Unit 2
Environmental Protection
Throughout the World
Group work:
What do you know about
the environmental
protection in the world?
To get some ideas about the
background information of
the text by answering the
following questions:
What is the study of the
relationships among plants,
animals,people,and their
environment,and the balance
among these relationships?
Where is New England? Why
is it called the name?
Where is Grand Banks?
What do you call the religion
of Muslin?
Where is the chief holy city of
Islam? And whose birthplace
was it?
Guess the meaning of the
italicised term in each sentence
according to the context and
your own experiences.
The government is making
some fresh initiatives to try to
deal with the problem.
Because of a stupid mistake,
we lost the initiative in the
business discussions; the
other side has the initiative
now.
The government has made
attempts to reduce soil
erosion.
The president was facing a
great erosion of public
support
This country was colonized
for a time by the Japanese.
The repairs to the school will
be financed by a private
company.
The company needs a man
who knows finance.
Whether it can be done
depends on your finances.
They are contaminating the
minds of our young people
with these rotten ideas.
A fund was set up to protect
the rare plants.
I’m short of funds so I’ll pay
you next week.
The rich man was fond of
funding films.
The last few years have seen
an explosive increase in the
number of homeless people
on our streets.
Certain gases are highly
explosive.
The heat set off some
explosive.
The team is sponsored by
Sony,so the players wear the
letters SONY on their shirts.
He sponsored the plan at the
meeting.
Strawberries have become a
major cash crop in the area.
The computer has made a
great impact on modern life.
The cup hit the wall and
broke on impact.
Falling trade rates have
impacted on the country’s
economy.
The ball impacted against the
bat with a loud noise.
We gave the old man shelter
for the night.
The trees shelter the house
from the wind.
Give synonyms for the words as
many as you can
Abundant:
Diversity:
Extensive:
Massive:
Convert:
Homework
Learn the new words and
expressions of the text by
heart.
Go over the text and write
down the difficult points.
Global Reading Task,
Problem:
Solution:
Examples:
Canada:
Costa Rica,
Brazil:
Eastern Europe:
Ghana:
Indonesia:
Language Points:
Spring up,
1) Towns have sprung up in
what was a dry desert,
2) New theatres and arts centers
sprang up all over the country.
Pocket,
1) The newly established
government controls the main
part of the city except for a few
pockets of the residence,
2) There is a pocket of
unemployment in the industrial
areas.
off,prep.
1) He lived on a small island off
the coast of France,
2) The ship sank six miles off
Shanghai.
a series of,
a series of meetings,a series of
concerts,a series of shows on
TV,a series of good harvests
together with,
1) He sent her some roses,together
with a nice letter,
2) A famine started which,together
with the war,destroyed millions of
lives.
nature preserve
one quarter,
one/a third,one/a tenth,two thirds,
five eighths,seven nineteenths
present participle phrase used as
adverbial of attending
circumstances:
We stood at the west end of the
bridge,talking and waiting for
the bus.
He said good-bye to her shaking
her hand in a friendly way.
He ran up to me breathing
heavily.
It remains to be seen…:
1) It remains to be seen whether
her parents will agree,
2) It remains to be seen whether
Rose wants to meet him,
3) It sounds a good idea,but it
remains to be seen whether it
will succeed,
frown on:
1) Many teachers frowned upon
this practice,
2) Tom wanted to go to France
by himself,but his parents
frowned on the idea.
wage:
wage a war/campaign
on/against
Give the summary orally,
clue,environmental
awareness hardly exists since
most countries are more
concerned with economic
development than with global
ecology,However,…,
Canada …,Costa Rica…,
Brazil ….
Simulated writing,
The great majority of nations
concern themselves with
economic development,
regardless of its effect on the
global ecology.
In recent years,the
government has waged a
massive ad campaign to
encourage birth control,
offering inducement such as
free trip to Mecca,the
birthplace of Islam in Saudi
Arabia.
But with such a large population
base,the country must still
convert millions more to the idea
of birth control if it is to reach
its population targets.
Homework:
Section B,Section C
Since the early summer of this year,
Haier opened up (sponsored) an
advertising battle (war) to promote
its air-conditioners,
Since the early summer of this year,
Haier has launched an advertising
battle to promote its air-
conditioners.
Since the beginning of this
summer,Haier has carried out
an ad campaign promoting its
air-conditioners sales.
Since the beginning of this
summer,Haier has carried on
an ad campaign for promoting
its air-conditioner sales.
Since the beginning of this
summer,Haier has waged
( conducted,initiated,
undertaken) a massive (a large
scale) ad campaign to promote
the sales of air-conditioners.
Mary’s parents frowned on her
going to America,so it remains
to be known whether she could
realize her dream.
Mary’s parents frown on her
going to America,so it remains
to be known whether she will
realize her dream.
Mary’s parents are objected to
the idea of her going to America,
so there is no way knowing
whether she will make her dream
come true.
