M5U3Project.doc

姓名：_____________ 班级：______________ 2014-10-29
Module 5 Unit 3
Project Man and nature
Step 1 Lead-in
1. Appreciate a video about natural disasters.
2. Ask and answer some relevant questions such as:
1. Are you horrified by some of the scenes in the video?
2. Are you afraid that something similar may happen in the future?
3. What do you think has caused the disaster?
4. What do you think of the relationship between man and nature?
Step 2 Reading
1). Skimming
Read and match the main idea of each paragraph.
Para. 1 solution to the problem (Humans can only really win by protecting nature.)
Para. 2 understanding our relationship with nature
Para. 3 problem (Our environment has been damaged.)
Para. 4 different attitudes towards the problem
2). Listen and answer:
1. What has people done to nature? (para 1)
2. If we continue damaging the earth, what might happen? (para. 1)
3. What did developed nations do decades ago? ( ) (para. 3)
A. They worked together with developing countries.
B. They destroyed nature by using up natural resources.
C. They were concerned about saving nature.
D. They saw the effects of the careless use of the environment.
4. It should not be a question of humans _________ and nature _________. (para. 4)
5. In a win-win situation between man and nature, man can eat___________________, breathe__________________ and drink _____________________ (para. 4)
3). Task-based Reading
Different targets
Different opinions

Some people
We are only doing what humans have always done, using nature to meet our own 1.________.

Other people
Such thinking may cause a catastrophe, unless we start to look around and understand how a clean environment 2._________ us all.

Many3 _______ nations

They are now concerned about 4._________ nature rather than developing or destroying it.
Many poorer nations
They are using up natural resources at a fast 5. ______ to meet the everyday need of people.

The author
6. nature is the only way for us to win.
Finding answers is mankind’s 7._____________
Step 4 Debate
Group Number

For /Against

Step1
Your opening
Statement (debater number one)

Step2
Your points

1.__________________________________________________________
2.__________
3.__________________________________________________________
4.__________________________________________________________
……
The opposite points you can think about to argue against
1.__________________________________________________________
2.3.__________________________________________________________ 4.__________________________________________________________
……
Step 3
Closing
Statement
(debater number two)

Step 4 Homework
Write an essay on any topic that you’re interested in by using the techniques you learned from a debate.
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