《Huamns and nature》Topic Talk PPT
Activity 1
What comes to your mind when you see the word “nature”?
Page through a magazine on travel or nature. Show and explain your example of nature you found.
Activity 2
Preview the text in the Text Builder. Find words or expressions you don’t know.
wildlife wild animals collectively
comment a verbal or written remark expressing an opinion or reaction
crowded full of people, leaving little or no room for movement
landscape all the visible features of an area of land, often considered in terms of their aesthetic appeal
living alive
climate the weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period
ecology the branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings
Activity 3
Talk about natural environment near the place where you live.
a. Do you have areas of nature close to you?
b. Do you have a garden?
c. Is there wildlife close by?
Activity 4
1. Preview the paragraph.
The two students were shocked at the lecture on nature. They didn’t know that we were 1_____________ so much. They learnt that we overused nature. As a result, nature 2_________ , felt pain, and finally 3______________ on us. They realised that nature is our home. Humans, animals, plants and 4__________________ live in it. We should 5________________ our “home”. We should 6_________ nature.
2. Listen and complete.
The two students were shocked at the lecture on nature. They didn’t know that we were 1_____________ so much. They learnt that we overused nature. As a result, nature 2_________ , felt pain, and finally 3______________ on us. They realised that nature is our home. Humans, animals, plants and 4__________________ live in it. We should 5________________ our “home”. We should 6_________ nature.
Activity 5
What’s the relationship between humans and nature?
Try to link the words and concepts we have learnt today.
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发布于:2020-05-24 18:37:58
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《Huamns and nature》Writing Workshop PPT
Activity 1
What is a brochure?
A brochure is an informative paper document (often also used for advertising) that can be folded into a template, pamphlet or leaflet.
Pair Work: Discuss and decide.
Which disaster do you want to write about?
What advice would you give on surviving it?
Activity 2
Read the brochure on page 41. Underline what you should do when you’re indoors, outdoors and in a car.
Activity 3
Read again and complete the table.
How to Survive an Earthquake
Situation 1: ______________
Don’t run, but protect yourself.
Drop, cover and hold on.
Situation 2: ______________
Move away from anything that can fall.
Find a shelter where you can stay.
Wait before moving to another place.
Situation 3: ______________
Stop.
Stay seated.
Drive carefully when the quake stops.
Activity 4
Sentence Builder: dos and don’ts.
Activity 5
Compose your writing.
1. Outlining
Use the structure in Activity 3 to prepare an outline for your brochure.
2. Drafting
Use your outline and the Writing Help to write your first draft.
Writing Help
Writing a brochure
It’s important to:
be clear and direct;
use simple and clear language. Make the information easy to remember;
give advice with reasons for actions in different situations;
use the present tense and imperatives;
include pictures and key words to show the important actions.
3. Editing
Edit your brochure in pairs. Then share what you have written in class.
Use the Peer Editing Sheet on page 90.
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《Huamns and nature》Topic Talk PPT Activity 1 What comes to your mind when you see the word nature? Page through a magazine on travel or nature. Show and explain your ex..
发布于:2020-05-24 17:26:43
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《Huamns and nature》Race to the Pole PPT
Activity 1
Can you guess where this is?
What do you know about Antarctica?
Area: 14,200,000 km2
Population: 1,106
Lowest temperature ever: −89.2 ℃
Fun Facts:
Antarctica is, on average, the windiest place on earth.
The Antarctic Ice Sheet is the single biggest mass of ice in the world.
There are 30 different countries that operate 80 research stations situated around the continent.
The continent remains dark throughout the entire winter season.
During the summer months the sun does not set in Antarctica.
Antarctica is a desert.
Exploring Antarctica
What difficulties do you think explorers may face there?
What preparations do they need to make?
Activity 2
Read and find out.
When did the two journeys begin?
What happed to the two teams?
Activity 3
Read again and complete.
Activity 4
Read and discuss.
How did Scott’s team feel at the beginning of the journey?
How did they feel at the end?
Why do you think this changed?
Activity 5
Make inferences.
Sometimes things are not stated explicitly in the text. To understand what is meant, you need to read between the lines.
Imagine you witness the following unrelated situations—what can you infer about each one?
You see a woman pushing a baby stroller down the street.
You are at a corner and see two parked cars at an intersection, and the driver in back starts honking his horn.
You are walking down the street, and suddenly a dog comes running out of an opened door with its tail between its legs.
Read the underlined sentences from Scott’s diary and letter. Write your inferences.
Activity 6
Group Work: Think and share.
Would you say that Scott and his team were losers? Why or why not?
How do you understand Amundsen’s saying about Scott’s death “Captain Scott left a record, for honesty, sincerity, for bravery, for everything that makes a man”?
Activity 7
Suffixes
a letter or a group of letters that is added to the end of word to change its meaning.
Activity 8
Pair Work: Read the sentences from Scott’s diary and letter again.
Discuss what he was trying to say in each one.
Highlight the parts that impress you most and explain why.
