6:、可要名院 SCHOOLOF FOREIGN LANGUAGES Silent Spring Significance of the book SILENT SPRING Thomas Paine's Common Sense galvanized radical RACHEL sentiment in the early days of the American CARSON 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
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
外（图摩花流 SCHOOLOF FOREIGN LANGUAGES Text Analysis Theme of the story Out of his ignorance and lack of concern for the integrity of nature,man is tampering with nature by abusing chemicals, causing irrecoverable harms on environment and people
外国语学院教学工作汇报 Out of his ignorance and lack of concern for the integrity of nature, man is tampering with nature by abusing chemicals, causing irrecoverable harms on environment and people. Theme of the story Text Analysis
外、（图摩名院 SCHOOLOF FOREIGN LANGUAGES Text Analysis Structure of the text Part 1 (paras.1-2)about: beauty and harmony enjoyed by both nature and all its life Part 2(paras.3-5 about: evil spell transitional paragraphs,directing Part 3 (paras.6-9)about: readers'attention to the very cause of the nationwide disaster-a white powder,the chemical Part 4(paras10-23 about: explanation of how the ecological disasters were created Part 5(paras.24-25 )about: proper solution to the disasters
外国语学院教学工作汇报 Part 1 (paras. 1—2) about: Part 2 (paras. ) about: Part 3 (paras. ) about: Part 4 (paras. ) about: Part 5 (paras. ) about: Structure of the text 3—5 6 — 9 10—23 beauty and harmony enjoyed by both nature and all its life evil spell transitional paragraphs, directing readers’ attention to the very cause of the nationwide disaster— a white powder, the chemical explanation of how the ecological disasters were created 24—25 proper solution to the disasters Text Analysis
外、（图摩花流 SCHOOLOF FOREIGN LANGUAGES Text Analysis Before after the use of chemicals all life in harmony with its surrounding people's life:the town in the midst of prosperous farms;fishing the streams plants:blooming flowers;growing on green field; Before oak,maple,birch flaming and flickering with life the use animals:birds feeding on the berries and on the seed heads of the dried weeds rising above the snow floods of migrants pouring through;sweet singing of birds loss of life:mysterious diseases sweeping the flock of chickens;sickening and killing cattle and sheep and After fish;several and unexplained deaths of adults and children;birds trembling violently and being unable to the use fly;soundless birds;browned and withered vegetation To be continued on the next page
外国语学院教学工作汇报 Before the use After the use Before & after the use of chemicals all life in harmony with its surrounding people’s life: the town in the midst of prosperous farms; fishing the streams plants: blooming flowers; growing on green field; oak, maple, birch flaming and flickering with life animals: birds feeding on the berries and on the seed heads of the dried weeds rising above the snow; floods of migrants pouring through; sweet singing of birds To be continued on the next page. loss of life: mysterious diseases sweeping the flock of chickens; sickening and killing cattle and sheep and fish; several and unexplained deaths of adults and children; birds trembling violently and being unable to fly; soundless birds; browned and withered vegetation Text Analysis