Unit 1

It’s wasteful to throw

away paper and metal.

Air has been polluted because factories produce electricity and energy for human being every day.

Please describe themPlease describe them

1.Waste glass and paper are thrown away everywhere.2.Rivers and oceans have been polluted by dirty water and oil. Plenty of fish have been dead.

1.We use large numbers of mobile phones and drive all kinds of cars. We waste a great deal of metal and Human being are harmed by rays and exhaust.

2.White rubbish are around us. It affects our health and destroy our soil.

1. We should save electricity and energy.2. We should collect the glass and paper and make them recycle.3. We try our best not to use mobile

phones.4. We should have a car pool to reduce air

pollution.5. We should plant more trees, not to cut them down.

What on earth should we do?

air electricity energy factory glass

metal ocean paper pollution protect

recycle throw away

Listen to the tape and review words.

Things we should do for environmental protection

Things we shouldn’t do for environmental protection

Listen and complete the table with the notes below.

a. Throw away glass, paper and metal

b. Collect waste

c. Sell waste for recycling

d. Turn lights off

e. Waste electricity

f. Protect the air and oceans

Things we should do for environmental protection

Things we shouldn’t do for environmental protection

b; c; d; f a; e

1. How did Zhao Ming feel when he

read the article?

2. What is a green school?

Answer the questions.Answer the questions.

He felt it was enjoyable.

The students and teachers of a green school are careful about the environment.

3. Why is it wasteful to throw away

glass and paper?

4. What happened if we don’t turn

off lights?

Because they can be sold and recycled.

We waste electricity.

1. Hey, you guys! Guess what!

喂，伙计们猜猜　　　　　　2. at a green school. 在环保学校3. be careful about/of sth. 对某事仔细认真4. collect reusable waste 收集再利用的费品5. sell sth. for recycling 卖某东西再循环6. raise money　　　捐款7. save energy/ waste electricity节能 /费电

Key phrases

Complete the sentences.Complete the sentences.

1. Zhao Ming first saw New Standard while

he was doing his homework on favourite books.

they are going to write about environmental education.

2. Zhao Ming wants to know when

3. In a green school everyone

agrees we must be careful with environment / help save our world.

4. We can save our world if

everyone thinks about pollution and recycling.

enjoy environment care

waste reuse hope

Complete the sentences with

the correct form of the words in

the box.

Complete the sentences with

the correct form of the words in

the box.

1. Cycling to school is both ________

and environmentally friendly

2. You really need to be ______ with

things bad for the environment.

enjoyable

careful

4. Everybody can do a little bit to help

with _____________ problems.

5. It is _______to throw away the

_________ shopping bags.

6. Scientists are _________ about new

ways to save energy.

environmental

wasteful

hopeful

reusable

• Things we should do • Things we shouldn’t do

Work in pairsWork in pairs

Collect waste

Sell waste for

recycling

turn lights off

Protect the air and

oceans

Throw away glass,

paper and metal

Waste electricity

Exercises

请用括号中所给单词的正确形式填空。1. It is a shame to be so _______ (waste).

2. Many fish have died because of water

________ (pollute).

3. This magazine has over 200,000 _______

(read).

wasteful

pollution

readers

4. I want to get some information about

_____________ (environment)

problems.

5. __________ (thousand) of trees were

planted last year.

Thousands

environmental

请根据汉语意思完成英语句子 , 每空一词。1. 那个标志警告儿童上学途中要小心汽车。 The sign warns kids to ___________ ______

cars on their way to school.

2. 记得别把车票扔掉。 Remember not to __________ the tickets.

be careful of /

about

throw away

3. 他不介意 , 事实上 , 他甚至很高兴。 He doesn’t mind. ______, he is even

pleased. 4. 我认识他们当中的很多人 , 例如约翰、彼得和汤姆。

I know many of them, ______ John, Peter and Tom.

5. 睡觉前我把电视机关掉了。 I _________ the TV before I went to bed.turned off

In fact

such as

1. Act out the dialogue with your

partners.

2. Look at the pictures in Activity 9

to say what you should do.

Homework