现代大学英语精读3Unit5 Silent Spring.ppt

Environmental Problems Air-related environmental problems Greenhouse effect Ozone depletion Air pollution water-related environmental problems Acid rain Wastewater Water crisis Marine pollution and acidification 海洋污染和海水酸化 Land-related environmental problems Problems arising from inefficient land use (urban sprawl城区的无计划扩张 , habitat fragmentation栖息地破碎化 , habitat destruction) Problems arising from land pollution and degradation (desertification, land pollution, soil pollution) Other environmental problems The use of pesticides Inefficient use of resources and energy crisis Conservation (species) Non-recyclable waste (plastic and electronic waste) Genetic engineering (genetically modified foods) Nuclear development and nanotechnology Population explosion Author Rachel Carson, writer, scientist, and ecologist, was born in Pennsylvania. She studied biology and received her MA in zoology from John Hopkins University. She wrote many books about conservation, natural resources, and the wonder and beauty of the living world. She died in 1964 after a long battle against breast cancer. About the book… When the book first appeared, Carson was bitterly attacked by the chemical industry and some people in the government as an alarmist, but she courageously spoke out against those criticism. the threats she had outlined—the contamination of the food chain, cancer, genetic damage, the deaths of entire species—were too frightening to ignore. For the first time, the need to regulate industry in order to protect the environment became widely accepted, and environmentalism was born. I. Structure of the Text Part I: paras.1-6 a town before after the disaster Part II: paras. 7-9 cause of the disaster: chemicals Part III: paras. 10-14 character impact of man’s tampering with nature Part IV: paras. 15-18 reasons why pesticides fail to solve the pest problem Part V: paras. 19-24 cause of modern pest problem and possible solutions Part VI: para. 25 Part one (1-6): Discus