1.Global WarmingObjectives:

To practise using reportingverbs, e.g: warn,tell,ask,promise.

To practise using vocabularyrelated to global warming.

1.Global Warming

In groups discuss what you know about global warming. Look at the pictures to get ideas.

What is global warming? What are the causes of global warming?

Which countries do you thinkcontribute more to global warming:developed countries like America or undeveloped countries like many in Africa? Why?

London

USA South Africa

Scan the text below for these words and work out their meanings.

environmentalist:

radiate:atmospheric concentration:

release:insignificant:

consequence:

dramatic:energy-efficient:

people who are concerned with protecting the environment

send out in all directions

the amount of such gases in the atmosphereallow to come out

too small or unimportant to consider or worry about something that happens as a result of a direct action or set of conditionsgreat and sudden

that helps to save energy

Here are some key phrases from thetext:

1. beyond our control2. pump into3. speed up4. refer to5. trap…into…6. radiate back7. as a result of8. release into9. Given this data10. in such huge quantities11. have a responsibility to12. slow down13. as individuals14. switch off15. there will be a …effect on…

out of our controlmake intodrive fast means

put in the trapsend backbecause of

make sth intoaccording to this data

within large amountbe responsible for

drive slowlyindividually

turn offwill effect …

Let’s do Exx6.

in large quantities

1.Water was _____________________the fish pond from the river.2. We all need to______________to finish in time!3. There is nothing more we can do. The situation is now ___________________________.4. ___________________the accident, she is now afraid of water.5. The scientist_______________global warming at least three times in his speech.6. The factory was producing greenhouse gases_______________________.

pumped into

speed up

beyond our controlAs a result of

referred to

Understand these phrases:

boast about sthboast of sth

threaten to do sth

threaten …with…(a gun)

talk about sth over-confidently

will do sth in a threatening way

force sb to do sth with a gun

deny:deny doing sth:deny sth to sb:admit admit doing sthadmit to doing sth他从不认错 .He would never admit to being wrong. admit of sth

not confessnot admit what didstop sth offered to sb

confessconfess doing

confess doing

permit sth

explain sth to sb

explain sth away

accuse sb of sth:

complain about sth/sb

complain to sbforbid sb doing sth

forbid sb to do sth

take sb to the court for sth

tell sb clearly about sthexcuse for sth

say no good about sth/sbturn to sb for sth

stop sb doing sth

not allow sb to do sth that has been done

beg (for ) sth from sbbeg sth of sbbeg sb to do sthbeg leave to do sthbeg the questionI beg to differbeg sb offbeg offrefuse to do sthrefuse sth

ask for sth from sb

ask sb for help to do sth

(oral) 回避正题(oral) 请恕我与你看法不同 .

(oral) 替某人说情推辞

unwilling to do sth

reject

ask sb for help to do sth

ask for sth from sb

warn sb (not) to do sthwarn sb of sthwarn sb about sth warn sb against doing sth

advise sb to do sthadvise sb against sthadvise sb against doing sth advise sb of sth:promise sb to do sth:

tell sb not to do sthremind sb of sth

suggest sb doing

ask sb not to do sth

ask sb not to do sthtell sb about sth

Be willing to do sth for sb

remind sb of sth

tell sb not to do sth

1.

2.

They threatened to close credit lines if we don’t reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

They admitted that some poison-ous chemicals had escaped into the atmosphere.

Let’s do Exx9.

Lesson 1 Exx.9

3.

4.

He /She/ They invited me to drop in tonight.

He /They ordered me to stand up immediately!

Lesson 1 Exx.95.

6.

He/She boasted that he/she wasthe best student in that school.

He/She/They forbad us to use our dictionaries during the test.

Lesson 1 Exx.97.

8.

He/She/They suggested having a cup of tea.

He/She/They suggested that wehave a cup of tea.

We inquired if the bus service was running according to the timetable today.