pollution and the environment spoken english ii, class 1 & 3 dr. janet sio fujian normal...
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Pollution and the Environment
Spoken English II, Class 1 & 3Dr. Janet Sio
Fujian Normal University
Vocabulary Matching Game: Aspects of Culture
Do you have the definition for (read the word) ?
Do you have the word that means (read the definition) ?
Culture
Customs
Beliefs
Attitudes
Values
History
Expectations
Communication Style
World View
Diverse
Generalization
Miscommunication
Point of View
A way of life shared by a group of people
Ways of behaving
Ideas about what is true, right or wrong
Feelings about something
What is considered to be important
What has happened in the past
What is considered to be reasonable or usual
The ways we use language to express ourselves
A person or group’s way of looking at the world around them
Having differences
A fact which is common among a group of people
A failure to tell or understand each other’s meaning
the way a group or person(s) understand something because of their underlying needs, wants and feelings
Expressing Opinion: HomeworkA Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
(an image can communicate complex ideas more easily than words)
Try to describe one of the following paintings by American painter Norman Rockwell as fully as possible.
Think about the language you would use to describe:
(1)Objects and people
(2)Actions (what is presently happening and what will happen)
(3)Facial expressions
(4)The mood (the atmosphere)
• “As far as I’m concerned,…”
• “I think...”• “If you ask me...”• “In my opinion...”• “As I see it...”
• “As far as I’m concerned,…”
• “I think...”• “If you ask me...”• “In my opinion...”• “As I see it...”
• “As far as I’m concerned,…”
• “I think...”• “If you ask me...”• “In my opinion...”• “As I see it...”
• “As far as I’m concerned,…”
• “I think...”
• “If you ask me...”• “In my opinion...”• “As I see it...”
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
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words(an image can communicate complex ideas more easily than
words)
Try to describe TWO of the photos by Canadian photographer, Ed Burtynsky, as fully as possible.
Think about the language you would use to describe:
(1)Objects and/or people- colours and materials
(2) the environment and emotions or ideas that you have when looking at this photograph.
Nickel Tailings #34
Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Oil Fields, California, USA
Tire disposal, California
Steel Plant, Shanghai, China•mercury
Coal Hills, China
Ship Breaking Yard
Chittagong, Bangladesh
Factories, Zhangzhou, China
Compacted Oil Drums, Hamilton, Canada
Dam #6, Three Gorges Dam, China
Brainstorm: Types of Pollution• air pollution
• water pollution
• litter/solid waste pollution
• noise pollution
Homework
• Review vocabulary for discussing pollution
• Practice complaining constructively
• Review country names and nationalities