新世纪大学英语精读4(第三版)unit1课件.ppt

;Read and Explore;1. Do you think man lives in harmony with nature now? 2. Do you think that man has been destroying nature? Could you give some examples? 3. What do you think we should do to preserve nature?;Study the following quotes about man and nature and discuss in pairs what you can learn from them. ;Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you. — Frank Lloyd Wright ;Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better. — Albert Einstein ;Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better. — William Hazlitt ;The highest purpose is to have no purpose at all. This puts one in accord with nature, in her manner of operation. — John Cage ;Watch the following video clip “If the world warms by 6 degrees ” and do the tasks that follow:; If the world warms by 6 degrees, from a distance the may appear bright blue, but they are marine wastelands. Deserts across continents like conquering armies. become common events. Some of the world’s great cities are and abandoned. If temperatures soar by 6 degrees within , we’re going to face nothing less than a global wipe out. ;Video-2;marine a. of, near, living in, or obtained from the sea （近）海的；海生（产）的 fishery n. a part of the sea used for the business of catching sea fish 近海渔场 exhaust vt. use up completely 用完，用尽 ;endanger vt. cause danger to 使遭危害，危及 excessive a. too much; too great; going beyond what is reasonable or right 过多的，过分的，过度的 starvation n. [U] suffering or death from lack of food 挨饿，饥饿；饿 死 ;Choose the best answer to each of the following questions according to the information contained in the listening passage. ?;What is the main idea of the passage?;2. Wh