Activity 9
Pair Work: Discuss.
Why do you think the writer of the text used the word “race” in the title?
Why was the world shocked by Scott’s death?
Activity 10
Search online and share.
Search online the main events in China’s Antarctica exploration.
Why do people try to explore the toughest part of the Earth?
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《Huamns and nature》Topic Talk PPT Activity 1 What comes to your mind when you see the word nature? Page through a magazine on travel or nature. Show and explain your ex..
发布于:2020-05-24 16:53:09
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英语必修二
《Huamns and nature》View Workshop PPT
Activity 1
What do you know about the universe?
What do you want to know about the universe?
13.8 billion 27.5 billion 46 billion
1. The universe is about __________ years old.
2. The observable universe is about _________ light years across in diameter.
3. Today the distant objects like stars that we can observe are a bit more than ____________ light years away.
Activity 2
Watch the first part of the video. Check you predictions.
Activity 3
Watch the rest of the video. Complete the table.
Activity 4
Watch again and discuss.
1) What is the Earth compared to? Is the comparison useful in understanding the infiniteness of the universe?
The size of the Earth within the observable universe is roughly equivalent to the size of a virus within the solar system. That does not help much, because we cannot really appreciate the incomprehensible smallness of a virus nor the bewildering bigness of our solar system either.
2) What methods does the presenter use to enable viewers to understand this piece of knowledge in physics?
The presenter provides comparisons that are relative to our knowledge.
Activity 5
Find more and share.
What have you learnt about the size of the universe?
Find more information online and share with the class.
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发布于:2020-05-24 23:10:54
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英语必修二
《The Admirable》Lesson1 A Medical Pioneer PPT
Activity 1
What do you know about malaria?
Read the facts about malaria. Tick the ones you find most striking or interesting.
( ) 1. Malaria is a mosquito-borne and infectious disease.
( ) 2. The word “malaria” comes from the Latin word for “bad air”.
( ) 3. People suffer from high fever, serious vomiting and terrible headaches when they have the disease.
( ) 4. Malaria kills over 1,000,000 people a year—more people than any disease apart from AIDS.
( ) 5. The drug with artemisinin has proved to be the most effective cure.
( ) 6. There is currently no effective vaccine against malaria.
Activity 2
Pair Work: What do you know about Tu Youyou?
Activity 3
What do you want to know about Tu Youyou?
If you are going to interview Tu Youyou, what questions do you want to ask her?
Activity 4
Read the text and find out.
1. How many of your questions are answered in the text?
2. What else do you want to know?
Activity 5
Read, complete and introduce Tu Youyou to your partner.
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Activity 11
Join the pairs of sentences using relative pronouns.
1. We climbed to the top of the mountain. We had a beautiful view from there.
We climbed to the top of the mountain, from where we had a beautiful view.
2. David is my friend. I often play tennis with him.
David is my friend with whom I often play tennis.
3. He has 20 books. Only two of them are interesting.
He has 20 books of which only two of them are interesting.
4. This is quite an interesting job. I really want to apply for it.
This is quite an interesting job for which I really want to apply.
Activity 12
Express Yourself.
Suppose your school wants to choose three most admirable people as role models. You have one minute to persuade the committee to include Tu Youyou. Use at least three relative clauses to present your recommendation.
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发布于:2020-05-25 16:59:26
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英语必修二
《The Admirable》Lesson2 History Makers PPT
Activity 1
Do you know this person?
What do you know about Mahatma Gandhi?
What about this person?
What do you know about Martin Luther King?
Write G for Gandhi and K for King next to the sentences that match them.
( )1. He fought to win equal rights for black people in the US.
( )2. He led his country to independence from British rule.
( )3. He organised peaceful protests.
( )4. He suffered racial discrimination in South Africa.
( )5. He gave a famous and inspiring speech which started with the words “I have a dream”.
( )6. He was put behind bars many times.
( )7. He inspired people around the world to fight for equal rights and justice.
( )8. He won the Nobel Peace Prize.
Activity 2
Read sentences about Martin Luther King. Listen, add years and order.
a organised a march to Washington, D.C. 1963
b organised a bus protest to help black people win the right to sit next to white people on buses. ______
c was killed. ______
d had to give up his seat to two white people on a bus because he was black. ______
e received the Nobel Peace Prize. ______
Activity 3
Listen again. Complete the answers to questions about Martin Luther King.
1. What did he suffer?
He suffered ________________________.
2. What did he do?
He organised _______________________________________________________.
He helped black people _____________________________________________.
3.What did he achieve?
He received ____________________________________.
He inspired people around the world _______________________________.
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Activity 7
Listen, imitate and complete the Talk Builder.
Expressing Certainty and Uncertainty
Certainty
1. ____________________ that he was one of the most important figures of the 20th century.
2. Yes, I _____________.
3 Actually, I ___________ Gandhi ever won a Nobel Peace Prize.
4. I’m pretty _______ he didn’t.
Uncertainty
1. I __________ about the exact date.
2. ________? Are you ____________________?
