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1、Lesson3ShipsintheDesertAlGoreTheintroductionofthetext:ObjectivesofTeachingTocomprehendthewholetextToleanandmasterthevocabularyandexpressionsTolearntoparaphrasethedifficultsentencesTounderstandthestructureofthetextToappreciatethestyleandrhetoricofthepassage.1.Int
2、roductionabouttheauthorAlGorewasbornin1948inWashingtonD.C.,U.S.HehasbeenaSenator(1984-1992)representingtheStateofTennessee,andU.S.Vice-President(1992-2000)underPresidentBillClinton.HeranforthePresidencyagainstGeorgeW.Bushjr.butthelatterwonthecloselytiedelectiona
3、ndhasbecomethe43rdAmericanPresident.ThetextistakenfromAlGore’sbookEarthintheBalanceAlGore'sprofoundanalysisofwherehumanityhasgonewrongrangesacrosshistory,politics,science,economics,psychology,philosophy,andreligion.Goredemonstratesthatthequalityofourairandwateri
4、surgentlyatrisk.Heclearlyillustrateshowproblemsthatoncewereregionalhavenowbecomeglobal.Gorearguesforaworldwidemobilizationtosaveusfromdisaster.2.DetailedstudyofthetextShipsintheDesertWhat’sthemeaningofthetitle?Whatdoestheauthortrytotellusthroughhisarticle?Para.1
5、typicalexampleofenvironmentaldestructionWhydidthewritergototheAralSea?Whatdidheseethere?theprospectsofagoodcatchlookedbleak:agoodcatchdidnotlookpromising/hopeful.anunderstatementtheAralseaTheAralSea:*locatedinUzbekistanandKazakhstan*historicallyasalinelake*In196
6、0theworld’sfourthlargestlake,thesizeoftheentiretyofSouthernCalifornia*inthecenterofalarge,flatdesertbasinaprimeexampleofadynamicenvironmentAmerica’sGreatLakes*thegroupoffivefreshwaterlakes,centralNorthAmerica,betweentheUnitedStatesandCanada,largestbodyoffreshwat
7、erintheworldFromwesttoeast,theyareLakeSuperior,LakeMichigan,LakeHuron,LakeErie,andLakeOntarioHOMES—HstandsforHuron,OforOntario,MforMichigan,EforErieandSforSuperior.comparable:somethingthatiscomparabletosomethingelseisa)asgoodas/asbigas/asimportantastheotherthing
8、;b)similartotheotherthinge.g.ThisdinneriscomparabletothebestFrenchcooking.tofeedithasbeendivertedinanill-consideredirrigationschemetogrowcottoninthedessert:toflowinto
