Lesson 59Let’s look at garbage !

Environment clubsNo-garbage lunches. Environment cl

ubs encourage students to bring their lunches in reusable bags and dishes.

No-car day. On a no-car day,nobody comes to school in a car—not the students and not the teachers!

Turn off the water! In environment clubs,students fix leaky toilets and sinks.

Have you seen these signs before ?

Empty bottles or cans .Rubbish that can be recycled .

Other waste things.

a pair of glasses

glass

Keys

metal

basins plastic

Learn the new words

Listen read and answer① What are Jenny and Danny

doing? They are sorting the garbage that can be

recycled.

② What makes the most garbage? Packaging.

③ How much packaging do Americans throw out in one day?

136 million kilograms of packaging.

Sort It!• Jenny has emptied two bags of garbag

e onto the floor.• DANNY: That’s a lot of garbage! Can I

help you sort it?• JENNY: Yes! Please. I’m putting the gla

ss here,the metal here, the plastic here, and the paper here.

• DANNY : What are these other things?• JENNY:That’s everything that isn’t glas

s, metal, plastic or paper.• DANNY: What makes the most garbage?• JENNY:Packaging

Every year ,each person in North America makes about 1000kilograms of garbage .That’s the same weight as a small car !

In just one day ,Americans throw out 136 million kilograms of packaging .This would fill about ten thousand trucks!

Learning tips :What’s packaging ? When you b

uy something ,it might come in a box or a plastic bag .The box or bag might have words or pictures on it . That’s packaging .About ten percent of packaging is plast

ic .

Exercise:complete the following sentences according to the Chinese :1. 当你买东西时，它可能放在盒里或者一个塑料袋里。

When you buy something ,it _______ come _______ a box or a _______ bag .

2. 你现在可以把这些垃圾拿出去。

You can ____ ____ _____ _____ .

3. 那是和一辆小汽车的重量一样的。

That’s ____ ____ _____ ___ a car.

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4. 大约三分之一的北美垃圾来自于包装。

About _______ ____ North America garbage ______ from packaging.

5. 大约百分之十的包装是塑料的。

About _____ ______ ____ packaging ____ plastic .

6. 包装物产生最多的垃圾 。

Packaging ____ the most garbage .

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Please take good care of our environment.

• We know good environment can make us feel happy and health. So I think protecting our enviroment is very important. It’s our duty. To improve the environment means to improve our life. Every one of us should try our best to reduce pollution.

Project :After class ,pick up the garbage in the school and sort the garbage,then try to find out :

1.How much of each type of garbage do you have ?

2.Do you have more plastic than paper ?

3.Do you have less metal than paper ?

4. What type do you have the least of ?

5.What type do you have the most of ?

6.Could you use some of the garbage again?

1.Some new words sort ,metal,plastic,weight,percent2.Some difficult sentences ① That’s everything that isn’t gla

ss,metal,plastic or paper. eg. I buy my son everything tha

t is good for his study.

Brief Summary :

② About ten percent of packaging is plastic.

eg. Seventy percent of the earth’s surface is covered with water.

eg. Sixty percent of the students in our class are league members.

③ That’s the same weight as a small car!

eg. She has the same dress as mine.

homework Finish exercises in the

activity book. Go on reading in the reading

book.

Thank you