Урок-презентація "Природні катастрофи та явища, спричинені діяльністю людини"

UNNATURAL DISASTERS AIM: To develop reading skills / deducing meaning of vocabulary from context. To develop speaking skills / discussing alternative energy sourcesto help students develop their understanding of what important issue facing environment todayto introduce and practise some vocabulary of environment

Warming up. Which countries do you think produce the most CO2? a) developed countries b) developing countries c) both How many tons of CO2 are produced per person in your country?What are disadvantages of technical progress?How can we stop air, water and soil pollution? (Homework)

Nowadays there are a lot of environmental problems in Ukraine. The byproducts pollute the air we breathe, the water we drink, the soil we grow grain and vegetables.ppt_x

Urban air pollution continues to expand as a result of the increased number of motor vehicles. Exhaust fumes from the engines of automobiles contain a number of polluting substances

Reading and Discussing. An air powered car Read this text about an air powered car and try to decide if it is true Could air be the solution to the energy crisis?There is now an amazing new car that can run out air. It is cheap, creates no pollution and costs almost nothing to run. But is it just too good to be true?

Reading and Discussing The new CAT (compressed air technology) car was on display at the Paris motor show. The car was invented by Frenchman Guy Negre. He has spent the last six years developing his idea and has now produced a car that can travel up 120 miles (200 kilometres) on one tank of compressed air and reach speeds of up to 65 mph (110 kph). The car will cost around 7,000 pounds (10,000 euros) and will come complete with its own refuelling system.

Reading and Discussing There is a problem with the car though. It will take around four to five hours to refuel. A high speed refuelling station has been designed, but this will cost around 70,000 pounds (100,000 euros)

Reading and Discussing The company believes that the car will sell to taxi companies and delivery firms that operate in towns, because they don’t need to travel long distances and they will be able to afford the cost of the refuelling station.

Some critics have pointed out that the car hasn’t been properly tested yet and that the company’s claims about the car’s performance may be exaggerated, but even if the car can only achieve half of what the makers claim, it could turn out to be the answer both to the energy crisis and to the problem of inner city pollution. Reading and Discussing

Reading and Discussing{5 C22544 A-7 EE6-4342-B048-85 BDC9 FD1 C3 A}1. Nobody will buy the CAT car because they are too slow.2. I would rather buy a CAT car than a Mercedes.3. People are too worried about the environment. There isn’t really a problem.4. Big companies should spend more money on finding clean power sources.5. Ordinary people can do nothing to protect the environment. It is a job for the government.6. Big companies don’t care about the environment. They just want to make more money.7. Cars are terrible dirty things. We should use more public transport.8. There is no energy crisis. We have enough oil and coal to last for many years.9. In five years time everybody will be driving an air powered car. Read these sentences and put an A at the end if you agree and D if you disagree. Now discuss the sentences with other students in your group. Everybody must agree or disagree on each sentence. If you don’t, rewrite the sentence so that you can all agree or disagree.

Comprehension. Read the text again and make notes about these things and their connection to the text. The first one has been done as an example.{5 C22544 A-7 EE6-4342-B048-85 BDC9 FD1 C3 A}Answers1. Guy Negre. He is the Frenchman who invented the car2. Six years3. 120 miles4. 65 mph 5. £ 7,000 6. Four to five hours 7. £ 70,000 8. Taxi companies

Vocabulary. Look at the bold words in the text and match them to these meanings. One has been done for you as an example. {5 C22544 A-7 EE6-4342-B048-85 BDC9 FD1 C3 A}Definitions. Answersa. a difficult timeb. being shownon displayc. container for fueld. facts that may not be truee. people who disagree with somethingf. be powered byg. the have enough money to buy somethingh. made to seem bigger or more important than they arei. commentedj. unbelievable

To protect nature people should change their attitude to it!

For example: provide special filters on factories to reduce the pollution of rivers and air;- recycle the used paper, plastic and glass; reduce the usage of electricity;

- encourage the usage of more pollution-free fuel than petrol; take care of extinct animals and plants ;- deal with problems of deforestation.

If we are unable to learn to use the environment carefully and to protect it from destructive mans activities, very soon we’ll have no world to live in!

Summarizing. Who do you think is more responsible for pollution, individual people or the government? Explain. What is the most important issue facing the environment today? Do you know about any anti-pollution programs in your community?Do you think cars should be banned from city centres?Do you think people should recycle newspapers? Why/why not?How often is garbage collected in your neighbourhood?

Homework. Write about how the world has changed since you were a child (technology, values, environment, health)