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6 Unit 4 Global warming
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Reading
Teaching goals
Target language
words and phrases:
energy, light(v.), heat(v.), renewable, non-renewable, run out, compare, phenomenon, graph, fuel,
trap, data, climate, catastrophe, consequence, range, per, glance, compare to, come about, fierce
debate, result in, build up, keep on
Ability goals
Enable the students to talk about different sources of energy.
Enable
the
students
to
read
the
text,
understand
what
it
is
about
and
talk
about
the
causes
and
effects of global warming.
Teaching important & difficult points
Enable the students to get a better understanding of articles of this kind.
Teaching aids
A projector and a blackboard
Teaching procedures
Step 1 Warming up
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Now let's look at a picture on the slide and answer the question below.
What is the greenhouse made and used for?
A greenhouse is made of glass and is used for growing plants, especially during cold weather.
What's greenhouse effect?
Step 2 Scanning
Read the text quickly and find the answer to the questions:
1. Who wrote the magazine article? What is the name of the magazine?
Sophie Armstrong, Earth Care.
2. What are the names of the three scientists mentioned in the article?
Dr Janice Foster, Charles Keeling, George Hambley.
3. What do they think about global warming? Do they agree with one another?
They don't agree with each other.
Dr. Janice Foster thinks the effects of global warming could be very serious.
George Hambley thinks global warming will be mild with few bad environmental
consequences.
Charles Keeling believes it is the burning of more and more fossil fuels that is resulting in a big
increase in carbon dioxide.
The first graph shows the temperature increase of one degree Fahrenheit between 1860to 2000.
The second graph shows the carbon dioxide content in the atmosphere from 1957 to 1977.
4. What are the two graphs about?
The first graph shows the temperature increase of one degree Fahrenheit between
1860to 2000.
The second graph shows the carbon dioxide content in the atmosphere from 1957 to 1977.
5. What is the main topic of the article?
Global warming/ the warming of the earth.
Step 3 Skimming
Read the passage carefully and judge whether the statements are true or false.