Unit 2 The environment
1 Today’s debate question is,‘The economy or the environment—must we choose?’(Page 22)
我们今天辩论的话题是:“要经济还是要环境——我们必须作出抉择吗?”
★考点:debate n.&vi. 辩论;争论;讨论
2 Then we will open the floor for the discussion.(Page 22)
之后我们将展开自由讨论。
★考点:open the floor自由发言
3 The world’s population has grown by six times what it was in 1800.(Page 22)
目前的世界人口与1800年相比已经增长了六倍。
★考点:...six times what...六倍于……
4 It is our duty to try to cut back on production...(Page 22)
尽力减少生产量……是我们的责任。
★考点一:duty n.责任,义务,本分
★考点二:cut back on减少,削减,缩减
★考点三:production n.生产;产量
5. They think of greedy businessmen hiding from their responsibilities and only worrying about money.(Page 23)
他们想到贪婪的商人,这些商人逃避责任,只关心钱。
★考点一:greedy adj.贪婪的,贪心的
★考点二:responsibility n.责任,职责
6 People often have this belief that development is bad for the environment,but this does not have to be true.(Page 23)
人们常常认为经济发展对环境有害,但这不一定是正确的。
句子剖析:that引导的同位语从句,是对前面名词belief的解释和说明。
★考点一:that引导同位语从句时,只起引导作用,不做任何成分,不可省略。
★考点二:belief n.看法;信念
7 The people operating these factories are deeply concerned about the environment.(Page 23)
经营这些工厂的人对环境深表忧虑。
★考点一:operate vt.& vi.经营;动手术
★考点二:be concerned about...对……关心(切);对……担心
8 Ms Lin suggested we should cut back on the quantity of things we produce in order to save the environment.(Page 23)
林女士建议我们为了拯救环境,应该削减生产数量。
★考点:quantity n. 数量;量
9 However,I do agree that we should produce more things from materials that have been recycled,and...(Page 23)
但是,我非常赞同我们应该更多地利用回收材料制造产品……
★考点一:“助动词do(did/does)+动词原形”表示强调。
★考点二:recycle vt.回收利用
10 ...I find many people willing to pay a little higher price for things that are friendly to the environment.(Page 23)
……我发现许多人都愿意支付稍高一些的价钱来购买环保产品。
★考点:willing adj. 愿意的,乐意的
11 Just keep in mind that you should not make a final decision until you have read or listened to both sides and understood all of the arguments made by each side.(Page 23)
记住:直到你读了或听了双方的辩论,并且明白了双方的辩词,你才能得出一个最终结论。
★考点:not...until...直到……才……
12 There is no debating that we also have a problem with population.(Page 25)
无可争辩,我们还存在人口问题。
★考点:There is no debating that...无可争辩……
13 The number of people in the world keeps growing,and we are producing more rubbish and using up more raw materials.(Page 25)
世界人口数目在持续增长,我们正在制造更多的垃圾和用尽更多的原材料。
★考点:use up用尽
14 What if they run out?(Page 25)
如果它们用尽了怎么办?
★考点一:what if是一个固定短语,常用来表达疑问,后面跟一个陈述句,意思是“如果……怎么办?倘若……将会怎么样?”
★考点二:run out(of)用完,耗尽
15.With the opening of the city’s Modern Art Museum,hundreds of people queued up to be among the first to view modern paintings.(Page 32)
随着现代艺术馆的开放,成千上万的人排队想成为第一批观看现代艺术品的人。
★考点:queue vi. 排队等候n. 队,行列
16.This is one of the cheapest and best ways of decreasing desertification.(Page 33)
这是减少沙漠化最经济且最好的方法之一。
★考点:decrease vt.& vi.减少n. 减少
17.The centre has over 300 scientists devoted to finding measures that will stop desertification.(Page 33)
这个中心有300多名科学家致力于发现阻止土地沙漠化的措施。
句子剖析:devoted to finding measures...为分词短语做后置定语,that will stop desertification为定语从句,修饰measures。
★考点二:measure n.措施,方法,尺度
18. ing satellites to pick out areas likely to be affected by desertification.(Page 33)
……用卫星探测可能被沙漠化影响的地区。
★考点:pick out 找出,挑选;找出;认出;辨别出,领会
19. Nor is it good news for the wide range of fish and wildlife that live in
or along the river.(Page 38)
对生活在江中或岸边的大量鱼类和野生生物来说也是个不好的消息。
★考点:range n.范围;一系列;山脉
20.Two special government projects are also under way.(Page 38)
两个专门的政府方案也已经开始实施了。
★考点:under way进行中。