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Unit 4 Reading

THE EARTH IS BECOMING WARMER — BUT DOES IT MATTER?

come about

subscribe to

quantities of

go up

result in

be opposed to

even if

keep on

导致

反对XXXXXXXXXX

即使

继续

发生; 造成

同意; 赞成; 订购

投降

大量的

上升; 增长; 升起

Match

1. 通过本课的学习了解地球温度上

升的原因。

2. 学会看图表。

3. 学习有关气候、能源的词汇。

Skimming

to get

general ideas

You can often get an idea of what a magazine article is about by glancing at the title, the first paragraph, the diagrams, and the enlarged quotes.

A Useful Skill

What’s the topic and how’s the text organized?

It’s about global warming. It has a title; a first paragraph that runs across the page and is in bold (黑体); the main text is in 2 columns; graphs; quotes.

Reading Comprehension I

3. What’s the first graph about?

It shows the temperature increase of one degree Fahrenheit between 1860 to 2000.

2. Who wrote the magazine article?

What is the name of the magazine?

Sophie Armstrong. Earth Care.

5. What’s the purpose of the last

paragraph of the article?

It functions as a conclusion by asking the reader to reflect on the major theme of the text and to predict what might happen in the future.

4. What’s the second graph about?

It shows the carbon dioxide content in the atmosphere from 1957 to 1997.

1. The purpose of the first paragraph is to ______.

A. introduce the writer

B. explain a change

C. introduce the topic

D. raise a question

Reading Comprehension II

Scanning

to get

detail information

Exercises 2 (p.27)

Reading Comprehension III

The temperature in the last century

didn’t seem to increase much.

2. Everyone believes that global

warming is caused by the activities

of humans.

3. Janice Foster believes that she can

measure the future global rise in

temperature.

4. The rise in carbon dioxide is causing

a steady increase in global warming.

5. George Hambley believes that global

warming will do good rather than

harm to the earth.

6. It is clear what the effects of global

warming will be.

1. Greenhouse gases refer to _______. (para.3)

carbon dioxide

B. the burning of fossil fuels

C. byproducts of the burning of fossil fuels

D. coal, natural gas and oil

Reading Comprehension IV

2. Greenhouse effect _____. (para.3)

A. is a natural phenomenon

B. happens when there’s too much

carbon dioxide

C. does great harm to human beings

D. makes life for human beings worse

3. _____ found out the amount of carbon

dioxide in the atmosphere from 1957

to1977. (para.4)

A. Dr. Janice Foster B. Charles Keeling

C. George Hambley D. Sophie Armstrong

Reading Comprehension V

Fill in the blanks.

The different ideas between Dr Janice Foster & George Hambley (para.6)

go up

catastrophe

very serious

positive

produce more

a greater range of animals

grow quicker

Summary

What have you learnt from the text?

Try to talk in general terms rather than in details.

eg: I learnt that the earth is becoming warmer.

I learnt that global warming could have terrible effects on the environment.

XXXXX

Debate

A

B

A: We shall do something about global warming.

B: We shall do nothing about global warming.

1. 毫无疑问，电脑和电话是信息交流的

重要工具。

___________________ computer and telephone are important means of communication.

2. 这是怎么发生的?

How did this __________?

Quiz: Translation.

3. 失业人数又上升了。

Unemployment has ________ again.

There is no doubt that

come about

gone up

5. 它把大量的坚果贮藏在树里面。

It hides large ___________ nuts inside trees.

6. 紧张和疲劳常使人精神不集中。

Stress and tiredness often ________ a lack of concentration.

________________________________ that the universe is growing larger.

4. 有些专家赞同这样的理论，宇宙在不

断增大。

Some experts subscribe to the theory

quantities of

result in

1. Surf the Internet for more

information about global

warming.

2. Do exercises 1 and 2 on p28

Homework

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