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Unｉt Five
Ｐarｔ II
A.
1. … ｎｏ, they livｅ ｉｎ Ａfrｉｃa and　theｙ　fｅeｔ on lｅaｖｅs. Ｉ　don’t ｔhiｎk thｅy roaｒ or make ａny noｉse. Ｏh, ｔhey’vｅ goｔ ｔhesｅ wｏnderful　long neckｓ. You’vｅ been to ｔhｅ ｚｏo,　haveｎ’t ｙｏu? Ｎow, wｈen　you were ｔｈere dｉd you see thｅ　gｉraｆfes?
２． exｔinct　
3.　thｅ　enviｒｏnｍeｎｔ
4. greenhouse　ｅffect
5． ａｃｉd rａiｎ
6．　uｎleadｅd petroｌ
7． ｕnｃleａｒ enerｇy
8. reｃycｌｅd

Ｃｈallｅｎｇes
Suｐpｏrting　detaiｌs
aｇｉng　ｐopｕlating
Bｅｇiｎniｎg ｏf neｗ mｉｌlｅnnium---1.3 ｂiｌｌiｏn　miｄｄle
Of　ｎeｘt　cｅnｔuｒｙ　
agｒicultｕre
1/4 of land-－－- ｄry
Arabｌｅ　land -－-－ｄｅcｒease
eｎｅrｇy
sinｃe　１993－-－　a　ｎeｔ ｉmportｅr ｏf　pｅtroｌeum
ｂｙ 　--－　1００ mｉｌlioｎ ton　gａps
ｅnｖiroｎmｅntal
ｄaｍaｇｅ
dｒyiｎｇ lakes, rｉｖｅrs，　deｓerｔification， ｓalinization, deｔerｉoratioｎ　ｏf　ｇｒaｓsｌands
Ｔｏｐ 10 air-ｐolｌutｅd cities－－-－ 7 ｉn　China
Iｎｆorｍａｔｉｏn　indｕｓtry
Core of ｉｎfoｒｍａｔiｏｎ iｎdｕｓtｒy:　ＣＰU,　operating ｓysｔems－-- nominateｄ　ｂｙ　fｏreign　cｏｍｐａniｅｓ
Aｃcessoｒｉes， sensoｒs, softwaｒe-－-- not ｐrotｅｃted bｙ　ｉnｔeｌlecｔual prｏｐｅｒｔy ｒｉghｔs

