Book 5 Unit 2

Reading The Economy or the Environment— Must We Choose?

Step One Lead-in

How do people damage the environment ?

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Why are human beings always damaging the environment?

Partly due to financial benefits ,that is, many people are making money at the cost of the environment.

which should be put first, economy or the environment

How do we develop economy without damaging the environment? In our passage today, we will learn a television debate about environmental issuesin which two people present their view about which should be put first, economy or the environment

Who are arguing? This is a debate between an environmentalist and an economist.

Step Two skimming

Fast readingReading the debate quickly and answer the three questions

1.What side does Mr Lin Shuiqing and Mr Qian Liwei each represent?

2.By how many times has the world’s population increased since 1800?

3.according to Mr Qian Liwei ,what should be done to factories that pollute the environment?

Step Three Detailed reading Part One Lin Shuiqing’s point of view

Para 1. What society does Lin Shuiqing belong to ? the society for Environmental PreservationPara 2-4

List the subjects Lin Shuiqing talks about

Para 2 industrial waste water pollution Para 3 fishing Para 4 population

Para 5 What are the three suggestions made by him to solve environmental issues?

Suggestion 1 to Cut back on production,

Suggestion 2 to recycle rubbish, Expand our recycling industry.

Suggestion 3 to teach people about environmentally friendly ways of living

Part Two Qian Liwei’s opinion The English language enjoys various ways to express the same thing or idea .please read paras6-7 and find the similar sentences.

1.As an economist ,I am often thought to object to the environment.

2.As I have worked together with many an environmentalist , I know it is possible for a healthy environment and a stable economy to coexist.

3.The managers who run their factories are worried about the environment

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Subjects talked about

Reasons provided to convinceyou

1.Factories They control the amount of pollution and repair any damage they cause

2production Some people will lose their jobs if production is reduced

3.Recycling We should produce more things from recycled materials

4Laws Some effective laws should be made to preserve the environment

5taxes .those Factories which polluted the environment should have to pay higher taxes.

Task-based reading

1. The environmentalist is for the idea that production should be cut back on

2. the economist thinks that a stable economy and a healthy environment can be possible side by side.

Let’s open the floor for discussion

Whose opinion are you in favor of ? why or why not?

Step Three Post-reading Activities Task 1 …

What idea do they each support?

Read the debate and fill in the table below

Attitude

Lin Shuiqing’s Qian Liwei’s

Industry

Population

Cut back on production

because industry produces

waste, pollutes the environment

A healthy environment and a stable

economy should be possible at the same

time.

More people need more land to live

on and more food to eat.

People are more

important than fish

and trees.

Read the debate and fill in the table below

Attitude

Lin Shuiqing’s Qian Liwei’s

Recycling

Solution

Expand our recycling industry.

Produce more things from

recycling materials and less from raw

materials.

Cut back on production,

recycle rubbish,

teach people about

environmentally friendly ways

of living

recycle rubbish,

effective laws, control ,

heavy taxes on the factories

producing pollution.

Put the subjects each speaker talks about in the correct order.

Liu Shuiqing Qian Liweirecyclingindustrial wastepopulationfishing

water pollution production

____________

6

1

5

3

2

4

Taxesrecyclingfactoriesproductionlaws

__________

5

3

1

2

4

A debate

host

An arguable topic

one sidethe opposite

side

What are the basic elements in a debate?

DebateClear views

Persuasive language

Convincing evidence

Support your own idea only

Follow a certain order for the speakers

Reading strategy: What is a debate?

Homework

1. Read the text again after class.

2. Preview Word power.

3. Learn to use the expressions in this text

4. Prepare for the poster.