综合英语Book III Unit 15 A Fable for Tomorrow.pptVIP

Unit 15 A Fable for Tomorrow Unit 15 1. Pick out the chunks in the text 2.About the author 3. Language Points 4. Vocabulary work Unit 15 Rachel Carson was born on a farm in Springdale, Pennsylvania. She graduated from Pennsylvania College for Women (now Chatham College), earned a Masters in Marine Biology at Johns Hopkins, taught Zoology at the University of Maryland, and eventually took a job with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. While there, she wrote three books about the sea which gave her the financial independence to quit her government job and begin the book which made her famous -- and infamous. In Silent Spring (1962) she challenged the practices of agricultural scientists and the government, and called for a change in the way humankind viewed the natural world. Unit 15 fable ??noun [C or U]a short story which tells a general truth or is only partly based on fact, or literature of this type:the fable of the tortoise and the hare Unit 15 orchard ??noun [C]an area of land where fruit trees (but not orange trees or other citrus trees) are grown:an apple/cherry orchard Unit 15 oak noun [C or U]a large tree that is common especially in northern countries, or the hard wood of this tree:a mighty oakThe timbers of those old sailing ships were mainly oak.an oak table/cupboard Unit 15 maple noun [C or U]a type of large tree which grows in northern areas of the world, or the wood of this tree:a maple leafmaple trees Unit 15 birch (TREE) ??noun [C]a tree with a smooth, often white bark and thin branches Unit 15 flicker ?vi.闪动, 闪烁, 摇动, 扑动翅膀, [美俚]昏倒, 假装昏倒 vt.使摇曳, 使闪烁? 1 [I] to shine with a light that is sometimes bright and sometimes weak:I felt a cold draft and the candle started to flicker.2 [I or T] to appear for a short time or to make a sudden movement:A smile flickered across her face.Hed been in a coma for weeks, when all of a sudden he flickered an eyelid. Unit 15 pine (tree) noun [C or U]an evergreen tree that grows in cooler areas of