Ｐroｂｌem
Detailｓ　
populatioｎ
This wｉｌｌ be ａ ｂig　proｂlｅm　iｎ ｔｈe　middle ｏf nｅｘt　ｃeｎｔuｒｙ
the　wｏrｌd’s　resouｒceｓ
Wｅ are usｉng ｕｐ ｂoth reｎewaｂle aｎd　ｎon－renewaｂlｅ　ｒeｓｏurces ｖerｙ　qｕiｃkly
ｐoｖerty,　fａmiｎｅ　aｎｄ　hunｇeｒ
In vａｒｉoｕs pａｒts　of ｔhe　wｏrld,　this wｉll ｇeｔ　ｗｏrｓe ｂｅｆoｒe ｔｈe tｕｒｎ ｏf the　centuｒy
thｅ arms　buiｌｄ－ｕp
Ｏｎｅ thouｓand　ｍillｉon　milｌiｏn ｄoｌｌaｒs　arｅ ｓpeｎt　eｖerｙ ｙeaｒ
Part 1
1. How did Jonaｔｈon Porｒitｔ ｂecoｍe ｉnｔｅrested ｉｎ ｔｈｅ　enｖiｒoｎｍent？ ／ Whｉle hｅ ｗaｓ a tｅａｃher, he began tｏ wｏｎder　ｗｈaｔ thｅ fuｔｕre world　wｏｕlｄ bｅ lｉke　ｆoｒ the ｃｈiｌdｒeｎ he　waｓ teａｃhing.
2. Why　dｏ yｏu thｉnk　hｅ　ｓays ｔhat “ｙoｕ ｃaｎ’t reａlly　taｌk aｂｏut eｃology aｓ　a sｃienｃe， yｏｕ　hａvｅ　ｔo　ｃonsｉdeｒ ecoloｇy　wiｔhin a　sｏcial ａnd poｌｉtiｃａl conｔｅｘｔ？/ Ｂeｃａusｅ tｈe　ｓｔａte of ｔhe eｎｖｉroｎmeｎｔ depeｎds ｏn ｗｈat　we　ａs cｉｔｉｚｅｎｓ　anｄ　ｐｏliｔiｃiaｎｓ an dｅcisioｎ mａｋeｒｓ want tｏ　do witｈ　it.
Part　2
3. Why ｄoｅs hｅ ｃall himsｅlf a　conｓｔｒｕctive peｓｓimist? / A ｐesｓimiｓt,　because ｔｈｅrｅ　ｉｓ　ａ　ｌｏt　oｆ tｏ bｅ peｓｓｉｍiｓtｉc aboｕｔ, and　constructive　bｅｃaｕse sｏｍethiｎg　must　be　ｄｏｎｅ abｏｕt　ｉt.
4. Ｈe　reｆｅｒs to foｕr cｒｕｃｉal　probleｍs thaｔ　tｈe　planet faceｓ． Wｒite ｉn　ｔhｅ　ｃhart ｗｈat　thｅ　probｌemｓ ａre, ａnd ａdd ｓome ｄｅtaiｌs ｏn eａｃｈ．
5. Ｈｅ　ｓａyｓ　tｈａt　ｔhesｅ ｐrｏbｌｅms havｅ　the saｍｅ　rooｔs, that ｉs, the　ｂelｉef　that “the oｎｌy　way ｗe cａｎ　ｉnｃrｅａse　hｕman weaｌtｈ is　by　pｒoduｃｉng ｍorｅ anｄ ｃonsuｍiｎg moｒe,　ｅｖeｎ if ｗe desｔroy　ｔhe planet　in ｔhe proceｓs”.　Dｏ yoｕ aｇｒｅｅ?

Ｐart ３
6. Ｈｅ　gives　ｔhreｅ　ｒｅａsｏns ｆｏr ｏｐtimism. Ｗrite　in　ｔhe ｃhａｒt　wｈat tｈe　ｒeaｓｏnｓ　ａre ａｎd　ａｄd　some　dｅｔａils on eａｃh　．
7. Aｔ thｅ ｅnd of the intｅrvieｗ he says thaｔ　“spiｒｉｔual asｐｅｃｔ,　coｍbinｅd with tｈe politicａｌ aspeｃt， ｓet　ｗｉｔｈiｎ ａ context ｏf greateｒ aｗarenesｓ,　is ｒeally the　pａtｈ ｔhａt　tｈe “Gｒeｅn　Moveｍｅｎt”　is tｒying　to ｃarｖe　ｏｕt ｆｏr iｔｓeｌｆ ａt ｔhe momenｔ.”　Dｏ ｙｏu aｇｒｅｅ？

Ｒeaｓons
Detaiｌs
Eｎvｉronmental　awaｒenesｓ
Ｍｏre pｅoｐle　are awaｒe　oｆ ｔｈe neｅｄ to lｏｏｋ aｆter pｌａnet, and ａｒe betteｒ informed
Ｉncｒeａsing poｌitｉcaｌ
Ａwａrｅneｓｓ
Peoｐle nｅed tｏ ｉnvolve thｅmseｌvｅｓ　ｉn organｉzatｉoｎs.
Aｗaｒenｅｓs　oｆ spｉritual
ｖａｌues
Ｍoｒｅ pｅｏｐｌｅ　ａｒe　aｗａre of ｔhe　sｐiｒｉtｕａl　ｖalｕes oｒ an ａｌｔerｎａｔiｖｅ to mａｔｅｒｉalism, ｒathｅｒ ｔhａn ｔhe seａrｃh　fｏr　mａterial ｗealtｈ ａｌoｎe．

Ｄ.

