尔国诚圣院Silent SpringSILENTSCHOOLOFFOREIGNLANGUAGSPRINGRACHELSignificance of the bookCARSONIt roused a new public awareness that nature wa.vulnerable to human intervention. She proposed that, at times.technological progress is so fundamentally at odds withnatural processes that it must be curtailed. Conservation hadnever raised much broad public interest, for few people reallyworried about the disappearance of wilderness
外国语学院教学工作汇报 Silent Spring Significance of the book It roused a new public awareness that nature was vulnerable to human intervention. She proposed that, at times, technological progress is so fundamentally at odds with natural processes that it must be curtailed. Conservation had never raised much broad public interest, for few people really worried about the disappearance of wilderness. Background
国证圣院Silent SpringSILENTSCHOOLOFFOREIGNLANGUAGSPRINGRACHELCARSONSignificance of thebookBut the threats she had outlined-the contamination of thefood chain, cancer, genetic damage, the deaths of entirespecieswere too frightening to ignore. For the first time,the need to regulate industry in order to protect theenvironment became widely accepted, and environmentalismwas born
外国语学院教学工作汇报 Silent Spring Significance of the book But the threats she had outlined—the contamination of the food chain, cancer, genetic damage, the deaths of entire species—were too frightening to ignore. For the first time, the need to regulate industry in order to protect the environment became widely accepted, and environmentalism was born. Background
国圣院SilentSpringSCHOOLOFFOREIGNLANGUAGESSignificanceofthebookSILENTSPRING Thomas Paine's Common Sense galvanized radicalRACHELsentiment in the early days of the AmericanCARSONRevolution.Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin rousedNorthern antipathy to slavery in the decade leadingup to the Civil War. Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, which exposed thehazards of the pesticide DDT, eloquently questionedhumanity's faith in technological progress and helpedset the stage for the environmental movement
外国语学院教学工作汇报 Silent Spring Thomas Paine's Common Sense galvanized radical sentiment in the early days of the American Revolution. Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom's Cabin roused Northern antipathy to slavery in the decade leading up to the Civil War. Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, which exposed the hazards of the pesticide DDT, eloquently questioned humanity's faith in technological progress and helped set the stage for the environmental movement. Significance of the book Background
勿图语圣院SCHOOLOFFOREIGNLANGUAGESExpressionslive in harmony with (1)exist peacefully with (in harmony with: in thestate of peaceful existence and agreement with)Man should live in harmony with nature ratherthan dominate it.in the midst of (1) among (SYN: middle)Such beauty was unexpected in the midst of thecity.white clouds of bloom (1)white clouds that look like flowers
外国语学院教学工作汇报 Expressions • live in harmony with (1) • exist peacefully with (in harmony with: in the state of peaceful existence and agreement with) • Man should live in harmony with nature rather than dominate it. • in the midst of (1) • among (SYN: middle) • Such beauty was unexpected in the midst of the city. • white clouds of bloom (1) • white clouds that look like flowers
勿图语圣院SCHOOLOFFOREIGNLANGUAGESa blaze of color (1) a very bright show of lights or color: animpressivéor noticeablé show of sth(光或色彩等的展现The gardens are a blaze of colordelight the traveler's eye (2) to give the traveler great enjoyment=please the eyepour through/in (2) to come or go somewhere continuously in largenumbersCommuters came pouring out of the station
外国语学院教学工作汇报 • a blaze of color (1) • a very bright show of lights or color; an impressive or noticeable show of sth (光或色彩等 的)展现 • The gardens are a blaze of color. • delight the traveler’s eye (2) • to give the traveler great enjoyment • = please the eye • pour through/in (2) • to come or go somewhere continuously in large numbers • Commuters came pouring out of the station