研究生英语综合教程(下)unit 8.ppt

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1、高等院校研究生英语系列教材综合教程（下）INTEGRATEDCOURSE2Unit3LeisureActivityContentStartingoutReadingFocusReadingMorePracticalTranslationFocusedWritingFinalProjectTask1WatchthefollowingvideocarefullytolearnhowglobalwarmingisthreateningthetraditionalwayoflifeontheChesapeakeBay'sSmithIslandasitswat

2、erlevelrisesanditsbluecrabstocksdwindleandcompletetheblank-fillingexercise.StartingoutClickthepictureforvideoSmithIslandSmithIslandisalonelyoutpost,12milesoutinthelowerChesapeakeBay.Theshallowgrassywatersaroundtheclusterofislandsthat_________SmithIslandaresomeofthebestbluecrabh

3、abitatintheBay.Formorethan300yearsthepeopleherehave________nature’shardships.But,increasingly,theysensethatamore___________futureliesahead.Thewatermenarebringinginsmallercatches,andprofits______________.compriseenduredprecariousfallingdownThepopulationhasdroppedfrommorethan800t

4、oabout300overthelast100years,andSmithIslandis______________.MostoftheIslandisonly1footabovesealevel.Thehigherareaswherethepeoplelivearejust2-4feetabovethewater.CoastalecologistssaytheChesapeakeBayhasrisenbymorethanahalffootoverthepastcenturyand___________________________.losing

5、itslandcontinuestoswallowthelandCrumblingwoodencrabshacksandbatteredbulwarksaretestimonytotheIsland’s____________tothesea.TohelptheIslanders’beatbackthebay,thearmycallofengineerslaunchedaplanto_______newbulkheadsandstonebreakwatersaroundTanleten,partofamulti-million-dollarplant

6、o_________________________________________________.vulnerabilityinstallpersuadepeopletostayslowerosionand___________________________________________________“Ifahurricanecategory4comesupandactuallyhitsthisIsland,Ithinkitcouldbeflattened.Itprobablyisthecasethatoverthenextcenturyi

7、f_______________________________________,weprobablywillhaveafewhigherspots,butnotmuchmore.”Mostpeoplehopethattheneweffortstostemerosioncanatleastdelaytheinevitablesothatoneortwomoregenerationscan____________hereattheedgeofthesea.Despitethisproject,SmithIslandmayberunningoutofti

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