Section B (2a-Self Check)
Unit 13 We're trying
to save the earth!
学习目标
Key words & phrases:
gate, bottle, president, work, metal, direct,
creativity, throw away, put sth. to good use, pull
... down, upside down, bring back
Key sentence:
The windows and doors come from old buildings
around her town that were pulled down.
Presentation
Look at the title and the pictures in
2b. Can you guess what the passage
is about?
2a
Rethink, Reuse, Recycle!
Read the passage and answer the questions.
1. Who is Amy Hayes?
2. How many people are mentioned in the
passage? Who are they?
She is a unusual woman in the UK.
Three. They are Amy Hayes, Jessica Wong
and Wang Tao.
Names What materials did they
use?
What did
they make?
Amy
Hayes
•windows and doors of
old buildings that have
been pulled down
•an old boat
•rocks
•old glass bottles（n.瓶
子）
a house
Read the passage and complete the chart
below.
2b
Names What materials
did they use?
What did they
make?
Jessica Wong
Wang Tao
old clothes;
especially old
jeans
bags
iron (n. 铁) and
other materials
from old cars
beautiful art
pieces
1. Did she win an award? What was it
from?
2. Where did her windows and doors
come from?
Read paragraph 2 and answer the
questions.
Yes, she did. It was from the Help Save
Our Planet Society.
They came from old buildings around her
town that were pulled down.
她住在英国，房子是她自己用废
弃物建造而成。
3. What does the sentence “she lives
in a house in the UK that she built
herself out of rubbish” mean?
Read paragraph 3 and answer the
questions.
1. Is Jessica Wong good at recycling?
What does she do?
2. Where does she sell her bags?
3. What will she write in her book?
Yes, she is. She uses old clothes that people
don’t wear anymore to make bags.
Her shop and website.
New ways to use old clothes.
Read Paragraph 4 and answer the
questions.
1. What does Wang Tao hope to set up?
Why?
A “metal art” theme park.
Because he wants to show people the
importance of environmental
protection.
Language
points
1. Do you often throw away things you
don’t need anymore?
1) throw away扔掉，丢弃浪费 (机会、
优势或好处)
e.g. I never throw anything away.
我从来不扔任何东西。
e.g. Don’t throw away this opportunity.
不要错过这个机会。
3) 浪费(时间、金钱等)乱花(钱等)
e.g. It will be time and money thrown away.
这将是浪费时间和金钱。
2) 错过(机会等)，放过；未能很好利用
(机会等)
e.g. Your creative talents can also be
put to good use, if you can work up
the energy.
如果你能让自己的精力充沛起来，你
能很好地发挥自己的创作才能。
2. Have you ever thought about how these
things can actually be put to good use?
put to good use 好好利用
3. She lives in a house in the UK that
she built herself out of rubbish.
build/make ... out of 用……建造/制造
e.g. He built a model ship out of wood.
他用木头造了个模型船。
Some birds build nests out of twigs.
一些鸟用小枝筑巢。
4. The top of the house is an old boat
turned upside down.
turned upside down 意为“被翻转过来的；
被颠倒过来的”，做后置定语修饰boat。
e.g. Tony had an upside down map of
Britain on his wall.
托尼的墙上倒挂了一张英国地图。
The lid, turned upside down, served
as a coffee table.
那个盖子被翻过来当作咖啡桌。
5. And the gate in front of her house is
made of rocks and old glass bottles.
be made of和be made from都表示“由
……制成”，但二者的用法有区别。
be made of 常常表示原材料未发生化学
变化，从成品中仍可看出原材料；
be made from常常表示原材料经过化学
变化，从成品中看不出原材料。
be made of和be made from都表示“由……制成”，但二者
的用法有区别。
be made of 常常表示原材料未发生化学变化，从成品中仍可
看出原材料；
be made from常常表示原材料经过化学变化，从成品中看不
出原材料。
e.g. The desks and chairs are made of
wood.
这些课桌椅是用木材制成的。
This kind of wine is made from
wheat.
这种酒是用小麦制成的。
6. He is known for using iron.
be known for 因……而著名
be known as 作为……而著名
be known to 对于某人来说是著名的
e.g. He was known for his kindness.
他以友善而著称。
He is known to the police as a thief.
他对警察来说是一个小偷。
Zhou Jielun is known as a rap singer.
周杰伦作为一个说唱歌手而出名。
7. Not only can the art bring happiness to
others, but it also shows that even cold, hard
iron can be brought back to life with a little
creativity (n. 创造力).
bring back 恢复；使想起；归还
not only ... but (also) ... 表示“不但……而且
……”。本句中的not only位于句首，其后的主
谓要部分倒装，即根据主语的人称和数以及时
态的变化，将不同的助动词提到主语前，需要
注意的是but (also)后面的主谓不用倒装。例如：
Not only did my aunt teach at school, but (also)
she wrote articles for newspapers.
