Unit8GreenLivingRootsandShootsLeadinHaveyoueverdoneanythingthatdestroystheenvironment?Pre-ReadingLookatthepictures.Discussthequestion.Whatishappeningineachpicture?Leavethetaprunningwhilehebrusheshisteeth.Leavealightonwhenshegoesout.Dropapieceoflitterandcan’tbebotheredtopickitup.Whatwouldhappenifeverybodydidthesamethings?FastingreadingReadthepassageandmatchthemainideaofeachpart.()Para.1()Para.2()Para.3-4A.Themeaningofitsname.B.Whatis“Just-me-ism”?C.TheestablishmentofRoots&Shoots.BCA1.Whatis“Just-me-ism”?2.Whyis“Just-me-ism”aproblem?3.Doyouhaveanysuggestionsonhowtosolvetheproblem?Activity1Readparagraph1.

Trytoanswerthequestionsbelow.Activity11.Whatis“just-me-ism”?

“Just-me-ism”isawayofthinkingthatfocusesoncaringforjustoneselfandignorestheenvironment,animalsandthecommunity.Activity12.Whyis“Just-me-ism”aproblem?Therewillbenobodytocareandlookaftertheenvironment.Asolutionwouldbetomakethemunderstandthateventhesmallestactioncanchangetheworld,

sotheyshouldtakeactionswheneverpossiblefortheenvironment,animalsandtheircommunity.Forexample,theyshouldturnthetapoffwhenbrushingtheirteeth,turnthelightoffwhentheyleavearoomandpickupevenlittlepiecesoflittertheydroppedontheroad.3.Doyouhaveanysuggestionsonhowtosolvetheproblem？Activity2Readparagraph2.CompletethetableofRoots&Shoots.Thetimeofitsfoundation(WHEN)In_______________________Thefounder(WHO)Dr.______________________Thepurpose(WHY)theearly1990sJaneGoodallTo_______youngpeopleto__________fortheenvironmentanimalsandtheir__________.To_______youngpeopleto_________afuturethatis________andlivetogetherinpeacewithnature.inspireeducatetakeactioncommunitybuildsecureFocusoncaringoneselfNobodytocareandlookafter…TakesmallestactionTheearly1990sDr.JaneGoodallToeducateyoungpeoplemoveslowlyunderthegroundtomakeafirmfoundationbreakopenbrickwallstoreachthelightmatterswhywhathowSummaryTask4Techniques:

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Examples

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Acolloquialstyle

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Repetition·

Quotations

Whattechniquesdoesthewriterusetomakehis/herviewlogicalandconvincing?Task5P32

6Ordinarylanguageusedbycommonpeopleineverydaylifewhichcanconveythewriter'smessagemoreclearly(口語體).Findatleastoneexampleforeachtechnique.·

ExamplesWell,sayyouleavethetaprunningwhileyoubrushyourteeth,leavealightonwhenyougooutoryoudropapieceoflitterandcan'tbebotheredtopickitup.·

AcolloquialstyleYouknowthatallthosethingsarewrong,butsowhat?Yougettochoose:Doyouwanttouseyourlifetomaketheworldabetterplaceforpeople,animalsandtheenvironment?·

RepetitionHowcanitmatterifIleave

onelittletaprunning,onelittlelightonorleavealittlepieceoflitterontheroad?Millionsofgallonsofwaterwouldbewasted;

millionsoflightswouldbelefton;

millionsofpiecesoflitterwouldbedropped.Doyouwanttouseyourlifetomaketheworldabetterplaceforpeople,animalsandtheenvironment?DoyouwanttomakeRootsandShootsrootedineveryone’sheart?

Doyouwanttobeapartofacommunityforasharedfuture?·

Quotations“Itisbyacting

together,inthisexcitingway,thatwecaninvolve

thousands—millions—ofpeople,andthisiswhatisgoingtochangetheworld.”“Everyindividualmatters.Everyindividualhasaroletoplay.Everyindividualmakesadifference.”

Task6Thetextusesmanyparallelstructureswiththesamepatternofwords

andsentences.P32

7Parallelstructureisastylisticdevice,andagrammaticalconstructionhavingtwoormoreclauses,phrasesorwords,withsimilargrammaticalformandlength.Underline

thesestructures.Whydoesthewriteruseparallelstructures?Possibleanswer:Tocreateastrongeffectonreaderssothattheyunderstandthewriter'spointbetterandreflectontheirownbehaviordeeplyaswell.P32

61.What’stheauthor’spurposeofwritingthispassage?3.Whatcontributioncanyoumaketo

theenvironmentasanindividual?2.Canyousuggestanothertitlefor

thetext?Explainyouranswer.P32

61.What’stheauthor’spurposeofwritingthispassage?

Calloneveryindividualtotakeactiontoprotectourenvironment,animalsandcommunity.2.Canyousuggestanothertitleforthetext?Explainyouranswer.Together,wecanmakeabetterworldAsmallaction,abetterworldP32

63.Whatcontributioncanyoumaketo

theenvironmentasanindividual?

Behaveyourself.Evenasmallchangecanmakeadifference.Saveourfuturebyourindividualeffort.

Takeactionnow,andtheworldiswhatyoumakeit.ImagineyouareavolunteerofRoots&Shoots.Usewhatyouhavelearnttopersuadethefollowingpeople.P3311I'mjustastudent.WhenIbecomeapowerfulpersonIcandomore.I'mdoingwhatIcan,butIdon'tknowhowtomakemyfriendsdothesame.Iknowit'simportant,butI'mtoobusyanddon'thavetimeforsmallthingslikethis.Wehaveonlyoneearth,let’slivegreenandsavetheearth.Beapartofacommunityforasharedfuture(人類命運共同體).Wecannotbeabsent.1.sufferfrom2.just-me-ism3.leavethetaprunning4.setupaninstitute5.inspiresb.todosth.6.bewhole-heartedlycommittedto

…7.liveinpeace8.makeafirmfoundation9.breakopenbrickwalls10.allaroundtheworld忍受