江苏省溧水县孔镇中学八年级英语下册 Unit 8 A green world Read

plastic cups / bags n. 塑料

cut down trees砍倒

punish vt. 处罚，惩罚

fine vt. 罚款

rich forest resource

adj. 丰富的

n. 资源

plastic separate recycling allow cut down punish fine limit

n. 塑料 vt. 分开，分割 vt.&vi 回收利用，循环利用 vt. 允许 砍到 vt. 处罚，惩罚 vt. 罚款 vt. 限制

depend depend on /upon rich resource wisely run out produce difference make a difference (to sb/sth)

vi. 依靠，依赖，指望 依靠，取决于 adj. 富有的，丰富的 n. 资源 adv. 明智的，充满智慧的; 用完，耗尽 vt. 导致，产生 n. 差异，不同之处 有影响，起作用

Match the words on the left with the meaning on the right.1 separate ______ d 2 recycle ______ f 3 allow ______ e 4 fine ______ b 5 run out ______ ca cause a result b make some pay money because he/she has done something wrong c be used up d put things into different groups e let some one do something f treat something used so that it can be used again

6 produce ______ a

What do you know about this country?

Switzerland is a beautiful country with high mountains and clean blue lakes.

Kitty’s online friend Martina is a middle school student in Switzerland. She’s writing in her blog on World Environment Day. Read the article and find out more information about Switzerland.

Read the article quickly and answer the question.When’s World Environment Day? World Environment Day is on 5 June.

Kitty made some notes of Martina’s blog on a piece of paper, but her mother tore it up by mistake. Listen to the tape and help her match the two halves of the sentences. Write the correct letters in the blanks.

a are separated into different groups and recycled. b energy from the sun, wind and water. c to protect the environment. d with high mountains and clean blue lakes. e because we depend on its rich resources to live. f to collect old clothes from around the country.

1 Switzerland is a beautiful country d _____ 2 In Switzerland, glass plastic and paper _______ a

a are separated into different groups and recycled. b energy from the sun, wind and water. c to protect the environment. d with high mountains and clean blue lakes. e because we depend on its rich resources to live. f to collect old clothes from around the country.

3 An organization was set up _____ f 4 The government has laws _____ c 5 We should protect nature _____ e 6 People are starting to use ______ b

After reading Martina’s article, Kitty has written down the main points of the paragraphs. Write the correct numbers of the paragraphs in the boxes.