Step III Warm-up

Deal with Ex1 in Warm-up.

Show some pictures or video clips about environmental problems for students to describe.

T: Now let's watch some video clips and then you will be asked to describe the environmental problems you've seen in the videos.

S1: In the first video clip, we saw some natural disasters: earthquake, flood, volcanic eruption and drought.

S2: In the second clip, the government calls on people to protect the endangered animals.

S3: From the third clip we've learned thousands of people in the world are living in poverty.

S4: From the fourth one we can learn waste gasses from cars can cause global warming.

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T: From the video clips we learn there are many environmental problems. Please open your books and look at the Key Words in Ex1 on page 5. They are about environmental problems. Let's read the Key Words together.

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T: (After reading the Key Words) Please complete the sentences. After finishing the sentences, you may work in pairs and check your answers.

After checking the answers, ask students to read the sentences together.

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T: Do you know who help protect the Earth's natural environment? Show the logo on the PowerPoint.

Step IV Culture Corner

Introduction of the Panda Logo

T: Look at the logo please. Can you get the full name of the organization? What do the initials WWF stand for? (Show the following pictures on the PowerPoint.)

Ss: The World Wildlife Fund.

T: Quite right! Back in 1961 when it was founded, WWF stood for the "World Wildlife Fund". However, as the organization grew over the 70s and into the 80s, WWF began to expand its work to conserve the environment as a whole (reflecting the interdependence of all living things), rather than focusing on selected species in isolation. So although we continued to use our well-known initials, our legal name became "World Wide Fund for Nature" (except in North America where the old name was retained). More and more, however, to avoid confusion and mixed messages across borders and languages, WWF is known