3. ______________ if that’s true …
4. ___________ we should check a few other websites.
Activity 8
Present a history maker for China.
Choose a person whom you regard as a history maker for China.
Search online and find information about him/her.
Make a short presentation about the person.
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发布于:2020-05-24 23:09:55
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《The Admirable》Lesson3 The Superhero Behind Superman PPT
Activity 1
Who do you think is a superhero?
What makes him/her a superhero?
Activity 2
What do you want to know about Christopher Reeve?
Activity 3
Read the story.
Have you found the answers to any of your questions? Please share.
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Activity 11
What inspiration do you get from Christopher Reeve?
Share in groups of four.
Suggested answer
Never give up no matter how bad the condition is.
Have a sense of obligation, including the obligation to family, the obligation to society, etc.
You don’t need to be a superman to help others. Everybody can help others with the kindness inside you.
Activity 12
Use what you have learnt to introduce a superhero in real life that you admire.
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发布于:2020-05-25 13:07:19
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《The Admirable》Writing Workshop PPT
Activity 1
What is a summary?
A brief statement or account of the main points of something.
How do you write a summary?
1. Read the article to be summarised and be sure you understand it.
2. Highlight important information and take notes.
3. In your own words, write down the main points of each section.
4. Write down the key support points for the main topic, but do not include minor details.
5. Write a first draft of the summary without looking at the article.
Tick (√) the statements that are true about summary writing.
( ) 1. A summary should include all the main and supporting information.
( ) 2. A summary should leave out unnecessary details like examples and explanations.
( ) 3. You can add your own opinion in a summary.
( ) 4. It is important to use your own words in the summary.
Activity 2
Read the summary of “A Medical Pioneer”, and answer questions.
1. What main points of the original text are included?
Tu Youyou was awarded a Nobel Prize for her discovery of artemisinin.
2. What information of the original text is left out? Why?
The key life events about Tu Youyou introduced in the news article:
—she was born in Zhejiang Province,China in 1930.
—she studied medicine at Peking University and then studied Chinese medicine for two and a half years.
—her team tested the chemical on animals.
—she was selected as one of the most influential figures of science in the 20th Century.
3. Does the summary include the opinion of the summary writer?
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Activity 5
The Superhero Behind Superman
1. How many parts can it be divided into?
2. What does each part focus on?
Part 1 ( ) _____________________________
Part 2 ( ) _____________________________
Part 3 ( ) _____________________________
Part 4 ( ) _____________________________
Activity 6
The Superhero Behind Superman
Read the text again. Underline the key words. Summarise each part in one sentence.
Activity 7
Compose your writing.
1. Drafting
2. Editing
•use the Peer Editing Sheet on page 90.
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发布于:2020-05-25 05:44:17
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《The Admirable》Viewing Workshop PPT
Activity 1
What do you remember about Martin Luther King?
Discuss the meaning of the two quotes.
“I have a dream that one day, on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave-owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.”
“I have a dream that one day, even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.”
Activity 2
Watch again. What do you see in the video? Try to describe the scene and the audience.
Lots of people were listening to Martin Luther King’s speech. They were all African Americans. And they were very excited and inspired by King’s speech.
Activity 3
What impression has this speech made on you? Talk about your feelings and explain why.
Activity 4
Write down the repeated expressions and put down the times they are repeated. Then discuss their effects with your partners.
Activity 5
Why has Martin Luther King’s speech inspired many people?
His facial expression
His intonation and volume of sound
His use of gestures
The content of the speech
His facial expression
Start with a smile to make your audience feel welcome. Audience depend on facial expressions to add to meaning.
His intonation and volume of sound
A speech that is monotone, without variation in tone and melody, will bore the audience. Decide which words and passages need extra attention and increase the tone to emphasise these points. If something sounds exaggerated or false, your audience can turn against you.
Speak aloud so that the audience can hear you. To draw the audience’s attention to certain parts of a speech, try varying the volume.
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发布于:2020-05-25 01:34:00
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英语必修二
《The Admirable》Topic Talk PPT
Activity 1
Pair Work: Who do you admire?
quality: a distinctive attribute or characteristic possessed by someone or something
Activity 2
Listen and complete the Text Builder.
I think my uncle is someone I admire. He is a _________.
I think they are admirable because they ____________________.
I admire them because they are so _______.
Activity 3
Use the Text Builder to talk about the person you admire.
Expressions you might need:
brave
help people in danger
fight for justice
weakness
work hard and creatively
intelligent
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Activity 6
Quote … UnquoteRead the quote on page 51. Which quote do you like the most? Why?
1. Experience acclaims as happiest the man who has made the greatest number of people happy. — Karl Marx
2. The aim of living is making better lives for others. — Lei Feng
3. This is the mark of a really admirable man: steadfastness in the face of trouble. — Ludwig van Beethoven
4. There are admirable potentialities in every human being. — André Gide
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发布于:2020-05-24 21:01:30
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英语必修二