president n. 负责人；主席；总统 work n. ( 音乐、

艺术 ) 作品

metal n. 金属

Look at the title and the pictures in 2b. Can you guess what the passage is about?

2a

Rethink, Reuse, Recycle!

Read the passage and answer the questions.

1. Who is Amy Hayes?

2. How many people are mentioned in the

passage? Who are they?

She is a unusual woman in the UK.

Three. They are Amy Hayes, Jessica Wong and Wang Tao.

Names What materials did they use?

What did they make?

Amy Hayes

•windows and doors of old buildings that have been pulled down

•an old boat•rocks•old glass bottles （ n.瓶子）

a house

Read the passage and complete the chart below.

2b

Names What materials did they use?

What did they make?

Jessica Wong

Wang Tao

old clothes; especially old jeans

bags

iron (n. 铁 ) and other materials from old cars

beautiful art pieces

1. Did she win an award? What was it from?

2. Where did her windows and doors come from?

Read paragraph 2 and answer the questions.

Yes, she did. It was from the Help Save Our Planet Society.

They came from old buildings around her town that were pulled down.

她住在英国，房子是她自己用废弃物建造而成。

3. What does the sentence “she lives

in a house in the UK that she built

herself out of rubbish” mean?

Read paragraph 3 and answer the questions.

1. Is Jessica Wong good at recycling? What does she do?

2. Where does she sell her bags?

3. What will she write in her book?

Yes, she is. She uses old clothes that people don’t wear anymore to make bags.Her shop and website.

New ways to use old clothes.

Read paragraph 4 and answer the

questions.

1. What does Wang Tao hope to set up?

Why?A “metal art” theme park.

Because he wants to show people the

importance of environmental

protection.

2. Translate the sentence “Not only can

the art bring happiness to others, but it

also shows that even cold, hard iron can

be brought back to life with a little

creativity.” into Chinese.

艺术不但可以给人们带来快乐，而且也说明只需要一点创造力，即使是冰冷、坚硬的铁也可产生活力。

1. Do you often throw away things you don’t need anymore? 1) throw away 扔掉，丢弃浪费 ( 机会、 优势或好处 )

e.g. I never throw anything away.

我从来不扔任何东西。

e.g. Don’t throw away this opportunity.

不要错过这个机会。

3) 浪费 ( 时间、金钱等 ) 乱花 ( 钱等 )

e.g. It will be time and money thrown

away.

这将是浪费时间和金钱。

2) 错过 ( 机会等 ) ，放过；未能很好利用 ( 机会等 )

e.g. Your creative talents can also be

put to good use, if you can work up

the energy.

如果你能让自己精力充沛起来，你 的创作才能也能得到很好的发挥。

2. Have you ever thought about how these

things can actually be put to good use?

put sth. to good use 好好利用

3. She lives in a house in the UK that

she built herself out of rubbish.build/make ... out of  用……建造 / 制造e.g. He built a model ship out of wood.

他用木头造了个模型船。 Some birds build nests out of twigs.

一些鸟用小枝筑巢。

4. The top of the house is an old boat turned upside down. turned upside down 意为“被翻转过来的； 被颠倒过来的”，做后置定语修饰 boat 。 e.g. Tony had an upside-down map of Britain on his wall. 托尼的墙上倒挂了一张英国地图。

The lid, turned upside down, served as a coffee table. 那个盖子被翻过来当作咖啡桌。

2c Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the phrases in the box.

put to good use build… out of

pull down （拆下） set up

known for not only… but also

1. Amy Hayes lives in the UK. Many of

the old buildings in her neighborhood

were _________________.pulled down

2. All the rubbish and old things in Amy’s neighborhood were then _____ __________ when Amy built her house. 3. Amy is very creative. She _______ her

front gate ________ rocks and old glass bottles. She put an old boat on top of her house.

put

built

out of

put to good use build… out ofpull down （拆下） set upknown for not only… but also

to good use

4. Jessica Wong sells her bags in a small shop, but she has also ________ an online business to sell them.5. Though Jessica’s bags are make from old clothes, her bags are ____________ being cute and useful.

set up

known for

put to good use build… out of

pull down （拆下） set up

known for not only… but also

6. Wang Tao _________ makes large

pieces of metal art that look like

animals or humans, __________

makes smaller pieces for the home.

not only

but also

put to good use build… out of

pull down （拆下） set up

known for not only… but also

2dUnderline the words in the

passage based on the words

below. What are the differences?

think use environmentusual recycle buildcreate special recentimportant protect inspire

think – rethink special – especially

use – reuse, useful recent – recently

usual – unusual

environment – environmental

recycle – recycling

important – importance

build – building protect – protection

create – creative; creativity

inspire – inspiration

1. Rethink, Reuse, Recycle !

re- 是最常用的前缀之一。它可以加在名词或动词前面，构成新的名词或动词。 re- 表示以下三方面的意义： 1) 表示“回”或“向后”的意思。例如： return （回来） recall （回忆，召回） retract （缩回，取回）

2) 表示“再”、“重新”、“重复”的意思。 例如： rethink （再思考） reuse

（再 运用） restart （重新开始） recycle

（再利用） 3) 表示“相反”、“反对”的意思。 例如： rebel （反叛，谋反） rever

se

（反转，颠倒） resist （反抗，抵 抗）

2. She is a most unusual woman.

un- 前缀，常加在形容词、副词、分词、动词和名词之前；第一，表示否定意义。第二，表示“反动作”。即“相反的动作”。例如： uneconomic 不经济的 uncomforta

ble 不舒服的 unending 无尽的 unfortunat

e 不幸的 unusual 不平常的 unkind 不仁慈的 unbind 解开，释放 uncover 揭开……的盖子 unearth 由地下掘出 unbutton 解开钮扣

3. Nothing is a waste if you have a creative mind.

-ive 是形容词后缀 一般表示有 ...... 的create -ive creative ﹢

4. Amy recently won a prize from the

Help Save Our Planet Society.

recent -ly recently﹢ 形容词加 ly 变副词

5. Amy is an inspiration (n. 灵感 ) to us all.

后缀 -tion 附在动词后面构成名词 1) 当单词最后是 t, d, te, de 时，变名词加 tion 或者 ation, ition ； 2) 当单词最后是元音字母时，变名词加 sion 等。 6. She especially likes to use old jeans to make handbags. special 和 especial 是同义词， especially 是 especial 的副词。

7. The theme park to show people the

importance of environmental

protection.

importance 是 important 的名词。 environmental 是 environment 的形容词形式。protect -ion protection﹢

2eMake a list of things that need to be done to save the environment. Which things can be done by common people every day?

•take your own bags when you go shopping

•spend less time in the shower

•turn off the lights when you leave a room

•take public transport rather than drive

•avoid using air conditioners

Which things have to be done by governments and organizations? Discuss these with your group.

•educate the public•ensure that factories get rid of waste in a responsible way

•preserve the forests•preserve endangered species•not allow activities that seriously endanger the environment

Read 2b over and over again.