This section lists the main points dealt with in this module. You may want to use it formally for repetition, and pronunciation revision or you may want to give students 10 minutes to go through it by themselves.

　　The teacher can show the module file on the screen and let students check.

　　1. Words and expressions:

　　sandstorm; frightening; inland; mass; campaign; dune; desertification; process; citizen; dust; forecast; strength; cycle; mask; atmosphere; carbon dioxide; chemical; environment; garbage; melt; pollution; recycle; coastal; concerned; evidence; major; urgent; pollute; complain; nutshell; scary; absolutely; protection

　　cut down; be caught in; one after another; have a bad effect on; take in; give out; in a nutshell; look through; as a result of; dig up; wake up to; go to work

　　2. Sentence patterns:

　　1)They are often so thick that you cannot see the sun.

　　2)There was nothing to be done.

　　3)Sandstorms in China appear to have increased in recent years as a result of "desertification".

　　4)I can't help but feel very concerned.

　　5)I couldn't agree with you more.

　　6)It couldn't be worse.

　　3. Grammar

　　1)The different types of infinitive:

　　do, to do, to be doing, to have done, to have been done

　　2)Expressions with but+infinitive

　　I can't(help)but agree.

　　We do nothing but talk about it.

　　4. Functions:

　　1)I couldn't agree with you more.

　　2)I think you're absolutely right.

　　3)It's extremely serious.

　　4)I have no idea.

　　5)It couldn't be worse.

　　6)It's absolutely hopeless.

　　5. Everyday English

　　1. In a nutshell

　　2. It's scary. It's frightening.

　　3. I'll do one's best

　　4. From what I understand. . .

　　5. You're absolutely right.

　　→ Step 5 Summary and Homework

　　In this period you learned something about environment protection. And then you learned to design a poster to encourage people to protect environment. It's very useful.

　　Homework: Beautify your posters. This is the end of this module.

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Module 4　Sandstorms in Asia