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Unit 6
Living with nature
Listening & speaking
In this lesson, you will:
1. listen to conversations and a radio program to understand
main ideas and complete detailed information.
2. learn strategies to identify questions in listening and draw
listeners’ interest.
3. discuss natural resources for energy in pairs, using the given
useful expressions.
Lead-in: What renewable energy sources do you know
Wind energy
风能
Lead-in: What renewable energy sources do you know
Solar energy
太阳能
Lead-in: What renewable energy sources do you know
Water
energy
水能
What's this project for
It's for using solar energy.
The sun was our first energy source, giving us light and heat.
Today, the effects of climate change require people to make cleaner choices. We are back to using the sun – in a modern way!
Later, people learnt to use different natural materials for energy, such as wood and oil.
While-listening
1. Listen to the conversation and choose the main idea.
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 again and complete the table.
2
Mike's problems
It's so hot.
He wants to have 5_________.
Their phone is almost 7____________.
They have hats
with 1_________.
The hats can help
Mike 2_________.
They can work for
3___________.
They are powered
by the 4_________.
They have a solar
cooker.
They can cook some
6_________ with it.
It was quick.
They have solar
power 8_______.
They use 9_______
to make electricity.
They can charge
their phone.
Dad's solutions
fans
cool down
a whole day
sun
lunch
beef
out of power
banks
sunlight
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 sentences to find questions.
Listening script
Mike: Wow! It’s already hot at 8: 00 am. Dad, can we really stay in the desert for a whole day
Dad: Don’t worry. This part of the desert is safe. And I’ve made a lot of preparations. Here you are. These are hats with fans!
Mike: That really helps me cool down! But can they work for a whole day
Dad: Yes, of course. They’re powered by the sun! They won’t stop working with so much sunlight.
［After four hours］
Listening script
［After four hours］
Dad: It’s noon. Let’s take a break.
Mike: What shall we have for lunch
Dad: Let’s cook some beef with our solar cooker.
Mike: That was quick! Um, our phone is almost out of power...
Dad: It’s OK. Look at these solar power banks. They use sunlight to make electricity. We can charge our phone with them.
Mike: Wow. The sun is so powerful. I really look forward to visiting the solar park here in Ningxia. I’ve just found a news report about it...
While-listening:
1. Where is the reporter
At one of the biggest ______ ______ in the world, in ____________, __________.
solar parks
Yinchuan
Ningxia
2. What is the goal of developing solar energy in Ningxia
To help _______ a _________ China.
power
greener
While-listening:
3. What does the reporter think of the future of solar energy in Ningxia
She thinks it is bright.
Listen to the radio and complete the notes.
3
What does it look like
Lots of solar panels ______ the sand.
It looks like a shining ______ in the desert.
It covers an area of 3_____ square kilometres.
How much energy can it provide
It can provide power for more than
_______________ every year.
What's the environment around it
There are goji berries ______ the panels.
It has turned the ______ into a garden.
It can help improve the lives of ______ people.
cover
ocean
20
a million homes
under
desert
local
Listen again. Then talk about how the speaker draws the listener’s interest.
Reporter: Now I’m reporting from one of the biggest solar parks in the world. It’s in Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. Lots of solar panels cover the sand... It looks like a shining ocean in the middle of the desert. Amazing!
Let me tell you more. The park covers an area of 20 square kilometres. It can provide power for more than a million homes every year! Can you believe that And the solar park is doing more than just providing power. Look under the panels. It has turned the desert into a garden of goji trees. Farmers can sell the goji berries for money. This can help improve the lives of local people.
Work in pairs. Talk about another natural resource that we use for energy.
4
What natural resources do we use for energy
…is clean energy.
Have you seen… It's …
Amazing. Do you know how…
Useful expressions
Another natural resource
that we use for energy is…
We… to get energy from it.
One way to… is to…
We all know that…
… is one of the biggest…
It helps us…
P91
What natural resources do we use for energy
…is clean energy
Have you seen… It’s…
Amazing. Do you know how…
Work in pairs. Talk about another natural resource that we use for energy.
Example
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.
Must do:
Retell Mike and his dad's experience with using solar energy.
Choose to do:
Draw a “Solar Energy in My Life” poster. Label 2 things with English sentences.
Homework

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