Unit Three Paradise Lost? The Second Two Periods Designed by Luyan.

Unit Three Paradise Lost?The Second Two Periods

Designed by Luyan

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Teaching Objective

•Master the key words and structures

•Learn something about the rainforest

•The students are required to understand the importance of environmental protection.

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Key Points

•Vocabulary

•Structure

absorb atmosphere contain economicestablish greenhouse impression processpurchase rainforest

It is the modern world that has speeded up…It is people themselves who are the biggest cause…

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Teaching Procedures

•Lead in Activity

•Global Reading

•Detailed Reading

•Group Discussion

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• Have you ever heard the book Paradise Lost? Who is the writer?

• Who can tell the main idea of this story?

Satan’s expulsion from Heaven

Temptation of Adam and Eve by Satan and their expulsion from the Garden of Eden

Background Information

• Paradise Lost: The original title Paradise Lost refers to

the masterpiece of the English poet John Milton (1608-1674) and one of the greatest poems in world literature.

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Introduction of John Milton a poet and political commenter of the

English Bourgeois Revolution, is the most sublime and most lonely figure in English literature, whose importance is acknowledged all over the world. He is the last rearguard of the Renaissance and the primary promoter of Enlightenment. The love of every form of human culture and the steadfast devotion to duty as the highest object in human life have shaped his entire career.

Main Idea It tells the story of

Satan’s rebellion against God and his expulsion from heaven and temptation and expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden. Here the author borrows Milton’s title for his own purpose.

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Tropical rainforest

Temperate rainforest

Distribution of tropical rainforests

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Rainforest: A rainforest is a piece of tropical woodland, characterized by lush vegetation and great biological diversity. There are more species of plants and animals in tropical rain forests than in all the rest of the world’s ecosystems combined. About 70 percent of all plant species in these forests are trees.

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His description was the first known written one about the rainforest.

Questions and Answers

He thought it was most beautiful and quite different from that in Europe, with flowers and fruits, and little birds singing sweetly.

Paragraph 1:Question: How did Columbus think of

the rainforest?Answer:

Paragraph 2:Question: What is special about

Columbus’ description of the rainforest?Answer:

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In the author’s view, the rainforests are the oldest.

Paragraph 3:What are the oldest communities of living things on the Earth?Answer:

Question:

The rainforests cover no more than seven percent of the earth’s surface today.

Paragraph 4:

What do you know about the rainforests in the world today?

Answer:

Question:

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“ The secondary growth” refers to the new growth after the original growth has been destroyed.

Paragraph 5:

What is “the secondary growth”?Answer:

Question:

Modern technology doubtlessly increases efficiency when people try to cut down trees.

Paragraph 6:

How does the modern world speed up the process of destruction? Answer:

Question:

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It is human beings that are to blame for such destruction.

Paragraph 7:Who is to blame for the destruction of rainforests?

Answer:

Question:

When the trees are cut down, the soil washes away easily.

Paragraph 8:

How does the land become desert according to the passage?Answer:

Question:

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The problem is mainly caused by the governments that have to pay their debts, the settlers who need money to feed their families, and the companies that want to make profits.

Paragraph 9:

What caused the problem mentioned in this passage?

Answer:

Question:

die out: become extinct or cease to exist gradually

灭绝，逐渐消失e.g.

Dinosaurs died out millions of years ago.

cf. die off: die gradually one by one, till none are left

(refers to animals or plants) 相继死去直至死光

e.g.The widow was still in her middle-age when her relatives died off.

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Words and Phrases

description: an account of what someone or something is like

• This book gives a good description of life in ancient Greece.

• The witness was asked to give detailed description of the robber.

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Words and Phrases

fragile: easily destroyed; not likely to last

• The vase is fragile, so handle it carefully.

• Their happiness was very fragile.

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species: a group of plants or animals of the same type

• The botanist classified plants according to their species.

• The scientist discovered a new species of insect.

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vary: change• People in Australia vary in size, color

and origins.• The prices of fish vary according to

market changes.• The weather in this city varies from

day to day.

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varied: 1) of different kinds 2) showing changes or variety • Varied opinions were expressed about the

new regulation.• We are leading a full and varied life.

Words and Phrases

speed up: make go faster

• The car speeded up when it reached the country.

• We’d better speed up or we will be late for class.

It is people…who…

• It is me that he blamed.• It was for you that I said all this.• It was not until yesterday that I got

the letter.• It was Peter who lent us the money.

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Words and Phrases

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worse still: much worse than, severer than

更糟的是，更坏的是e.g. Worse still, their reflective glasses coated with silver or gold mirror films raise the temperature of the surrounding air.

cf. to make matters worse: to make a bad or difficult situation worse 更糟的是e.g.Three of our players were ill, and to make matters worse, our main scorer had broken his ankle.

Words and Phrases

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economic a. of or relating to economics

经济（上）的， 经济学的e.g.Here I provide a qualitative assessment of the current economic reforms.cf. economical a. not using a lot of

fuel, money, etc. 节俭的 , 节省的e.g.There’s an increasing demand for

cars more economical on fuel.

Extended word:

economy

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sustainable a. causing little or no damage to the environment and therefore able to continue for a long time可持续的，能保持的

A large international meeting was held with the aim of promoting sustainable development in all countries.

Extended words:

sustain, sustainability

Try to buy wood that you know has come from a sustainable source.

Words and Phrases

solution: an answer to a problem or a question

• We will not give up until we find better solution to it.

• It was John who came up with this solution.purchase: buy

• John has just purchased a new car on installments.

• I don’t think the house you purchased last month is worth the price.

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Words and Phrases

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1.It remains hard to beat.

The written description of a rainforest in the New World has always been one of the best of its kind.

Paraphrase:

2.The gas rises and traps the sun’s heat in much the same way as the glass of a greenhouse, leading to a slow but steady build-up of temperature.

Paraphrase:The gas of carbon dioxide in the air absorbs the heat of the sun just as a glass greenhouse does in a sunny day, thus increasing the global temperature over the years.

Paraphrases of difficulty Sentences in the Text

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3.On the other hand, by purchasing renewable rainforest products, and demanding sustainable harvesting of rainforest resources, we all can be part of the solution and it is human beings that will be saved.

Paraphrase:

On the other hand, if we buy recyclable wood products and insist on a type of inexhaustible rainforest resources for repeated uses, we are then already part of the solution to the problem of rainforests and we human beings will be saved.

Paraphrases of difficulty Sentences in the Text

A Discussion about Forests

What can you see from the pictures?

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Suggested Ideas

From the beautiful pictures, we can see as long as we protect our forests, we may have pure water, clean air, rich land, etc. If man has forests, that means he has good environments to live in. Otherwise man may destroy himself. What man must do is that he should take every measure to protect wild forests and stop cutting down trees , especially in unplanned way.

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Discussion

What can you see from these pictures?What happens to the forests?

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What happens to the forests?

• From these pictures, we can see sometimes forests are destroyed by natural disaster, such as lightning, but in many cases they are damaged by human beings, such as a big fire caused by burning cigarette ends and the remove of trees for certain causes.

Suggested Ideas

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What shall we do to protect the environment?

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Today’s Assignments

1. Review words and expressions.2. Review the text.3. Preview the exercises both in the

textbook and workbook.

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