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课件网) Unit 8 A green world (Integration I) ★学习目标： 读懂中国荒漠化治理短文，完成信息提取与问答。 整合听说读信息，梳理中西方应对塑料污染的举措，形成初步认知。 能在阅读、听力、口语活动中，主动运用语篇信息和语法结构完成任务。 了解中国治沙成就与全球环保行动，增强民族自豪感与全球环保意识。 ★教学难点： 将来自不同语篇（阅读和两段听力）的零散环保信息进行整合，并用自己的话进行连贯的口头或书面概述。 在模仿对话的基础上，结合自身对家乡的观察，替换信息并进行真实、流畅的对话交流。 Warming up Free talk What bad things can you see in these pictures desertification 荒漠化 Desertification is a type of land degradation. Dry areas become drier, lose plants, and slowly turn into deserts, mainly caused by drought, deforestation and overgrazing. Reading Pre-reading What problems does desertification bring to our lives It causes sandstorms, polluting air and disrupting traffic. It damages farmland and leads to food shortages. It reduces water resources. It forces people to move away from their homes. According to the United Nations, in the last 40 years, desertification has been a problem across almost 30% of the earth's land. China has some of the largest deserts in the world and is working hard to change this situation. In 1997, China joined the UNCCD, an international agreement to fight desertification. Since then, China has reduced its desert area by thousands of square kilometres each year. A perfect example of this is the Mu Us Desert in North-west China. Many trees were planted there. Now about 80% of the desert is green. China has made a great start in dealing with the problem of desertification. However, all the countries in the world need to work together to protect our planet. Read the article and answer the questions below. China has reduced its desert area by thousands of square kilometres each year since 1997. 1 What has happened in China since 1997 Read the article and answer the questions below. Plant more trees and grass. Protect forests and grasslands. Control overgrazing and over-farming. ... 2 What efforts do you think can be made to reduce desert area An environmental journalist is talking about Qizi Bay in Hainan Province. Listen to what the journalist says and complete the table below. living plants filled with sand women farmers six million tell the story of Daniel is listening to a news report about plastic pollution and efforts from different countries to fight it. Write a T if a sentence is true or an F ifitis false. Then correct the false one(s). 1 By 2050,there might be more plastic in the ocean than fish. _____ 2 Canada does not allow the use of tiny plastic pieces in personal care products. _____ 3 People can buy plastic food bags in supermarkets in New Zealand. _____ 4 In New Zealand, people will be fined if they buy single-use plastics _____ 5 In Germany, people have to pay to recycle plastic bottles. _____ T T F F F Daniel is writing an article about environmental protectio ... ...
