Unit 9 Saving the Earth

word study

1. Find Chinese meanings.

1. 能够得到

2. 可持续发展

3. 总理

A. sustainable development( )

B. have access to ( )

C. premier( )

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1

3

2.Match.

A. contaminated drinking water

B. poor sanitation

C. air pollution

made dirty;polluted

公共卫生

contaminated

sanitation 1

2

3

Read Para.3-4.

3. Match.

A. Poverty

B. War

C.Violence

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3

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4. Match.

A.take part in

B. take action

C. stress

D. prosper

1. become successful ; do well

2. begin to do sth.

3. join in

4. put emphasis( 强调 ) on

5. Guess.

1) equal adj. ( 平等的，相等的 )

2) fair adj. ( 公平的 )

3) responsible adj. ( 负责任的 )

equality n. ( )

fairness n. ( )

responsibility n.( )

平等 ; 相等

公平

责任

Who can take part in the Earth Summit?

The heads of the states.

Let’s take part in the activities to save the earth!

What should we do?

take action

put an end to

wipe out

cutting down trees!

water pollution /contamination!

Poor sanitation!

Air pollution!

Take action

... and that there is still time to take action ．(P.68)

take steps ／ measures

take effect ( 见效 )

1.We must take action before it is too late ．

2. to take some steps ／ measures to prevent factories from sending waste into rivers and lakes

What should we do with these bad behaviors?

spitting every where

It’s time to take action. We should put an end to the bad behaviors. We should wipe out the bad habit of spitting everywhere.

Some words and phrases1. content

2. access

3. responsibility

4. harmony

5. put an end to

6. affect

7. advise

8.defend

I didn’t understand the content of her speech.

No one is content with what he has.

I’m content to remain where I am now.

We should never content ourselves with book knowledge only.

She looked at me with a contented expression.

( n)

(adj)

(vt)

access (n) 接近 , 进入 , 接近的方法 ,到达的权利或机会 (U) 通道 ,(C)

It is difficult to gain access to him.

要接近他很难 .Fallen rocks cut off the only access to the village.

落石阻断通往村庄的唯一通道 .

Every student has free access to the new library.

每个学生都有机会使用图书馆 .

responsibility (n) 责任，责任心 (U)

He is so old that he can take the responsibility of taking care of his family.

（负起作某事的责任）Lucy is a woman with many responsibilities. (n) 职责，任务 (C)

be responsible to sbbe responsible for sth

harmony ( C/U ) 协调，和谐，和睦

She has a nutural sense of harmony.

In this painting there is a harmony between the different colors.

in harmony

in harmony with

和睦，和谐

与… . 一致，与……协调The two trees have fallen in love and are

__ ________ ______ each other.in harmony with

bring……. to an endcome to an andput an end to

使…… . 结束

完成，结束结束，制止

We should put an end to the war.

The meeting came to an end early.

He brought his lecture to an end about ten o’clock.

affect (vt) 影响，感动，（疾病）侵袭

His opinion will not affect my decision.

She was much affected by the music.

The disease is beginning to affect her eyesight.

effect (n)

come into effect （生效，起作用）

have an effect on

be of no effect

cause and effect

advise doing

advise sb to do

advise sb against doing

advise that sb (should) do

His mother advised him to accept the offer.

His mother advised that he accept the offer.

defend (vt) 为……辩护，防卫，保卫

We need some lawyers to defend us.defend sb /sth from…… 保护某人免遭… .

defend sb/sth against…… 保护某人抵御…The wall was built to defend the road from being washed away by the sea.

Their duty is to defend the country against its enemies.

Complete the passage. The Earth Summits are held by the United Nations to share ideas about the ways to 1)_____ better care of the earth.2) _______________from different countries often discuss some of the most important 3) ______ ___facing our planet. One of the main themes of the summits was “sustainable development”, or the question how we can 4)________ developing the world without damaging our environment.

There are at least six big problems. Most of the speakers talk about the “big three”, the three biggest 5)_____ in the world---- contaminated drinking 6)______, poor sanitation and air 7)___________, which causes deaths every year.

take

problems

continue

killers waterpollution

Representatives

Many speakers also talk about poverty, war and 8)________. We should make sure everyone is able to 9)_____ _____ ____ the new world we create. We should 10)______ the need for equality and fairness in the world. Besides, rich countries have a 11)____________ towards poor countries.

There exist serious problems and there is still time to 12)____ _____. The key to the future is education.With better education, people will be able to build a society 13)_____ ______ ______ nature and perhaps put 14)__ ______ _____ the “big three”, and much of the poverty can be 15)________ _____.

take part instress

responsibility

take action

in harmony withan end

wiped out

violence

to