Make our world more beautiful

Teaching aims and demands

1. 1. words

(1) give the new words English meanings:

pour: to make a liquid flow from or into

rubbish: things that you throw away because you do not want them

litter: pieces of paper and other waste that are left in public places

spit: to force out the liquid in your mouth

dustbin: a large container for rubbish kept outside your house

collect: to get things from different places and bring them together

recycle: to put used paper, glass, plastic, etc. through a process so that it can be used again

contribution: something that you do to help produce or develop something, or to help make something successful

(2) Find the new words in the passage:

As a middle school student, you should pick up some rubbish and throw it into a dustbin, you should spend your part time collecting waste paper or bottles for recycling, you’d better plant trees or flowers in your schoolyard as many as possible. If you do those, it means that you have already done something useful to improve the environment.

As a middle school student, you shouldn’t throw any litter onto the ground, you shouldn’t draw pictures on public walls, and you shouldn’t spit anywhere and cut down any trees. If you don’t do those, it means that you have already helped protect our environment.

2. expressions

(1) The factory was pouring wastewater into the river near it.

(2) Businessmen are afraid of newspapers and TV stations.

(3)How long have you been a member of Greener China?

(4) If everyone makes a contribution to protecting the environment, the world will become much more beautiful.

(5) Have I ever collected waste paper or bottles for recycling?

(6) Have you ever cut down trees?

3. grammar

The present perfect tense

for 12 weeks = since 12 weeks ago

Teaching steps

Lesson 9

“Greener China”

1. revision

(1) could you say something about the youngest swimmer to cross the Qiongzhou Channel on his birthday?

(2) Exercise:

Fill in the blanks:

Li lida, failed _____ ______ the Qiongzhou Channel in 2000, but his dream _____ _____ on May 17, 2001, his ______, he became the youngest person to swim _____ the channel _____ Hainan Island _____ the mainland. He _____ _____ the South China Sea _____ a beach _____ Guangdong ______ 6:02______ the morning. It took him 9 hours and 58 minutes ______ ______ his ______. His parents and his teacher were ______ ______ him on the beach in Haikou. They were all very ______ ______ him. He is ______ ______ the pride of their school, ______ ______ the pride of all the people in Hainan.

2. Read and say

(1) Look at the pictures in lesson 9

1. what can you see in picture 1?

2. and what is the factory doing now?

3. does pouring waste water into rivers harm the environment?

4. do you think we can do something about it?

Listen to the tape and tell me what things Victor and Hu lan are going to do about it.

(2) Let’s act it out

(3) Questions

1. what is “ greener china”?

2. is there a paper factory pouring waste water into the river near it in your hometown?

3. do you think the idea in the dialogue a good one?

4. do you like to do it as they will do to protect the environment?

(4) Let’s do the following exercises

1. A: I called you yesterday, but you weren’t in. where were you?

B: I have _____ _____ a paper factory.

2. . A: where is Ann?

B: she isn’t here. She ______ ______ ______ the library.

3. A: how long have you ______ ______ the factory?

B: ______ three years.

4. A: how long have you ______ ______ the farm?

B: ______ I became a farmer.

3. Presentation

Learn to use “for” and “since”.

4. Ask and answer

Change the phrases in part 2 lesson 9 into the following to make the dialogue more interesting.

(1) a member of Greener china / a member of the League

(2) how long have you / has your father been at this factory?

(3) How long have you / has Ronaldo been in the football team?

(4) How long have you / have 动力火车 been in the band?

(5) How long have you / has Mr. Lee been an English teacher?

5. Workbook

exercise 1: the answers to some of the questions may be:

(2) if the students us