现代大学英语第三册第五课(Slient_Spring).ppt

Unit one A fable for tomorrow;; Cultural Notes The origin of the article;This fable was taken from Carson’s 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. ;; 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. ;Rachel Carson;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.;;Introduction;Preview Questions;;Text (Para. 1-2);in harmony /in harmony with/harmonic (L2) : 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. 你的建议与项目的目标不一致。 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. ;surroundings: (pl.) environment I am against bringing animals out of their natural