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Unit 6
Living with nature
Listening and speaking
学习目标
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To discuss natural resources for energy in pairs, using the given useful expressions.
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To learn strategies to identify questions in listening and draw listeners’ interest.
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To listen to conversations and a radio program to understand main ideas and complete detailed information.
What’s this project for
This project is used for producing electricity or getting clean energy by using solar power.
新课讲授
Pre-listening
Did you know
The sun was our first energy source, giving us light and heat. Later, people learnt to use different natural materials for energy, such as wood and oil. Today, the effects of climate change require people to make cleaner choices. We are back to using the sun — in a modern way!
a Mike and his dad want to learn more about the solar park.
b Mike and his dad spend a day in the desert using only solar
energy.
c Mike and his dad are able to cook food and charge a phone
using the sun.
Listen to the conversation and choose the main idea.
While-listening
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Learning to learn
Listening for questions To listen for questions, focus on question words like what and expressions like do you know and can you tell me. You can also listen to the tones of speakers to find questions.
Listen again and complete the table.
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Listen again and complete the table.
Mike's problems Dad's solutions
It's so hot. They have hats with 1________.
The hats can help Mike 2__________.
They can work for 3____________.
They are powered by the 4_______
fans
cool down
a whole day
sun
2
Mike's problems Dad's solutions
He wants to have 5______. They have a solar cooker.
They can cook some 6_________ with it.
It was quick.
Their phone is almost 7____________. They have solar power 8_______.
They use 9_________ to make electricity.
They can charge their phone.
beef
lunch
out of power
banks
sunlight
Listen to the radio and complete the notes.
What does it look like
Lots of solar panels 1____________ the sand.
It looks like a shining 2_____________ in the desert.
It covers an area of 3___________ square kilometres.
How much energy can it provide
It can provide power for more than 4_____________ every year.
What's the environment around it
There are goji berries 5____________ the panels.
It has turned the 6____________ into a garden.
It can help improve the lives of 7___________ people.
cover
ocean
20
a million homes
desert
under
local
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Drawing listeners' interest To draw listeners' interest, use exciting words like amazing or beautiful. Also, use language that makes listeners feel curious, eg Can you believe that... Try to address listeners directly, and use a positive tone.
Learning to learn
Listen again. Then talk about how the speaker draws the listener's interest.
A: What natural resources do we
use for energy
B: ... is clean energy.
A: Have you seen ...
It’s...
B: Amazing. Do you know how...
Work in pairs. Talk about another natural resource that we use for energy.
Natural
resource
How humans get energy from it
Usage of energy
Post-listening
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Useful expressions
Another natural resource that we use for energy is...
We all know that…
We... to get energy from it.
…is one of the biggest …
One way to... is to...
It helps us…
A: What natural resources do we use for energy
B: Hydropower is clean energy.
A: Have you seen the Baihetan Dam on the Jinsha River It’s really
powerful.
B: Amazing. Do you know how it works
A: Yes. The dam holds lots of water. When the water is let out, it
runs into a machine and makes electricity. Then the electricity
is sent to people’s homes.
B: That’s very interesting! Hydropower really helps us use natural
resources wisely and protect our environment.
Stress in words (2)
For compound nouns, the stress is usually on the first syllable. For example, sunlight.
Listen and mark the stress.
greenhouse countryside hometown rainfall
Now listen and repeat.
Phonetics in use
1 Later, people learnt to use different natural materials for energy...
后来，人们学会了利用不同的天然材料获取能源……
material /m t ri l/ n.材料
常指用于制作某物的原料或材料。
The material used to build the house is very durable.
建造这个房子用的材料非常耐用。
What’s more, bamboo can be made into a kind of material for clothes.
此外，竹子还可以被制成一种服装材料。
Language points
2 Mike and his dad spend a day in the desert using only solar energy.
迈克和他的爸爸在沙漠中度过了仅使用太阳能的一天。
desert / dez t/ n.沙漠，荒漠
in the desert 在沙漠中
Local people plant suosuo trees, a plant that can survive in the
desert, to prevent further desertification.
当地人种植能在沙漠中存活的梭梭树，以防止进一步的沙漠化。
desert的形近词dessert[名词]甜品；甜食
What are we having for dessert 我们吃什么甜点？
3 What’s the environment around it 它周围的生态环境如何？
environment / n va r nm nt/ n. 生态环境
此处指“自然环境”，其前常加定冠词the。
Man should fit in with and make good use of the environment.
人类应当适应环境并善用环境。
In order to protect the environment, many people choose to go to
work by subway.
为了保护环境，许多人选择乘坐地铁去上班。
（1）还可指“客观环境（常指学习环境、家庭环境等）”。
This story tells us a good educational environment is
very important for children.
这个故事告诉我们，良好的教育环境对孩子来说非常重要。
（2） environmental［形容词］（有关）环境的
environmental protection环境保护
She was most famous for her books about environmental protection.
她最为人所知的是她所著的关于环境保护的书籍。
Tell your friends or parents about how
we get and use solar energy in English.
Continue to enrich and improve the
dialogue or conversation about another
natural resource that we use for energy.
You can write it as an article as well.
Homework

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