研究生英语精读教程UnitFive.pptx

UnitFiveTheEndIsNotatHand1.Text2.Exercises5.SupplementaryReading

TheEndIsNotatHandTheenvironmentalrhetoric*overblown*.Theplanetwillsurvive?RobertJ.Samuelson①rhetoricn.speechorwritingthatsoundsfineandimportant,butisreallyinsincereorwithoutmeaning浮夸之言语或文章overblownadj.usingtoomanywords夸张的MenuTranslation

impendingadj.(ofsomethingunpleasant)abouttohappen行将发生的catastrophe△n.disaster灾难auran.aneffectorfeelingthatseemstosurroundandcomefromapersonorplace气氛Menu[1]Whoevercoinedthephrasesavetheplanetisapublicrelationgenius.Itconveysthesenseofimpending*catastrophe*andhighpurposethathaswrappedenvironmentalisminanaura*ofmoralurgency.

Italsotypifiesenvironmentalismsrhetoricalexcesses,which,inanyothercontext,wouldbeseenaswildexaggeration*orsimpledishonesty.[2]Uptoapoint,ourenvironmentalawarenesshascheckedamindlessenthusiasmforunrestrainedeconomicgrowth.exaggeration△n.(anexampleof)sayingorbelievingmorethanthetruthaboutsomething夸张，夸大Menu

Wehavesensiblycurbed*someofgrowthsharmfulsideeffects.Butenvironmentalismincreasinglyresemblesaholycrusade*addictedtohype*andignorantofhistory.curbv.control控制crusaden.astruggleormovementforthedefenceoradvancementofanidea,principle,etc.为促进或维护理想、原则而进行的运动或斗争hypen.somethingthatartificiallystimulatessales,interest,etc.suchasadvertisingorpromotion(刺激销售、兴趣等的)广告，宣传Menu

Everyenvironmentalillisdepicted*asanonrushingcalamity*that—ifnotstoppedwillendlifeasweknowit.[3]Takethelatestscare:thegreenhouseeffect①.Werepresentedwiththehorrifyingspecter*ofaworldthatincinerates*itself.depictv.describe描写calamity△n.aterribleorverybad