The Lecturer: Shen Kailai In Qingyuan Dec. 20, 2004

TASK 1

Warming-upOur earth used to be very beautiful!

Our beautiful earth

But now the earth is crying!

The Earth Summit in Johannesburg

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TASK 2

Fast reading

Topic sentence or main idea for each paragraph

** Read the text and find out which paragraph the main idea below belongs to.

a. the big three and the results caused by them

b. it is a place to find solutions for the future

c. a brief introduction to the Earth Summit.e. Words by a visitor to the Earth Summit

f. Something about poverty, war, and violence

g. Willingness to take action is necessary.h. conferences help people understand that there exist serious problems and there is still time to take action.

Para. 2

Para. 7

Para. 1

Para. 5

Para. 3

Para. 6

Para. 4

TASK 3

Careful reading

Read the text carefully and find details from it!

Listening

** Divide the text into 3 parts. What do you think each part of the text is about?

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

IntroductionIntroduction to the Earth Summit

Body 1. Major problems facing the

ConclusionWhat we can do to solve the problems

Para. 1

Para. 2-6

Para. 7

world 2. People’s understanding

Introduction: About the Earth Summit

Time Place Theme

1972 Stockholm Ways to take better care of the earth

2002 Johannesburg sustainable development

( 可持续发展）

** Let’s come to the details!

Problems Bad effects Causes

The big three:

Other problems:

Contaminated drinking water,poor sanitation,air pollution.

They cause morethan 7 million death every year,15% of all the deaths in the world.

In rural areas,people burn woodand coal to cook food and staywarm.

Poverty, war andviolence.

Rich people getricher while thepoor get poorer.

No equality, un-fairness; lack ofcooperation.

Body: Problems and opinions

Body: Problems and opinions

The use of the Earth Sum-mit and people’s opinions

The ways to solve the problems

• Help people understand that there exist serious problems and that there is still time to take action.

• One visitor said that hear- ing the speakers made her realize that anyone could make a difference by changing his/her behavior.

• More equality and fair- ness in the world.• Rich counties have a res- ponsibility/international cooperation.

• Change the way we live and take action.

• Educate people about the issues.

Conclusion: About the future

1. What does the author think of the Earth Summit?

** He thinks it is not just about problems; it is also a place to find solutions for the future.

2. What is the key to the future? Why do you think so?

** Education. Because with better education, peoplewill be able to build a better society in harmony with nature and perhaps put an end to the death and suffering caused by the big three, reduce poverty& make the world’s future better and more peaceful.

TASK 4

Discussion

What can we do to protect the environment?

Did you do anything bad

for the environment in your daily life?

What should we do to protect the environment in our daily life?

Let’s have a discussion

1. Use the handkerchief instead of the paper napkins.( 纸巾） 2. Use baskets instead of plastic bags and paper bags.

3. Don’t use one-off chopsticks.

4. Come to school on foot or by bike or by bus not by car.

5. Throw cans, bottles, paper and plastic into the dustbin.

6. Don’t smoke and try to per- suade others not to smoke.

TASK 5

Consolidation

Complete the passage according to the text

** The Earth Summit is a meeting held by the ________ _________ to discuss environmental issues. In 2002, theEarth Summit was held in ______ _______. One of themain _______ was “sustainable development”. Expertsdiscussed the ____ _____: contaminated drinking water,poor sanitation and ____ ________. They kill more than_____ million _______ every year. That is 15% of all the_______ in the world. 20% of the people on ______don’thave _______ to _____ drinking water and air pollution _____ is responsible ____ about 3 million deaths. Manyspeakers spoke about ________, war and _________. They were concerned ______ the fact that rich countriesare getting _______ while poor countries are gettingpoorer. China’s _____ Premier Zhu Rongji _______ thethe need for ________ and _______ in the world.

UnitedNations

South Africa themes

big threeair pollution

seven peopledeaths earth

access cleanalone for

poverty violenceabout

richerthenformer stressed

equality fairness

TASK 6

Language pointsFind the following in the text

and try to learn them by heart

Find the following quickly and try to understand the text:

(speaking)1. produce energy 2. attend a meeting 3. takenotes 4. I’m all for…. (reading) 5. the rest of 6. the U-nited Nations 7. share ideas about 8. make progress 9.South Africa 10. main themes 11. all over the world 12.drinking water 13. on earth 14. have access to 15. ruralAreas 16. stay warm 17. poverty, war and violence 18.take part in 19. all too often 20. global development 21.stress the need for equality and fairness 22. have a res-ponsibility towards 23. do whatever they can to help 24.take action 25. Only by…can we save…. 26. air condi-tioner 27. Not until…will we be…. 28. make a big dif-ference 29. spread across 30. solutions for 31. the key to32. in harmony with 33. put an end to 34. wipe out

2. Grammar—pp. 69-70

Homework1. Review “Reading” and

try to understand it.

Thank you.

The End