Unit 22 Section Ⅰ Warm­up & Global Warming—Preparing.doc

Unit22EnvironmentalProtection索取索取再索取。孩子和母亲的关系似乎永远都是这一种形式。人类和自然母亲的关系又何尝不是如此呢？NatureIsOurMotherTake.Take.Take.Therelationshipbetweenachildandamotheralwaysseemstofollowsuchapattern.Likeachildendlesslyaskingwehumansthroughouthistoryhavebeencontinuallydemandingwhatwedesirefromnature.Weenjoythecomfortandbeautyofourfurnitureyetweneverbothertothinkabouttheserioussoilerosioncausedbydeforestation.Wetakeitforgrantedthatwemustwarmourselvesinwintertimesyetweseldomrealizealltheprosperityfromthedevelopmentofmodernindustryyetfewwouldgivetheslightestconsiderationtotheglobalairandwaterpollutioncausedbyindustrialwastes.Ourruthlessexploitationhaspermanentlyimpairedourmotherearth.Nowstandinghereatthethresholdofthe21stcenturywecannothelpthinkingofourposterity(后代)．Natureisnotonlythemotherofthepresentgenerationbutalsothemotherofthegenerationstocome.Howseverelyourposteritywillcriticizeusifweleavethemabarrenandlifelessmother？Howmuchmoretheywillappreciateusifwegivethemaworldofharmonytoinherit？Letusstartrespectingandcaringfornaturefromnowon.Letusstartthecampaignofcreatingamutually(互利的)beneficialrelationshipbetweenpeopleandnaturerightfromthismoment.Withthisnewstartwehavenoreasontodoubtthatourchildrenandourchildren'schildrenwillliveinabrandnewageofgreentreescleanaircrystalwaterblueskyandanevenmorepromisingworld!1．deforestationn．滥伐森林2．takeitforgranted(that)认为……是理所当然3．prosperityn.繁荣；兴旺昌盛4．atthethresholdof在……的开始5．inheritvt.&vi.继承1．Whatwillbecausedwiththedevelopmentofmodernindustry?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________2．Whatwillwedoifwewantournextgenerationtoappreciateus?_______________________________________________________