高中英语北师大选修8课件Unit22EnvironmentalProtection.docx

Unit 22 Environmental Protection 单元话题导读 ▼ 索取，索取，再索取。孩子和母亲的关系似乎永远都是这一种形式。人 类和自然母亲的关系又何尝不是如此呢? Nature Is Our Mother Take.Take.Take.The relationship between a child and a mother always seems to follow such a pattern.Like a child endlessly asking, we humans, throughout history, have been | continually demanding what we desire from nature. i i上一JT J（追回饰下一贡） We enjoy the comfort and beauty of our furniture, yet we never bother to think about the serious soil erosion caused by deforestation.We take it for granted that we must warm ourselves in winter times, yet we seldom realize all the prosperity from the development of modern industry, yet few would give the slightest consideration to the global air and water pollution caused by industrial wastes.Our ruthless exploitation has permanently impaired our mother earth. Now, standing here at the threshold of the 21st century, we cannot help thinking of our posterity （后代）.Nature is not only the mother of the present generation, but also the mother of the generations to come.How severely our posterity will criticize us if we leave them a barren and lifeless mother? How much more they will appreciate us if we give them a world of harmony to inherit? Let us start respecting and caring for nature from now on.Let us start the campaign of creating amutually （互利的）beneficial relationship between people and nature right from this moment.With this new start, we have no reason to doubt that our children, and our childrens children will live in a brand new age of green trees, clean air, crystal water, blue sky and an even more promising world! ， ，.上一贡丿，—\遵回蕾页丿，一下一页/ deforestation n ? prosperity n. inherit vt.山 take it for granted(that) at the threshold of 滥伐森林 繁荣；兴旺，昌盛 继承 认为……是，理所当然 在……的开始 、 、上T —追回首 一i下一買） ?谱思导读 1 ? What will be caused with the development of modern industry? 2? What will we do if we want our next generation to appreciate us? 【答案］ l.The global air and water pollution will be caused by industrial wastes. 2? We try to give