1、Unit 8 Green Living Lesson 1 Roots and Shoots Look and discuss: 1. What is happening in each picture?2. Have you ever done any of these things?3. What would happen if everybody did the same things?Leave the tap running while you brush your teeth.Leave a light on when you go out.Warming-upDrop a piec
2、e of litter and cant be bothered to pick it up. a way of thinking that focuses on caring for just oneself and ignores the environment, animals and their communityMore people with“Just-me-ism” can do more harm to the world.Read Para. 1 and answer the two questions.1. What is the belief might these pe
3、ople hold?2. What problems may such behavior cause? Just-me-ismPre-readingTo say “no” to “Just-me-ism”Roots&Shoots&The time of its establishmentThe founderThe purposeThe early 1990sDr. Jane GoodallTo educate young people, from pre-school to university students, so they can help build a future that i
4、s secure and live together in peace with nature.Read paragraph 23complete the form: The meaningof its nameRoots move slowly under the ground to make a firm foundation, and shoots seem small and weak, but they can break open brick walls to reach the light.While-reading Read the text again and answer:
5、 1. What contribution does Roots & Shoots make to society?2. What made Dr. Jane Goodall think Roots & Shoots can help solve the problem of “Just- me-ism”?Answers:1. It inspires young people to build a future that is secure and to live together in peace with nature.2. It encourages individuals to pla
6、y a part in making the world a better place instead of just thinking about themselves.Study the techniques that the writer usesQuotationIt doesnt matter. Its just me. And, anyway, no one knows. Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference.Example
7、s say you leave the tap running while you brush your teeth, leave a light burning when you go out or you drop a piece of litter and cant be bothered to pick it up.Colloquial styleYou know that all those things are wrong, but so what? You get to choose: do you want to use your life to make the world
8、a better place for people, animals and the environment?Repetition How can it matter if I leave one little tap running, one little light burning, one little piece of litter on the road? Millions of gallons of water would be wasted, millions of lights would be left burning, millions of pieces of litte
9、r would be dropped.Parallel structures: To create a strong effect on readers so that they understand the writers point better and reflect on their own behavior deeply as well.It doesnt matter. Its just me. And, anyway, no one knows.Discuss:What is your explanation for the two quotes from Dr. Jane Go
10、odall?Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference.Dr. Jane Goodalls quotes mean that changing the role is an individual act, because there are millions of people who can make a difference if they all act on their own.Post-reading Can you suggest
11、 another title for the text? Explain your answer. Make a Difference. Turn the Light Off. Education Saves the Environment.Express Yourself Imagine you are a volunteer of Roots & Shoots. Use what you have learnt to persuade one of the following people. Im just a student. When I become a powerful perso
12、n I can do more. Im doing what I can, but I dont know how to make my friends do the same.I know its important, but Im too busy and dont have time for small things like these.Group WorkPrepare a presentation to introduce RootsShoots with the following information.When and why was it established?The meaning of its name.The contribution it makes to society.Language Points Thank you!