我阿姨不仅在学校教书，而且还给报纸写稿。
2c Fill in the blanks with the correct
forms of the phrases in the box.
put to good use build… out of
pull down set up
known for not only… but also
1. Amy Hayes lives in the UK. Many of
the old buildings in her neighborhood
were _________________.pulled down
2. All the rubbish and old things in
Amy’s neighborhood were then _____
__________ when Amy built her house.
3. Amy is very creative. She _______ her front
gate ________ rocks and old glass bottles.
She put an old boat on top of her house.
4. Jessica Wong sells her bags in a small
shop, but she has also ________ an online
business to sell them.
put
built
out of
to good use
set up
5. Though Jessica’s bags are make from old
clothes, her bags are ____________ being
cute and useful.
known for
6. Wang Tao _________ makes large pieces of
metal art that look like animals or humans,
__________ makes smaller pieces for the home.
not only
but also
2d Underline the words in the passage
based on the words below. What are
the differences?
think use environment
usual recycle build
create special recent
important protect inspire
think – rethink special – especially
use – reuse, useful recent – recently
usual – unusual
environment – environmental
recycle – recycling
important – importance
build – building protect – protection
create – creative; creativity
inspire – inspiration
1. Rethink, Reuse, Recycle!
re-是最常用的前缀之一。它可以加在名词
或动词前面，构成新的名词或动词。re-表
示以下三方面的意义：
1)表示“回”或“向后”的意思。例如：
return（回来）recall（回忆，召回）
retract（缩回，取回）
2)表示“再”、“重新”、“重复”的意思。
例如：rethink（再思考），reuse（再
运用），restart（重新开始），recycle
（再利用）
3)表示“相反”、“反对”的意思。
例如：rebel（反叛，谋反），reverse
（反转，颠倒），resist（反抗，抵抗）
2. She is a most unusual woman.
un-前缀，常加在形容词、副词、分词、动词和
名词之前；第一，表示否定意义。第二，表示
“反动作”。即“相反的动作”。
例如： uneconomic不经济的 ，uncomfortable
不舒服的， unending无尽的， unfortunate不幸
的 ，unusual不平常的， unkind不仁慈的，
unbind解开，释放 ，uncover揭开……的盖子，
unearth由地下掘出 ，unbutton 解开钮扣
3. Nothing is a waste if you have a
creative mind.
-ive是形容词后缀 一般表示有......的
create ﹢ -ive creative
4. Amy recently won a prize from the
Help Save Our Planet Society.
recent ﹢-ly recently形容词加
ly变副词
5. Amy is an inspiration (n.灵感) to us all.
后缀-tion附在动词后面构成名词
1)当单词最后是t, d, te, de时，变名词加
tion或者ation, ition；
2)当单词最后是元音字母时，变名词加
sion等。
6. She especially likes to use old jeans to
make handbags.
special 和especial 是同义词，
especially 是especial 的副词。
7. The theme park to show people the
importance of environmental
protection.
importance是important的名词。
environmental 是environment 的形容词
形式。
protect ﹢-ion protection
2e Make a list of things that need to be
done to save the environment. Which things
can be done by common people every day?
•take your own bags when you go shopping
•spend less time in the shower
•turn off the lights when you leave a room
•take public transport rather than drive
•avoid using air conditioners
What have to be done by governments and
organizations? Discuss these with your group.
•educate the public
•ensure that factories get rid of waste in a
responsible way
•preserve the forests
•preserve endangered species
•not allow activities that seriously
endanger the environment
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?
3a
Good
environment
Why Bad
environment
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…
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.
pollute ---
act ---
protect---
inspire ---
build ---
create ---
pollution
action
protection
inspiration
building
creation
n.— adj.
fame ---
wood ---
science---
health ---
south ---
care ---
famous
wooden
scientific
healthy
southern
careful
adj.— n.
different ---
important---
difference
importance
adj. — adv.
slow ---
wide ---
sudden ---
real ---
slowly
widely
suddenly
really
2. Match each statement with the grammar structure.
Statement Grammar
The river used to be so clean. Present progressive
We have seen many changes
in the environment.
Modal verbs
People should take public
transportation more.
Passive voice
The river is polluted by
factories.
used to
The air pollution is getting
worse and worse.
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
stop factories from throwing
waste into rivers.
Try not to use plastic bags
when shopping
Cut down the number of cars.
Reduce the number of
factories that burn coal.
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