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mic development be stopped in favor of nature? we are only doing what humans have always done , using nature to meet our needs The other side: One side: Such thinking may spell disaster, unless we start to look around and understand how a clean environment benefits us all. 4. What is the attitude of poorer nations towards the problem? What about the attitude of developed nations? Poorer nations pay more attention to economic development but less to the environment while developed nations do things in a different way. Discuss : 1. Which is more important, economic development or protecting nature? 2. Dou think it contrary (矛盾的 ) to develop economy while not damaging the environment? Language points: We further damage earth by constructing new water… construct: v. 建造,建設(shè),構(gòu)造 construction n. 建造,建設(shè) constructive adj. 有建設(shè)性的,有幫助的 under construction 正在修建 The story is skillfully constructed. 故事的構(gòu)思相當(dāng)巧妙。 Do you have any idea of what I’m trying to explain?你知道我努力要解釋的是什么嗎? Different social classes hold different political 階級(jí)有不同的政治觀點(diǎn)。 Turn其他詞組: turn over 翻轉(zhuǎn),思考 turn down 調(diào)小音量,拒絕 turn against 反對(duì),背叛 turn away 轉(zhuǎn)過(guò)臉去,把 …打發(fā)走 turn up 調(diào)大音量,露面 What’s the meaning of “spell” in line 13? Spell v. Our failure is likely to spell heavy losses. 我們的失敗可能招致重