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单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,Unit one,A fable for tomorrow,What is a fable?,Why writing a fable?,What is the moral/lesson from this article?,Too much use of chemicals may destroy our living environment and may prove to have a boomerang effect(,自食其果,)on human beings.,Cultural Notes,The,origin,of the article,This fable was taken from Carsons prophetic book:,Silent Spring,(1962),which was,an expose of the long-term effects of pesticides upon our environment,.She argued that we had entered the age of chemicals willy-nilly(,不管愿不愿意,)without considering the totality of nature.Processes within nature were working to undo the very things we hoped to achieve using pesticides,thereby causing large-scale imbalances.To be precise,she urged us to better understand nature and to use its processes to our advantage without the use of pesticides.,However,the writer was much refuted(,驳斥,)when the book first came out.The,Time Magazine,ridiculed her as talking nonsense and the,Readers Digest,withdrew the offer to print a selection from Silent Spring and chose instead to reprint the disparaging(,诋毁性的,)article from Time.,John F.Kennedy,in the White House,Stuart Udall at Interior,Hubert Humphrey in the Senate,and William O.Douglas in the Supreme Court-,proposed,implemented,and defended legislation,that regulated industry,set standards,saved lives and changed the course of history.As Rev.John E.Gibbons pointed out,this book is the one with the greatest impact in the last century.,Fortunately the American government responded to her revelations.,Rachel Carson,Carson received her M.A.from Johns Hopkins University in 1932 and did postgraduate work at Woods Hole Marine Biological Lab.,Rachel Carson(1907 1964)is an American biologist well known for her writings on environmental pollution and the natural history of the Sea.,A deep interest in wild life from her childhood led Carson to a long career with the US Bureau of Fisheries,later,the US Fish and Wildlife Service.In 1951,she published,The Sea Around Us,which won the National Book Award.Her prophetic book,Silent Spring,(1962)created a worldwide awareness of the dangers of environmental pollution,.Among her other works are,Under the Sea-wind,(1941)and,The Age of the Sea.,What do you learn from the picture?,Preview Questions,An Environmental problem?,Why?,What measures were taken?,It is reported that monitoring data showed the,Air Quality Index,in most parts of Beijing reached 500,the,maximum pollution level,.Emergency response,measures,were adopted on Sunday in some areas to deal with the heavy pollution.Outdoor sports activities for primary and middle schools were ordered to be,halted,in extremely polluted areas.The,hazy weather,would continue until,The market for,dust masks,and,air purifiers,is booming in Beijing because the capital has been shrouded(,覆盖,)for several days in thick,fog and haze.,hazy weather (fog and haze),雾霾天气,AQI(Air Quality Index,空气质量指数,PM2.5 particulate matter,颗粒物,PM2.5,主要来自,burning of fossil fuels in vehicles,（机动车燃油）,power plants,（发电厂）以及,various industrial processes,（各类工业生产）,Can you introduce and summarize the main idea of the text?,Introduction,There used to be a village which was vibrating with all kinds of life.The fields and orchards were prosperous;trees and flowers delighted peoples eyes;birds,fish and animals were abundant.However,as a result of the long-term effects of pesticides upon the natural environment,these kinds of life suffered great damage and destruction.Consequently,the village became desolate and silent.Even the villagers were stricken with strange maladies.A fable as it is,it nevertheless teaches us to live in harmony with our natural surroundings and be cautious in the application of chemicals.,in,harmony/in harmony with/harmonic,:,agreeing;matching,I do believe it is possible for different ethnic groups to live together in harmony.,Your suggestions are not in harmony with the aims of this project.,Years of their marriage were not easy because their tastes were not in harmony with each other.,harmonize with,We want to make sure that,the new offices harmonize,with the other buildings,in the area.,Text(,Para.1-2,),Words and Phrases,surroundings:,(pl.)environment,I am against bringing animals out of their natural surroundings and putting them in the zoos.,Some old people are living a solitary life in the countryside because they are not ready to leave for the new surroundings their children have moved to.,prosperous/prosperity/prospect/prospective,Prosperous area/country/future/town,:,successful or thriving,After the war,Germany became one of Europes most prosperous countries.,a time of economic prosperity,the future prosperity of the country,There are good prospects for growth in the retail sector.,The country faces the prospect of new general elections next month.,prospective employee/candidate/buyer etc,Difficult Sentences,The town lay in the midst of a checkerboard of prosperous farms.,The town was surrounded by prosperous
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