community (社区) by creating shelters and promoting education and services for people in need.In 1931, Addams became the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.

　　※Rachel Carson (1907－1964)

If it weren't for Rachel Carson, the environmental movement might not exist today.Her popular 1962 book "Silent Spring" raised awareness of the dangers of pollution and the harmful effects of chemicals on humans and on the world's lakes and oceans.

词海拾贝

1.be admitted to　被......录取

2.a sense of 一种......感

3.exist /Iɡ'zIst/vi. 存在

4.awareness /ə'weənəs/n. 意识

Part Ⅰ　Warm－up & Lesson 1　Modern Heroes

Ⅰ.重点单词

1.calm adj.镇静的，沉着的