江苏省启东中学高中英语 Unit 2 The environment Period Project教案 牛津译林版必修5

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Revision

Translation：Language focus in Task

Lead-in

1. Show the students pictures of the Yangtze River. Then ask them questions.

2. Do you like the Yangtze River?

3. Why is it important in our country?

Competition:

4. Let’s divide the class into four groups. Then try your best to tell about the

Yangtze River as much as possible. The group which has the most ideas will be the

winner.

GROUP A: ….

GROUP B: ….

GROUP C: ….

GROUP D: ….

Brain storm

Basic knowledge about the Yangtze River:

1. How many provinces does it run across?

(Qinghai, Tibet, Sichuan, Yunnan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Anhui, Jiangsu)

2. How long is the Yangtze River?

(About 6300kms)

3. Please give the names of the three longest rivers in the world?

(The Amazon River, the River Nile, and the Yangtze River)

4. Where is the source of the river?

(It starts from Qinghai-Tibet Plateau)

5. What are the three gorges?

(The Qutang Gorge, the Wu Goege, and the Xiling Goege)

6. Would you say something about them?

7. Where is the Three Gorges Dam?

( Yichang, Hubei)

8. How long is the Three Gorges Dam? How high?

(3035 metres, 185 metres)

9. Please give the names of the bridges over the river as many as you can

(武汉、重庆、芜湖、江阴、润杨、铜陵、南京1、2、3，苏通、崇启)

10. Why do you think we build so many bridges across the Changjiang River?

(To make the transportation more convenient and help develop economy)

11. Please give the names of the rare fishes in the river as many as you can.

(Saury刀鱼，Chinese Sturgeon中华鲟，White-flag dolphin白鳍豚)

12. Please give the names of famous cities along the river as many as you can

(A, B, C, D, E, F, ….)

Reading

A. Read the passage quickly and answer some questions: - 2 - 1. Why do the environmental problems of the Yangtze River draw people’s attention

at home and abroad?

(Because it is the third longest river in the world and home to a diverse range

of fish and animals while many people depend on it for drinking water.)

2. What has caused the pollution of the Yangtze River?

(Rapid agricultural and industrial development plus huge population growth has

resulted in the rising amount of water taken from the river, and the waste being

put back into the river.)

3. What bad effects has it had on the ecology of the area?

(Unsafe drinking water which has led to healthy problems for people living near

the river and killing many plants and animals.)

4. What have been done to deal with the problem?

(Environmental organizations and projects have been set up to deal with the

problem.)

5. What has The Green River Organization done?

(It educates and advises people on the importance of protecting this great river.

It watches the river. It stops the illegal hunting of animals.)

6. What has the government done to deal with water and soil preservation?

(Two special government projects are also under way to protect the river, which

work out possible solutions to the many problems, such as the water and soil

preservation. result in farmers replacing the crops on their farmland with trees

or grassland, and set up a nature reverse for white-flag dolphins)

7. What has the government done to save white-flag dolphins?

(The reserve was set up on the lower reaches of the river in Zhenjiang. Boats are

prohibited from entering this area in order to keep the dolphins safe.)

8. What is the good news for the river?

(People have finally realized that it is their responsibility to protect this great

river)

B. Fill in the form

problems 1. unsafe drinking water which has led to healthy problems

for people living near the river.

2. harmful effects on the ecology of the area, killing many

plants and animals.

3. endangered the wild animal population.

causes Rapid agricultural and industrial development plus huge

population

growth has meant that not only is the amount of water taken

from the

river rising, but the waste being put back into the river

has also been

increasing.

measures set up environmental organizations and projects to deal with

the problem

What have been

done? 1. The Green River organization educates and advises people

on the importance of protecting this great river. Watches

the river. Stops the illegal hunting of animals.