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Welcome to the unit,Unit,1,Building the future,Unit 1,课件描述：,1. Get Ss to know something about the development of the world, the issue of poverty, the causes of poverty as well as the possible solutions to the problem. 2. Practise listening and speaking by sharing information. 3. Get ready for the learning of this unit.,Brainstorming,Causes of poverty,1. wars,2. diseases,3. natural disasters,4. local environment,5. wrong polices&strategies,6. growing population,7. limited natural resources,Brainstorming,Possible solutions to the problem,1. stop wars,2. give medical care and training,3. improve local environment,4. provide educational training,5. donate food and money,6. develop renewable energy,Pair work,Look at the two pictures and try to answer all the questions by working in pairs.,Pair work,1. What is in the first picture?,Children in hunger are given food.,2. What can food aid do to help solve the problem of poverty?,Food aid can help feed people who have no food.,Pair work,3. Do you think food aid is a short-term or a long-term solution to the problem of poverty?,Food aid is a short-term solution as it gives food immediately to people who are very hungry, but it does not allow them to grow their own food in the future.,Pair work,Whats in the second picture? Vegetables grown with modern technology. 2.Whatre the advantages and disadvantages of modern agriculture? We may feed more people with the modern agriculture and create new jobs, but on the other hand it may cause pollution.,Pair work,3. Do you think developing agriculture with modern technology is a short-term or long-term solution to the problem of poverty? Why or why not?,It is a long-term solution to the problem of poverty. By doing so, well solve the problem of poverty.,Picture No.3,Pair work,1. What has happened to the village?,It has become a city. With the development of society, many villages have changed a lot over the years. Tall buildings have been built and motorways and bridges have been constructed. The living conditions of local people have been greatly improved. Small villages have been developed into towns or cities.,Pair work,2. Do you prefer living in the city or in the country? Why?,3. What problems may developing too fast cause?,Pair work,Developing too fast might harm the natural environment. For example, many trees have been cut down in order to build factories, roads and bridges. Also, almost everything we do in our modern lives, be it cooking or travelling, requires the use of Earths natural resources, which we may run out of one day.,Picture No.4,Pair work,What do you think the things are used for?,I think these machines are used to generate electricity by using wind power.,2. What might happen to the coal, oil and other natural resources in a thousand years?,The supplies of coal, oil and other natural resources might run out in a thousand years.,3.What is renewable energy? Can you suggest some good examples of energy for the future?,Renewable energy is energy that comes from a source that will not run out. Solar, wind and hydroelectric or water energy are all sources of renewable energy that could be used in the future.,Pair work,Group discussion,Wuxi in the past,Group discussion,Wuxi today,Group discussion,The Taihu Lake at present,Group discussion,Group discussion,The beauty of the Taihu Lake,Group discussion,Is Wuxi developing at a fast rate? What will it look like in twenty years time?,
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