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1、Unit11 Business and Unit11 Business and Environment ProtectionEnvironment ProtectionCONTENTS Teaching Aims Text A Text B Supplementary ReadingTEACHING AIMSAfter studying this unit,you are required to1.Have a general idea of the Business and Environment Protection.2.Understand the relationship betwee
2、n the Business and Environment Protection.3.Master the difficult words and expressions.Text A The bubble car is backTEXT A Preview MANY car designers are convinced that a radical change in automobile technology is going to be needed for the crowded megacities of the future.By 2030 more than 60%of th
3、e worlds population is expected to be living in cities,up from 50%now,and more of them will be able to afford cars.The need to reduce emissions,an acute scarcity of land for roads and parking,and the prospect of laws restricting conventional cars all point to the idea that different and smaller type
4、s of vehicle will be in demand.With that in mind,some of those designers are coming up with things that look a lot like a vehicle that was familiar more than 50 years ago.Welcome to the return of the bubble car.TEXT A PreviewTEXT A Reading Comprehension Read the following sentences and decide whethe
5、r they are true（T)or false（F)1.By 2030 more than 60%of the worlds population is expected to be living in cities,up from 50%now,and more of them will be able to afford cars.()F4.A computer controls the resultant balancing act,using a series of motion sensors and gyroscopes.()5.The advantage of having
6、 only two wheels is that the car can be shrunk into a small package.()TEXT A Reading Comprehension TFTEXT A Notes 1.Messerschmitt：a famous German aircraft manufacturing corporation(AG)named for its chief designer,Willy Messerschmitt,and known primarily for its World War II fighter aircraft,notably t
7、he Bf 109 and Me 262.The company survived in the post-war era,undergoing a number of mergers and changing its name from Messerschmitt to Messerschmitt-Blkow-Blohm before being bought by DASA in 1989,now part of EADS.4.Segway：a two-wheeled,self-balancing electric vehicle invented by Dean Kamen.It is
8、produced by Segway Inc.of New Hampshire,USA.The name Segway is a homophone of segue(a smooth transition,literally Italian for follows)while PT denotes personal transporter.5.Renault：a French automaker producing cars,vans,buses,tractors,and trucks,and,in the past,autorail vehicles.Its alliance with N
9、issan makes it the worlds fourth largest automaker.Headquartered in Boulogne-Billancourt,Renault owns the Romanian automaker Automobile Dacia and the Korean automaker Renault Samsung Motors.The Lebanese-Brazilian Carlos Ghosn is the current CEO.The companys most successful cars to date is the Renaul
10、t Clio and the Renault Laguna,and its core market is Europe.The company is known for numerous revolutionary designs,security technologies,and motor racing.TEXT A NotesTEXT A New Words and Expressions:3.megacity me,siti n.大城市（人口超过100万的）But Chongqings megacity dreams are troubled.但是重庆的大都市梦想正遇到麻烦。4.emi
11、ssionsimin n.（光、热等的）发射，散发；喷射；发行Which statement is true of the methane emissions of plants in the experiment?在实验中，有关植物释放沼气的陈述，哪一个是正确的?TEXT A New Words and Expressions:5.scarcitysksti n.不足；缺乏And the scarcity will be exacerbated by the increasing demand during the Olympics.随着奥运期间不断增加的用水需求，用水短缺将加剧。6.pro
12、lific prulifik adj.多产的；丰富的Cele black sheep is a prolific lambskin local breed which is a favorably breed in the region.策勒黑羊是以生产羔皮为主的多胎优良地方品种，深受当地群众的喜爱。TEXT A Assignment Finish the rest of exercises of Text APreview Text B Text B Less smoke,less ireQUESTIONS1.Do you think that the rainforest is very
13、important?why?2.Do you know the deforestation?3.Can you give some suggestions to protect the rainforest?TEXT B Preview THE Amazons dry season,from July to September,is when the grileiros cut and burn the rainforest.The smoke is so thick it can be seen from space.It also stops rainclouds forming,so t
14、he flames burn higher.But on a recent surveillance flight over the forest frontier in Brazils state of Par,there was hardly a wisp of smoke in the sky.Even the people from Greenpeace,whose flight this was,were impressed.TEXT B Reading Comprehension Read the following sentences and decide whether the
15、y are true（T)or false（F)1.Between 1996 and 2005 some 19,500 sq km of the Brazilian Amazon were not cleared each year.()2.Between 2002 and 2009 Brazil committed 709,000 sq km of the Amazon to such use.The idea was that,even where the state cannot police the rainforest,as it mostly cannot,straightenin
16、g out who owns it would deter land-grabbing.()FT5.Many policymakers now talk of ending deforestation by 2050,or even reversing it.To reduce the risk of rainforest die-back,the World Bank recommends reforesting 40m hectares of Amazonian land that had been illegally cleared.()TEXT B Reading Comprehens
17、ion TTEXT B Notes 1.Par：is one of the states of Brazil,located in the northern part of the country.Par is the second largest state of Brazil in area,second only to Amazonas.(It was the third until Mato Grosso do Sul broke away from Mato Grosso in 1977.)In the northern region,it has the largest popul
18、ation,more than 6 million.Its most famous icons are the Amazon River and the Amazon rain forest.TEXT B Notes 2.Greenpeace：a non-governmental environmental organization with offices in over 40 countries and with an international coordinating body in Amsterdam,Netherlands.Greenpeace states its goal is
19、 to ensure the ability of the Earth to nurture life in all its diversity”and focuses its work on world wide issues such as global warming,deforestation,overfishing,commercial whaling and anti-nuclear issues.Greenpeace uses direct action,lobbying and research to achieve its goals.The global organizat
20、ion does not accept funding from governments,corporations or political parties,relying on more than 2.8 million individual supporters and foundation grants.TEXT B New Words and Expressions:1.rainforestrein,frist n.（热带）雨林The tropical rainforest is a very humid place.热带雨林是一个非常潮湿的地方。2.surveillances:vei
21、lns,s-n.监督；监视The family can borrow the surveillance equipment from the state.这个家庭可以从政府借用监视设备。TEXT B New Words and Expressions:3.wisp wisp n.小捆；小束vt.把卷成一捆vi.卷成一捆The whole room was wisped with smoke.整个房间布满了缕缕烟雾。4.impressed impres,impres vt.盖印；强征；传送；给予某人深刻印象vi.给人印象n.印象，印记；特征，痕迹She did not impress me at
22、 all.她没给我留下丝毫印象。TEXT B Assignment Finish the exercises of Text BPreview supplementing reading.Supplementary ReadingStriking the setSupplementary Reading Preview THERE is a common notion that Britain is no longer a country of heavy industry.Ask anyone familiar with the North Sea,though,and that will be revealed as a myth.Giant oil platforms dot the waters between Britain and Norway,sucking around 900m barrels of oil and gas from beneath the seabed every year.