莆田第四中学 陈丽仙

Unit 2 Saving the Earth

Topic 1 Pollution has caused too many problems.

Section B

Let’s have a match

Group1 Group2 Group3 Group4 Group5

• Knowledge aims of this peiod:

词汇： breathe,breath,pain,produce,chest,

awful,bear,editor,soil,harmful

词组： be harmful to,too many,too much,much too

a place with

beautiful flowersmany hills

green trees

The flowers and grass have gone!

Oh, my goodness. What a mess!

Look! Several chemical factories are pouring waste water into the stream.

What has happened there?

What has happened there?

Speak out the names of the pollution.

air pollution light pollution litter

water pollution soil pollution noise pollution

• be harmful to=do harm to=be bad for

• 对…有害• e.g 1.As students of Grade Nine,staying

up late is harmful to our body.

• 2. 完电脑游戏对我们眼睛有害Playing computer games

__________our eyes.is harmful to

• A. Listen to 1a and choose the best answer.

• 1.What’s wrong with Mrs Zhou? _____

• A.A pain in her throat

• B.A pain on her back C.A pain on her head

• 2. How long have you been like this?——

• A.Two days ago B.Since last week

• C.We don’t know

A

B

• 3.How does Mrs Zhou feel?______

• A.Very happy B.Excited C.In bad spirits

• 4.What does kangkang advise Mrs Zhou to do?________

• A.Have a rest B.Drink more water

• C.See a doctor

C

C

Listen 1a again and fill in the blank.kinds of pollution harm measures

air pollution It’s__1___for Mrs

Zhou to breathe. __4____to the newspaper

__2___pollution Mrs Zhou can’t sleep well at night.

water pollution There is lots of_3___fish in the river.

difficult

noise

dead

write

1. What caused Mrs. Zhou’s problems?

2. What will Kangkang do?

The bad air and too much noise.

He will write to the newspaper about

these problems.

2 Choose the correct words to complete the passage.

Dear editor,

I’m writing to say something about the chemical factory near my house. The factory causes _______ (too many/ too much) problems. First, it produces terrible gas, and it is hard for us to ________ (breathe/ breath). What’s worse, the factory makes a lot of noise. We can’t sleep well at night. It also pollutes the river nearby. Now there are many _____ (die/ dead) fish in the river. I think people should care for these problems and I hope the government will solve them soon.

Yours,

Kangkang

too many

breathe

dead

1.It’s difficult for me to breathe. 我呼吸很困难。

运用：请把下列句子译成汉语

上周学校运动会上，跑完 1000 米后，他呼吸很困难。

It was hard for him____________atfer running 1000meters in our school sports meet last week.

这是句型 It+be+ adj. + for sb._____ sth.to do

2.How long have you been like this?

Since last week.

How long have you been like this?

For about a week.

观察发现： 1.how long 常用——————来回答。

2.how long,since,for 引导的句子常用 ________ 动词。

for,since

延续性

• Choose the best answer

• 1.How long have you been like this?——

• A For serval days B.Since serval days

• Cserval days ago

A

2.He _____for PuTian since last week.A. left B.has left C.been away.

c

3.The factory causes too many problems.

too many + 可数名词复数

e.g. There are too many people in the supermarket. I don’t want to go there any more.

too much + 不可数名词

e.g. I am busy. I have too much work to do.

much too + adj./ adv.

e.g. It’s much too cold today. Many people stay at home instead of going out.

• Exercises: 用 too much,too many,much too填空。

• 1.The chemical factory is producing________ awful air.

• 2.We have ___________questions to ask.

• 3.The air is __________terrible for us to breathe.

too many

too much

much too

• Interview:Suppose you are a journalist from Meizhou Daily,you are interviewing the students from Putian No.4Middle School.

( ) 1. There are ________ books in the shop. I don’t know

which one to choose.

A. too many B. too much

C. much too D. too

( ) 2. — Don’t smoke. It’s ________ to our health.

— Sorry, I won’t do it again.

A. harm B. harmful

C. harms D. harmed

( ) 3. He has a headache. He feels difficult ________.

A. breathe B. breath

C. to breathe D. to breath

A

B

C

( ) 4. She is so noisy that I can’t ________ her.

A. see B. know

C. bear D. understand

( ) 5. —How long have you ________ this?

— For a week.

A. liked B. been

C. been like D. like

( ) 6. If you are always ________, it will be bad for your health.

A. in a good mood B. in a bad mood

C. in good health D. in need

C

C

B

Homework

1. Read 1a.

2. Write a passage according to Part 4.

3. Finish Section A in your workbook.

4. Preview Section B.

5.Search the Internet for more information about pollution.

Thank you.