高等院校研究生英语系列教材,综合教程（下） INTEGRATED COURSE,2,Unit 3,Leisure Activity,Content,Starting out Reading Focus Reading More Practical Translation Focused Writing Final Project,Task 1 Watch the following video carefully to learn how global warming is threatening the traditional way of life on the Chesapeake Bays Smith Island as its water level rises and its blue crab stocks dwindle and complete the blank-filling exercise.,Starting out,Click the picture for video,Smith Island,Smith Island is a lonely outpost, 12 miles out in the lower Chesapeake Bay. The shallow grassy waters around the cluster of islands that _Smith Island are some of the best blue crab habitat in the Bay. For more than 300 years the people here have _ natures hardships. But, increasingly, they sense that a more _ future lies ahead. The watermen are bringing in smaller catches, and profits _.,comprise,endured,precarious,falling down,The population has dropped from more than 800 to about 300 over the last 100 years, and Smith Island is _. Most of the Island is only 1 foot above sea level. The higher areas where the people live are just 2-4 feet above the water. Coastal ecologists say the Chesapeake Bay has risen by more than a half foot over the past century and _.,losing its land,continues to swallow the land,Crumbling wooden crab shacks and battered bulwarks are testimony to the Islands _ to the sea. To help the Islanders beat back the bay, the army call of engineers launched a plan to _ new bulkheads and stone breakwaters aroundTanleten, part of a multi-million-dollar plan to_ _.,vulnerability,install,persuade people to stay,slow erosion and,_ _ “If a hurricane category 4 comes up and actually hits this Island, I think it could be flattened. It probably is the case that over the next century if_, we probably will have a few higher spots, but not much more.” Most people hope that the new efforts to stem erosion can at least delay the inevitable so that one or two more generations can _here at the edge of the sea.,Despite this project, Smith Island may be running out of time.,we cant get control of the green house gases,make a living,Discuss in groups the following questions: 1. Whats the relationship between man and nature? 2. Many species of wildlife are reported to have become extinct or to be on the verge of extinction. What do you think causes this problem? 3. In your opinion, what measures should be taken to preserve the biodiversity of wildlife?,Starting outTask 2,Useful words and expressions: interrelated/inseparable/interdependent/interactive protect/benefit/hamony destruct/disaster/take revenge on global warming /greenhouse effect earthquake/flood/sandstorm,Starting outTask 2,1. Whats the relationship between man and nature?,2. Many species of wildlife are reported to have become extinct or to be on the verge of extinction. What do you think causes this problem?,Sample: Physical Alteration of Habitat Commercial Hunting and Harvesting The Introduction of Foreign Species Pest and Predator Control,The Collection of Animals and Plants for Human Enjoyment, Research, and Other purposes Pollution Biological Factors that Contribute to Extinction The Loss of Keystone Species A Multiplicity of Factors Many factors acting together contribute to the loss of biodiversity. These factors may synergize to produce a level of devastation far greater than anticipated.,Open-ended.,Starting outTask 2,3. In your opinion, what measures should be taken to preserve the biodiversity of wildlife?,Thinking Like a Mountain,Reading Focus,Reading Focus,About the author:,Aldo Leopold (18871948) is widely acknowledged as the initiator of modern wildlife conservation in the United States.,Background Information,He was a professor at the University of Wisconsin and is best known for his book A Sand County Almanac 沙郡年记, from which this text is extracted, and sold over a million copies. The essays are stories of Leopolds observations of nature around him, the passing of seasons, and of wildlife, based on the belief that every living thing has a niche in the ecosystem.,Reading Focus Global Understanding,(Paras. 1-4),Part I (Paras 1-3) Every living thing pays heed to the wolfs bawl. Part II (Paras 4-6) The authors experience of killing a wolf. Part III (Paras 7-9) The chain consequence of killing wolfs and cows. Part IV (Para 10) The long-term relationship between nature and humans.,Part I Every living thing pays heed to the wolfs bawl,A. Different interpretations of the meaning of the wolf call.,Reading Focus Global Understanding,a. To the deer, it is a reminder of the way of all flesh. b. To the pine, a forecast of midnight scuffles and of blood upon the snow. c. To the coyote, a promise of