1Unit7PollutionTeachingFocusTextATextBThemeSmoginMyCityTheThamesCleanup:AnIncredibleAchievementVocabularypollution,pollute,relate,unusually,sale,rocket,evidence,plain,publish,main,growth,widespread,power,supply,industry,economic,unlikelysewer,industrial,block,reduce,shift,tide,highly,declare,contain,expand,compare,elsewhere,decade,environment,beyondPhrasesandExpressionssetthetonefor(something);checkupon;runout;playdown;tothecontrary;atallcosts;resultin;cometotermswith;turningpoint;seaofchangeblockout;getridof;giveoff;bringintoplace;stopfrom;besatisfiedwith;comparedtoGrammar1)Howtouseparticipleclausestoreplacenon-restrictiverelativeclausesoradverbialclauses(FocusingonSentenceStructure)2)Howtousewordsofcoordination(3)(BasicWritingSkills)WritingWritingMemos2TeachingPlanPollution8()Todovolunteerworkofprotectingtheenvironmentinyourdailylife.TosearchonlinetofindoutmoreexampleslikethecleanupprojectoftheThamesandmakeyourownplanstocleansomeriversorcitiesinChina.Tobefamiliarwiththecontextmeaningandtheuseofthosevocabularyofthetwotextslistedintheabovetable.Tobefamiliarwiththecollocationofthosephrasesandexpressionslistedintheabovetable.Tobeabletomakesentenceswithresultin,berelatedto,cometotermswith,andrunout.Tobeabletorewritesentencesaftermodels,usingaparticipleclausetoreplaceanon-restrictiverelativeclauseoranadverbialclause.Tolearnrulesofusingconjunctionsandadverbialsofcomparisonandcontrast.Tolearntowritememos.SectionATextA:SmoginMyCitySectionBTextB:TheThamesCleanup:AnIncredibleAchievementSectionCPracticalWriting:WritingMemos3LeadingInandExploringtheTopicGuidetheSstodotheExploringtheTopicexerciseonP118ofSB.Thengivethemfiveminutestodiscussthefollowingthreequestions:1)Doyouknowofacityhasaserioussmogproblem?2)Whatcanthelocalgovernmentdotodealwiththeproblem?3)Whatcanthecitizendointheirdailylifetohelp?SectionAReadingThroughShowthestudentsthetextstructureprovidedonP241-242ofTBandaskthemtoreadthroughthetextwiththehelpofthetextstructure.Givethestudents10minutestoreadthetextcarefullybythemselvesandwritedownthesentencesthattheycantunderstand.Dividetheclassintoseveralgroupsandaskthemdodiscusstheirsentencesingroupsandfindthosesentencesthataredifficultforallthegroupmembers.Onerepresentativefromeachgroupsharehisgroupsdifficultsentenceswiththeclass.Explainthosesentencestotheclass.Givetheclass6minutestofindtheanswertothefollowingquestionsandwritedowntheanswersintheirownwords:1)Howseriousisthesmogsituationinthecity?2)Whatchangehasoccurredintheattitudeofthegovernmenttowardtheproblem?3)Whatisthecauseoftheproblem?4)Arethereanychancesthatthingswillgetbetterinthefuture?Asksomestudentstoreadaloudtheiranswersinclass.Givethemhelpwherenecessary.BasicWritingSkills1)PrepareaPPTwithsentencesoftheexerciseonP127andP128ofSB.2)Asksomestudentstotelltheiranswerstotheclassandexplainwhy.3)ChecktheunderstandingoftheclassbyexplainingtheexamplesgivenonP127ofSB.SectionBReadingMoreDividetheclassinto4groupsandassigneachgrouponeofthefollowingtasksbeforeclass:41)IntroducetheThamesbrieflytotheclass;2)TelltheclassthepollutionproblemoccurredinthehistoryoftheThames;3)IntroducetheVictoriansewersystemtotheclass;4)TelltheclasstheprocessoftheThamescleanupinnomorethanfivesentences.Askeachgrouptofinishitstaskinclass.Givehelpwhennecessary.Allowtheclass5minutestodiscussthefollowingtwoquestions:1)WhatcanwelearnfromthecleanupprocessoftheThames?2)Whatcanwedotocleanalocalriverinourhometown?SectionCPracticalWritingGuidethestudentstofinishthethreeexercisesonP135toP136ofSBaccordingtothesamplesgiven.SearchonlinetofindaChineseMemorandumandchangeitintoanEnglishone,usingtheformlearnedinthisunit.FinishalltheexercisesinUnitSeven.ReadthepassageinReadingOutonPage122ofSBandreciteit.Writeaproposaltothelocalgovernment,statingyourplanofdealingwiththepollutionprobleminyourcity.SearchonlinetofindaChineseMemorandumandchangeitintoanEnglishone,usingtheformlearnedinthisunit.5