Important Words and Expressions Ambitious, diversity, clear-cut, together with 2.4 Paras. 6-8 Situation: Brazil is the home of the worlds largest jungle rain forest, the Amazon Problem: For decades, the government sought to colonize and develop the Amazon, bringing severe environmental disaster to the area and its people Solution: But in 1991, under pressure from environmentalists around the world, brazil reversed course. It ended tax favors that had encouraged clearing of the Amazon rain forest and agreed to a plan to finance new forest protection project Partial Negative result: Cattle farmers miners, and settlers have protested the move and continue to destroy the forests, although at a slower pace than before An Instance of the Partial Negative Result: The conflict enlarged last year when miners killed a group of Amazon Indians in order to seize their land Evaluation: (limited results) The government promises it will protect the region's native people, but questions remain as to its true level of commitment Difficult sentences (Para7)But in 1991, under pressure from environmentalists around the world, Brazil reversed Para8). the government promises it will protect the regions native people, but guestions remain as to its true level of commitment The underlying part functioned as a modifier should follow questions immediately, ut because it is much longer than the verb"remains", it is separated from"questions"and appears now at the end of the whole sentence Important words and expressions Colonize finance commitment 2.5 Paras.9-10 Structure and main idea2-2 3 Important Words and Expressions Ambitious, diversity, clear-cut, together with 2.4 Paras.6-8 Situation: Brazil is the home of the world’s largest jungle rain forest, the Amazon. Problem: For decades, the government sought to colonize and develop the Amazon, bringing severe environmental disaster to the area and its people. Solution: But in 1991, under pressure from environmentalists around the world, Brazil reversed course. It ended tax favors that had encouraged clearing of the Amazon rain forest, and agreed to a plan to finance new forest protection projects. Partial Negative result: Cattle farmers, miners, and settlers have protested the move and continue to destroy the forests, although at a slower pace than before. An Instance of the Partial Negative Result: The conflict enlarged last year when miners killed a group of Amazon Indians in order to seize their land. Evaluation:(limited results) The government promises it will protect the region’s native people, but questions remain as to its true level of commitment. Difficult Sentences (Para7) But in 1991, under pressure from environmentalists around the world, Brazil reversed course. (Para8) …the government promises it will protect the region’s native people, but questions remain as to its true level of commitment. The underlying part functioned as a modifier should follow questions immediately, ut because it is much longer than the verb “remains”, it is separated from “questions” and appears now at the end of the whole sentence. Important Words and Expressions Colonize, finance, commitment 2.5 Paras. 9-10 Structure and Main Idea