Unit 2 The environment,Period 2 reading The economy or the environment- must we choose,Read the following passage and answer the three questions below,Last term we went to a local paper mill to investigate what damage it was doing to the local environment. When I saw the untreated toxic liquid waste being discharged directly into the river nearby, I could not help asking the director of the factory why they had not introduced any purification facilities to treat the waste. I was told that the factory could not afford to invest in any pollution control devices. After all, he said, if people want paper, they have to get used to the waste too,Think of these questions,What do you think about what the director of the paper mill said? Do you think that we can achieve a balance between the economy and the environment? Some people think that it is impossible to improve our living standards without damaging the environment. Do you agree with them,Fast reading 1 What side does Mr. Lin Shuiqing and Mr. Qian Liwei each represent? By how many times has the worlds population increased since 1800? According to Mr. Qian Liwei , what should be done to factories that pollute the environment,Mr. lin shuiqing represents the environment and mr qian liwei represents the economy,Six times,They should have to pay higher taxes,How well did you understand the details of the debate? Read the debate again and answer the following questions. 1 What society does Lin Shuiqing belong to? 2 What does Lin Shuiqing start his speech by talking about? 3 What is happening to large amounts of fish? 4 What does Lin Shuiqing think we should teach people about,Lin Shuiqing belongs to the society for Environmental Preservation,He starts his speech by talking about the way large area of the world are damaged by industrial waste,They are being caught by fishing boats before they can lay eggs,He thinks we should teach people about environmentally friendly ways of living,5 Why does Qian Linwei think production should not be cut back? 6 What does Qian Liwei say we should produce more of? 7 What does Qian Liwei say we need more of? 8 What does Qian Liwei say many people are willing to do,Because jobs will be lost. People are more important than fish and trees,We should produce more things from recycled products,We need more effective laws to preserve the environment, which still allow the economy to grow,Many people are willing to pay slightly higher prices for things that are environmentally friendly,Lin Shuiqing recycling _ industrial waste _ population _ fishing _ water pollution _ production _,Qian Liwei taxes _ recycling _ factories _ production _ laws _,Put the subjects each speaker talks about in the correct order,1,6,1,5,3,2,4,5,3,2,4,Reading strategy: reading a debate,1 In a debate, it is important for both sides to present their points clearly. whats more, speakers in a debate often have to present opposite views. 2 When reading and listening to a debate, we should not make a final decision about who we agree with, until we have read or listened to both sides completely and fully understand the arguments that they make,Role-play,Look at these words from the debate and match them with their meanings,1 voice (line 9) _ a constant, steady 2 awful (line 12) _ b tell, express 3 wiped out (line 16) _ c killed off 4 approaching (line 21) _ d coming near to, getting close to 5 cut back on (line 22) _ e helpful, useful, favourable 6 beneficial (line 24) _ f terrible, shocking 7 obvious (line 29) _ g easy to see or understand, clear, apparent 8 stable (line 37) _ h reduce, make less,b,f,c,d,h,e,g,a,Read the speech below by a student who is interested in environmental protection. Fill in the blanks with words from the box,industry population waste economy responsibility reduce recycled Earth Pollution environment,My aim in life is to save the(1)_ for future generations. I want to become an environmentalist after I finish school. To many people think that(2)_ cannot be stopped if we want the(3)_ to continue developing. But that is ridiculous. We can(4)_ dangerous and dirty(5)_ from factories if we are smart about what we buy. I want to teach people to buy(6)_ products. The production of recycled things is much better for the environment, because it means we do not need to cut down more trees and cause the destruction of more forests. The(7)_ will still grow. But earth will not have to suffer. We should also pay attention to what we eat. People should take(8)_ for not buying certain kinds of fish, because there are not many left in the ocean. We also have a problem with(9)_. The number of people in the world keeps growing, and we are producing more rubbish. What if we run out of space? If we all work together, we can solve these problems and keep(10)_ clean and healthy,environment,pollution,economy,reduce,waste