Teaching plan for unit 2. book two Section A(4 hours) Environmental Protection throughout the world Teaching Objectives This unit is intended to promote the students awareness of environmental protection. After learning it, SS should be able to have a general idea of the environmental conditions in the countries and regions discussed in the text have a basic knowledge of measures taken by the governments to protect the environment as well as the benefits reaped in their own countries learn to write a paragraph following the problem-solution pattern conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking and writing activities related to the topic of environmental protection use the following important words and expressions Teaching Procedures 1. Pre-reading activities 1. I Previewing by listening Listen to a short passage(provided with the textbook) twice and answer the following 2 1)Why do people change their attitude towards environment? Because of the increasing environmental damage 2)What measures did Costa Rica take to protect its remaining rain forest? Costa Rica has issued a series of new environmental laws and created parks and nature preserves that cover one quarter of the country Listen to the passage again and fill in the blanks with words you hear from the tape 1.2 Compound Dictation Listen to the passage again and fill in the blanks with words you hear from the tape2-2 1 Teaching Plan for Unit 2, Book Two Section A (4 hours): Environmental Protection Throughout the World Teaching Objectives: This unit is intended to promote the students awareness of environmental protection. After learning it, SS should be able to ⚫ have a general idea of the environmental conditions in the countries and regions discussed in the text. ⚫ have a basic knowledge of measures taken by the governments to protect the environment as well as the benefits reaped in their own countries. ⚫ learn to write a paragraph following the problem-solution pattern. ⚫ conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking and writing activities related to the topic of environmental protection ⚫ use the following important words and expressions Teaching Procedures: 1. Pre-reading Activities 1.1 Previewing by listening Listen to a short passage (provided with the textbook) twice and answer the following 2 questions: 1)Why do people change their attitude towards environment? ⚫ Because of the increasing environmental damage. 2) What measures did Costa Rica take to protect its remaining rain forest? ⚫ Costa Rica has issued a series of new environmental laws and created parks and nature preserves that cover one quarter of the country. Compound Dictation Listen to the passage again and fill in the blanks with words you hear from the tape. 1.2 Compound Dictation Listen to the passage again and fill in the blanks with words you hear from the tape