全新与版大学英语综合教程3Unit1-passageB.pptVIP

Passage B Frog Story Assignments for students before the class A.Answer the following questions 1. What happened to the author and the frog? 2.What is the authors purpose in writing the story? 3.What does the story imply to you? Assignments for students before the class B. Translate the following sentences 1.As I would check my morning email and on-line news, he would be there with me surveying the world. 2.I was suddenly overtaken by an urge to know why he was there and not in the greenhouse, where I figured he’d live a happier life frog life. 3. As I looked at him, dead on, his eyes looked directly at me and I heard a tone.The tone seemed to hit me right in the center of my mind. Assignments for students before the class B. Translate the following sentences 4. At that rate I knew that the maple trees that I love to tap each spring for syrup would not survive for my children. 5. The frogs have a message for us and it is the same message that some sober folks have hadfor us. “There are no more choices.” We have reached the time when we must be the adults for the planet, for the sake of the future generations of human and for frogs. Assignments for students before the class B. Translate the following sentences 6. Then I understood that there are no boundaries, that there is no more time. 7. And then I understood, not only why frog was there, but, also why I am here. Assignments for students before the class C. Find the English equivalents in the text 几桩怪事 …很惬意 在…住下 有一种强烈的欲望 全球气候变化 物种指示灯 绿色的深浅度 用全力 内里朝外 我们已到达了……的时刻 References A.Answer the following questions 1. The frog was endangered by the worsening environment and came to “inform” the author of the severe situations. 2. He wants to encourage readers to fight against pollution. 3.Man and animals are related as they live in the same environment. References B. 1.As I would chec