Unit 8 Protecting Our Environment

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Unit 8 Protecting Our Environment

• Meng Ling

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Cultural Notes

• Word-web
• Work in pairs and categorize the words and phases
  in the box into the following three groups.

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air pollution, global warming, nuclear
contamination, sea level rising, water
pollution, ecocrisis, sewage, flood, noise
pollution, National Tree Planting Day,
atmospheric ozone layer, ecosystem, recycling
center, Greenpeace, drought, nuclear pollution,
afforest
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Pollution Types
Green House Effect
Environment
Environmental Protection
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Green House Effect

• global warming, sea level rising, ecocrisis,
  flood, atmospheric ozone layer, drought, ecosystem

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Pollution Types

• air pollution, nuclear contamination, nuclear
  pollution, water pollution, noise pollution

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Environmental Protection

• sewage, recycling center, Greenpeace, National
  Tree Planting Day, afforest

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1. Environmental Protection Organizations
Green Party
Environmental Protection Organizations
Greenpeace
The Environmental Protection Agency
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Green Party

• A British political party that aims to protect
  the environment. It is against the use of nuclear
  power and other forms of industry and transport
  which it considers harmful. It was formed in 1973
  as the Ecology Party, and changed its name to the
  Green Party in 1985. Other countries also have
  parties that share the same name and ideals.

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Greenpeace

• A large international pressure group that aims to
  protect the environment. Its members are well
  known for taking direct action and putting their
  own lives in danger in order to stop people from
  harming the environment.

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The Environmental Protection Agency

• A US government organization that established
  rules and standards for protecting the
  environment, e.g. against pollution.

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2. Greenhouse Effect

• Greenhouse effect means the retention of heat by
  the lower layers of the Earths atmosphere,
  which, it is believed, will cause a rise in
  temperature of the Earth and its atmosphere,
  known as global warming.

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3. Gaia Hypothesis

• The theory, put forward by the British scientist
  James E. Lovelock in the early 1920s, that the
  earth is a single organism. Gaia was the ancient
  Greeks earth goddess, and in Gaia A New Look at
  Life on Earth (1979), Lovelock suggests that the
  earth is self-regulating, like the human body.

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• Focusing on biological feedback processes, the
  theory has the possible implication that if
  mankind disturbs the earths natural ecological
  balance, the theory has itself will compensate by
  undermining mans domination. In distinction to
  the traditional view that organisms merely adapt
  to their environments, the Gaia theory holds that
  they also modify that environment to make it more
  hospitable to themselves.

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4. Protagoras (c. 481-411 B.C.)

• Greek philosopher, one of the most renowned
  Sophists (professional teacher in Greece in the
  5th century B.C.), now known mainly for his
  saying that Man is the measure of all things.

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Method of Argumentation

• This essay is a piece of argumentative writing,
  please come up with ways of presenting an
  argument.

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1. Contrast

• ? environmental luxuries vs. Environmental
  necessities
• ? sensible environmentalism vs. Sentimental
  environmentalism
• ? man vs. nature

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2. Concession

• (Para 8) the country does need a substantial
  energy tax to reduce consumption. But it needs
  more production too.
• (Para 10) I like the reindeer as much as the
  next man. And I would be rather sorry if their
  mating patterns are disturbed. But you cant have
  everything.
• (Para 11) I am no enemy of the owl. If it could
  be preserved at no or little cost, I would agree
  the variety of nature is a good, a high aesthetic
  good. But it is no more than that.

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3. Quotation

• (Para 8) man is the measure of all things.

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4. Example

• (Para 3) for example preserving the
  atmosphere, by both protecting the ozone layer
  and halting the greenhouse effect, is an
  environmental necessity.
• (Para 13) The most urgent accommodation must be
  made when the very integrity of mans
  environment- e.g., atmospheric ozone- is
  threatened. When the threat to man is of a
  lesser order (say, the pollutants from coal- and
  oil-fired generators that cause death from
  disease but not fatal damage to the ecosystem), a
  more moderate accommodation that balances
  economic against health concerns is in order.

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5. Definition

• The definition of luxuries and necessities
  in Para 2 the definition of sensible
  environmentalism in Para 5

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6. Cause and Effect

• (Para 3) Ozone reduction causes skin cancer, etc.
• (Para 4) Greenhouse effect leads to melting ice
  caps, flooded coastlines, disturbed climate,
  dried up plains and, ultimately, empty bread
  baskets.

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7. Data

• (Para 7) the May storms that killed more than
  125,000 Bengalis and left 10 million homeless.
• (Para 8) Government estimates indicate a nearly
  fifty-fifty chance that under the ANWR lies one
  of the five largest oil fields ever discovered in
  America.
• (Para 11) livelihood for 30,000 logging
  families, I choose family over owl.

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Bidding

• A new island has recently been discovered near
  the North Pole. You have been chosen by your
  government to develop this land in the most
  profitable yet environmentally friendly way. How
  would you do this?

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• Six students are chosen out of class to be the
  representatives to ask questions and give scores
  according to groups performance.
• Others divide into groups, 5 groups all-together.
  
• Each group represents a developer, after
  discussion with your group members, design your
  groups land development proposal and prepare a
  short speech to illustrate your plan and the
  reasons.
• After the speech, answer the questions both from
  representatives and other groups.
• The group with the best plan and presentation win
  the bidding.

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Evaluation Form
Group Pro. 10 Into. 10 E.A. 10 Manners 10 Content 30 Q A 30 Total 100
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Pro. Pronunciation Into. Intonation
E.A.Expressive Ability Q A
Questions and Answers
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Public Welfare Advertisements

• The last drop of water on earth is our tear.
• One third of the worlds people dont have enough
  clean water.
• Two thirds of the worlds ocean coastlines are
  polluted.
• There seems to be more birds than people.
• We should protect the environment before it is
  too late.

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• International Environment Day June 5
• Movie Saving Private Ryan
• My Thoughts on Environmental Protection (P 312)

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• Remember to - -Review Unit 8, Integrated Course
  2 Finish reading Unit 8, Reading Course 2Finish
  fast reading Unit 8, Fast Reading Course 2Finish
  listening to Unit 15-16, Listening Speaking
  Course 2Discuss topics with your group members
  to practice oral English