《现代大学英语 精读6（第二版）》教学课件Unit 5-(2003版).pptVIP

* Text Analysis It is produced solely as a salable object—a commodity—with little regard for how well it fits into either sphere: the system of transportation or the environment. (Para. 7) A car is produced as a commodity with a market value, with little attention being paid to whether it is suitable for the transportation system or the environment in which it will be used. The implied meaning is that if the transportation system is already under a heavy burden or the environment is already polluted by exhaust gas emitted by cars, car manufacturers will still produce more cars in order to earn a profit. As a result, the car is in conflict with the environment. * Text Analysis Defined so narrowly, it is no surprise that cars have properties that are hostile to their environment. (Para. 8) P: When cars are produced to serve such narrow purposes, it is not surprising that some of their characteristic qualities are harmful to the environment. When the author talked about fish, he used words like “fitted properly into the preexisting system”. The contrast between the fish, which is natural, and the man-made car can be seen clearly. It refers to the last sentence of the Para. 7. * Text Analysis Even a part of the technosphere as close to nature as the farm suffers from the same sort of clash with the environment. (Para. 9) Human beings create the farm, but as a part of the technosphere, it is closer to Nature than big cities are. Even so, the farm is in the same kind of conflict with the environment. The meaning of this sentence may be found in the subsequent sentences. As a man-made object, the farm is designed for the sole purpose of producing crops. (Para. 9) implied meaning: the farm should not be narrowly defined as serving the sole purpose of producing crops. * Text Analysis Guided by that purpose, after World War II, agronomists urged the increasingly heavy application of chemical nitrogen fertilizer. (Para. 9) However, guided by the narrow purpose of prod