环境学英语

Unit 1 Global Warming
1. Search for Background Information
2. Discuss the Words' Meaning
3. Listen to the Lecture
4. Read for Information
Text A Global Warming： Myth or Fact?
Text B Causes， Effects and Solutions of the Global Warming Crisis
5. Practice for Enhancement
6. Write an Academic Essay
7. Make Your Presentation
Unit 2 Pollution
1. Search for Background Information
2. Discuss the Words' Meaning
3. Listen to the Lecture
4. Read for Information
TextA Noise Pollution
Text B Our Vanishing Night
5. Practice for Enhancement
6. Write an Academic Essay
7. Make Your Presentation
Unit 3 Resource Shortage and Management
1. Search for Background Information
2. Discuss the Words' Meaning
3. Listen to the Lecture
4. Read for Information
Text A Rising above the Low of Peak Water
Text B Peak Oil Production May Already Be Here
5. Practice for Enhancement
6. Write an Academic Essay
7. Make Your Presentation
Unit 4 Genetically Modified Conservation
1. Search for Background Information
2. Discuss the Words' Meaning
3. Listen to the Lecture
4. Read for Information
TextA Genetically Modified Conservation
Text B What If Organic Farmers Joined Forces with Genetic Engineers?
5. Practice for Enhancement
6. Write an Academic Essay
7. Make Your Presentation
Unit 5 Coping with Environmental Emergencies
1. Search for Background Information
2. Discuss the Words' Meaning
3. Listen to the Lecture
4. Read for Information
Text A The Green Cross
Text B When Will We Learn?
5. Practice for Enhancement
6. Write an Academic Essay
7. Make Your Presentation
Unit 6 Sustainable Solutions
1. Search for Background Information
2. Discuss the Words' Meaning
3. Listen to the Lecture
4. Read for Information
Text A Building on the Fly
Text B Can Cities Feed Us?
5. Practice for Enhancement
6. Write an Academic Essay
7. Make Your Presentation
Appendix 1 Sample Academic Essay
Appendix 2 Glossary
Appendix 3 The 570 Words of the Academic Word List （AWL）