Unit 13
We’re trying to save the earth.
Section B
3a~Self check
3
a
Think about the environment in your town/ city
and complete
the chart below.
Which parts of the town/ city have a nice environment?
Why
are they nice?
Which parts need to be improved? Why?
Good
environment
Bad
environment
Why?
Why?
park
the air is clean
streets
so many trees
restaurants
clean and tidy
river
a lot of rubbish
so many cars
air
too
many factories
streets
3b
Write a letter to the city mayor about the problems and your suggestions.
In your letter, describe the
environmental problems
in your town/city.
1. What are the problems?
2. Where are they?
3. What or who is causing these problems?
Then, give suggestions or possible ways to solve the problems.
I think that…
We should/ could…
I suggest…
本次写作内容是一封书信,信中首先要介绍你所在城市存在有哪些环境问题,是谁造成的这些问题,然后提出解决这些环境问题的方法和措施,可以结合
3a
中列举的问题和前面学过的解决办法来完成这封信。
写作指导
One possible version
Dear Sir/ Madam,
Environmental problems are becoming more and more serious all over the world.
With the development of the society, there are too many cars on the streets in our city. Cars have made the air unhealthy
for people to breathe. Black smoke and poisonous gas are given off by factories. Factories also put waste into the river. And wherever we go, we can find rubbish
.
Now
more and more people have realized these problems. I think that
governments should
close down the factories and develop laws to stop people from driving cars every day. I suggest everyone in this town should help to clean up the river and the streets. We should call on everyone in the town to throw rubbish in the dustbins.
I
hope the problem will be solved in the near future and our home will become better and better.
1
Write different forms of the words. Then
add
more to each
group.
v. — n.
n. — adj.
adj. — n.
adj. — adv.
pollute—
act—
protect—
inspire—
build—
create—
fame
—
wood—
science—
health—
south—
care
—
pollution
action
protection
inspiration
building
creation
famous
wooden
scientific
healthy
southern
careful
different—
difference
importance
important—
slow
—
wide
—
sudden
—
real
—
slowly
widely
suddenly
really
2
Match each statement with the grammar structure.
The river used to be so clean.
We have seen many changes in the environment.
People should take public transportation more.
The river is polluted by factories.
The air pollution is
getting
worse and worse.
Present progressive
Modal verbs
Passive voice
used to
Present perfect
3
Write ways to cut down on these kinds of pollution.
Kinds of pollution
Ways to cut down
water pollution
land
pollution
noise
pollution
air
pollution
ask factories not to throw
waste
into the river; remind people not to litter
ensure that factories throw away industrial
waste
in a responsible way
; try
not to use plastic bags when shopping
build airport away from places where people live
encourage people to use public transportation instead od driving; reduce the number of factories that
burn
coal
Exercise
1. My alarm clock
doesn
’
t
work.
I
t needs ______.
A. to be repaired B. repair
C. to repair D. for repairing
2. His death was _____ by a high fever.
A. spread
B
. caused
C
. got
D. showed
3. His mother ____ a worker in that factory.
A. used to be B. used
C. used to being
D
. used be
4. —Your classroom is very clean.
—Sure. It ________ after school every day.
A. is cleaned
B. cleans
C. cleaned
D
. is cleaning
A
B
A
A
Homework
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