Watch and listen

Watch and understand a video about the natural environment

Lead-in
1. Observe the picture
T: This was once one of the largest lake in the world. When you see the picture, what
do you feel?
Ss: unhappy, scary, shamed, surprised...( activate their emotions )
T: Let’s look at other lakes that were dried up. So, what do you think are the reasons
that caused this problem?
Ss: high temperature, hot weather, irrigation, our everyday use of fresh water
High temperature--evaporation of water--drying soil--more water soaked by soil--less
flowing water

2. Brainstorm: How do humans affect environment

3. Topic introducation
T: In today’s lesson, we will be talking about environment. So, the first thing we are
going to do, is understanding our environment.

Preparing to watch
1. T: You are going to watch a video about our natural environment. Before we watch,
let’s discuss some questions.
Question 1: Do you know the Seven Natural Wonders of the world?

The Northern Lights: Aurora Borealis The Grand Canyon

Paricutin Victoria Falls

Mount Everest Great Barrier Reef

Harbor of Rio de Janeiro

Question2 T: In Chongqing, do we have geographic features like mountains and

rivers?
Question 3: What street of places in Chongqing have names referring to geography?
(IELTS SPEAKING QUESTIONS)

2. Vocabulary
Question 1: How old do you think these places are?
Ss: very old
Question 2: What do you think formed these landscape over time?
Ss: weather (sun, wind, rain), movement of the earth, water

T: The names of these three places:

Colorado river

Grand Canyon

Yosemite National Park

Carlsbad Caverns in new mexico

stalactite /stə’lækaɪt/

Vocabulary appears in the video

 Mile：a unit of distance equal to 1,760 yards or 1.6 kilometres:
 Dramatically：suddenly or obviously:
Ex. Change dramatically
 Bottom：the lowest part of something
 Cave ： a large hole in the side of a hill, cliff, or mountain, or one that is
underground
 Landmark：a building or place that is easily recognized, especially one that you
can use to judge where you are
 Glacier：a large mass of ice that moves slowly
 Melt ： to turn from something solid into something soft or liquid, or to cause
something to do this
 Flow ： (especially of liquids, gases, or electricity) to move in one direction,
especially continuously and easily:
 Waterfall：water, especially from a river or stream, dropping from a higher to a
lower point, sometimes from a great height
While watch
Task 1: Number the sentences
Task 2: Circle the correct answer