D (外教社)全新版大学英语综合教程第二册第八单元课后练习答案unit-8-book-2--第1页 : . (外教社)全新版大学英语综合教程第二册第八单元课后练习答案unit-8-book-2--第2页 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 (外教社)全新版大学英语综合教程第二册第八单元课后练习答案unit-8-book-2--第2页 : . (外教社)全新版大学英语综合教程第二册第八单元课后练习答案unit-8-book-2--第3页 people were stricken with strange sickness and some of them died. 8. Spring should be throbbing with life, full of “A silent spring 〞 is a lifeless spring. 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’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 1. Part Two: The description of the same town (外教社)全新版大学英语综合教程第二册第八单元课后练习答案unit-8-book-2--第3页 : . (外教社)全新版大学英语综合教程第二册第八单元课后练习答案unit-8-book-2--第4页 was now stricken with all kinds of maladies Part Three: The cause of the maladies Part Four: Though imagined, the tragedy may well become a reality and the author tells about her purpose in writing the book. 2. 3. A strange blight crept over the area 5. Animals stopped breeding and trees bore no fruit Language Sense Enhancement 1. (1) heart (4) prospe (8) flicker (2) in rous ed harmony (5) orchar (9) barked with ds (10) mists (3) in the (6) drifted midst (7) blaze Vocabulary I 1. (外教社)全新版大学英语综合教程第二册第八单元课后练习答案unit-8-book-2--第4页 : . (外教社)全新版大学英语综合教程第二册第八单元课后练习答案unit-8-book-2--第5页 barking art fed on 2) evil 7) are 10) vegetat 3) brooding; complain ion hatched ing/co-m 11) patche 4) migrant plain s 5) tragedies 8) grim 12) Scores 6) counterp 9) flocks; of 2. 1) was lined with people who came to welcome the distinguished foreign guests. 2) the boss silenced all lively conversation in the office. 3) wearing a pair of sun glasses, the famous movie star passed the crowed unnoticed. 4) looked deserted. 5) were stricken by it. 3. 1) patches; came into full bloom; were puzzled; mysterious 2) throbbed with; sickened; migrant; a chorus 3) had crept into; flickered; the stark II. Word Formation (外教社)全新版大学英语综合教程第二册第八单元课后练习答案unit-8-book-2--第5页 : . (外教社)全新版大学英语综合教程第二册第八单元课后练习答案unit-8-book-2--第6页
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