Section B 第五课时 (2a -3b)

Unit 13 We’re trying to save the earth.

人教版 九年级下册

throw away

扔掉；抛弃

pull...down

拆下；拆毁

gate n.

大门

bottle n.

瓶；瓶子

president n.

主席；负责人；总统

inspiration n.

灵感

2a

Look at the title and the pictures in 2b. Can you guess what the passage is about?

Names What materials did they use? What did they make?

Amy Hayes’ house

It is built out of rubbish.

The windows and doors come from old buildings around her town that were pulled down. The top of the house is an old boat turned upside down. And the gate in front of her house is made of rocks and old glass bottles.

2b

Read the passage and complete chart below.

Names What materials did they use? What did they make?

Jessica Wong’bags

Old jeans Handbags.

Wang Tao’s art pieces Old cars

They can be put at home. The more popular works can even been seen in art shops around the city.

2c

Fill in the blanks with the forms of the phrases in the box.

put to good use build…out of pull down

set up known for not only…but also

1. Amy Hayes lives in the UK. Many of the old buildings in her neighborhood were ____________. 2. All the rubbish and old things in Amy’s neighborhood were then _____________ when Amy built her house.

pulled down

put to good use

3. Amy is very creative. She ____________ her front gate ____________ rocks and old glass bottles. She put an old boat on top of her house.

builtout of

5. Though Jessica’s bags are made from old clothes, h

er bags are _______________ being cute and useful.

6. Wang Tao ___________ makes large pieces of metal

art that look like animals or humans, ___________ ma

kes smaller pieces for the home.

known fornot only but also

4. Jessica Wong sells her bags in a small shop, but she has also _____________ an online business to sell them. set up

think use usual recycle

build create special

recent environment

important protect inspire

2d

Underline the words in the passage based on the words below. What are the differences?

2e

Make a list of things that need to be done to save the environment. Which things can be done by common people every day? Which things have to be done by governments and organizations? Discuss these with your group.

1. Which parts of the town / city have a

nice environment? Why are they nice?

2. Which parts need to be improved? Why?

3a

Think about the environment inyour town / city and complete thechart below.

Good environment Why? Bad

environment Why?

In your letter, describe the environmental problems in your town / city.•What are the problems?•Where are they?•What or who is causing these problems?

3b

Write a letter to the city mayor about the problems and your suggestions.

Then, give suggestions or possible ways to solve the problems.

I think that…

We should / could…

I suggest…

1. Do you often throw away things you don’t need anymore?throw away 有以下几种意思：① 扔掉，丢弃；浪费 ( 机会、优势或好处 ) 。 如： I never throw anything away. 我从来不扔任何东西。 He has throw away a good opportunity. 他已经失去了一个良好的机会。

Language points

② 错过 ( 机会等 ) ，放过；未能很好利用 ( 机会等 ) 。如： Don't throw away this opportunity. 不要错过这个机会。You are throwing away your chance of becoming a success. 你在错过成功的机会。③ 浪费 ( 时间、金钱等 ) 乱花 ( 钱等 ) 。如： It will be time and money thrown away. 这将是浪费时间和金钱。You are throwing your money away, buying such useless things. 你买这些没有用的东西是在浪费钱。

2. Have you ever thought about how these things can actually be put to good use?put sth. to good use 意为“好好利用；从某事物中获益”。如： Sometimes, however, the ability of bars to deform appreciably in torsion is put to good use. 但是，有时要利用杆件在扭转时具有可观变形的能力。The waste water, after being filtered, was put to good use. 废水经过过滤，得到了很好的利用。His experience is being put to good use there. 他的经验现在正在那里很好加以利用。

Language points

3. The windows and doors come from old buildings around her town that were pulled down.pull down 有以下几种意思：① 把……拉下。如： His hat was pulled well down over his eyes so that nobody would guess his true identity. 他把帽沿拉得很下，几乎遮住了眼睛，使人猜不清他是谁。② 破坏；拆毁（建筑物）。如： It is easy to pull down the old world than to build the new. 破坏旧世界容易，但要建设新世界就难了。

Language points

③ 挣得。如： He pulls down quite a lot of money in his new

job. 新工作使他挣了许多钱。 Tow always pulled down the highest grades in

school. 汤姆在学校总得最高分。④ 使身体虚弱。如： A really bad cold pulls you down and leaves

you feeling very miserable.

重感冒会使你身体虚弱，让你感到很难受。

Language points

用介词填空。1. The desk was made _____ wood _____ my

father _____ my home.

2. The paper was made _____ wood and was

made _____ books _____ the printing

factory.

of by

in

from into in

1. 房顶是一个旧船倒过来使用的。 The _____ of the house ______ ______ ______.

2. 大门是用石头和玻璃瓶做的。The gate is made _____ rocks and glass ______.

3. 王涛因用来自旧车的铁做艺术品而闻名。Wang Tao ____ _______ ____ _______ iron from the

old cars to make art pieces.

top turned upside down

of bottles

is known for using

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