高三战疫合刊 Reflecting on our relationship with nature (P10)
发布时间:2020-04-27
Reflecting on our relationship with nature (P10)
石家庄二中 肖玮
I. Lead-in
Why do we have a different Spring Festival this year?
Because of the novel coronavirus pneumonia.
新型冠状病毒肺炎
II. While-reading
Reflect on our relation with nature
Nature is pleased with simplicity and nature is no dummy. – Isaac Newton
Watch a short video clip and think about what you can learn from the story.
The boy is compared to human beings and the big tree to nature, who can provide almost everything humans need if we follow the rules.
What if we humans break the rules?
She is likely to be cruel and lash out at us.
lash out at = punish
Para.3-4
• Human beings master more knowledge and make more advanced tools;
• They use more land to make buildings, genetically modify (改变) plants, capture some wild and odd animals to suit their own needs.
Humans gradually lose contact with nature and even throw it out of balance.
Result:
III. Post-reading
Critical thinking
What should we do to keep the balance between nature and human beings?
• Every individual should make an effort to help.
• We should reduce our fossil-fuel consumption.
• We'd better protect the diversity of wildlife.
• Sustainable development is what we should insist on.
• …
The Earth does not belong to us. We belong to the Earth.
IV. Grammar focus
1. It's believed that the virus originated in the Huanan Seafood Market in Wuhan, Hubei province, where live wild animals were sold.
• It's believed that...大家认为......;据说......
It 为形式主语,指代that引导的主语从句。
常用句式还有:
It's said that...... 据说......
It's reported that......据报道......
• where 引导非限制性定语从句,在句中做状语,先行词为the Huanan Seafood Market。
2. On a global scale (规模), human population density (密度), wildlife diversity, and land use
are what drive new pandemics (流行病).”
what 引导表语从句,在句中做主语,无固定含义,随句意翻译。
句意为:在全球范围内,(逐渐增大的)人口密度,野生动物多样性和耕地利用的变化都促成了新的流行病。
V. Language Focus
1. Reflect on our relationship with nature.
熟词生义:
reflect:熟义:反映,反射;
生义:反思,回顾
• A newspaper report seems to reflect the view of most members.
• The sun reflected off the snow-covered mountains.
• Reflect on our relation with nature.
2. Mother Nature can provide almost everything human beings need if we follow her rules. But if we break the rules, she is likely to be cruel and lash out at us.
3. In this process, humans gradually lose contact with nature and even throw it out of balance.
• contact n./v. 接触,联系
lose/keep contact with... 与......失去/保持联系
balance n./v. 平衡;使......平衡
out of balance 失去平衡
VI. Assignment
Write a composition of no more than 100 words on “our relationship with nature”.