新视野大学英语（第四版）读写教程4（思政智慧版）外研社编Unit 4 Section C + Project.pptxVIP

Unit4Manandnature读写教程4Earthprovidesenoughtosatisfyeveryman’sneeds,butnoteveryman’sgreed.—MahatmaGandhi(Indianpolitician)

SectionCStoriesofChina新视野大学英语（第四版）读写教程4ThespiritofSaihanba’srejuvenatedlandOnewinternight,whenthetemperaturedroppedtoaround-40degreesCelsius,agroupofmenhuddledinasmall,thatchedhutonavastpieceofdesertlandinnorthernChina.Thehuthadnodoor,andthewindwasraging.Themen–about20ofthem–foundithardtosleep.Theyworewoolenhatsandcottonclothesastheyrestedonmatsonthe

SectionCStoriesofChina新视野大学英语（第四版）读写教程4ground,tryinginvaintoresistthebitingcold.Then,someofthemcameuponanidea.Theythrewsomebricksandstonesintothecampfireandtookthemoutbeforetheybecametoohot.Theyusedthose“baked”bricksandstonesaswarmersintheirquilts.Itwasnotastoryofonenight,butofmanynights.Formanyoftheseyoungmen,thishardlifelastedmanyyears,evenmorethanadecade.Allthishappened60yearsagoonahighplateauinHebeiProvince.The93,000-hectareplateauareacalledSaihanba

SectionCStoriesofChina新视野大学英语（第四版）读写教程4usedtobetheseatofvastprimitive(原始的)forestsinthe17thcentury.Thename,acombinationofChineseandMongolianlanguages,literallymeans“beautifulhighlands”.Bytheendofthe19thcentury,however,theforestedareahadlostitsformerluster(光彩)duetogradualsoilerosionanddesertification(沙漠化)causedbytheexcessivecuttingoftreesthere.Atthebeginningofthe1960s,inordertocombatSaihanba’sdesertification,Chinadecidedtocultivateartificialforestsandset

SectionCStoriesofChina新视野大学英语（第四版）读写教程4upastate-ownedmechanizedforestfarm.Theaforementionedmensqueezedintothesmallhutwereamongthefirstbatchof369pioneerswhoansweredthenation’scallandsettledinSaihanbaatatimewhenevenbirdshadahardtimefindingtreestheretoperchon.Forthefirsttwoyears,the