1. Welcome

5. Presentation
What harm does pollution do to people,
animals and plants?
thick/like a blanket over a
city; people/animals/plants
become ill
air pollution:
make rivers and lakes dirty;
people/animals/plants die
water pollution:
make people talk loudly;
become angry easily
noise pollution:

6. Pollution

7. What kinds of pollution are mentioned in the passage?
Fast reading
What kinds of pollution are mentioned
in the passage?
air pollution
water pollution
insecticide pollution

8. Para.1: Air pollution machines cars causes: sickness bad results:
Detailed reading
Para.1: Air pollution
machines
cars
causes:
sickness
even death
bad results:

9. Para.2: Water pollution Factory wastes containing dangerous chemicals
causes:
Water/not fit to drink
Fish and plants/die.
bad results:

10. Para.3: Insecticide pollution
causes:
insecticides
(poisons used to kill insects)
upset the balance
of nature
harm animals
bad results:

11. Para.4: A difficult problem
What machines can make your life easier?
What do they cause at the same time?

12. Where shall we go tomorrow ?

13. some anti-pollution laws / passed
Para5: Ways out
International action is being taken.
some anti-pollution laws / passed
severe limits on the gases from cars
factories / remove the poison

14. air/cleaner
rivers/fish and plant life again.

15. Structure of the passage
PROBLEMS
CAUSES
BAD RESULTS
SOLUTIONS
machines
cars
sickness
death
AIR POLLUTION
limits on
factory
wastes
not fit to;
die
remove the
poison
WATER
POLLUTION
upset the
balance of...
limit the
use of...
INSECTICIDE POLLUTION
insecticides
machines
make a
choice
ANOTHER PROBLEM

16. Fill in the blanks with suitable words
Pollution is one of the greatest ________ facing mankind.
Industry is to _____ for part of it.Machines and cars send out
_______ gases into the air,causing _______ and even _____.
Dangerous chemicals are sometimes ______ into rivers,killing
fish and plants.____________ are used to kill insects,but they
may also ______ the balance of nature and do ____ to animals .
People have to make a _______ if they want to stop
pollution,they will have to stop ________________________ .
Now international action is _________. Laws have been
made.There are strict _______on the gases from cars.Factories
must________the poison from the their wastes before _______
them out. Let’s join up to make our world a better place to
live in.
problems
blame
poisonous
sickness
death
poured
Insecticides
upset
harm
choice
using some of the machines
being taken
limits
remove
sending

17. What can we do to make our city cleaner and more beautiful?
DISCUSSION
Is Shanghai polluted?
What can we do to make our city
cleaner and more beautiful?

18. SUGGESTIONS Government: make laws to fight pollution Factories:
clean their water before
sending it out/not let out
dirty smoke into the air
Cars/buses:
use a new kind of fuel---
not pollute the air
People:
plant more trees/use paper
bags/not use plastic bags/keep
cans and bottles for recycling

19. So everybody should remember:
A lot of damage has already been done to
the earth, including pollution, nuclear waste,
radiation and so on. We are also aware that
there is only one earth for us. So the idea that
everyone should keep in his or her mind is
stopping any damage to the world and saving
the earth.

20. Homework Now you are a reporter from the 21st Century ,
when you are making a social survey in your
home town, you see some factories in your
home town are seriously polluting the air and
the water. The environment is not well
protected. You are going to Interview a
government official and write a report about
what you see. You are supposed to tell the
importance of stopping the pollution and
protecting the environment. Now do the
interview first in pairs and then make an oral
report according to the following pictures.

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