Mary’s parents object to (are
opposed to) the idea of her going
to America,so there is no way of
knowing (to know) whether she
will make her dream come true.
Mary’s parents do not agree
with (permit) her going to
America,so we are unable to
find out if her dream (wish)
could become true at last.
Mary’s parents do not agree on
her going to America,so we are
unable to find out if her dream
will come true at last.
Rose understands that John writes
letters to her one after another,
together with countless roses,are aimed
at winning her heart(getting her love),
Rose understands that the letters one
after another,together with the
countless roses,from John,are aimed
at winning her heart.
Rose understands that John writes
letters to her one after another and
sends her countless roses because he
wants to win her heart.
Rose knew that John writes letters
and sent roses endlessly is to fulfill
the purpose of winning her heart.
Rose knew that the continuous
letters John wrote and the numerous
roses he sent to her were to fulfill the
purpose of winning her heart.
Rose knows that John’s writing
letters and sending roses endlessly to
her are to realize the purpose of
winning her heart.
Rose knows that continuous
letters from John,and together
with countless roses,are aimed
at winning her heart.
Rose knows that continuous
letters from John,together with
countless roses,are aimed at
winning her heart.
In order to regenerate waste land,
the government sponsored the
growing of fruit trees and are
successful in improving the
ecological environment,
In order to regenerate waste land,
the government sponsored the
growing of fruit trees and succeeded
in improving the ecological
environment.
The government by sponsored the
growing of fruit trees to make the
waste land green again,and
succeeded in improving the
ecological environment,
Through sponsoring the growing of
fruit trees to make the waste land
green again,the government
succeeded in improving the
ecological environment.
The government sponsored the
growing of fruit trees so waste
land green again and improved
the ecological environment,
The government sponsored the
growing of fruit trees so the
waste land was made green
again and the ecological
environment improved.
Having undertaken a serious of new
environmental initiatives by the
government,many parks and green
belts have sprung up all over the
country,
The government has undertaken a
series of new environmental
initiatives,As a result,many parks
and green belts have sprung up all
over the country.
Because the government has adopted
a series of new environmental
measures,Consequently,many parks
and green belts have sprung up all
over the country,
Because the government has adopted
a series of new environmental
measures,many parks and green
belts have sprung up all over the
country.
Because the government undertakes
a set of new environmental
measures,so many parks and green
belts have sprung up in various
pockets around the country,
The government has undertaken a
set of new environmental measures,
so many parks and green belts have
sprung up in various pockets
around the country.
Environmental Protection
Throughout the World
Group work:
What do you know about
the environmental
protection in the world?
To get some ideas about the
background information of
the text by answering the
following questions:
What is the study of the
relationships among plants,
animals,people,and their
environment,and the balance
among these relationships?
Where is New England? Why
is it called the name?
Where is Grand Banks?
What do you call the religion
of Muslin?
Where is the chief holy city of
Islam? And whose birthplace
was it?
Guess the meaning of the
italicised term in each sentence
according to the context and
your own experiences.
The government is making
some fresh initiatives to try to
deal with the problem.
Because of a stupid mistake,
we lost the initiative in the
business discussions; the
other side has the initiative
now.
The government has made
attempts to reduce soil
erosion.
The president was facing a
great erosion of public
support
This country was colonized
for a time by the Japanese.
The repairs to the school will
be financed by a private
company.
The company needs a man
who knows finance.
Whether it can be done
depends on your finances.
They are contaminating the
minds of our young people
with these rotten ideas.
A fund was set up to protect
the rare plants.
I’m short of funds so I’ll pay
you next week.
The rich man was fond of
funding films.
The last few years have seen
an explosive increase in the
number of homeless people
on our streets.
Certain gases are highly
explosive.
The heat set off some
explosive.
The team is sponsored by
Sony,so the players wear the
letters SONY on their shirts.
He sponsored the plan at the
meeting.
Strawberries have become a
major cash crop in the area.
The computer has made a
great impact on modern life.
The cup hit the wall and
broke on impact.
Falling trade rates have
impacted on the country’s
economy.
The ball impacted against the
bat with a loud noise.
We gave the old man shelter
for the night.
The trees shelter the house
from the wind.
Give synonyms for the words as
many as you can
Abundant:
Diversity:
Extensive:
Massive:
Convert:
Homework
Learn the new words and
expressions of the text by
heart.
Go over the text and write
down the difficult points.
Global Reading Task,
Problem:
Solution:
Examples:
Canada:
Costa Rica,
Brazil:
Eastern Europe:
Ghana:
Indonesia:
Language Points:
Spring up,
1) Towns have sprung up in
what was a dry desert,
2) New theatres and arts centers
sprang up all over the country.
Pocket,
1) The newly established
government controls the main
part of the city except for a few
pockets of the residence,
2) There is a pocket of
unemployment in the industrial
areas.
off,prep.
