“环境保护”话题课堂活动设计(26158)-英语教育-(51)-21英语网

　　如今，外语教材已突破以语言知识点为线索的编排体系，倡导以“话题”(Topics)（如“节日”“音乐”“电影”等）为主线安排教学内容，外语课堂也必将以“话题”为中心展开。“教学指导”专题每月选取一个“话题”，摘编最流行的词汇和最新的相关报道，为教师提供更丰富、更新鲜的教学资料和课堂活动设计方案，帮助教师营造轻松有趣的课堂气氛，让学生在体验真实语言的同时扩展视野。　　--------------------------------- 　　“环境保护”话题是当前英语教材的必选话题之一。通过学习关于该话题的文章，学生可增加对环境的了解，增强社会责任感。本期，本报为教师设计了关于“环境保护”话题的课堂活动，以供教师参考。　　听解释、辨单词 　　教师说出环保词汇的英语解释，让学生猜单词，以考察他们对环保词汇的掌握情况。参考词汇: 　　pollute:to make (water, air, earth, etc) dirty or harmful to people, animals and plants 　　waste:unwanted material 　　dustbin:a large container for rubbish from a house or other building 　　recycle:to collect and treat (rubbish) to produce useful materials which can be used again 　　开展环境调研活动 　　教师将学生分成4至5人一小组，开展环境调研活动，让学生在学校或自家住宅等地观察环境污染状况或破坏环境的行为，就其中一个主题，写成调查报告，并提出解决办法。参考文章: 　　Protect the Water 　　Water is useful and important to us. But there are many people who don't protect the water. For example, some people often throw rubbish into the rivers. In order to protect the water, we should not throw any waste into rivers or lakes, and we should not waste any water. What's more, planting more trees is good for water protection. 　　阅读环保新闻 　　由于环境遭受破坏，近年来经常出现由恶劣环境引起的灾害，如沙尘暴、酸雨、旱灾等。教师可要求学生在网上搜索关于灾害的新闻报道，而后让学生分小组交流。通过阅读新闻类文章，使学生了解新闻写作的特点。参考新闻报道: 　　China also suffers from sandstorm invasions 　　Most of the sandstorms that have swept China this year originated from foreign land, a Chinese official in charge of desertification control said Monday. The invasions can partly explain the frequent occurrences of sandstorms despite China's achievements in desertification control. Since the start of this spring, the north and northwestern Chinese regions have been hit by 17 sandstorms. The land suffering from desertification has been decreasing by 7,585 sq km annually in China, and the area of sandy land has also been falling by 1,284 sq km a year. 　　

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