Pollution and the Environment

Spoken English II, Class 1 & 3Dr. Janet Sio

Fujian Normal University

Vocabulary Matching Game: Aspects of Culture

 Do you have the definition for (read the word) ?

Do you have the word that means (read the definition) ?

Culture

Customs

Beliefs

Attitudes

Values

History

Expectations

Communication Style

World View

Diverse

Generalization

Miscommunication

Point of View

A way of life shared by a group of people

Ways of behaving

Ideas about what is true, right or wrong

Feelings about something

What is considered to be important

What has happened in the past

What is considered to be reasonable or usual

The ways we use language to express ourselves

A person or group’s way of looking at the world around them

Having differences

A fact which is common among a group of people

A failure to tell or understand each other’s meaning

the way a group or person(s) understand something because of their underlying needs, wants and feelings

Expressing Opinion: HomeworkA Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

(an image can communicate complex ideas more easily than words)

Try to describe one of the following paintings by American painter Norman Rockwell as fully as possible.

Think about the language you would use to describe:

(1)Objects and people

(2)Actions (what is presently happening and what will happen)

(3)Facial expressions

(4)The mood (the atmosphere)

• “As far as I’m concerned,…”

• “I think...”• “If you ask me...”• “In my opinion...”• “As I see it...”

• “As far as I’m concerned,…”

• “I think...”• “If you ask me...”• “In my opinion...”• “As I see it...”

• “As far as I’m concerned,…”

• “I think...”• “If you ask me...”• “In my opinion...”• “As I see it...”

• “As far as I’m concerned,…”

• “I think...”

• “If you ask me...”• “In my opinion...”• “As I see it...”

Complaining Constructively

Complaints can be helpful if you can provide reasons why something doesn’t work or is unliked

problem root cause solution

“Too much/many” “Not enough”Much (non count words)

Many (count words)

Eg. I don’t like this classroom.

There’s too much organized activity and not enough time to practice

Practice complaining constructivelyComplaint Too much/many Not enough

The food on campus is terrible!This is a poor village    

I don’t like studying here    

I need a bigger room    

I can’t date him/her    

Life in Fuzhou

It’s difficult to travel

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words(an image can communicate complex ideas more easily than

words)

Try to describe TWO of the photos by Canadian photographer, Ed Burtynsky, as fully as possible.

Think about the language you would use to describe:

(1)Objects and/or people- colours and materials

(2) the environment and emotions or ideas that you have when looking at this photograph.

Nickel Tailings #34

Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

Oil Fields, California, USA

Tire disposal, California

Steel Plant, Shanghai, China•mercury

Coal Hills, China

Ship Breaking Yard

Chittagong, Bangladesh

Factories, Zhangzhou, China

Compacted Oil Drums, Hamilton, Canada

Dam #6, Three Gorges Dam, China

Brainstorm: Types of Pollution• air pollution

• water pollution

• litter/solid waste pollution

• noise pollution

Homework

• Review vocabulary for discussing pollution

• Practice complaining constructively

• Review country names and nationalities