综合英语Book V Unit 2 BEWARE THE DIRTY SEAS.pptVIP

Pre-reading questions How does the title strike you? Why “the dirty seas”? What causes the seas to become dirty? Why are the readers called on to beware of them? What do you predict the text is about? What is your own way in writing an essay about pollution? --- Introduction: problem --- Body: causes and effects --- Conclusion: solutions Comprehension exercises Finish the comprehension exercises in group work within 20 minutes and get ready to present the group discussion in class. Analysis: Cause and effect 2 fundamental ways of organizing a cause and effect paper: effect 1 cause 1 1. cause effect 2 2. cause 2 effect effect 3 cause 3 What is the pattern this essay follows? What are the other writing techniques used to develop the thesis in this essay? Difficult sentences for paraphrasing The result is that the Mediterranean, which nurtured so many civilizations, is gravely ill - the first of the seas to fall victim to the abilities and attitudes that evolved around it. --- What happens is that the M, the cradle of many ancient cultures, is seriously polluted. It is the first of the seas that has been made to suffer from a situation resulting from development mixed with an irresponsible mentality. Comprehension question What relationship does the author establish in para. 3 between the many civilizations the Mediterranean has nurtured and its pollution? Difficult sentences for paraphrasing ??? What is more, most cities just drop it in straight off the beach; rare indeed are the places like Cannes and Tel Aviv which pipe it even half a mile offshore. --- Further, while the places such as Cannes and Tel Aviv dispose of their wastes through a pipe stretching out only half a mile from the shore, most cities do not even bother to do that but simply dump their sewage directly into the sea along the coastline. Difficult sentences for paraphrasing An even greater danger lur