ent Spring Part Three Text Appreciation W BTL E ENTER →
W B T L E Lesson 11 – Silent Spring Part Three ENTER
ent Spring lext Appreciation Contents I。 Text Analysis 1. Theme 2. Structure 3. Further discussion IL。 Writing Devices 1. Diction 2. Antithesis 3. Alliteration assonance 4. Rhetorical question 5. Metaphor 6. Parallelism III Sentence Paraphrase W BTL E
W B T L E Text Appreciation Lesson 11 – Silent Spring I. Text Analysis 1. Theme 2. Structure 3. Further discussion II. Writing Devices 1. Diction 2. Antithesis 3. Alliteration & assonance 4. Rhetorical question 5. Metaphor 6. Parallelism III. Sentence Paraphrase
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W B T L E Lesson 11 – Silent Spring I. Text Analysis Out of his ignorance and lack of concern for the integrity of nature, man is tampering with nature by abusing chemicals, causing irrecoverable harms on environment and people. Theme of the story The end of Theme
ent Spring I. Text Analysis Structure of the text Part 1(paras. 1-2)about beauty and harmony enjoyed by both nature and all its life Part 2(paras. 3-5) about: evil spell transitional paragraphs, directing trent Part 3(paras. 6-9)about: cause of the nationwide disaster-an white powder, the chemica Part 4(paras. 10-23)about disasters were created ecological explanation of how the Part 5(paras. 24-25)about: proper solution to the disasters W BTL E The end of structure
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ent Spring I. Text Analysis Before after the use of chemicals e all life in harmony with its surrounding people's life: the town in the midst of prosperous farms; fishing the streams Scan the text and list out plants: blooming flowers; growing on green field; he related Before information the use oak, maple, birch flaming and flickering with life animals: birds feeding on the berries and on the seed heads of the dried weeds rising above the snow; floods of migrants pouring through; sweet singing of birds I loss of life: mysterious diseases sweeping the flock of chickens; sickening and killing cattle and sheep and After fish; several and unexplained deaths of adults and the use children; birds trembling violently and being unable to fly: soundless birds; browned and withered vegetation W BTL E To be continued on the next page
W B T L E Lesson 11 – Silent Spring I. Text Analysis Before the use After the use Before & after the use of chemicals all life in harmony with its surrounding people’s life: the town in the midst of prosperous farms; fishing the streams plants: blooming flowers; growing on green field; oak, maple, birch flaming and flickering with life animals: birds feeding on the berries and on the seed heads of the dried weeds rising above the snow; floods of migrants pouring through; sweet singing of birds Scan the text and list out the related information. To be continued on the next page. loss of life: mysterious diseases sweeping the flock of chickens; sickening and killing cattle and sheep and fish; several and unexplained deaths of adults and children; birds trembling violently and being unable to fly; soundless birds; browned and withered vegetation
ent Spring I. Text Analysis Before after Discuss the use of chemicals In groups. n colorful nature. in spring: white clouds of bloom green fields Before i in autumn: oak and maple and birch setting up a the use blaze of color that flamed and flickered in winter: white snow Through much of a year: laurel, ferns, wildflowers After the use i colorful nature: brown, withered W BTL E To be continued on the next page
W B T L E Lesson 11 – Silent Spring I. Text Analysis Before & after the use of chemicals Discuss in groups. Before the use After the use colorful nature: brown, withered To be continued on the next page. colorful nature: in spring:white clouds of bloom , green fields, in autumn: oak and maple and birch setting up a blaze of color that flamed and flickered in winter:white snow Through much of a year: laurel, ferns, wildflowers
ent Spring I. Text Analysis Before after Discuss the use of chemicals In groups. I active nature Sound: barking of the fox birds' chorus in the Before i morning the use Movement: drift, flame, flicker, silently cross the fields, fly and feed, pour through, observe flow, lie, raise houses, sink wells, build barns silent nature. After Sound: stillness, a spring without voices the use Movement: backyards deserted, birds trembled violently and could not fly, fish died W BTL E To be continued on the next page
W B T L E Lesson 11 – Silent Spring I. Text Analysis Before & after the use of chemicals Discuss in groups. Before the use After the use silent nature: Sound: stillness, a spring without voices Movement: backyards deserted, birds trembled violently and could not fly, fish died To be continued on the next page. active nature: Sound: barking of the fox, birds’ chorus in the morning Movement: drift, flame, flicker, silently cross the fields, fly and feed, pour through, observe, flow, lie, raise houses, sink wells, build barns
ent Spring I. Text Analysis Evil Spell In Para 3,45 Question: What is the evil spell? Spell is a bewitched state, a state completely captured by magic power. Mysterious diseases swept the flocks of chickens cattle and sheep sickened and died; birds trembled and could not fly fish died in the streams People were infected with new diseases with several sudden and unexplained deaths Vegetation withered and got browned No life was on the road in the stream silence lay over the fields, the woods and marsh W BTL E To be continued on the next page
W B T L E Lesson 11 – Silent Spring I. Text Analysis Evil Spell In Para. 3,4,5 Question: What is the evil spell? Spell is a bewitched state, a state completely captured by magic power. Mysterious diseases swept the flocks of chickens; cattle and sheep sickened and died; birds trembled and could not fly; fish died in the streams. People were infected with new diseases with several sudden and unexplained deaths. Vegetation withered and got browned. No life was on the road, in the stream; silence lay over the fields, the woods and marsh. To be continued on the next page
ent Spring I. Text Analysis Relations: organisms nature Natural selection man' s tampering with nature Mutual interaction between Slight modifying of nature by organism and environment, organism, but in the past but mainly surroundings mold quarter century, the only organIsms man impetuously upsetting (Nature, to a great extent, the balance of ecology, thus determines the physical form, changing the very nature of the habits of the earths the world vegetation and animal life.) Hundreds of millions of years Little time needed for the needed for the natural unnatural or synthetic production of organism creation W BTL E To be continued on the next page
W B T L E Lesson 11 – Silent Spring I. Text Analysis Relations: organisms & nature To be continued on the next page. Natural selection man’s tampering with nature Mutual interaction between organism and environment, but mainly surroundings mold organisms (Nature, to a great extent, determines the physical form, the habits of the earth’s vegetation and animal life.) Slight modifying of nature by organism, but in the past quarter century, the only man impetuously upsetting the balance of ecology, thus changing the very nature of the world. Hundreds of millions of years needed for the natural production of organism Little time needed for the unnatural or synthetic creation
ent Spring I. Text Analysis Relations: organisms nature Natural selection mans tampering with nature Hundreds of millions of New unnatural creation years allowing for the (invented in laboratories) retaining of the ecological having no counterparts in balance-adjustment by nature, leaving no room for both environment and nature to adjust properl organism Interaction taking place Changes taking place at an at a very slow and careful impetuous, fast pace, leaving pace nature no time to resume its balance W BTL E To be continued on the next page
W B T L E Lesson 11 – Silent Spring I. Text Analysis Relations: organisms & nature To be continued on the next page. Natural selection man’s tampering with nature Hundreds of millions of years allowing for the retaining of the ecological balance—adjustment by both environment and organism New unnatural creation (invented in laboratories) having no counterparts in nature, leaving no room for nature to adjust properly Interaction taking place at a very slow and careful pace Changes taking place at an impetuous, fast pace, leaving nature no time to resume its balance