大学英语全新版第二册第八单元答案.ppt

* BOOK 2 - Unit 8 - Listening Task - After Listening Complete the following statements according to what you have heard. 1. Rachel Carson is a {biologist} who wrote a famous book entitled {Silent Spring}, for which Al Gore wrote a(n) {introduction}. 2. In her book, Rachel Carson alerted people to the dangers of the {indiscriminate} use of pesticides, and questioned the {irresponsibility} of an industrialized, technological society toward the {natural} world. 3. Silent Spring was published in {September 1962} and {has been well received} by readers ever since. [biologist] [Silent Spring] [introduction] [indiscriminate] [irresponsibility] [natural] [September 1962] [has been well received] BOOK 2 - Unit 8 - Listening Task - After Listening 4. Many people think that Carsons book {played a role / was instrumental} in the United States ban on DDT and the creation of {the Environmental Protection Agency}. [played a role / was instrumental] [the Environmental Protection Agency] BOOK 2 - Unit 8 - Comprehension - Content Questions One of you asks the first six questions and the other answers. Starting from Question 7, change roles. When you have finished, the teacher may want to put some of the questions to you to check your progress. 1. Where does the author place her imagined town? {In the midst of prosperous farms and beautiful fields in the central part of America.} 2. Could you name some of the wild life that inhabited this town in the old days? {Foxes, deer, wild flowers and trees, migrant birds, trout and other fishes, etc.} [In the midst of prosperous farms and beautiful fields in the central part of America.] [Foxes, deer, wild flowers and trees, migrant birds, trout and other fishes, etc.] BOOK 2 - Unit 8 - Comprehension - Content Questions 3. Describe the winter scene by the roadsides in the old days. {The roadsides were beautiful even in winter. Berries and seed heads of dried weeds rose above the snow, and birds came to feed on them.} 4. What attracte