A Fable For Tomorrow

Lead-inSurveyTOPEELORNOTTOPEELBrainstormingWhatcanbecontaminatedbypesticide?WaterAirSoilVegetationInsectAnimalPesticideHumanYouarewhatyoueat.Lead-inLead-in“Nowitchcraft,noenemyactionhadsilencedtherebirthofnewlifeinthisstrickenworld.Thepeoplehaddoneitthemselves.”----RachelCarsonQuotesAbouttheAuthorRachelCarson&SilentSpringUNIT8ProtectingtheEnvironmentAforFableFable:n.atraditionalshortstorythatteachesamorallesson.e.g.thefableoftortoiseandthehare;Aesop’sfableTomorrowObjectivesKnowledge:theauthor’sethicalappealforreaders’senseofrightandwrongSkills:sentenceappreciationandeffectivedeliveryAwareness:theuseofchemicalpoisonsindailylifeProcedures1.ApproachingtheTheme2.AppreciatingtheLanguage3.ReflectingonEnvironmentalPollution4.AssignmentAtownwherealllifelivedinharmonywithitssurroundings.(Para1-2)Thesametownwhichwasnowstrickenwithmaladies.(Para3-6)Thecauseofthemaladies.(Para7-8)Thoughimagined,thetragedymaywellbecomeareality.(Para9-10)1.ApproachingtheThemeSkimming:Thetransitionalsentence?(Para3)Part1Part2ThetransitionalsentenceThenastrangeblightcreptovertheareaandeverythingbegantochange.(Para3)Atownwherealllifelivedinharmonywithitssurroundings.(Para1-2)Thesametownwhichwasnowstrickenwithmaladies.(Para3-6)Thecauseofthemaladies.(Para7-8)Thoughimagined,thetragedymaywellbecomeareality.(Para9-10)1.ApproachingtheThemeScanning:Thekeyword?(Para7)KeywordsWhatcausedthechange?Intheguttersundertheeavesandbetweentheshinglesoftheroofs,stillshowedafewpatches;someweeksbeforeithadfallenlikesnowupontheroofsandthelawns,thefieldsandstreams.(Para7)whitegranularpowderWhitegranularpowderPollutant(Para9)Thistowndoesnotactuallyexist,butitmighteasilyhaveathousandcounterpartsinAmericaorelsewhereintheworld.ExploringthesentencesWhatdoestheauthorwanttosaybyusing“itmight…?Canyoufindanycounterpart?InRealityToxicGingerBeeDecline2.AppreciatingtheLanguageContrastVarietyMetaphorPara1、5----farmPara3----theblightPara1----descriptionofnatureGroup1Group2Group3MetaphorGroup1(Para1)Thetownlayinthemidstofa.ofprosperousfarms……inspring,white.driftedabovethegreenfields.Inautumn,oakandmapleandbirchsetupcolourthatflamedandflickeredacrossabackdropofpines.checkerboardcloudsofbloomablazeofofprosperousfarmWhitecloudsAblazeTrytotranslate…Checkerboardofbloomofcolour星罗棋布的富足农场如白云般的簇簇花朵五彩缤纷Contrast(Para1)Thetownlayinthemidstofacheckerboardoffarms,with.…prosperousfieldsofgrainandhillsidesoforchards(Para5)Onthefarms,butwerehatched.Thefarmerscomplainedthattheywereunabletoraiseanypigs—thelittersweresmallandtheyoung.thehensbroodednochickssurvivedonlyafewdaysGroup2Thenastrangecreptovertheareaandeverythingbegantochange.Someevilhadsettledonthecommunity:mysteriousswepttheflocksofchickens;thecattleandsheepanddied.Everywherewasashadowof.Varietyblightspellmaladiessickeneddeath(Para3)diseasediseasediseasediseasediseaseGroup3Learntheword…Thenastrangeblightcreptovertheareaandeverythingbegantochange.e.g.马铃薯枯萎病1.n.anydiseasethatkillsplants,especiallycropsthepotatoblight2.n.somethingthathasabadeffectonasituationoraperson’slife.blight(onsb/sth)e.g.他的病使那一整年都处在阴影之中。ablightonHisillnesscastthewholeofthatyear.3.ReflectingonEnvironmentalPollutionHazeSand&DustStormPolarbearstarvedtodeathExtremeWeatherThisyearCriticalThinkingTechnologyV.SEnvironment4.AssignmentImaginewhattheearthwillbelikeinthefuture,say,hundredsofyearslater.Willitbedestroyedbyhumanbeings,orruineverythingtomakeitselfrecovered?Writeacompositioninnolessthan150words.