新视野大学英语课件_Book2－2Environmental Protection Throughout the World.pptVIP

Unit 2 Section AEnvironmental Protection Throughout the World Background information Text structure analysis Summary of the passage Grammar language points Difficult sentences Translation Writing Ecology is the study of the relationships among plants, animals, people, and their environment, and the balance among these relationships. Please click on for more information about ecology. New England is the most northeastern region of the US, including the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Vermont. It was so named by John Smith. Click for more information about it. Grand Banks is a vast extension of the ocean off southeast Newfoundland in the North Atlantic, one of the world’s greatest cod-fishing grounds. For more about Canada’s fishing industry, please click on http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Heritage/NGB Islam is a religion with more than 1.2 billion believers world wide. It dominates in North Africa, Middle East, Central Asia and Indonesia. The word Islam is best translated with submission, meaning submission under the will and guidance of God. For more information, click on http://lexicorient,com/e.o/islam.htm Mecca (or: Makkah in Arabic) is the center of the Islamic world the birthplace of both the Prophet Muhammad and the religion he founded (Islam). Mecca is important in two points: centre of the compulsory pilgrimage, and a focal point for all Muslims. Some two million pilgrims attend the hajj(麦加朝圣) every year, and this number is now regulated. Each country can only send a fixed number of adherents (信徒) to Mecca. Riots by pilgrims and stampedes have killed many people since 1970s. For more information about Mecca, click on /e.o/mecca.htm. What is the main idea of the text? As the world economy develops dramatically, the environmental damage has been becoming increasingly severe. Therefore, many countries in the world, which used to pay little attention to environmental protection, now begin to undertake d