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Environment

Study Focus Environmental problems Climate policies Make points and search for evidence Pictures, graphs Topic-related collocations Writing after reading

Session IMaking your point News trackingPicture prediction News from The Washington

Post新闻标题结构

Making Your Point

Brainstorming

Note-taking

Earth Song environmental recognition degradation and bastardization of

the earth environment and animal welfare Earth Song

Pictures & Graphs

Picture prediction

News Tracking-1 Chinadaily, 2014 Pollution makes some ponder emigration Xinhua, 2014 China imposes air quality targets The Washington Post, 2013 An obscure new rule on microwaves can tell us

a lot about Obama’s climate policies CNN,2011 Road tax alternative: Pay for each mile you

drive Forbes, 2011 World's Most Dangerous Cities to Breathe

News Tracking-2 The Washington Post, 2010 Debating the environmental impact of feeding pets 2009,Chinadaily ‘Cats and dogs use more energy than cars‘ The Wall Street Journal, 2008 Getting All the Carbon Out of Cars Chinadaily, 2008 Developing China's low-carbon economy 2008, CNN China bans free plastic bags 2003, BBC NEWS Health Street layouts may affect health

News ReadingMaking Your Point

summary of information News :The Washington Post, 2013

An obscure new rule on microwaves can

tell us a lot about Obama’s climate policies

A Girl’s Opinion

The twelve year old girl silenced the world for six minutes

12 岁女孩震惊世界的 6 分钟演讲

http://baidu.56.com/kan/VfV1/S36b (6:00)

Your Point?

Topic-related expressions

Dictation Key

Language features

新闻标题结构

Session IISearch for Evidence

Summary of information VOA:(10:38)Experts Ponder Costs of Climate

Change

Radio News Script

Reading and Listening

'Cats and dogs use more energy than cars‘

Script Video Hybrid car

Hard Copy

Activities: Team A /B: PT—Ask questions

Session III & IV

PT Skill: Searching for Evidence

Horse Power Video (1:35) Script

US River Cleanup a Rite of Spring for Eco-Volunteers

Video (3:09) Script

Evidence from Pictures

Health effects of pollution Pollution control Pictures –encyclopedia

Group Work

Search for evidence

After-class Listening

TED Talk: 做好准备去面对新的气候情形 (video-10:38)

Translation

IELTS level

Writing after Reading PT

Based on the information from this unit, write a short paragraph of about 150 words using the topic sentence below.

There are many things an individual can do to reduce environmental pollution.

Low-carbon economy

Sustainable Development

technical innovation

system innovation

Industrial restructuring

new energy

low power consumption

low pollution

low-emission-based economic model

Thanks!