(共14张PPT)
1.________n.魅力,魔力_____ adj. 令人着迷的;迷 人的;吸引人的
2.________adj.轻柔的;温和的______adv.温和地;轻柔地_____n.温和;和善;彬彬有礼
3._____ adj.困惑的,无法理解的_____v. 迷惑,(使)困感n. 智力游戏;不解之谜;疑问______adj. 令人迷惑的
charm
charming
gentle
gently
gentleness
puzzled
puzzle
puzzling
4.___________adv.故意地_______________adj.会意的;心照不宣的;知情的
5.____________adj.精确的; .丝不苟的_____adv.准确地;恰好地;精确地;细心地
6.______ n.优美;简洁_______ adj. 优美的;典雅的;简洁的_____ adv.优美地,高雅地
7._____ adj.具有强烈信念的_____ n. 热情;强烈的情感
knowingly
knowing
precise
precisely
elegance
elegant
elegantly
passionate
passion
1. Rachel Carson was a scientist by profession, but these lines from the opening chapter of her 1962 book Silent Spring,...
by profession_________________________________
在职业上;就职业来说;
2. By imagining a world without birds, she aimed to alert not only the scientific community but also the general public to the damaging effects of human activity on natural ecosystems-in particular, to the harmful use of pesticides, such as DDT.
sb. aim to do sth.__________________ (=sb. aim at doing sth.)
sth. aimed at doing sth.______________________________
alert sb. to sth.______________________ (to make sb. aware sth.)
使某人意识到、认识到......
目标在于...力争做到...
旨在...目的是...
3. She believed that the chemical industry was knowingly causing harm to plants, animals and even humans,and wished to see pesticides used in a more responsible, limited and carefully monitored way.
cause harm to sth._________________________________
对..造成伤害
4. Carson urged people to make themselves aware of the facts and do something about the situation.
urge sb. to do ____________________
=>_________ adj 紧急的; ____________ n 紧急; urgently adv 紧急地,紧迫地
make sb. aware of..._____________________________
督促/力劝某人去做sth.
使某人认清/意识到
urgent
urgency
5. The book also gives dozens of other examples of eradication programme that did nothing to reduce the problems they were originally designed to solve.
dozens of ________________ dozen____________
be designed to do ________________________________
许多
一打(12)
被设计用来做......;
目的是......
6. Silent Spring was therefore regarded as a milestone in the launch of the green movement in the Western world.
be regarded as _________________________
launch n. ______________ v. ____________________
被视为......
推出,发起
发动,发射
因此,《寂静的春天》被认为是西方世界发起绿色运动的里程碑。
7. Though Carson`s research was strong and was supported by most scientists who reviewed her work, the book quickly became a target for critics in the pesticide industry.
became a target for____________________________
成为......的目标,靶子,对象
8.These were attempts to damage Carson`s reputation and stop her work from influencing public policy, but she remained determined to stand by her research.
remain/be determined to do _______________________
stand by_________________________________
决定做某事
忠于;继续支持;袖手旁观;
9.She made a crucial but potentially difficult-to-understand subject interesting and accessible to millions of people. This is not so much because of the quality of her arguments, strong though they are, but because of the beauty and elegance of her writing.
(be ) accessible to sb._____________________________
strong though/as they are,...______________________
not because (of)... but because (of)..._____________
place已到达的,方便前往的
sth. 易到手的; sb.易接近的
尽管他们很强大
不是因为...
而是因为...
10.Her book not only changed the world; half a century later it remains a book that deserves to be reread today, so that we can once again feel ourselves warm to the fire of its passionate message.
deserves to be reread __________________
=______________
值得重新阅读
deserves rereading
值得做某事
deserve +to be done
=deserve +doing