Unit+6+Nature+in Developing+ideas 高二英语外研版（2019）选择性必修第三册

Unit6

Nature

inwordsDeveloping

ideas新标准《英语》高中选择性必修第三册Activity1Lookat

theinfographicbelow

and

answerthequestions.DDTcontaminationFacts

aboutDDT:consumedby

animals·DDT

was

first

produced

in

1874

andwaslaterused

aspesticide.·It

stays

in

the

environment.·It

is

highly

poisonous

to

livingorganism,including

humans.·Now

banned

in

many

countries,it

isstillusedin

somefor

malaria

control.absorbed

byplantsfiltering

intowaterAc

tivity

1

Look

at

the

infographic

below

and

answer

the

questions.1HowdoesDDTreachthehumanbodyin

the

food

chain?When

DDT

is

sprayed

onto

plants

in

order

to

kill

insects,it

is

absorbed

by

the

plants

and

subsequently

consumed

by

animals;humans

in

turn

eat

those

animals.DDT

also

leaks

through

the

soil

and

into

rivers

and

lakes,where

it

contaminates

fishconsumed

by

humans.Activity

1

Look

at

the

infographic

below

and

answerthe

questions.2WhatharmdoesDDT

cause?DDT

is

highlypoisonous

to

living

organism,includinghumans.Activity2Readthe

book

reviewonSilentSpring,abookthat

led

to

thebanningofDDT.Predictwhatwillbementioned

inthe

passage.Nowreadthepassageandcheckyour

prediction.Activity2119622

the

damaging

effects

ofhuman

activity3

more

responsible,limited

and

carefullymonitored4scientific

information,examples

and

research5

beautiful

and

elegant6

The

pesticide

industry7

defend

her

claims8

The

use

of

DDT9

Presidential

Medal

ofFreedom10environmental

awarenessSilentSpringAuthor:

RachelCarsonYear

of

publication:Purposes:·Carson

aimedto

alert

people

to'

onnaturalecosystems.·Shewishedtoseepestiodes

used

ina

]

way.Featuresofthebook:·

Carsonwrotealotof⁴

inthebook.·The

arguments

are

strong

and

the

languageis5___Opposingvoices:6

saidthatCarsonSresearchisnotprecise.Carsonappearedin

public

and

on

television

to'__

_Influenceofthebook:

·

wasbanned

and

the

EPAwas

established

inthe

US.·

Carson

earned

a

posthumous°__

_·

The

book

changed

the

world

by

inceasing

peoples"_Now

work

in

pairs.Talk

about

which

aspects

ofthe

book

review

make

you

wantto

read

the

book.Activity3Think&Share1WhywasSilentSpring

so

successful?Silent

Springwas

so

successfulbecauseitalertedthegeneralpublicto

the

dangers

of

DDT.It

planted

important

new

ideas

in

the

publicmind,such

asthat

spraying

chemicalsto

control

insectpopulationshas

an

impact

on

otherwildlife,andthatthe

chemicals

got

intothe

foodchain.Think&Share2Whatisthemorallessonbehind

"AFablefor

Tomorrow"?Think&Share3Why

did

somepeoplechallenge

Carson's

findings?Somepeople

challenged

Carson's

findingsbecausetheywereconcernedaboutthenegative

impacttheywouldhaveonbusinessin

thepesticide

industry.Think

&Share4InwhatdifferentwaysdoFirst

Snowand

Silent

Springraise

people's

awareness

of

nature?First

Snow

shows

the

beauty

of

nature—and

in

particular

thesnow—through

its

words

and

imagery,while

Silent

Springdescribes

an

unnatural

spring

without

the

beauty

of

birdsong.They

each

raise

people's

awareness

of

nature

by

highlighting

theinterplaybetweennatureandhumanbehaviour.Activity4Workingroups.Writeanawardspeechfor

Rachel

Carson.1

Read

the

passage

again

and

make

notes

about

RachelCarson'scontributions

toenvironmental

protection.

Consider

the

following:·what

points

she

tried

to

make

·her

personal

qualities·hermost

influentialworko

difficulties

she

metwith2

RachelCarson

received

herPresidential

MedalofFreedomposthumously

in

1980.Readtheexcerptfrom

PresidentCarter'sawardspeechand

notethe

languagefeatures.Never

silent

herself

in

the

face

of

destructive

trends,Rachel

Carsonfed

a

spring

of

awareness

across

America

and

beyond.Alwaysconcerned,always

eloquent,she

created

a

tide

ofenvironmentalconsciousness

that

has

not

ebbed.Activity4Activity43Write

your

own

award

speech

of

about

100

words

and

share

itwith

the

class.Nowthinkaboutyourperformance

ingroupdiscussion.Were

you

able

to

make

an

objective

judgement

about

RachelCarson?Writinga

poemabout

natureWhich

poem…abC…uses

its

shape

tohelp

conveymessage?…has

rhyming

wordsat

the

end

of

lines?…uses

metaphor?.uses

simile?...usespersonification?Activity5Readthe

poemsandtickthecorrectbox(es)foreach

question.Activity6Thinkaboutwordsandexpressionsrelatedto

natureand

add

themtothe

mind

map.lots

of

fishmountainsseabirdsNATURErainforestActivity7Work

inpairs.Planapoem.Considerthefollowing:·what

your

poem

will

be