选择性必修一 Unit 3 Conservation (5)
The Road to Destruction
Reading (2)
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1. How many cars are there now in Britain?
2. What personal effects are caused by traffic problems?
3. What environmental effects are caused by traffic
problems?
4. What suggestions did Jenny give the author？
Answer the following questions.
1. How many cars are there now in Britain?
In Britain, the number of cars on the roads has gone
up by 25%. There are now 32 million cars.
2. What personal effects are caused by traffic problems?
Traffic jams often take people longer time to arrive at
school or work. People will feel angry, stressed out
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or tired, which can lead to more serious problems, like
becoming sick or causing accidents on the roads.
Being on the road can also be dangerous as there are
many accidents, where people get hurt or die, and the
amount of pollution caused by traffic can also bring out
health problems.
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3. What environmental effects are caused by traffic
problems?
Traffic is one of the major causes of air pollution,
global warming and climate change, as car engines
produce some toxic exhaust gas, such as carbon
dioxide and carbon monoxide.
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4. What suggestions did Jenny give the author?
Jenny gave the author some solutions to use cars
less. We can walk, cycle or use public transport. We
can also share our cars. Before going, we can
consider whether it is necessary to drive cars. These
are simple solutions we can do. Let us take action
now.
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What’s the author’s attitude towards cars? Find
some evidence from the passage to support your
opinion.
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I think the author doesn’t like getting stuck in traffic jams,
either.
“How often have you heard...? How often do we get...?
How often do we arrive...? For many people, the answer
is everyday.”
The author’s attitude towards cars:
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She knows that cars have negative effects and she also wants
to help protect the environment. In the passage, we can read
the following sentences:
“We know that cars are bad for us.”
“All quite simple, isn’t it? Five easy ways to improve our
environment.”
The author’s attitude towards cars:
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The author’s attitude towards cars:
But she thinks it will be difficult to give up her car. She still
keeps using it.
“...but I’ve got to pick up my daughter from school at 4 pm.
Then I’ve got to drive to the supermarket to do the shopping.
After that, I have to take my son to a party.”
“The traffic is going to be horrible, but what can I do?”
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Why doesn’t she give up her car?
“To be frank, I’m addicted to my car.”
Car, as part of the author’s life, plays an important role.
Though it causes various negative effects, it really can
bring great convenience to her.
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Please help to figure out some possible solutions
to solve the traffic problems in big cities.
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ü Improve the public transport system, and
encourage people to use the public vehicles if
possible.
• bus, bus rapid transit (BRT), and express bus
• subway
the public transport
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ü Encourage people to ride bicycles if possible.
• benefits of cycling
• more bike lanes in the city
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ü Develop the sharing vehicles wisely.
• sharing bike
• sharing car
• online car hailing
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ü Use more renewable energy to power cars.
• clean and renewable energy instead of
fossil fuel
• electric vehicles
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ü Improve the living facilities in the community.
• 15-minute community living circle
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Focus on Language: Collocation
A collocation is a word or phrase that is often
used with another word or phrase, in a way that
sounds correct to people who have spoken the
language all their lives, but might not be expected
from the meaning.
a bright idea take action
Focus on Language: Collocation
Look at the Word Builder on Page 61. Match the
words (1-8) with the endings (a-h) to form
common collocations. Then use the collocations
to complete the summary.
1. make a. addicted to
2. get stuck b. a lot of harm
3. be c. cars
4. protect d. in a traffic jam
5. do e. up sb
6. pick f. the environment
7. cause g. excuses
8. share h. global warming
Focus on Language: Collocation
make excuses get stuck in a traffic jam
be addicted to protect the environment
do a lot of harm pick up sb
cause global warming share cars
Many people often 1 when
they go to work. How annoyed and stressful they
often feel! But the problem is that the number of
cars is still going up. Traffic pollution has been
found to 2 and climate
change to a large degree.
get stuck in a traffic jam
cause global warming
Focus on Language: Collocation
Too many cars 3 to the environment
and our health. Some advice has been given for people
to help 4 , for example, using
public transport or 5 , doing your shopping
in the shop just around the corner instead of driving to
the other side of town. However, people
protect the environment
do a lot of harm
sharing cars
Focus on Language: Collocation
6 using cars. They 7
for using their cars, “I need to 8 my daughter.
What can I do? ”
make excuses are addicted to
pick up
Focus on Language: Collocation
Focus on Language: Collocation
1. I feel annoyed when I get stuck in traffic jams.
2. In the last 20 years, the number of cars on the
roads has gone up by 25%.
3. Leg power can keep you fit.
4. Use public transport.
5. Take action!
6. Don’t just sit around and complain.
feel annoyed go up use public transport
sit around take action keep sb fit
Complete the sentences with the collocations below.
1. Cycling more can and help the environment at
the same time.
2. We are glad to see that many people
instead of driving cars.
feel annoyed go up use public transport
sit around take action keep sb fit
Complete the sentences with the collocations below.
3. The number of electric cars in Beijing has in the
last 5 years.
4. Sitting in the car in traffic jams really leave people
.
feel annoyed go up use public transport
sit around take action keep sb fit
Complete the sentences with the collocations below.
5. As a citizen, everyone shouldn’t just and
complain. Let us to protect our environment.
You will give a presentation to call on people to
walk, cycle or use public transport. Please finish the
presentation, using at least 5 collocations we have
learnt in this lesson.
Focus on Language: Collocation
The number of people owning cars has been going
up. Many people feel that driving their own cars
allows them to have more freedom. They don’t want
to use public transport, because waiting time and
crowds do really leave people feeling annoyed. They
don’t want to walk or cycle, and make excuses:
Focus on Language: Collocation
“Walking takes too much time”; “I am too tired to cycle
home after work”. But in order to protect the environment,
I think walking, cycling or using public transport is worth
the effort.
First of all, research shows most pollutants in some big
cities come from cars. These pollutants do a lot of harm
to the environment and are extremely
Focus on Language: Collocation
dangerous to our health. Relying too much on cars
also create problems such as traffic jams. Of course,
cars are convenient, but walking or cycling more can
keep us fit.
So don’t sit around and complain. Let us take action
now.
Focus on Language: Collocation
Homework
Make a poster based on what you have learnt.
Topic 1: to encourage people in your neighborhood to use
their cars wisely.
Topic 2: to help the government figure out more possible
solutions to solve the car problems in Beijing.
You can choose one of them.
Thank you!
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