Unit8GREENLIVINGLesson1ROOTSANDSHOOTSToreadandtalkaboutRoots&Shoots,aneducationalorganizationToreadforgeneralunderstandingToreadforspecificinformationandanswerquestionsondetailsTolearnaboutandpractiseparallelstructuresTogiveapresentationaboutRoots&ShootsTocompleteasummaryofthetext.Lookatthepictures.Discussthefollowingquestions.ACTIVATEANDSHARELeavethetaprunningwhileyoubrushyourteeth.Leavealightonwhenyougoout.Dropapieceoflitterandcannotbebotheredtopickitup.1.Whatishappeningineachpicture?懶得做某事2.Whatothersimilarbehaviorsdoyouknow?3.Haveyoueverdoneanyofthesethings?4.Whatwouldhappenifeverybodydidthesamethings?Lookatthetitleofthepassage—“ROOTS&SHOOTS”,andguesswhatthepassageisabout.ROOTSSHOOTSReadandExploreReadthefirstparagraphofthetext.Discussthequestions.1.Whatis“Just-me-ism”?“Just-me-ism”isawayofthinkingthatfocusesoncaringforjustoneselfandignorestheenvironment,animalsandthecommunity.2.Whyis“Just-me-ism”aproblem?Therewillbenobodytocareandlookaftertheenvironment.3.Doyouhaveanysuggestionsonhowtosolvetheproblem?Asolutionwouldbetomakethemunderstandthateventhesmallestactioncanchangetheworld,sotheyshouldtakeactionswheneverpossiblefortheenvironment,animalsandtheircommunity.Forexample,theyshouldturnthetapoffwhenbrushingtheirteeth,turnthelightoffwhentheyleavearoomandpickupevenlittlepiecesoflittertheydroppedontheroad.Readparagraph3.Answerthefollowingquestion.Rootsmoveslowlyunderthegroundtomakeafirmfoundation,andshootsseemsmallandweak,buttheycanbreakopenbrickwallstoreachthelight.1.What'sthemeaningofitsname?2.whodoesRoots&Shootsrepresent?Itrepresentsyoungpeoplearoundtheworld.Readparagraph4.FindthetwoquotesfromDr.JaneGoodallandParaphrasethequotes.“Itisbyactingtogether,inthisexcitingway,thatwecaninvolvethousands—millions—ofpeople,andthisiswhatisgoingtochangetheworld.”

“Everyindividualmatters.Everyindividualhasaroletoplay.Everyindividualmakesadifference.”Onlybyactingtogethercanweaskthousands—millions—ofpeopletotakeactiontocreatechangeandinfluencethechangethatisneededinourcommunitiesandourworld.Eachoneofusisveryimportant.Eachoneofushasourownresponsibilitytotake.Asmallactionwillleadtoahugechangeespeciallywheneveryoneworkstogether.Dr.Goodall’squotesmeanthatchangingtheroleisindividualact,becausetherearemillionsofpeoplewhocanmakeadifferenceiftheyallactontheirown.Since1991,

millionsofstudentshavetakenonthechallengeofmakingtheworldabetterplaceforpeople,

animalsandtheenvironmentweshare.Roots&Shootsyoutharenotonlythefuture,theyarethepresentandtheyarechangingtheworld.LearnmoreaboutRoots&ShootsRoots&Shootsisinmorethan130countriesaroundtheworld.LearnmoreaboutRoots&ShootsItinspiresyoungpeopletocreatepositivechangeintheircommunities.MoreaboutRoots&ShootsLearnmoreaboutRoots&ShootsMoreandmoreyoungpeoplewanttobeapartofRoots&Shoots.MoreaboutRoots&ShootsLearnmoreaboutRoots&ShootsYoungpeoplearetakingactiontocreatechangethatisneededinourworld.MoreaboutRoots&ShootsLearnmoreaboutRoots&ShootsManyyoungpeopleusetheirvoiceandactionstomaketheworldabetterplaceforpeople,animalsandtheenvironment.MoreaboutRoots&ShootsLearnmoreaboutRoots&ShootsJaneGoodall’sRoots&ShootsisalreadyinBeijing.

Thetimeisnowtospeakupandtakeaction.MoreaboutRoots&ShootsLearnmoreaboutRoots&ShootsStep3

Post-readingⅠ.Afterreadingthepassage，pleasefillinthefollowingblanks.Mostpeoplesuffer1.whatisknownas“just-me-ism”.Actually,itis2(harm)totheworld.3(inspire)youngpeopletotakeactionfortheenvironment.animalsandtheircommunity,Roots&Shoots4(establish).TheorganizationiscalledRoots&Shootsbecauserootsmove5(slow)underthegroundtomakeafirm6(found)andshootscanbreakopenbrickwalls7(reach)thelight.Thevalueandimportanceofeachindividualis8RootsShootsisallabout.Dr.JaneGoodallthinkseachindividualhasarole

9(play)andeveryindividualmakes10difference.fromToinspirewasestablishedtoplaywhatharmfulatoreachfoundationslowlyReadthewholetextagain.Answerthequestions.1.Whatcanwelearnfromthetext?2.Asteenagers,whatcanyoudotoprotectenvironment?Step4GroupworkEveryindividualcanmakeadifferencetotheworld.nottoleavethetaprunningnottoleavethehousewithlightsstillontopickuplittertouselesstissuepaperWhatcanwe

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