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Unit 6

The Nature We Live In

WARM-UP

A Listen to a speaker talking about the damage done by ice storms.

Complete the following chart according to the information you hear.

Script：

Ice-Strom Number Tell Chilling

Tale

In January 1988, there successive storms dropped more than 4 inches of

freezing rain in areas of New England and southern Canada.

About 100.000 people had to take refuge in shelters, while the Red Cross

raised more than ＄10 million to help the victims.

The ice brought down more than 1,000 power transmission towers and

30,000 wooden utility poles. Nearly 1.7 million customers lost their

electricity, in some areas for weeks.

More than one-third of all farmland in the region was affected. Nearly 5.3

million sugar-maple trees were in the path of the storm, and it may take 30 to

40 years for maple syrup production to return to normal.

The hardest hit were dairy farmers，as nearly one-quarter of Canada’s cows

were subjected to the storm. The ones that survived may never reach their

previous level of production. Furthermore ,2.5 million gallons of milk, valued

at more than ＄5 million, had to be dumped because there was no electricity.

Damages Caused by Ice Storms

Areas

People

Electricity

Damages

About people had to live .

More than $10 million was raised to help the .

More than 1,000 towers and 30,000utility poles

fell.

Nearly1.7million lost electricity.

More than1/3 of was damaged.

Nearly 5.3 million were hit.

crops

Nearly of Canada’s were killed.

Nearly 2.5 million gallons of milk .

People ：100.000/ in shelter / victims

Electricity ：power transmission / customers

Crop： all farmland in the region / sugar-maple trees

Dairy： 1/4 /cows / had to be dumped

Dairy

B Discuss the following questions.

1. What other environmental problem may cause damage to people?

2. What can we do right now to slow global warming and make a real

difference?

LISTENING FOR CONTENT

① Listening to a conversation

A　Listen to an interview between Tony Brown, a journalist from a local

newspaper, and Andrew Metzger, the director of a zoo. After the

interview, some questions will be asked about what was said. Write down

a short answer to each question.

Script：

Andrew McTagger is the director of a zoo located in a large North

American city. In this interview he explains the type of work that is done in

today’s zoos.

Tony： I’m Tony Brown from the local newspaper. Now，what was the

purpose of the first modern zoos?

Andrew： Well, those zoos were the only places where people could really see

wild animals .

Tony： And today that’s changed ,right?

Andrew： Well, on the one hand , zoos are still the place for people to see live

wild animals up close . Seeing an animal touches people, especially

young people. Most zoos today have great educational exhibits. On the

other hand, now we can watch TV programmes about animals living in

the wild.

Tony：Do you think zoos are good places for wild animals to live in?

Andrew: Well, in some cases, yes. You see, we can build better cages, or