1. 1.Global Warming Objectives: To practise using reporting verbs, e.g: warn,tell,ask, promise. To practise using vocabulary related to global warming.

2. 1.Global Warming

3. In groups discuss what you know about global warming. Look at the pictures to get ideas. What is global warming? What are the causes of global warming?

4. Which countries do you think contribute more to global warming: developed countries like America or undeveloped countries like many in Africa? Why? London USA South Africa

5. Scan the text below for these words and work out their meanings. environmentalist: radiate: atmospheric concentration: release: insignificant: consequence: dramatic: energy-efficient: people who are concerned with protecting the environment send out in all directions the amount of such gases in the atmosphere allow to come out too small or unimportant to consider or worry about something that happens as a result of a direct action or set of conditions great and sudden that helps to save energy

6. Here are some key phrases from the text: 1.beyond our control 2. pump into 3. speed up 4. refer to 5. trap…into… 6. radiate back 7. as a result of 8. release into 9. Given this data 10. in such huge quantities 11. have a responsibility to 12. slow down 13. as individuals 14. switch off 15. there will be a …effect on… out of our control make into drive fast means put in the trap send back because of make sth into according to this data within large amount be responsible for drive slowly individually turn off will effect …

7. Let’s do Exx6. in large quantities 1.Water was _____________________the fish pond from the river. 2. We all need to______________to finish in time! 3. There is nothing more we can do. The situation is now ___________________________. 4. ___________________the accident, she is now afraid of water. 5. The scientist_______________global warming at least three times in his speech. 6. The factory was producing greenhouse gases_______________________. pumped into speed up beyond our control As a result of referred to

8. Understand these phrases: boast about sth boast of sth threaten to do sth threaten …with…(a gun) talk about sth over-confidently will do sth in a threatening way force sb to do sth with a gun

9. deny: deny doing sth: deny sth to sb: admit admit doing sth admit to doing sth 他从不认错. He would never admit to being wrong. admit of sth not confess not admit what did stop sth offered to sb confess confess doing permit sth

10. explain sth to sb explain sth away accuse sb of sth: complain about sth/sb complain to sb forbid sb doing sth forbid sb to do sth take sb to the court for sth tell sb clearly about sth excuse for sth say no good about sth/sb turn to sb for sth stop sb doing sth not allow sb to do sth that has been done

11. beg (for ) sth from sb beg sth of sb beg sb to do sth beg leave to do sth beg the question I beg to differ beg sb off beg off refuse to do sth refuse sth ask for sth from sb ask sb for help to do sth (oral) 回避正题 (oral) 请恕我与你看法不同. (oral) 替某人说情 推辞 unwilling to do sth reject ask sb for help to do sth ask for sth from sb

12. warn sb (not) to do sth warn sb of sth warn sb about sth warn sb against doing sth advise sb to do sth advise sb against sth advise sb against doing sth advise sb of sth: promise sb to do sth: tell sb not to do sth remind sb of sth suggest sb doing ask sb not to do sth tell sb about sth Be willing to do sth for sb remind sb of sth tell sb not to do sth

13. 1. 2. They threatened to close credit lines if we don’t reduce carbon dioxide emissions. They admitted that some poison- ous chemicals had escaped into the atmosphere. Let’s do Exx9.

14. Lesson 1 Exx.9 3. 4. He /She/ They invited me to drop in tonight. He /They ordered me to stand up immediately!

15. Lesson 1 Exx.9 5. 6. He/She boasted that he/she was the best student in that school. He/She/They forbad us to use our dictionaries during the test.

16. Lesson 1 Exx.9 7. 8. He/She/They suggested having a cup of tea. He/She/They suggested that we have a cup of tea. We inquired if the bus service was running according to the timetable today.