Unit1SavingtheEarth

1、boilthewatercookthefoodKeepwarmMillionsoftreesonfireThispassageis_______A.apartofatelevisionnewsprogrammeB.adialoguefromaschoolplay?Whatisthenews?Canyoutellmesomeinformationaboutthefiresaccordingtothefirstparagraph?A.apartofatelevisionnewsprogrammeReadthe2ndand3rdparagraphsandanswerthefollowingquestions.•Howisthesmog?•Whatdomanypeopledotoprotectthemselvesfromthesmog?•Thisforestfiresdon’taffectpeoplemuch,dothey?•Howmanypeoplewillbefightingthefiresinall?•Whatcanputoutfiresnow?•Howwasthesmog?•Itwa。

2、s________.(adj)•Itwassothickthatitseemslikenight-timealthoughitisjustthreeintheafternoon.thickWhatdomanypeopledotoprotectthemselvesfromthesmog?BAManypeoplearewearingmaskstocovertheirmouthsandnoses.•Theseforestfiresdon’taffectpeoplemuch,dothey?•Yes,theydo.Thousandsofpeoplearesufferingfromeyeandbreathingproblems.•Howmanypeoplewillbefightingthefiresinall?Thefiresarestillburning.Thereare8,500firefighterstryingtoputoutthefires,andanother2,000arecomingfromaroundtheworldtohelpthem.Butthefiresaretoobigt。

3、oputout.Theonlythingthatcanextinguishthemnowislotsofrain—andrainisnotexpectedforseveralweeks._________________________________________________________________连接词：Dosomanypeopleputoutthefires?TheonlythingthatcanextinguishthemnowislotsofrainButitdoesn’trainforseveralweeks.Whatcanputoutfiresnow?Readthe4thand5thparagraphsandcompletethetable.Howdidtheseterriblefiresstart?Who\WhatWhy?①_______________②_______________Becausebothofthemwantedto_______________sothattheycanplantthingsonit.farmersBigcompanie。

4、sAdroughtclearthelandReadthe6thand7thparagraphsandfindoutotherproblemsthefiresarecausing.•1._______________________________•2._______________________________•3._______________________________Therearealmostnotouristshereatthemoment.Thesmoghascausedsomebadaccidents.Themostseriousproblemisthatthefireisdestroyingtheforests.Summary:completethereport.InSouth-eastAsia,agreatnumberofforestsareonfire.Becauseofthethicksmogfromthefire,peopletherehavetoc_____theirmouthsandnoseswithmasks.However,thefiresares。

5、os______thatthefirefighterscan’tputthemout.Itissaidthattheseterriblefiresarecausedmostlybyf______,somebigcompaniesandadrought.Thefirehasmanyeffectsonpeople.Forexample,almostnot_______cometovisit.Somebada_______happened.Weallknowthattreesareveryimportant,sowehopethefireswillbeputouts________.overeriousarmersccidentsouristssoonWorkingroups.Discussthefollowingquestionsinyourgroup.1Whatproblemsmayforestfiresbringtous?2Howcanwekeeptheforestsfromdangeroffires?3Whatshouldwedowhenthereisaforestfire?。