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1、,The Economist,Unit 5 For Want of a Drink,For Want of a Drink,Unit 5,Questions / Activities,Check-on Preview,Objectives,W,B,T,R,Warming up,For Want of a Drink,Unit 5,Warming up,Questions / Activities,How do you understand the following cartoons?,W,B,T,R,Match the words with their correct meaning in
2、the text.,Check-on Preview,Warming up,squander overblown trudge,spend thoughtlessly, throw away exaggerated walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud,Objectives,Know something about water crisis Understand the causes of water crisis Think about how to deal with the crisis Consider the i
3、nitiatives common people can take Actively think about international issues,W,B,T,R,Warming up,Background,Water Crisis,The Economist,B,W,T,R,For Want of a Drink,Unit 5,An English-language weekly news and international affairs publication edited in London. Founded by James Wilson in September 1843. F
4、or historical reasons. Neo-liberal inclination: a supporter of free trade, globalization, free immigration and social liberalism, including legalized drugs and prostitution. Circulation: 1.5 million/week in,Background,The Economist,The Economists issues on environmental issues,Background,The Economi
5、st,Water Resources Worldwide,Background,Water Crisis,World Water Stress: Population growth Expansion of business activities Rapid urbanization Climate change Depletion of aquifers Water pollution Water and conflict,Background,Water Crisis,Water Resources Worldwide,Water Resources of China,Background
6、,Water Crisis,General description: severe water quantity shortages and severe water quality pollution. Chinas water resources: Total water resources (2.84 trillion cubic meters): No. 6 Per capita water resources (2100 cubic kilometers): No. 88,Uneven distribution: 80% in the south of China.,Backgrou
7、nd,Water Crisis,China average annual precipitation,Text Analysis,T,W,B,R,For Want of a Drink,Unit 5,Text Analysis,Theme,Understand the situation of the global water crisis Analyze the difficulties in meeting the water crisis Develop a right approach to common international challenges,T,W,B,R,Introdu
8、ction: a warning about a water crisis (paras. 12) Causal analysis of water shortage (paras. 35) Difficulty in satisfying these demands (paras. 68) Characteristics of water as natural resource (paras. 915) Reiteration of the value of water (paras. 1617) Conclusion: difficulty in using the resource se
9、nsibly (paras. 1819),Text Analysis,Structure,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,Main Idea,Sentence Paraphrase,Words Desalination of salty water is expensive; Fresh water is not readily available. What is the law of conservation of mass?,Global Water Cycle,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,Text Analysis,D
10、etailed Analysis,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,Part III: Words & Expressions,Words,Phrases,Sentence Pattern,Grammar,finite readily,no more of it lap at survive on,However you use it,The rest is falling, sittingor flowing.,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,Part IV: Main Idea Characteristics of water
11、resources (paras. 915),What are the characteristics of water resources? Water being not evenly distributed Water being local and heavy to move Underground water being excessively used as a free resource,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,Water is not evenly distributed.,Brazil,Canada,US,Russia,Indonesi
12、a,China,Columbia,India,Congo,Uneven regional distribution in China,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,Excessive use of groundwater,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,Part IV: Words & Expressions,Words,Phrases,Sentence Pattern,routine though elaborate,have an abundance come
13、to in due course the beauty of,Scarce or plentiful, water is above all local. to the point where,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,Part IV: Exercise,Translate the following terms into Chinese. Average annual rainfall Surface water Basin Upstream Groundwater Artificial diversion,Text Analysis,Detailed
14、Analysis,Part IV: Exercise,Translate the following sentences into English, using words in the brackets. 由于环境退化，不宜人类居住，数百万人不得不搬迁。(point) Millions of people have been resettled because their home environments have degraded to the point where they are no longer fit for human habitation. 该计划的妙处在于简洁明了。(b
15、eauty) The beauty of the plan lies in its simplicity.,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,Part V: Main Idea Reiteration of the value of water (paras. 1617),How do you understand that the value of water depends on the use of water? Which use of water means the highest value of water? Industrial or domest
16、ic use? Why so? How do you understand that water is a human right?,The Right to Water “It is now time to consider access to safe drinking water and sanitation as a human right, defined as the right to equal and non-discriminatory access to a sufficient amount of drinking water for personal and domestic usesto sustain life and health. ” UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on The Right to Water, 2007,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,Difficulties in Getting Water in Afr