1) He lived on a small island off
the coast of France,
2) The ship sank six miles off
Shanghai.
a series of,
a series of meetings,a series of
concerts,a series of shows on
TV,a series of good harvests
together with,
1) He sent her some roses,together
with a nice letter,
2) A famine started which,together
with the war,destroyed millions of
lives.
nature preserve
one quarter,
one/a third,one/a tenth,two thirds,
five eighths,seven nineteenths
present participle phrase used as
adverbial of attending
circumstances:
We stood at the west end of the
bridge,talking and waiting for
the bus.
He said good-bye to her shaking
her hand in a friendly way.
He ran up to me breathing
heavily.
It remains to be seen…:
1) It remains to be seen whether
her parents will agree,
2) It remains to be seen whether
Rose wants to meet him,
3) It sounds a good idea,but it
remains to be seen whether it
will succeed,
frown on:
1) Many teachers frowned upon
this practice,
2) Tom wanted to go to France
by himself,but his parents
frowned on the idea.
wage:
wage a war/campaign
on/against
Give the summary orally,
clue,environmental
awareness hardly exists since
most countries are more
concerned with economic
development than with global
ecology,However,…,
Canada …,Costa Rica…,
Brazil ….
Simulated writing,
The great majority of nations
concern themselves with
economic development,
regardless of its effect on the
global ecology.
In recent years,the
government has waged a
massive ad campaign to
encourage birth control,
offering inducement such as
free trip to Mecca,the
birthplace of Islam in Saudi
Arabia.
But with such a large population
base,the country must still
convert millions more to the idea
of birth control if it is to reach
its population targets.
Homework:
Section B,Section C
Since the early summer of this year,
Haier opened up (sponsored) an
advertising battle (war) to promote
its air-conditioners,
Since the early summer of this year,
Haier has launched an advertising
battle to promote its air-
conditioners.
Since the beginning of this
summer,Haier has carried out
an ad campaign promoting its
air-conditioners sales.
Since the beginning of this
summer,Haier has carried on
an ad campaign for promoting
its air-conditioner sales.
Since the beginning of this
summer,Haier has waged
( conducted,initiated,
undertaken) a massive (a large
scale) ad campaign to promote
the sales of air-conditioners.
Mary’s parents frowned on her
going to America,so it remains
to be known whether she could
realize her dream.
Mary’s parents frown on her
going to America,so it remains
to be known whether she will
realize her dream.
Mary’s parents are objected to
the idea of her going to America,
so there is no way knowing
whether she will make her dream
come true.
Mary’s parents object to (are
opposed to) the idea of her going
to America,so there is no way of
knowing (to know) whether she
will make her dream come true.
Mary’s parents do not agree
with (permit) her going to
America,so we are unable to
find out if her dream (wish)
could become true at last.
Mary’s parents do not agree on
her going to America,so we are
unable to find out if her dream
will come true at last.
Rose understands that John writes
letters to her one after another,
together with countless roses,are aimed
at winning her heart(getting her love),
Rose understands that the letters one
after another,together with the
countless roses,from John,are aimed
at winning her heart.
Rose understands that John writes
letters to her one after another and
sends her countless roses because he
wants to win her heart.
Rose knew that John writes letters
and sent roses endlessly is to fulfill
the purpose of winning her heart.
Rose knew that the continuous
letters John wrote and the numerous
roses he sent to her were to fulfill the
purpose of winning her heart.
Rose knows that John’s writing
letters and sending roses endlessly to
her are to realize the purpose of
winning her heart.
Rose knows that continuous
letters from John,and together
with countless roses,are aimed
at winning her heart.
Rose knows that continuous
letters from John,together with
countless roses,are aimed at
winning her heart.
In order to regenerate waste land,
the government sponsored the
growing of fruit trees and are
successful in improving the
ecological environment,
In order to regenerate waste land,
the government sponsored the
growing of fruit trees and succeeded
in improving the ecological
environment.
The government by sponsored the
growing of fruit trees to make the
waste land green again,and
succeeded in improving the
ecological environment,
Through sponsoring the growing of
fruit trees to make the waste land
green again,the government
succeeded in improving the
ecological environment.
The government sponsored the
growing of fruit trees so waste
land green again and improved
the ecological environment,
The government sponsored the
growing of fruit trees so the
waste land was made green
again and the ecological
environment improved.
Having undertaken a serious of new
environmental initiatives by the
government,many parks and green
belts have sprung up all over the
country,
The government has undertaken a
series of new environmental
initiatives,As a result,many parks
and green belts have sprung up all
over the country.
Because the government has adopted
a series of new environmental
measures,Consequently,many parks
and green belts have sprung up all
over the country,
Because the government has adopted
a series of new environmental
measures,many parks and green
belts have sprung up all over the
country.
Because the government undertakes
a set of new environmental
measures,so many parks and green
belts have sprung up in various
pockets around the country,
The government has undertaken a
set of new environmental measures,
so many parks and green belts have
sprung up in various pockets
around the country.
