现代大学英语精读At-War-with-the-Planet

LessonThreeAtWarwiththePlanet-----BarryCommonerClass：1106Group：2Names：Date：4.11.2014Para1：Thisparttellsustwoworldspeopleliveinandpeopleholddifferentattitudestowardsthem.ThewholeworldpeopleinhabitThenaturalworld（Ecosphere）Thecreatedworld(Technosphere)notforwhatoccursinthenaturalworldphysicalchemicalbiologicalweacceptresponsibilityforeventsofourownworldworkingplacematerialmentalityfarms、factories、laboratorieshomes、cars、food、clothingbooks、paintings、music、poetryactsofGodPara2：Now，onaplanetaryscale,thisdivisionhasbeenbreached.Naturalphenomena①.acontinent-sizedholeintheEarth'sprotectiveozonelayer.②.globalwarming③.droughts④.floods⑤.heatwavesreason:becomeunwittingactsofmanpara3:TheprotendingglobaleventschangetherelationshipbetweentheplanetEarthandit'sstar,thesun.TwoForcesGravity(anearlysteadyforce)Solarradiation(avaststreamofenergy)fixestheplanet'spatharoundthesun.bathestheEarth'ssurfacefluctuatingfromdaytonightandseasontoseason.expressionSolarenergyfuelstheenergy-requiringprocessesoflife.creatstheplanet'sclimategovernsthegradualevolutionandthecurrentbehavior.Para3