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College English Unit One Intensive Reading Book 2 Contents 1 . Warm-up 2 . Background 3 . Language points 4 . Summary 5 . Exercises Warm up Warm up Warm up Warm up Warm up Questions: What do you think of the environment you live in? (global warming, melting ice caps in polar areas, rising sea levels, flooding and landslides, an increase in diseases, many plants and animals may disappear as their environments are destroyed) 2. Have you noticed the pollution in our lives? (air pollution, water pollution, noise, light pollution etc.) 3. How could we save our earth? (cutting the emissions of “greenhouse” gases, such as carbon dioxide and burn coal ) Background 1. About the author Art Buchwald (10. 20, 1925 - 1.17, 2007) was an American humorist best known for his long-running column that he wrote in The Washington Post, which in turn was carried as a syndicated column in many other newspapers. His column focused on political satire and commentary. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Outstanding Commentary in 1982 and in 1986 was elected to the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. Background New York The Big Apple The City That Never Sleeps The Capital of The World 2. Venus(金星) Venus is the second planet in distance from the sun and nearest to the earth of all the planets in the solar system(太阳系). Except for the sun and the moon, Venus is the brightest object in the sky. It is called “the morning star” ( “启明”) when it appears in the east at sunrise, and “the evening star” (“长庚” ) when it is in the west at sunset. Surface temperature: 475℃ Its atmosphere is about 95% CO Language points 1. manage to do sth.: succeed in accomplishing or handling(with an effort) e.g. He managed to paint the whole room in one hour. 2. signal (n.v. adj.) (n.) movement, mess