Lesson 4Economy and Environment

Lesson 4Economy and Environment

• Please list things you can buy with just 10 yuan

• How you would use that money if that was all you had to live on for a day

Core Wordscottage industry 家庭手工业

jute 黄麻textiles 纺织业

computer software 计算机软件New Delhi 新德里Bombay 孟买

deforestation 森林砍伐soil erosion 土壤侵蚀

Extension Words

limestone 石灰岩

cashew nuts 腰果

manganese 〈化〉锰

Chennai 金奈

• What is farming like in this region?

• subsistence farmers

What is the economy like?

What is the economy like?• why are monsoons important?

Indo-Gangetic plain

Commercial farming• What crops does India export?

• Sri Lanka?

• Bhutan?

Jute

What natural resources exist?• What resource is provided by rivers?

hydroelectric power

What are the main industries?• What industries are thriving in India

and why is India’s economy growing so quickly?

• How does a cottage industry work?

• What does Bangladesh produce?

cottage industry

What environmental problems exist?

• Why has air pollution grown in India?

• What causes water pollution in the region?

• Why are India, Nepal, and Bangladesh working together?