Ｊｏhn Morｅｔｉmer’ｓ ａrguments
Ｉn dｅfense　ｏｆ thｅ　chemｉcal induｓtrｙ　
Ａndｙ　Pearｓon’s ａｒｇumｅｎtｓ in defenｓe oｆ ｔhe enｖｉronｍenｔ　
The ｌiｆeｓｔｙｌe　tｏｄay iｓ ｍuｃh　ｂeｔtｅｒ　
Ｔｈan 3０ ｙears ago-－-- ｔｒavel by　ｃar
Mｏｓt peｏple, ｉｆ givｅn　a choｉcｅ, woｕld　trｙ　ｔo miniｍiｚe eｎｖiｒoｎmentａｌ damaｇe –　use unleaｄｅd　peｔrol．
Mediciｎｅｓ are　the　contｒiｂutｉoｎ of the chｅｍiｃal　ｉndustry　to the gｏoｄ liｆe－-- ｃure　ａｓthｍa．
Asｔｈmａ　iｓ tｅn tｉmｅｓ mｏre　ｃomｍｏｎ nｏw　ｔhａn 50 years aｇo-－－　iｎdustｒiａl　polｌutiｏn.
Ｔhanks to cｈemｉｃａl　ｐreseｒvａtiveｓ， ｐｅopｌｅ caｎ ｅaｔ ｍost ｐrｏｄｕｃｅ　alｌ the yeａr ｒｏｕｎｄ-－－ vegeｔaｂｌes anｄ fruiｔ.
Tｈe unrestricｔｅd ｕse ｏｆ ｐhｏsｐｈatｅs ａｎd　nｉｔraｔｅs iｓ　havｉｎg　ａ　ｔerｒiｂle　effｅct　on oｕr envｉｒｏｎｍｅnt　－-－suｐpeｒ-buｇｓ.
Nｏ oｎe　ｃan　ｓｔｏp　ｔhe sｔeps fｏrｗａｒd ｉn　progress.
It　ｉs pｏssiｂle ｔo havｅ a ｇood　liｆｅ　wｉth a pollｕtioｎ－ｆree environment --- polｉtiｃaｌ wｉlｌ aｎｄ　ｐuｂlｉc ｃｏｎcern
Paｒｔ IＩＩ. 　Ｉnｄｅpendent Lisｔenｉnｇ　
Keｙ Ｗｏrｄｓ　ａｎd　Phｒases　
Fｅatｕres ｏf　the ｅxhiｂiｔ： muｌｔi-ｍｅdｉa/ ａnimａｔed/ high　tｅｃh/　mｕｓiｃ-ｆｉllｅd/ ｆun／ colorfｕl/ booming
Gｏaｌ of the exhibｉｔ:　teacｈ cｈｉｌdren 4-12 about ｅnviｒonmenｔ/ bring eｃoloｇy ｄowｎ　ｔｏ　ｄａy-to daｙ lifｅ／ tｈerｅ ａre ｃhｏiｃeｓ/ ｃhｏｉcｅs mａke difｆerencｅ
Mｏtiｖe　oｆ ｔhe　exhｉｂｉt: Amerｉcan　youngｓｔers/ ｃoｎｃerned ａbｏuｔ ｅｎviｒｏnment douｂtｆｕl abｏｕt　owｎ ａbiｌｉty
Ｉntｅｒｅｓtiｎｇ thｉｎｇs in　ｔhe exｈiｂit：　ＪD ｊunｋyarｄ　dｏg/ TV　ｍｏnｉtors/　Ｔox ｍonsteｒ /　puzzles/ games /　ｓcaｖeｎｇｅr ｈuｎt/　ｍoｄel car／ moｄel　oｆ hｏｕse／ ｐrｏcesｓ
Terｍ　of the eｘｈibｉｔ: Philadｅlphia/　eｎd ｏf Ｍａy／　five－yｅａr ｔour / Uniｔｅd Sｔateｓ/ Canａｄa