1、必修三 Unit1 P62 Appreciating languageAppreciating language：A fable for tomorrowA fable for tomorrowLead-inLead-inFable A traditional short story that teaches a moral lesson,especially a story about animals e.g.The Race Between Hare and Tortoise,The Farmer and the SnakeCanCan youyou listlist somesome f
2、amousfamous fables?fables?Pre-readingPre-readingA A fable fable forfor tomorrow tomorrowu What do you think will happen in the future?Are you an optimist or pessimist（悲观主义者）?u Will a fable turn out to be truth?Pre-readingPre-reading Rachel Louise Carson(May 27,1907-April 14,1964)was a Pittsburgh,Pen
3、nsylvania-born zoologist and marine biologist whose landmark book,Silent Spring,is often credited with having launched the global environmental movement.Silent Spring had an immense（巨大的）effect in the United States,where it spurred（激励）a reversal（反转）in national pesticide（杀虫剂）policy.Pre-readingPre-read
4、ing In Silent Spring Carson asked the hard questions about whether and why humans had the right to control nature;to decide who lives or dies,to poison or to destroy non-human life.In showing that all biological systems were dynamic and by urging the public to question authority,to ask“who speaks,an
5、d why”?Rachel Carson became a social revolutionary（革命者）,and Silent Spring became the handbook for the future of all life on Earth.While-readingWhile-readingWhile-readingWhile-readingRead the article and analyze the structure.Task 1Para.1Para.2Para.3Para.4Para.5Para.6Para.7A town where all life lived
6、 in harmony with its surroundingsThe same town which was stricken.The cause of the changeThe lesson:though imagined,the tragedy may easily become a reality.transition sentence?Para3:Then everything began to changeWhile-readingWhile-readingSummarize the main idea.Task 2Para.7Main idea:Its urgent for
7、us to protect the world,otherwise the world would be ruined.While-readingWhile-readingRead para1-2 and answer the following questions.Task 3u Q1:What was the town like in spring and winter?In spring,white clouds drifted above the green fields.In winter,the roadsides were places of beauty,where count
8、less birds came to feed on the berries.While-readingWhile-readingRead para1-2 and answer the following questions.Task 3u Q2:Can you find out the images in the two paragraphs?Para1:town,life,prosperous farms,grain,hillsides,orchard,white clouds,green fields.Para2:roads,beautiful tress,travelers,roads
9、ides,countless birds,berries,rich bird life,people,streams,hills,first settlers,houses,wells(水井),barns(谷仓).u Q3:Can you find some suitable adjectives to describe the town?Harmonious and prosperousWhile-readingWhile-readingRead para 3-5 and fill in the table.Task 4Before the changeBefore the changeAf
10、ter the changeAfter the changeChickens,cattle,sheepBirdsRoadsidesStreamsCountless birds;rich bird life;Mornings were alive with birdsongBeautiful trees,travelers,places of beauty;attractivePeople fished the streams;clear and coldMysterious illness swept them;sickened and died.Few birds;unhealthy;sha
11、king violently and could not fly;no sound.Be lined with browned and withered plants;silent;deserted by all living things Lifeless;people no longer visited them;dead fishContrastWhile-readingWhile-readingRead para3-5 and answer the following question.Task 5u Q1:Can you find some suitable adjectives t
12、o describe the town in para 3-5?Silent and lifelessHarmonious and prosperousSilent and lifelessCauseWhile-readingWhile-readingRead para 6 and find the cause.Task 6u Q1:What is the cause of the change?The people had done it themselves.02DeforestationDeforestation滥伐森林滥伐森林04OvergrazingOvergrazing(过度放牧过
13、度放牧)&)&over-cultivationover-cultivation05FertilizerFertilizer(化肥化肥)&)&pesticidespesticides(杀虫剂杀虫剂)The use of fertilizer and pesticides01OverexploitationOverexploitation过度开采过度开采Overexploitation of natural resources03Hunting&Hunting&smugglingsmuggling(猎杀和走私猎杀和走私)Hunting and smugglingof wild animals an
14、d plantsWhile-readingWhile-readingTask 6Read para 6 and find the cause.u Q2:Can you list some human activities that does harm to the environment?While-readingWhile-readingRead para 7 and find the lesson.Task 7u Q1:What is the moral?A dangerous threat has crept（移动）upon us almost unnoticed.It is high
15、time that man took actions to protect the environment.The moral of a story is what you learn from it about how you should or should not behave.Post-readingPost-readingP Postost-reading-readinguThere has been an increasing concern about the negative impact that technology has on the environment.What
16、should we do to protect our environment?Promote sustainable development Make laws to punish those who destroy the environmentRaise citizens environmental protection awarenessSave energy in daily lifeRecycle waste batteries Use energy-saving lampsRefuse to use disposable chopsticksReduce the use of plastic bags.HomeworkHomeworkImagine what the earth will be like in the future.Will it be destroyed by human beings,or be prosperous and habitable?Write a composition in no less than 150 words.
