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The document discusses the environmental issues in London, particularly focusing on dangerous driving and smog. It highlights the historical context of smog caused by coal fires and factories, and the current problem of smog from cars, exacerbated by expensive public transport and out-of-town shopping centers. The document suggests actions to reduce car usage and promote cycling as solutions to these environmental challenges.

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Unit 10

The document discusses the environmental issues in London, particularly focusing on dangerous driving and smog. It highlights the historical context of smog caused by coal fires and factories, and the current problem of smog from cars, exacerbated by expensive public transport and out-of-town shopping centers. The document suggests actions to reduce car usage and promote cycling as solutions to these environmental challenges.

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Unit

Unit 10
10

Dangerous Driving
Environmental
Problems of
London

Part1 Part2 Part3

Problems of C auses of A ction to solve


London the problem the problem

Para1-2 Para3-4 Para5-6


Dangerous driving in Britain
3
Match each paragraph to the correct picture.

5 2

4
Part 1-1: Past environmental problems

• In common
Unlike with
many many countries, Britain
other
doesn’t
has have serious environmental
problems.
• In 1952, more than 4,000 people died in
London because of smoke.
smog
• The smog mainly came from coal fires
and factories then.
• The government did nothing new
introduced to stop the
laws to stop
smog.
Part 1-2 : A new problem for London today

• Where does smog come from now?


• Is it a very serious problem? (example?)
Part2: Causes of the new problem

In the past, …
“out of town” shopping centers
Now, …
As a result, …

￡ 100
Example?
expensive public transport
￡1
Part 3 Action for the environment

reduce the use of cars cycle to work on


special bicycle paths

How? travel to work in one car

take “direct action” example?

(When, where, who, what, why?)


Fill in the chart with the information you can get from the
passage.

Problems Past: smog from coal fires and factories .


New: smog from cars .
Causes ① People have to drive to shop .
② Public transportis expensive .
Action ① People should try to reduce the use of cars.

② Sometimes people take direct action


.
After-reading discussion

 What do you think of the two actions?


 What suggestions can you propose to solve
the problem?
Nanjing, Are You Ready for The 2nd
Youth Olympic Games in 2014?
----a talk show from BBC

1 host
1 government official
1-2 citizens with different jobs

You are going to hold a discussion in groups of three or four to


brainstorm ways to solve environmental problems in Nanjing.
Homework:
Write about another problem that Nanjing faces now.

Problem
Causes
Action
Problems

In common with many countries, Britain has serious


environmental problems
. One of the problems is the , a mixture smog
of
fog and smoke. The smog camecoalfromfires and factories in the
past and the government
introduced new laws to stop it. But
now, smog mainly came from
cars .
Causes

Part of the problem is the new ‘out of town’ shopping


centers. People drive
have to to do their shopping.
publicAnd
transport
is expensive.
Action

In order to solve the problem, people need reduce the use of ca


to cycle . People can to work
bicycle on special
paths
in one together
. And some people can go to work car .
Some people even took ‘direct action’ in 1995, but they didn’t
. succeed
Listen and imitate
Debate
 Suppose the government has plans to stop
ALL cars from driving near our school. Is that
a good idea?
 FOR
 AGAINST

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