1、【 精品教育资源文库 】 Unit 4 Global warming 听第 1 段材料，回答第 1 题。 1 What is the man complaining about? A The hot climate. B The pollution. C The housing problems. 答案： A 听第 2 段材料，回答第 2 题。 2 What was the weather like during the womans holidays? A Warmer than she expected. B Colder than she expected. C It was too
2、cold. 答案： B 听第 3 段材料，回答第 3 至 5 题。 3 Where was the man born? A In Beijing. B In Shanghai. C In Scotland. 答案： A 4 How is the weather in Scotland in summer? A Dry and cold. B Cold and wet. C Hot and wet. 答案： B 5 Which is their favorite season? A Winter. B Summer. C Spring. 答案： C 【技巧点拨】 在听力题中，一定要注意如： Im
3、 sorry, Im afraid 或 but 等后的内容，往往这就是正确答案之所在。如听力第 2 题， but 后的意思为 “ 要是再暖和些就更好了 ” ，可知此人认为天气比预料中要冷。 Text 1 M： It keeps getting hotter and hotter during the summer. W： Thats because of the greenhouse effect. We should control the release of 【 精品教育资源文库 】 greenhouse gases. Text 2 M： How was the weather dur
4、ing your holidays? W： Not bad, but it would have been better if it had been a little bit warmer. Text 3 W： Michael, where are you from? M： I was born in Beijing, but I live in Shanghai now. How about you? W： Im from Scotland. M： Oh? Whats it like? W： Well, the weather is pretty cold there. Actually,
5、 most of Scotland is cold and often wet. Im sure its the coldest part of the British Isles. M： Beijing is very cold in winter too, although its more of a dry cold, if you know what I mean. However, I like winter; its my favorite season. Summer is just too hot! W： Well, I think youre lucky to have a
6、hot summer. Scotlands summer is pretty miserable, wet and cold. M： Do you think peoples personalities are defined by the climate they live in? W： Well, thats an interesting idea. I think theres definitely something in it, because when the weather is hot, I easily lose my temper, but when its cooler,
7、 I feel much calmer. M： If its raining, I always feel depressed. I cry along with the weather! W： Spring always makes me feel happy; the birds are singing and the whole atmosphere seems cheerful. M： Hmm, I agree. I think spring is my favorite season too. 1核心单词 (1)quantity (n.) 量；数量 quality (n.) 质量 (
8、2)tend (vi.) 趋向；易于；照顾 (vt.) 照顾；护理 tendency (n.) 倾向；趋势 (3)oppose (vt.) 反对；反抗；与 (某人 )较量 opposed (adj.) 反对的；对立的 (4)state (vt.) 陈述；说明 statement (n.) 声明；陈述；表现 (5)range (n.) 种类；范围 (v.) (在一定范围内 )变动；变化；排列 (6)glance (vi.) 看一下；扫视 (n.) 一瞥 (7)steady (adj.) 平稳的；持续的；稳固的 steadily (adv.) 平稳地；持续地 (8)widespread (adj.
