Unit7 Environment LTeaching Aims To improve the student's speaking ability related toenvironment: 2.To train the students'listening ability to understand the main idea and grasp important details of a passage: 3.To master the useful words and expressions in this unit 4 To leam how to be a green consume II.Teaching Point 1.Ss are required to understand the three passages in Micro-listening and Macro-listening: 2.Train the students'speaking abilities in talking about the environment problems and its protection; 3.Useful exp essions and dvancement,comfor,definitely,pole,waste III.Teaching Methods 1.Listening and speaking activities 2.Individual,pair,or group work Speaking ctivities 4 Explanati IV.Teaching Periods Iwo teaching hours V.Teaching procedures is an issue that affects all of us.Growing environmental problems such as global warming,air and water pollution are causing great concemn among scientists and world leaders alike.As a college student,what can we do to protect the environment?Today let's talk about the environment and its protection. Step Two Micro-listening Play the tape recorde for the students. 2. Check the answers 3.Emphasize some language points and sentence structures:throw away. waste-paper basket,hang on to,result in,do away with Step Three Macro-listening 1.Explain the new words and expressions (1)advancement:n.improvement,development,progres (2)comfort:n.the feeling of being cheerful and satisfied (3)definitely:adv.Certainly,undoubtedly (4)rubbish:n.garbage,worthless material (5)pollute:v.to make air,water,soil,etc.dirty and harmful to living things (6) adj having the (8)poison:n.substance causing death v.to destroy,harm by means of poison (9)take it for granted:to consider as true or natural Unit7 Environment I. Teaching Aims 1. To improve the student’s speaking ability related to environment; 2. To train the students’ listening ability to understand the main idea and grasp important details of a passage; 3. To master the useful words and expressions in this unit; 4. To learn how to be a green consumer. II. Teaching Points 1. Ss are required to understand the three passages in Micro-listening and Macro-listening; 2. Train the students’ speaking abilities in talking about the environment problems and its protection; 3. Useful expressions and words: advancement, comfort, definitely, pollute, waste, poisonous, bother, poison, take it for granted, handy, scary, equivalent, in view of III. Teaching Methods 1. Listening and speaking activities 2. Individual, pair, or group work 3. Speaking activities 4. Explanation IV. Teaching Periods Two teaching hours Ⅴ. Teaching procedures Step one Introduction The environment is an issue that affects all of us. Growing environmental problems such as global warming, air and water pollution are causing great concern among scientists and world leaders alike. As a college student, what can we do to protect the environment? Today let’s talk about the environment and its protection. Step Two Micro-listening 1. Play the tape recorder for the students. 2. Check the answers. 3. Emphasize some language points and sentence structures: throw away, waste-paper basket, hang on to, result in, do away with Step Three Macro-listening 1. Explain the new words and expressions (1) advancement: n. improvement, development, progress (2) comfort: n. the feeling of being cheerful and satisfied (3) definitely: adv. Certainly, undoubtedly (4) rubbish: n. garbage, worthless material (5) pollute: v. to make air, water, soil, etc. dirty and harmful to living things (6) poisonous: adj. having the effects of a poison (7) bother(to do): v. to take the trouble to (8) poison: n. substance causing death v. to destroy, harm by means of poison (9) take it for granted: to consider as true or natural