牛津高中英语模块5Unit2Reading.pdf

Unit 2 The Environment Reading Teaching aims: (1) To read a passage about economy and environment to improve their reading ability . (2) To make them aware of the problems caused by man with the development of economy. (3) Make students pay attention to the environment problems and think about what they can do to help protect the environment. (4) To learn how to read a debate. Important points difficult points: (1) To help the students learn how to keep the balance between economy and environment. (2) To help the students learn how to read a debate. Teaching methods: (1) Fast reading to get a general idea of the passage. (2) Careful reading to understand the passage better. (3) Discussion to help the student understand what they have learnt. (4) Individual, pair work and group work to enable the students participate in the activities in class. Teaching aids: (1) A tape recorder (2) A multimedia (3) The blackboard Teaching procedure: Step 1: Leading-in T: Tell them what they have learnt in the last period and with the development of economy all over the world, the environment problems are becoming more and more serious, especiallyin developing countries. Then let them look at the pictures on the screen carefully. Answer the following questions: (1) What can you see in the pictures? (2) What are the caused of them? (2) How to solve these problems? (Give them a few minutes to prepare. They can choose one or more to talk about. Any related opinions are accepted. Later tell them that humans should develop the economy to meet the need of their own but on the other hand, with the development of economy, it causes serious environmental prob