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Unit 2 Reading The economy or the environment— must we choose?

Explore the ongoing debate between the economy and the environment. Discover the arguments from both sides and learn how to achieve a balance between the two.

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Unit 2 Reading The economy or the environment— must we choose?

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  1. Unit 2 Reading The economy or the environment— must we choose? 16080315 刘欣坤

  2. Teaching objectives • Ss can understand the debate well. • Ss can use some reading strategies such as skimming, scanning, detailed reading to know the main idea and recognizethe stucture. • Ss can be interested in English debates.

  3. Lead-in Have you ever seen a debate or even taken part in a debate? Do you know something about debates?

  4. Reading strategy Reading a debate

  5. What is the order of a debate? The order of the debate: One side presents his or her points. The other side presents his or her points. Open discussion

  6. Donald Trump presents his points. Hillary Clinton presents her points. Open discussion

  7. What should we pay attention to when we read or listen to a debate? The two sides present opposite views and they are meant to convince you. We should not make a final decision until we have read or listened to both sides completely and understood all the arguments made by each side.

  8. Free talk What do you think is more important? The economy or the environment? Why?

  9. James Long environmentalist Ms. Lin Shuiqing bad economist Mr. Qian Liwei environment Fast reading

  10. Careful reading Read what Mr.Lin Shuiqing said and then answer the following questions 1.As a result of the waste, what happened? 2. What’s the effect of water pollution? 3.By how many times has the world’s population increased since 1800?What’s the population now? 4.According to Mr. Lin, what should be done about the production? 5.What has become a big problem? What should we do?

  11. 1.As a result of the waste, what happened? Many places have been destroyed and many plants and animals have died.

  12. 2. What’s the effect of water pollution? water pollution? The waste goes into the atmosphere and makes us sick.

  13. 2. What’s the effect of water pollution? Some waste flows into the water and later into the sea, killing sea creatures.

  14. 3.By how many times has the world’s population increased since 1800? What’s the population now? Six times. 6.5 billion 4.According to Mr. Lin, what should be done about the production? We should cut back on production and reduce the amount of things we make and buy.

  15. 5.What has become a big problem? What should we do? The amount of rubbish we produce is turning into a big problem. We should expand our recycling industry and teach people about environmentally friendly ways of living.

  16. Read what Mr.Qian Liwei said and then answer the following questions. 1.When people think of factories,What will they think of? 2.How can a healthy environment and a stable economy be possible at the same time? 3. Why does Qian Liwei think production should not be cut back ? 4. What kind of laws do we need?

  17. 1.When people think of factories, What will they think of? They think of clouds of dirty smoke or a pipe pouring waste into a river.

  18. 1.When people think of factories, What will they think of? They think of greedy businessmen hiding from their responsibilities to the environment.

  19. 2.How can a healthy environment and a stable economy be possible at the same time? Many factories and industries control the amount of pollution they produce and are very careful to spend money repairing any damage they cause.

  20. 3. Why does Qian Liwei think production should not be cut back ? People are more important than fish and trees. 4. What kind of laws do we need? We need more effective laws to preserve the environment, which still allow the economy to grow.Jobs will be lost.

  21. Consolidation Fill in the table below

  22. 1 waste 4 concerned Fishing 2 5 jobs 3 grown recycled 8 Sugge -stions Effective 9 7 production 6 higher 10

  23. Discussion 1.Do you think it is possible to achieve a balance between the economy and the environment? 2.How can this be achieved?

  24. 1. We could educate people to respect and protect the environment. 2. We could urge factories that produce large amounts of waste to build a system to purify the waste and minimize the damage to the environment. 3.We could urge the government to pass stricter laws to protect the environment. 4.We could produce strict laws to preserve the environment. 5. We could create a system to deal with the waste and rubbish scientifically.

  25. Homework: 1.role-play: 3 classmates in a group acting as the different roles to have a debate. Everybody need recite his or her contents.(The contents can be shorten by your own opinions) 2.The T asks Ss to write a passage to represent their own opinions.

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