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涓撲笟瀛︿範璧勬枡
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Unit8
Protecting Our Environment
Part II Reading Task
Comprehension
Content Question
Pair Work
1.
In the midst of prosperous farms and beautiful fields in the central part of America.
2.
Foxes, deer, wild flowers and trees, migrant birds, trout and other fishes, etc.
3.
The roadsides were beautiful even in winter. Berries and seed heads of
dried weeds rose above the snow, and birds came to feed on them.
4.
The migrant birds, and fish in the streams and pools.
5.
It was clear and cold.
6.
They built their houses, sank their wells, built their barns, and lived in
perfect harmony with the wild life. The town remained beautiful and
full of life for many years.
7.
She refers to the shadow of death. Chickens, cattle and sheep began to
die of mysterious maladies, people were stricken with strange sickness
and some of them died.
8.
Spring should be throbbing with life, full of birdsong.
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A silent spring
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is a lifeless
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9.
The roadsides are now lined with withered vegetation as though swept by fire.
10.
Probably it is the remains of pesticides or other deadly chemicals.
11.
Man. All these changes are the result of man
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s own work.
12.
No. The author is pointing to a real danger. The disasters befalling this
imagined town have actually happened here and there, though no single
town has experienced all of them. If nothing is done to protect the
environment, all American towns will suffer the same fate sooner or later.
Text Organization
Working On Your Own