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1、M5U3 ProjectMan and natureTeaching aims and demands:l Know the general idea of the passage.l Improve the students ability of reading comprehension.l Improve Ss ability of writing.l Get Ss to cooperate with others.l Help Ss gain a clear understanding of the importance of protecting the environmentTea

2、ching procedures:Step 1: Leading in1. Review some words which will appear in this passage.Seriously, carelessness, agriculture, tourism, planet, favor, in favor of, point of view, argue, decade, rate, developed, developing, overdevelop , rainforest, natural resources; catastrophe; 2. Appreciate some

3、 film pictures about “man and nature”3. Ask and answer some relevant questions such as: Are you afraid that something similar may happen in the future? Whats your opinion towards the relationship between human beings and nature?Step 2: Brainstorming.What is the passage about from your point of view?

4、Step 3: Reading practicePractice 1: Fast readingDivide the Ss into four groups with each group only focusing on one paragraph in Part A. Encourage each group to report the main idea of each paragraph. Para1. Para2. Para3. Para4. Practice 2: Careful readingRead the text carefully and answer the follo

5、wing questions.1. What have people done to nature? (para 1)2.If we continue in this way, what might happen?(para 1) 3. Which is more important, economic development or protecting nature?(para 2)4. What did developed nations do decades ago? What are they concerned about now?(para 3)5. What are poorer

6、 nations doing now? What is their purpose for doing so?(para 3)Practice 3: Detailed reading.Find out the phrases in the passage and line them down.1. 在大海里修建新的通道2. 從一些的人的觀點來看3. 利用自然來滿足我們的需求 4. 帶來大災難5. 自然資源6. 對關心；對擔心7. 數(shù)十年 8. 以飛快的速度 9. 過上健康幸福的生活10做是人類的職責Fill in the blanks with proper words according t

7、o the passage.Man and natureHumans careless activities have been d 1 our environment. People have got a lot from nature in order to survive. B , we further p the Earth in the course of industrialization. If we continue in this way, well destroy the planet we live on sooner or later.However, humans m

8、ay suffer if we focus only on c . People argue heatedly about whether to stop development in f of nature.Nowadays, more developed nations are c about saving nature rather than developing or destroying it, c sustainable (可持續(xù)的) development, while many poorer nations still focus on meeting the d needs

9、of their people.Actually, its not a question of human winning and nature l . Humans can only really win by p nature.Practice 4: RetellingRetell the text according to the summary above.Step 4: DiscussionDo you think the problem of humans winning and nature losing can be settled? If so, can you sugges

10、t some solutions?Step 5: Language pointsStep 6 Assignment1. Practise reading the text.2. Write a short passage about man and nature.Keys: Practice 1: Fast readingPara1. Humans have carelessly damaged the.environmentPara2. Different attitudes towards the problem.Para3. Both developed and developing c

11、ountries should work together towards living in harmony with nature.Para4. Humans can only really win by protecting nature.Practice 2: Careful reading1. They have done a lot to destroy and damage nature.2. The planet we live on might be destroyed.3. Different people hold different opinions. From my

12、point of view , economic development and protecting nature are of equal importance. We should try to develop economy without damaging our environment.4. They did a lot to destroy nature by using up natural resources. However, now they are concerned about saving nature.5. They are using up natural re

13、sources at a fast pace to meet the everyday needs of their people.Practice 3 Find out the phrases in the passage and line them down.1. build new channels in the sea 2. from the point of view of some people3. use nature to meet our own needs 4.cause a catastrophe5. natural resources 6. be concerned about 7. decades of8. at a fast rate 9. enjoy healthy and happy lives10. It is mankinds responsibility to do sth.Fill in the blanks with proper wo