Aretheybeautiful?Whatdothepicturesleadyoutothinkof?.Asaresultofmankindandtechnology,naturalresourceshavebeenseriouslyaffectedandnaturaldisastersattackusfluently.1.Whathavepeopledonetonature?2.Ifwecontinueinthisway,whatmighthappen?Theyhavedonealottodestroyanddamagenature.Theplanetweliveonwillbeeventuallydestroyed.Readthearticlequicklyandanswerthefollowingquestions.Whatistheattitudeofpoorernationstowardstheproblem?Whatabouttheattitudeofdevelopednations?Poorernationspaymoreattentiontoeconomicdevelopmentbutlesstotheenvironment;Developednationsdothingsinadifferentway.Listentothetapeandanswerthequestionbelow.Readthearticleandgivethemainideaforeachparagraph.ParagraphMainideaPara1Para2Naturalresourceshavebeenseriouslyaffectedbycarelessness.Differentattitudestowardstheproblem.ParagraphMainideaPara3Para4Humansaremovingtowardsanimportantpointintherelationshipwithnature.Humanscanonlyreallywinbyprotectingnature.Workinpairsanddiscussthequestioninpairs.Doyouthinktheproblemofhumanswinningandnaturelosingcanbesettled?Ifso,canyousuggestsomesolutions?Discussion:1.PeopleendlesslyoverdevelopEarth’sresourcesthroughagriculture,fishing,huntingandtourism.人们通过农业、捕捞、打猎和旅游在没完没了地过度开发地球资源。overdevelop:developtoomuch过度开发许多自然资源被过分开发。Manynaturalresourcesarebeingoverdeveloped.over-太，过于overdo(v.)overcrowded(a.)overeat(v.)做得过分过于拥挤的吃得过饱Noteverythingthatisbestfornatureisgoodforpeople.并非所有对自然来说是最好的就意味着对人类来说也是最好的。★否定词not出现在含有all,both,everyone,everything以及every+名词的句子中表示部分否定，not可位于这些词的前面也可以位于它们的后面。并不是他们两个都读过这本书。Notbothofthemhavereadthisbook.=Bothofthemhavenotreadthebook.发光的不都是金子。Notallthatglittersisgold.=Allthatglittersisnotgold.favour(SUPPORT)UK,USfavor:n.[U]thesupportorapprovalofsomethingorsomeone:赞成；支持；偏爱★大部分人都投票支持这个候选人.Mostpeoplevotedinfavourofthecandidate.Hesentherpresentsinanattempttowinherfavour.★他送礼物给她试图赢得她的偏爱.Wouldanyonesaythateconomicdevelopmentshouldbestoppedinfavorofnature.我们能说为了照顾自然就应该停止经济的发展吗？favourableUK,USfavorable:adj.有利的Fromthepointofviewofsomepeople.weareonlydoingwhathumanshavealwaysdone,usingnaturetomeetourownneeds.根据有些人的观点，我们现在只是在做人类一直在做的事—利用自然来满足我们的需求。meet/fill/satisfyone’sneeds满足某人的需要这辆新车满足了我们的需要。你所做的一切不能满足老板的需要。Thenewcarmeetsourneeds.Whatyouhavedonecan’tsatisfytheboss’sneeds.argue:v.[I]tospeakangrilytosomeone,tellingthemthatyoudisagreewiththem争辩；争论Otherpeoplearguethatsuchthinkingmayspelldisaster,unlesswestarttolookaroundandunderstandhowacleanenvironmentbenefitsusall.arguewithsb.about/oversth.与……某人争辩某事Kids,willyoustoparguingwitheachother?孩子们,你们能不能彼此停止争论?他们对于去看哪一部影片在争论。Theywerearguingover/aboutwhichfilmtogoandsee.Theministerarguedfor/infavourof/againstmakingcutsinmilitaryspending.部长争论以赞成/反对削减军队开支.Theministerarguedthatcutsinmilitaryspendingwereneeded.argument:n.[CorU]adisagreement,ortheprocessofdisagreeing:Thechildrenhadanargumentabout/overwhatgametoplay.Adecisionwasfinallymadeaftersomeheatedargument.孩子们对于玩什么游戏进行了争论.在激烈的辩论后最终做出了一个决定.spell:v.toformawordorwordswiththelettersinthecorrectorder:spelldisaster/trouble,etc.tocausesomethingbadtohappeninthefuture招致灾难/麻烦---Howdoyouspell'receive'?---RECEIVE.你怎样拼写“receive”？Thiscoldweathercouldspelltroubleforgardeners.这种寒冷的天气可能会给园艺工人带来灾难.turnout:tohappeninaparticularwayortohaveaparticularresult,especiallyanunexpectedone最后结果是；最终成为Mostofthetimeitturnsoutthathumansarenotreallyprofitingwhentheydamagetheenvironment.多数情况下的结果是，人类在破坏环境之际并没有真正受益。Aseventsturnedout,wewererighttohavedecidedtoleaveearly.正如事情结果所证明的,我们决定早点出发是对的.…turnout(tobe)+a./n.Itturnsoutthat+从句结果证明这台晚会开得很成功。Thepartyturnedout(tobe)asuccess/successful.=Itturnedoutthatthepartywasasuccess/successful.=Thepartyproved(tobe)successful/asuccess.=Itprovedthatthepartywasasuccess/successful.=Thepartyworkedoutverywell.（2004广西）Wewantedtogethomebeforedark,butitdidn’tquite___asplanned.A.makeoutB.turnoutC.goonD.comeup
