Global Success(highschool english)_Unit 3.pptx

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1. U nit 3: Green Living VOCABULARY : Words related to green living GRAMMAR : + Verbs with preposition + Relative clause with a whole sentence SKILLS + Reading : Reading for main ideas & specific information in emails about going green with plastics + Speaking: Discussing ways to reduce, reuse & recycle paper & expressing opinions + Listening: Listening about creating a compost pile + Writing: Writing a problem-solving report on green solutions COMMUNICATION & CULTURE + Everyday English: Making prediction + Culture: How green are our festival traditions?

2. GETTING STARTED Nam: Hey guys, look at this notice! Our school is holding a Green Classroom Competition. The greenest classroom will win an ecotour! Mark: How exciting! But how will the classrooms be judged? Nam: It says here that classrooms will be judged on the following: raising environmental awareness , reducing our carbon footprint , and using resources efficiently. Mai: I guess we should start by cleaning up our classroom more frequently and having more plants in it. Nam: Yes, this is the easiest thing to do, but we also need to change our classmates' behaviour so that we can develop eco-friendly habits in our class. Raise environmental awareness = increase sb’s awareness = promote the public’s environmental awareness = heighten the public’s (environmental) awareness

3. GETTING STARTED Nam: Hey guys, look at this notice! Our school is holding a Green Classroom Competition. The greenest classroom will win an ecotour! Mark: How exciting! But how will the classrooms be judged? Nam: It says here that classrooms will be judged on the following: raising environmental awareness , reducing our carbon footprint , and using resources efficiently. Mai: I guess we should start by cleaning up our classroom more frequently and having more plants in it. Nam: Yes, this is the easiest thing to do, but we also need to change our classmates' behaviour so that we can develop eco-friendly habits in our class. Footprint 1. a mark left on a surface footprints in the sand muddy footprints on the kitchen floor 2. (~ ecological footprint ) a measure of the amount of the earth’s resources used by a person These countries are so populous that they can have a very big footprint.

4. GETTING STARTED Nam: Plastic takes hundreds of years to decompose , which is certainly not good for the environment. Mai: Well, we can place a big jug full of drinking water in the classroom so that we can refill our reusable bottles . Mark: Good idea! Now, to reduce our carbon footprint, we should also make sure we turn off the lights and air conditioners before leaving the classroom. Sometimes people rush out and leave them on, which is a waste of electricity. Mai: Sure. Why don't we place some brightly coloured signs next to all doors to remind people? Nam: So many good ideas already. Let's meet after school to discuss more. I hope our class wins the ecotour! Mark: That'd be fantastic! Mai: Yes. Let's do our best! *decompose (v): be destroyed gradually after death by natural processes a decomposed body

5. GETTING STARTED

6. VOCABULARY

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8. GRAMMAR

9. READING Cardboard boxes Get rid of st Vending machine Portion leftovers

10. READING Contaminate Rinse out

11. LISTENING Compost (n, C1): /ˈ kɒmpɒst / Repot the plant in fresh compost.

12. WRITING Compost piles

13. WRITING Compost piles

14. WRITING Promote a green lifestyle Put st into practice/effect/ operation Implement st

15. COMMUNICATION & CULTURE A sustainable future Release (v) balloons = stop holding Lantern (n) /ˈ læntən / A spectacular sight Mistake st for st

16. COMMUNICATION & CULTURE Release a lot of harmful chemicals

17. COMMUNICATION & CULTURE Festive season