welcome to the unit 2

1、What is the environment?It is the place where people, animals and plants live. When we talk about environment, what wordswill come to your mind?Compared with the last few years, do you think the environment is getting better or worse?What might be the reasons for the changes?Harmony/harmonious peace

2、/peaceful destruction/destructive pollution disaster protection environmentalistSmoke from the factories and carsSuppose this factory is in your neighbourhood, how do you think the smoke will affect you?Trees be cut down and soil be washed awayWho should take the responsibility of taking care of the

3、 forest? why?Do you think the forest plays an important part in balancing nature?How do you feel when you see piles of rubbish like this?In your daily life, how do people deal with everyday rubbish?Do you think rubbish is a big problem for the environment?Waste water from factories and citiesWho sho

4、uld be blamed for this?If you were in charge of the factory, how would you deal with it?Have you ever experienced any sandstorms or have you ever seen some on TV?What measures has our government taken to better our environment?Drought Flood Sand-storm Rubbish Waste air Waste water Ask the students t

5、o read the news article in Part A on page 102 in workbook and answer the questions in Part B. Ask them if they know what caused the tsunami. Discussion1.Look at the pictures above and discuss which problems are caused by nature and which ones are caused by man.2.Can you think of other nature disasters that damage the environment?3.Can you think of other ways