1、晨 读 晚 诵索取,索取,再索取。孩子和母亲的关系似乎永远都是这一种形式。人类和自然母亲的关系又何尝不是如此呢?Nature Is Our Mother 难堪的地球母亲 Take.Take.Take.The relationship between a child and a mother always seems to follow such a pattern.Like a child endlessly asking,wehumans,throughout history,have been continually demanding what we desire from nature
2、.We enjoy the comfort and beauty of our furniture,yet we never bother to think about the serious soil erosion1 caused by deforestation2.We take it for granted that we must warm ourselves in winter times,yet we seldom realize the burning away of precious natural resources.We appreciate all the prospe
3、rity3 from the development of modern industry,yet few would give the slightest consideration to the global air and water pollution caused by industrial wastes.Our ruthless4 exploitation has permanently impaired5 our mother earth.Now,standing here at the threshold6 of the 21st century,we cannot help
4、thinking of our posterity7.Nature is not only the mother of the present generation,but also the mother of the generations to come.Howseverely our posterity will criticize us if we leave them a barren8 and lifeless mother?How much more they will appreciate us if we give them a world of harmony to inh
5、erit9?Let us start respecting and caring for nature from now on.Let us start the campaign of creating a mutually10 beneficial relationship between people and nature right from this moment.With this new start,we have no reason to doubt that our children,and our childrens children will live in a brand
6、 new age of green trees,clean air,crystal water,blue sky and an even more promising world!单词注释 1.erosion/Irn/n.流失 2.deforestation/difrIsteIn/n.滥伐森林 3.prosperity/prsperti/n.繁荣;兴旺,昌盛 4.ruthless/ruls/adj.无情的,冷酷的;残忍的 5.impair/Impe(r)/vt.损害;削弱 6.threshold/rehld/n.门槛;开端,入口 7.posterity/psterti/n.后代,后世;子孙;后
7、裔 8.barren/brn/adj.贫瘠的;不结果实的;无效果的 9.inherit/InherIt/vt.&vi.继承 10.mutually/mjutli/adv.互相地,彼此地 导读诱思 1.Choose two verbs to describe the relationship between a child and a mother.and 2.Which is the topic sentence of the second paragraph?3.Which of the following words can describe the writers attitude toward the future?A.Passive.B.Active.C.Neutral.D.Unconcerned.答案:1.take(ask/demand);give(offer/devote)2.The last sentence:Our ruthless exploitation has permanently impaired our mother earth.3.B