2. prevent pollutions
• come to realize /be • 1.意识到 aware of/ come to the understanding that • 2.太污染了以至无法使用 • be too polluted to be used • air/water/soil pollution • 3.空气/水/土污染 • be seriously polluted • 4.污染严重 • control pollution/ • 5.控制污染 pollution control • press sb hard on • 6.在….方面给某人施压 • pollution emissions • 7.排污 • ensure the reduction of • 8.确保减少污染源 pollutants • 9.与污染做斗争 • fight against pollution
Protect the environment
ideas about environmental protection
• • • • 1.protect our environment 2. prevent pollutions 3. Save resources 4. Wildlife protection
1. 1.protect our environment
global concern get worse and worse/ get from bad to worse/ get more and more serious the destruction of our 3.环境的破坏 environment 4.改善环境刻不容缓 It’s high time that we did sth improve the environment raise awareness that ..of sth 5.提高..的意识 bear the responsibility to 6.承担保护环境的责 protect our environment 任 call on / call for/ appeal to sb to 7.呼吁某人做某事 do sth 1.全球的关注 2.越来越糟
• 5.无论如何我们不应该牺牲我们的环境来发展我 们的经济。 On no account should we develop our economy at the cost of our environment.
• 6.我们不能否认每个人都曾破坏过环境，所以我 们不能否认每个人都有责任来保护我们赖以生存 的星球。 We can’t deny that everybody has done something to damage the nature, so we can’t deny that everybody should take the responsibility for protecting our living planet.
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1.近来环保已经引起了全球的关注。 Environmental protection has caused global concern recently. • 2.我们应该马上采取措施来保护我们的环境免受污染。 It’s high time we took immediate measures to protect our earth from being polluted. • 3.每个人都应该提高保护地球的意识。 Everybody should raise the awareness that it’s our duty to protect our mother earth. • 4.你不难发现每个人都在伤害地球，然而他们可能自 己都没有意识到这一点。 You cannot difficultly see that everybody actually is causing damage to the mother earth, which , however, they may not be realizing.
• 1.读写任务：阅读下面的短文，然后按照 要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。
• Lakes, rivers and the air in many places in China are still polluted, some seriously, in spite of continuous efforts to control pollutions, a Chinese environmental official said on Tuesday. Zhang Lijun, Deputy Minister of Environmental Protection, said environmental protection department across the country should press enterprises harder on pollution control. • The quality of the water sampled in almost a quarter of the monitoring stations set up along major rivers and in 28 major lakes averaged at level VI, which is too polluted to be used even for farm irrigation, while the air quality of 39.5 percent of 320 cities of prefecture level and above averaged level III or worse, according to a document circulated at the meeting. • The Ministry of Environmental Protection was considering a policy to deprive polluting enterprises from enjoying favorable treatment in subsidies and taxation, usually given by investment-seeking local governments. • Last year, 156 projects with a total investment of 473.7 billion yuan (US $69.28 billion) failed environmental evaluations due to potentially high energy consumption and pollution emissions, including many chemical and coal-burning plants. • In 579 projects that passed the evaluation, with a total investment of 2.4 trillion yuan, clean production technology and facilities had been used to ensure the reduction of pollutants, such as sulfur dioxide, Zhang said.
• 7.随着世界人口的增长，我们的环境变得越 来越糟糕。
With the increase of the world population, our environment is getting worse and worse.
• 8.他们 senses of protecting environment.
防止人们污染河流
Prevent people from polluting the rivers
In order to improve the 为了提高生活质量,环 quality of our life, it becomes more and 境保护变得越来越重要 more important to… 随着科技的进步,环境 With the development of science and 污染越来越严重 technology, more and more pollution is produced. 我们应该立刻采取措 We should take 施与污染作斗争 immediate action / steps to fight against… 唯有这种方式我们才能 Only in this way can we 享受新鲜空气,活得健 enjoy fresh air and live a healthy life. 康
• 写作内容 • 以约30 词概括所阅读短文的主要内容； • 以约120 词就“经济的可持续发展”发表看法， 内容包括： • 请举例描述许多工厂或企业为了经济利益不顾环 保； • 你对这些工厂或企业的看法； • 请就“发展经济不应以牺牲环境为代价”展开论 述。 • 写作要求 • 作文中可使用自己的亲身经历或虚构的故事，也 可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接引用原文 中的句子。
• 8.时间不等人 • 9.努力做某事
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• the clock is ticking • make all efforts/ endeavor /make one’s utmost effort / go all out/try all means to do sth 10.采取行动/措施去• take action /take measures to do • improve the present situation 11.改善目前的状况 • pay attention to doing/show 12.关注 concern for sth • cause harm/damage to 13.伤害/损害.. • at all cost 14.不惜任何代价 • so/as long as 15.只要 • take the responsibility of doing 16.承担做某事的责任 sth 17.以牺牲..作为代价 at the cost/ expense of our • environment