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Every individual makes a difference.
-- Dr. Jane Goodall
Is there anything you have done for better the environment
Ant Forest
Combining the Internet, finance（金融） and a low-carbon lifestyle, the scheme aims to turn virtual（虚拟的） trees that users grow on the platform to real ones, thus contributing to tree-planting and environmental protection moves
The Ant Forest is turning desert into green island.
Who is the founder
Unit 8 Green Living
Greening the Desert
Pre-listening: Dr. Chen Lan is going to give a talk on a tree-planting pioneer. Predict the content of the talk according to the poster.
What
Why
Who
Why
planting trees
Listen to answer questions.
Listening 1-2
1. What was the terrible event that changed Yi Jiefang’s life
Her 22-year-old son died in a road accident.
2. How did Yi Jiefang feel after the accident
She was sad and felt life seemed to lose all meanings.
3. What made her start NPO-Greenlife
Her son’s unfulfilled dreams made her start NPO-Greenlife.
Yi Jiefang set up NPO-Greenlife to make her son’s dream come true
_____________
The early days of NPO-Greenlife ___________. Yi Jiefang went to _____________ Inner Mongolia and saw vast areas of _________ with little agriculture. So Yi Jiefang proposed to _______________________ in the region over ________ and the government agreed. Although the first trees were ___________, her team continued planting more trees. Now the trees have _______________________.
were not easy
the deserts of
dry lands
plant one million trees
10 years
blown away
a survival rate of 85%
Listening 2-2
Fill in the blanks with the help of your notes.
“You are ______. Alive or fallen, you served a purpose, _____, you stood proud against winds and sandstorms; _____, your brightness gave ________________to others.”
“Let life prosper _____；let greenness last forever ______.”
Try to complete the quotes written on the headstone of Yi Jiefang’s son and explain it in your own words.
“You are ______. Alive or fallen, you served a purpose, _____, you stood proud against winds and sandstorms; _____, your brightness gave ________________to others.”
“Let life prosper __________；let greenness last forever
______.”
a tree
Alive
fallen
light and warmth
in greenness
in life
Check the answers
share your understanding
Listen and answer the questions according to your notes:
What help Yi Jiefang work through her sadness
What changes has NPO Greenlife brought to the desert
What new project did Yi start in 2013
Listening 3 Q & A session with Dr. Chen
What is the presenter going to talk about in her speech
She is going to talk why Yi Jiefang set up NPO-Greenlife and what it is for.
Listening
1. What was the terrible event that changed Yi Jiefang’s life
2. How did she feel after the accident
3. What made her start NPO-Greenlife
Listening (P34. 2)
1. What was the terrible event that changed Yi Jiefang’s life
Her 22-year-old son died in a road accident.
Listening
(Ms Yi Jiefang had a contented life until this terrible
event occurred which changed her life.)
occur(occurred, occurred) vi. 发生，出现
sth. occurs to sb. 某人想起某事
A good idea occurred to him when he was asked to find the solution to the problem.
happened
2. How did Yi Jiefang feel after the accident
Listening
(despite her sadness, … although she was sad, …)
She felt so sad that life seemed to lose all meaning.
3. What made her start NPO-Greenlife
Her son’s unfulfilled dreams made her start NPO-Greenlife.
Listening
planting trees
Her son had been concerned about the sand storm and deserts in northern China and wanted to plant trees there after graduation.
She decided to make her son’s dream come true…
1. What was the terrible event that changed Yi Jiefang’s life
2. How did she feel after the accident
3. What made her start NPO-Greenlife
Summary and Retell
Her 22-year-old son died in a road accident.
She felt so sad that life seemed to lose all meaning.
Her son’s unfulfilled dreams made her start NPO-Greenlife.
Yi Jiefang’s son died in a road accident. Despite her sadness, she tried to overcome this personal loss by making her son’s dream come true—planting trees in the deserts of northern China.
What is the presenter talking about
Listen to the second part
Read the notes, and compare.
the choice of key words
personal symbols or abbr.
anything interesting
1
2
3
note-taking—practice
abbreviations
symbols
Diagrams, tables and bullet points
％
yrs; mln
IM; NY
note-taking skills
Notes:
key words;
very personal;
help with understanding
abbreviations
symbols
Diagrams, tables and bullet points
％
yrs; mln
IM; NY
note-taking skills
Notes:
key words;
very personal;
help with understanding
III. Listening and speaking
Listen to the quotes. Take notes and read aloud.
Explain the meaning of the quotes in your own words.
What do you think of Yi Jiefang
IV. Discussion (group work)
What else do you want to know about Yi Jiefang Prepare some questions for the Question & Answer session.

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