abroad 3. 依赖，依靠
1. 解决这个问题
2. 引起国内外的关注
raise concern both in China and abroad
3. 依赖，依靠
4. 建立
5. 阻止非法捕捞
stop the illegal hunting of animals
solve the problem
rely on / depend on/ upon
set up

30. a water and soil conservation project
6. 水土保持项目
a water and soil conservation project
7. 退耕还林
replace their crops with trees or grass
8. 有一段很长的路要走
have a long way to go
9. 关于，至于 in regard to /as to

31. Thank You!