conditional statements, global issues spoken english iv fujian normal university

Conditional Statements, Global Issues

Spoken English IV

Fujian Normal University

Brainstorm: Types of Pollution• air pollution

• water pollution

• litter/solid waste pollution

• noise pollution

Types of Pollution• air pollution (car exhaust, coal dust, sand, smoking, carbon

emissions)

• water pollution (industrial waste, sewage, acid rain)• litter/solid waste pollution (plastic bags, styrofoam boxes,

disposable chopsticks, landfill)

• noise pollution (traffic, construction)

• greenhouse effect/global warming ( 温室效应 , 全球变暖 )

What is sustainability? (可持续 )

“the capacity and ability to support, maintain or endure”

Capital?

Natural? Natural

Capital?

Autumn Maple Trees,Toronto

Summer Banyan Trees,Fuzhou

Natural Capital Resources

• Resources are anything obtained from the environment to meet plant, animal and human needs.

• Primary resources are: air, water, soil, energy and minerals.

Resources: Perpetual and Renewable

• Perpetual: renewed continuously on a human scale

Changjiang Ao Windfarm,Pingtan

Resources: Perpetual and Renewable

• Renewable: can be replenished fairly quickly on a human scale

Christmas tree farm

Resources: Non-renewable

• Non-renewable: exist in essentially fixed quantities on the earth;

Open pit mine, Australia

Natural Capital Resources• Perpetual• Renewable• Non-Renewable

Using the following photographs, state which kind of resource each of these are:

Solar Power: perpetual Coal: non renewable

Natural Capital Resources• Perpetual• Renewable• Non-Renewable

Wind Power: perpetual

Forests: renewable

Oil: non-renewable

Natural Capital Resources• Perpetual• Renewable• Non-Renewable

Hydro power: renewable

Geothermal: perpetual

Natural gas: non-renewable

Sustainable living

• Sustainable living does not use non-renewable resources.

• Sustainable living uses renewable resources only at the rate at which they can be replaced.

Complaining Constructively

Complaints can be helpful if you can provide reasons why something doesn’t work or is unliked

problem root cause solution

“Too much/many” “Not enough”Much (non count words)

Many (count words)

Eg. I don’t like this classroom.

There’s too much organized activity and not enough time to practice

Practice complaining constructivelyComplaint Too much/many Not enough

The food on campus is terrible!This is a poor village    

I don’t like studying here    

I need a bigger room    

I can’t date him/her    

Life in Fuzhou

It’s difficult to travel

“Too many/much and not enough”Pollution type Too much/many Not enough

Air

Water    

Solid Waste    

Noise    

Acid rain    

Greenhouse effect    

• Green Earth Volunteers: http://eng.greensos.cn

China Environmental Protection Foundation http://www.cepf.org.cn

曲 格平 (Qu GePing, Former Environment Protection Minister of China)

THE DIRECTORY OF ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS & ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN CHINA

 http://earthdirectory.net/china

FNU PETS Oral English 2012

Suppositional Statements: “If I had a million dollars…”

If (I/you/he/she/they) (past tense)… ,

(I/you/he/she/they) would (verb)… .

Example:

If I were prime minister of Canada, I would improve relations with China. If I were a rich man, I wouldn’t ride a bicycle.

“I’d” = “I would”

If I had a million dollars (If I had a million dollars) I'd buy you a house ( I would buy you a house) If I had a million dollars (If I had a million dollars) I'd buy you furniture for your house (maybe a nice chesterfield or an ottoman) If I had a million dollars (If I had a million dollars) I'd buy you a K-car (a nice Reliant automobile) If I had a million dollars, I'd buy your love

If I had a million dollars I'd build a tree fort in our yard If I had a million dollars You could help, it wouldn't be that hard If I had a million dollars Maybe we could put a refrigerator in there Wouldn't that be fabulous!

If I had a million dollars (If I had a million dollars) I’d buy you a fur coat (but not a real fur coat, that's cruel) If I had a million dollars (If I had a million dollars) I'd buy you an exotic pet (like a llama or an emu) If I had a million dollars (If I had a million dollars) I'd buy you John Merrick's remains (All them crazy elephant bones) If I had a million dollars, I'd buy your love

If I had a million dollars We wouldn't have to walk to the store If I had a million dollars We'd take a limousine ‘cause it costs more If I had a million dollars, we wouldn’t have to eat Kraft dinner

If I had a million dollars (If I had a million dollars) I'd buy you a green dress (but not a real green dress, that's cruel) If I had a million dollars (If I had a million dollars) I'd but you some art (A Picasso or a Garfunkel) If I had a million dollars (If I had a million dollars) I'd buy you a monkey (haven't you always wanted a monkey?) If I had a million dollars If I had a million dollars I'd be rich!

If you had a million dollars (630 万 RMB), what would you do?

If you were in a car accident, what would you do?

If you could be any person in the world, who would you be?

If you could change one thing about yourself, what would you change?

If you could reform the environment protection laws, what would you do?

FNU PETS Oral English 2012

If you bought a car, what kind of car would you buy? (explain your answer)

If you had a chance to visit any country in the world, where would you go? (explain your answer)

If you could meet any person in the world, who would it be? (explain your answer)

If you found a 100 RMB bill on the sidewalk, what would you do?

If you were premier of China, what would you do?

What’s that Nationality?

USA Canada Germany SwitzerlandThailandVietnamFranceBrazilMexicoEnglandRussiaIndonesiaIsraelPoland

AmericanCanadianGermanSwissThaiVietnamFrenchBrazilianMexicanEnglish/BritishRussianIndonesianIsraeliPolish

Malaysia EgyptItalyPortugalAustraliaAustriaSouth Africa MongoliaKoreaJapanPhilippinesSpainPakistan

MalaysianEgyptianItalianPortugueseAustralianAustrianSouth AfricanMongolianKoreanJapanesePhilippinoSpanishPakistani

Gapminder.org LabSee “Gapminder World” and answer the following questions:

•What colour are the Asian countries?

•What countries have the longest life expectancy?

•What countries are the richest?

•What continent is the poorest?

•What does the size of each circle represent?

Red

Japan, Hong Kong,

Switzerland, Italy

Macau,Qatar,

Luxembourg

Africa

Population

Question 1: Global HealthThe Gapminder Quiz

What country today have the longest life expectancy?

a. United States

b. Israel

c. Japan

Question 2: Global HealthThe Gapminder Quiz

Which country today has the lowest death rate during the first year of life?

a. Singapore

b. Sweden

c. Venezuela

Question 3: Economic GrowthThe Gapminder Quiz

In which country is the average income per person highest today?

a. Ireland

b. Kuwait

c. South Korea

Question 4: Economic GrowthThe Gapminder Quiz

In which country is the average income per person highest today?

a. Ireland

b. Kuwait

c. South Korea

Question 5: Population GrowthThe Gapminder Quiz

In which country today do women, on average, marry at the oldest age?

a. Algeria

b. Canada

c. Philippines

Question 6: CO2 emissionsThe Gapminder Quiz

Which country emits the most tonnes of CO2?

a. China

b. France

c. United States

Question 6: CO2 emissionsThe Gapminder Quiz

Which country emits the most tonnes of CO2 per person today?

a. China

b. France

c. United States

Distribution of world carbon dioxide emissions from fuel combustion, 2009

Environment Canada August 2012