Project A gift for the future

Designer: 刘颖

UnitUnit

11

Building the future

How can we live in the future?

What do these areas need badly?

development

In order to improve people’s lives and to reduce poverty, it is important for countries to develop.

Do you know some particular forms

of renewable energy?

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Pair work

Focus on the title first and discuss the

questions.

●What is the gift for the future?

● What do you think we can give for the

future?

Listen to the tape and find out the main

idea of this article and how it is organized.

title

importance of sustainable development(paras1~3)

sources of energy including fossil fuels and renewable energy(paras4~10)

A gift for the future

Listening

1. Answer the following questions.

1) What do you think of development in

the past?

—It polluted the environment and

wasted natural resources.

Silent reading:

Read the article carefully and finish the

exercises below.

2) Compared to development in the past,

what are the advantages of sustainable

development?

—It is long-term planning which focus

on the environment and preserving

natural resources. It is all about

creating better health care, education,

housing and improved standards of

living for everyone.

Sustainable development is defined as

balancing the fulfillment of human needs with

the protection of the natural environment so

that these needs can be met not only in the

present, but in the indefinite future. This linkage

between environment and development was first

set rolling in a major way only in 1980, when the

International Union for the Conservation of Nature

published the World Conservation Strategy and

used the term ‘sustainable development’.

The concept went on to find its most august expression in the 1987 report of the Brundtland Commission – formally, the World Commission on Environment and Development. Set up by the United Nations General Assembly, Brundtland coined what has become the most often-quoted definition of sustainable development as development that "meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs."[1]The field of sustainable development can be conceptually broken into four constituent parts: environmental sustainability, economic sustainability, social sustainability and political sustainability.

3) What might happen in the future to

the current sources of energy?

—Our future and the lives of our

children and grandchildren will be in

danger. There will be an increase in

pollution, global warning and acid

rain.

Forms of

energy

What we can do

with the energyAdvantages

use the sun’s natural energy to provide heat, light, hot water and electricity

solar energy

renewable; never run out; help the environment

wind energy

hydroelectricity

use windmills to pump water and grind wheat; use wind turbines to generate electricity

renewable; never run out; help the environment

use the force of the water stored in a reservoir to generate electricity

DiscussionPlanning:

Preparing:

1. Form a group of 4 members.2. Every member should get involved in the

research.

1. Discuss the information from various sources on the topic.

2. Decide what to include and what to leave out.

Discussion

Producing:

Presenting:

1. Draw an outline of your display.2. Use some examples or statistics to help you.3. Use some illustrations to make your display

attractive. 4. Correct any mistake.

Present your display to the class.

Homework

Get ready for the classroom

display about the Roma.

Period two

Ask students to make a classroom display.