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1、Unit3:ShipsintheDesertbyAlGorI.AdditionalBackgroundKnowledge1.AlGoretheauthor2.CleanAirAct3.TheAralSeaII.IntroductiontothePassage1.Typeofliterature:apieceofexposition2.Thepurposeofapieceofexposition:---toinformorexplain3.Waysofdevelopingthethesisofapieceofexposition:---comparison,con
2、trast,analogy,identification,illustration,analysis,definition,etc.4.ThecentralthoughtorthesisIII.EffectiveWritingSkills1.makingeffectiveuseofspecificverbs2.discussingthesolutiontoenvironmentalproblemsfromapolitician’spointofview,thatis,relatingthesolutiontoenvironmentaldestructiontot
3、hesolutiontoarmracesIV.RhetoricalDevices1.understatement2.metaphorV.SpecialDifficulties1.analyzingthestructureofsomelongandcomplicatedsentences2.understandingthescientificmattersconnectedwithecologicalenvironment3.translatinglongandcomplicatedsentences4.masteringtherulesofwordformati
4、onVI.Questions1.Howhashumancivilizationnowbecomethedominantcauseofchangeintheglobalenvironment?2.Whatchangesintheglobalenvironmentpresentastrategicthreattohumancivilization?Howshouldwefacethischallengeandsolvetheproblem?3.Whatsolutionsdoesthewriterputforwardtoourecologicalproblems?De
5、tailedTeachingNotes:BackgroundknowledgeAbouttheauthor:AlGorewasbornin1948inWashingtonD.C.,U.S.HehasbeenaSenator(1984-1992)representingtheStateofTennessee,andU.S.Vice-President(1992-2000)underPresidentBillClinton.HeranforthePresidencyagainstGeorgeW.BushJr.butthelatterwonthecloselytied
6、electionandhasbecomethe43rdAmericanPresident.ThetextistakenfromAlGore’sbookEarthintheBalance.TheAralSea:TheAralSea,locatedinUzbekistanandKazakhstan(bothcountrieswerepartoftheformerSovietUnion),ishistoricallyasalinelake.Itisinthecentreofalarge,flatdesertbasin.TheAralSeaisaprimeexample
7、ofadynamicenvironment.In1960itwastheworld’sfourthlargestlake,thesizeoftheentiretyofSouthernCalifornia(at26,250squaremiles,approximatelytwohundredtimeslargerthantheSaltonSea).America’sGreatLakes:America’sGreatLakesrefertothegroupoffivefreshwaterlakes,centralNorthAmerica,betweentheUnit
8、edStatesandC
