2020-2021学年北师大版（2019）高一英语选择性必修Unit3Conservation(4)-TheRoadtoDestruction_Reading(1)课件

选择性必修一 Unit 3 Conservation (4) The Road to Destruction Reading (1) How do you feel when you get stuck in traffic jams? in the situation that you can’t escape from Activate and share traffic jams How do you feel when you get stuck in traffic jams? to feel anxious to feel annoyed to feel stressed out to feel tired to feel angry to feel helpless Activate and share How do you feel when you get stuck in traffic jams? I feel stressed out when I get stuck in traffic jams, specially on my way to school. It will take me longer time to get there. Sometimes I feel angry because I really don’t want to be late. Activate and share How do you feel when you get stuck in traffic jams? I feel helpless when I get stuck in traffic jams. I can do nothing but wait in my car. I always hear people around beeping their horns all the time to hurry the front cars up. But does it work? It really annoys me. Activate and share What other negative effects are caused by cars ? give off exhaust gas get hurt or killed in vehicle accidents Activate and share car uses in Britain Part 1 • How many cars are there on the roads? 32 million / 50 million / 64 million • By how much has the number of cars gone up in the last 20 years? 10% / 25% / 40% Guess before reading Guess before reading • How many people die every year in vehicle accidents? 1,000 / 2,500 / 3,000 • How many deaths per year are caused by air pollution? 10,000 / 20,000 / 30,000 Read and explore Read Part 1 of the passage, and then check your predictions. • How many cars are there on the roads? 32 million. • By how much has the number of cars gone up in the last 20 years? 25%. Read and explore • How many people die every year in vehicle accidents? 2,500. • How many deaths per year are caused by air pollution? 30,000. Read and explore Read and explore Read Part 1 of the passage again. Please find out the cause and effects of traffic problems in Britain, and then take notes. Read and explore Take notes while reading the passage. Read and explore Cause: increase in the number of cars human’s activities the development of society Read and explore • angry • stressed out • tired personal • vehicle accidents and death • global warming • climate change • death and cancer caused by air pollution social Effects: Read and explore But personal anger and stress are nothing compared to the real costs socially. ...are less important than... Effects: How do you understand the title “The Road to Destruction”? The number of cars on the road is increasing, which causes a lot of serious problems. What people are doing will eventually lead to the destruction of our planet. Think and share car uses in Britain Part 2 What do you think the author will talk about in Part 2? Prediction • More negative effects? • Some suggestions? • Some measures? Read and explore Jenny Trowe gave the author five pieces of suggestions to give up cars. • Use your legs. • Use public transport. • Think before you go. • Share cars. • Take action. Read and explore Read Part 2 carefully and complete the notes. Solutions Why / What Use your legs Read and explore Read Part 2 carefully and complete the notes. Solutions What / Why Use your legs walk / cycle home save your money, keep you fit, help you live longer, cut the risk of heart disease by 50% Use public transport reduce the number of vehicles on the roads Read and explore Read Part 2 carefully and complete the notes. Solutions What / Why choose the nearer shop think about the necessity of your journey Share cars share journey with someone else much cheaper and kinder to the environment Think before you go Read and explore Read Part 2 carefully and complete the notes. Solutions What / Why do something that suits you don’t just sit around and complainTake action Summarize and share Traffic problems Effects Solutions Talk about the effects of traffic problems and the solutions proposed in the passage. Use the notes you have taken to help you. Your presentation could be made in this way: Summarize and share Now there are 32 million cars running on the roads in Britain, which leads to many problems. And traffic jam is one of them. Most people have the annoying experience of getting stuck in traffic jams. Nobody likes it. Generally, there are two kinds of effects caused by traffic problems. The personal effect like getting angry or being stressed out can Summarize and share lead to more serious problems, like becoming sick or causing the accident. Being on the road can also be dangerous as there are many accidents, and the amount of pollution caused by traffic can also bring about health problems. Then there are the environmental effects on our planet, such as global warming. Summarize and share We could use the solutions mentioned in the passage. We can walk, cycle or use public transport. We can also share our cars. Before going, we can think about whether we really need to drive our cars. These are simple solutions we can do. Let us take action now. Think and share Do you think whether the solutions will help solve the problem? Please give your reasons. No Image Summarize Do some simple things in our daily life to help stop the destruction. Homework Write a short passage about the effects of traffic problems in Britain, as well as the solutions according to what you have learnt. Thank you!