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小贴士：联系自己的实际生活，你周围都有什么环境问题?你是如何看待环境问题的?作为一名大学生，你对保护环境有什么建议?

小试牛刀

What is the structure of the passage?

Answer: the whole passage can be divided into two parts.

Part I (paras. 1-9): a fable for tomorrow

(paras.1-2): an imagined ideal habitat for people and animals

(paras.3-7): an invention of man that brought disaster to the place

(paras.8-9): a fable that is becoming realities

Part II (paras.10-25): the obligation to rebuild man-nature balance

(paras.10-11): the history of life

(paras.12-17): impossibility for life to adjust to changed environment

(paras.18-23): the insect problem

(paras.24-25): the obligation

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学习目标

By the end of the class, students will be able to

Content&Message:

Develop an environmental consciousness (live and let live).

Language:

Practice reading skills.

understanding extended essays (a combination of description, exposition and argumentation)

understanding complicated paragraphs

reading for gist

inferring the author’s attitudes/feelings/opinions/conclusions (her love for the beauty and integrity of nature; her view of man’s relation to nature)

drawing inferences

Appreciate descriptive writing (use of sensory words to paint pictures).

Appreciate devices to make writing precise and powerful.

Learn how to use “so” and “such.”

知识结构