Unit13
We're trying to save the earth!
SectionB-1
Free talk
What are they? What are they like?
How do you feel?
What should we do?!
How to save our planet?
Which is the most difficult?
stop ridding in cars
Free talk
recycle books and papers
turn off the lights when you leave a room
turn off the showers while you are washing your hair
don’t use paper towels or napkins
Listening
What can we do to help save the earth? Rank these items from the easiest to the most difficult.
____* stop riding in cars.
___* recycle books and paper.
____* turn off the lights when you leave the room.
____* turn off the shower while you are washing
your hair.
____* don’t use paper napkins
1a
Compare your answers in 1a with your partner.
1b
A: Recycling paper is really easy.
B: I agree. But it’s difficult to stop
riding in cars.
1c/d
Pair work
1e
A: We really shouldn't use paper napkins,
you know .
B: I know. I stopped using them last year.
Reading
Look at the title and the pictures in 2b. Can you guess what the passage is about?
2a
Read the passage and complete the chart below.
2 b
重新思考,
重新使用,
重新利用
Rethink, Reuse, Recycle
Amy Hayes
A house
The windows and doors come from old buildings around her town that were pulled down. The top of the house is an old boat turned upside down. And the gate in front of her house is made of rocks and old glass bottles.
Read the passage and
complete chart below.
2b
Jessica
Wong
Bags
Read the passage and
complete chart below.
2b
Old clothes,
especially jeans
Wang
Tao
iron and other materials from old cars
beautiful
art pieces.
2b
Fill in the blanks with the forms
of the phrases in the box.
2c
1. Amy Hayes lives in the UK. Many of the old buildings in her neighborhood were ___________.
2. All the rubbish and old things in Amy’s neighborhood were then _____________ when Amy built her house.
pulled down
put to good use
5. Though Jessica’s bags are made from old clothes, her bags are _______________ being cute and useful.
6. Wang Tao ___________ makes large pieces of metal art that look like animals or humans, ___________ makes smaller pieces for the home.
known for
not only
but also
4. Jessica Wong sells her bags in a small shop, but she
has also _____________ an online business to sell them.
set up
3. Amy is very creative. She ________ her front gate
________ rocks and old glass bottles. She put an old
boat on top of her house.
built
out of
Underline the words in the passage
based on the words below. What
are the differences?
2d
Reading
Do you often throw away things you don’t need anymore？Have you ever thought about how these things can actually be put to good use？Nothing is a waste if you have a creative mind.
你经常扔掉你不再需要的东西吗？你是否曾经想过这些东西能很好地重新利用？如果你有一个充满创新的头脑，没有东西是废品。
重新思考,重新使用,重新利用
Rethink, Reuse, Recycle
※throw away扔掉 ※ think about思考
※ be put to good use 被好好利用
Reading
You have probably never heard of Amy Hayes，but she is a most unusual woman. She lives in a house in the UK that she built herself out of rubbish.
你可能从来没有听说过艾米.海斯，但她是一个非常不寻常的女性。她住在英国，房子是她自己用废弃物建造而成。
重新思考,重新使用,重新利用
Rethink, Reuse, Recycle
※hear of 听说 ※ most=very\quite很
※ build … out of 用…建造
Reading
The windows and doors come from old buildings around her town that were pulled down. The top

of the house is an old boat turned upside down.
窗户和房门来自于一个小镇周围拆毁的房子。房子的顶部是一条翻转过来的旧木船。
Rethink, Reuse, Recycle 重新思考,重新使用,重新利用
※come from来自 ※ pull down拆下
※ upside down 倒转
先行词
引导词
定语从句
过去分词作定语
Reading
And the gate in front of her house is made of rocks and old glass bottles. Amy recently won a prize from the Help Save Our Planet Society. The president said.”Amy is an inspiration to us all.”
房子前的大门是用岩石和旧玻璃瓶搭建的。艾米最近获得了“救助我们的星球”协会颁发的奖项。协会主席说: “艾米给我们所有人一个启示”
重新思考,重新使用,重新利用
Rethink, Reuse, Recycle
※is made of 由…制成的
※ win a prize 获奖
Reading
Amy isn’t the only one who is good at recycling.

Jessica Wong from Hong Kong uses old clothes that people don’t wear anymore to make bags.
艾米不是唯一一个擅于废物利用的人。来自香港的杰西卡.王常利用人们不再穿的旧衣服来制作背包。
重新思考,重新使用,重新利用
Rethink, Reuse, Recycle
※be good at 擅长...※ use...to do... 用...做...
定语从句
先行词
定语从句
Reading
She has been doing this for a few years now. She opened a small shop where she sells her bags，and she has also set up a website to sell them online.She especially likes to use old jeans to make handbags.
她已经这么做了好多年。她开了一间小店来出售她制作的包，还在网上出售它们。他特别喜欢用旧牛仔裤来制作手提包。
重新思考,重新使用,重新利用
Rethink, Reuse, Recycle
※ open=set up=start 创办,开办
※ use...to do... 用...做...
Reading
Her bags are cute and useful.“I plan to write a book about new ways to use old clothes,” she said. “I hope people can read my book enjoy it !”
她制作的包既可爱又实用。“我计划写一本关于用新的方法来改造旧衣服的书，”她说“我希望人们能阅读我的书并且喜欢它。”
重新思考,重新使用,重新利用
Rethink, Reuse, Recycle
※plan to do 计划做…
Reading
Wang Tao set up a small business in Shanghai four years ago. He is known for using iron and other materials from old cars to make beautiful art pieces.
四年前，王涛开始在上海经营小生意。他因为用旧车的钢铁和其他材料制作艺术品而闻名。
重新思考,重新使用,重新利用
Rethink, Reuse, Recycle
※ open=set up=start 创办,开办
※ is known for 以...而出名
※ use...to do... 用...做...
Reading
Some are large pieces that look like animals or humans, and some are smaller pieces you can put at home.The more popular works can even be seen in art shops around the city.
有一些（艺术品）很庞大，看起来像动物或者人，有一些小块的可以摆放在家里。你甚至能在这个城市的艺术商店里看到一些更受欢迎的作品。
重新思考,重新使用,重新利用
Rethink, Reuse, Recycle
Reading
Wang Tao hopes to set up a “metal art” theme park to show people the importance of environmental protection.
王涛希望能建立一个“金属艺术”主题公园，向人们展示环境保护的重要性。
重新思考,重新使用,重新利用
Rethink, Reuse, Recycle
※ open=set up=start 创办,开办
※ hope to do希望做...
※ theme park 主题公园
环境保护的重要性
Reading
Not only can the art bring happiness to others, but it also shows that even cold hard iron can be brought back to life with a little creativity.
艺术不但可以给人们带来快乐，而且也说明只需要一点创造力，即便是冰冷、坚硬的铁也可以产生活力。
重新思考,重新使用,重新利用
Rethink, Reuse, Recycle
※ not only...but also... 不但... 而且
※ bring back to life 恢复\带来生机
Make a list of things that need to be
done to save the environment. Which
things can be done by common people
every day? Which things have to be
done by governments and organizations?
Discuss these with your group.
2e
Goodbye