A gift for the future,Unit,1,Project,Unit 1,課件描述：,Help students know the importance of sustainable development and some particular forms of renewable energy. 2. Learn some important words and expressions. 3. Get ready for the classroom display about the report of what your city/town is doing to support sustainable development.,Introduction,How can we live in the future?,What do these areas need badly?,development,In order to improve peoples lives and to reduce poverty, it is important for countries to develop.,Do you know some particular forms of renewable energy?,中海油內(nèi)蒙古天野化工（集團(tuán)）有限責(zé)任公司以氣代油改變合成氨原料路線,腳踏、手搖兩用發(fā)電機(jī),Pair work Focus on the title first and discuss the questions. What is the gift for the future? What do you think we can give for the future?,Listen to the tape and find out the main idea of this article and how it is organized.,title,importance of sustainable development,(Para 13),sources of energy including fossil fuels and renewable energy,(Para 410),A gift for the future,Listening,Answer the following questions. What do you think of development in the past? It polluted the environment and wasted natural resources.,Silent reading:,Read the article carefully and finish the exercises below.,2) Compared to development in the past, what are the advantages of sustainable development? It is long-term planning which focus on the environment and preserving natural resources. It is all about creating better health care, education, housing and improved standards of living for everyone.,Sustainable development is defined as balancing the fulfillment of human needs with the protection of the natural environment so that these needs can be met not only in the present, but in the indefinite future. This linkage between environment and development was first set rolling in a major way only in 1980, when the International Union for the Conservation of Nature published the World Conservation Strategy and used the term sustainable development.,The concept went on to find its most august expression in the 1987 report of the Brundtland Commissionformally, the World Commission on Environment and Development. Set up by the United Nations General Assembly, Brundtland coined what has become the most often-quoted definition of sustainable development as development that “meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.“1The field of sustainable development can be conceptually broken into four constituent parts: environmental sustainability, economic sustainability, social sustainability and political sustainability.,3) What might happen in the future to the current sources of energy? Our future and the lives of our children and grandchildren will be in danger. There will be an increase in pollution, global warning and acid rain.,use the suns natural energy to provide heat, light, hot water and electricity,solar energy,renewable; never run out; help the environment,wind energy,hydroelectricity,pump water and grind wheat; generate electricity,renewable; never run out; help the environment,use the force of the water flow to produce electricity,Useful Expressions put into practice,We've made our plans, and now we must put them into practice. 我們已訂好計(jì)劃，現(xiàn)在應(yīng)付諸實(shí)施了。 His proposition is good in theory but cannot be put into practice. 他的建議在理論上可以，但不能付諸實(shí)現(xiàn)。,put into put into action 使行動(dòng)起來 put into execution 實(shí)現(xiàn)，實(shí)行 put into words 用語言表達(dá) put into shape 使成形,on top of=in addition; besides,這個(gè)星期他過得很糟糕。他丟了工作，不但如此，自行車也被偷了。,He had a bad week. He lost his job, and on top of that, his bicycle was stolen.,on top of the world = extremely happy,When I heard that she had been released, I felt on top of the world.,聽說他被釋放的消息，我感覺非常高興。,Discussion,Planning:,Preparing:,1. Form a group of 4 members. 2. Every member should get involved in the research.,1. Discuss the information from various sources on the topic. 2. Decide what to include and what to leave out.,Discussion,Producing:,Presenting:,1. Draw an outline of your display. 2. Use some examples or statistics to help you. 3. Use some illustrations to make your display attractive. 4. Correct any mistake.,Present your display to the class.,Homework,Get ready for the classroom display about the Roma.,Period two,Ask students to make a classroom display.,