9、) 分布广的；普遍的 (9)average (adj.) 平均的 (10)circumstance (n.) 环境；情况 【 精品教育资源文库 】 2阅读单词 (1)consume (vt.) 消费；消耗；耗尽；吃完 (2)random (adj.) 胡乱的；任意的 (3)phenomenon (n.) 现象 (phenomena pl.) (4)trend (n.) 趋势；倾向；走向 (5)flood (n.) 洪水；水灾 (6)mild (adj.) 温和的；温柔的；淡的 (7)consequence (n.) 结果；后果；影响 (8)existence (n.) 生存；存在 (9)ad
10、vocate (vt.) 拥护；提倡，主张 (10)contribution (n.) 贡献 (11)disagreement (n.) 分歧；不一致 【即景活用】 用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空 1 Many _ (consume) complain about the high price of vegetables. 答案： consumers 2 Many people do not believe the _ (exist) of the ghosts. 答案： existence 3 It was _ (state) that the president would make a
11、speech next week. 答案： stated 4 There is a variety of animals _ (range) from rabbits to tigers in the park. 答案： ranging 5 The number of people having mobile phones is increasing _ (steady) 答案： steadily 6 If something bad happens on a particular day, people have a _ (tend) to associate that day with n
12、egative events. 答案： tendency 7 A group of children were _ (random) divided into two classes. 答案： randomly 8 These experiments were to find the connection between the two _ (phenomenon) 答案： phenomena 9 What newspapers and magazines do you _ (subscribe) to? 答案： subscribe 10 They felt that it was wrong
13、 _ (advocate) owning guns. 答案： to advocate 联想积累 【 精品教育资源文库 】 1与 “ 灾难 ” 有关的名词集锦 flood 洪灾 drought 旱灾 disaster 灾难 catastrophe 大灾难 earthquake 地震 tsunami 海啸 survivor 幸存者 victim 受害者 2名词变复数的不规则变化小结 phenomenonphenomena 现象 datu mdata 数据 mediummedia 媒体 criterioncriteria 标准 bacteriumbacteria 细菌 1 come_about 发
14、生；造成 2 subscribe_to 同意；赞成；订购 3 quantities_of 大量的 4 go_up 上升；增长；升起 5 result_in 导致 6 be_opposed_to 反对 7 even_if 即使 8 keep on 继续 9 on the whole 大体上；基本上 10 on behalf of 代表 ? 一方；作为 ? 的代言人 11 put up with 忍受；容忍 12 so long as 只要 13 and so on 等等 【即景活用】 用所给短语的适当形式填空 and so on， result in， put up with， come abo
15、ut， go up， on behalf of 1._ all the guests here, I wish to thank you for giving us this warm reception. 答案： On behalf of 2 With the housing prices _ , more and more people cant afford an 【 精品教育资源文库 】 apartment. 答案： going up 3 We are still wondering how it _ that the experiment ended in failure. 答案：
16、 came about 4 What I cant _ is that he never cares about others feelings. 答案： put up with 5 The traffic accident resulted from the drivers carelessness, _ the death of three people. 答案： resulting in 6 The farm grows various kinds of crops, such as wheat, corn, cotton_ . 答案： and so on 联想积累 1 “ 动词 abo
17、ut” 短语荟萃 come about 发生；产生 bring about 引起；导致；带来 think about 考虑 learn about 得知 2 “ 动词短语 with” 一览 end up with 以 ? 结束 do away with 废除 get on/along with 和 ? 融洽相处 be fed up with 对 ? 感到厌烦 go on with 继续 catch up with 赶上 keep up with 跟上 put up w ith 忍受 1 Even if we start reducing the amount of carbon dioxide
18、 and other greenhouse gases, the climate is going to keep on warming for decades or centuries. 即使我们开始减少二氧化碳和其他温室气体的含量，在未来几十年或几个世纪内，气候仍会持续转暖。 2 It is OK to leave an electrical appliance on so long as you are using it if not, turn it off! 只要你在使用电器设备，你可以让它开着，如果不用就把它关掉！ 【句式仿写】 1 _ (即使下雨 ) tomorrow, we w
19、ont change our plan. 【 精品教育资源文库 】 答案： Even if/though it rains 2 _ (只要我们不失去信心 ) and keep on trying, we are sure to get over difficulties and achieve our aims. 答案： So/As long as we dont lose heart 联想积累 1 even if/though 用法全掌握 even if/though “ 即使；尽管 ” ，引导让步状语从句。 even if 从句的内容通常是假设性的，所以有时还可用于虚拟语气；这样用的 e
20、ven if与单独使用的 if 比较接近。 2 so long as 用法一览 so/as long as “ 只要 ” ，引导条件状语从句，相当于 on condition that, provided that 或 if(只要，如果 )。 单词点津 quantity n. 量；数量；大量 教材原句 The problem begins when we add huge quantities of extra carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. 当我们在大气层中增加了大量额外的二氧化碳的时候，问题就开始了。 in quantity in large amounts 大量；很多a large/small quantity of 大量的 /少量的quantities of 大量；许多【特别提醒】 (1)a quantity of 或 quantities of 后既可接可数名词复数形式也可接不可数名词。 (2)“a quantity of 名词 ” 作主语时，谓语动词与名词保持数的一致；而 “quantities of名词 ” 作主语时，谓语动词用复数。 【即景活用】 (1)单句语法填空 With more forests being destroyed, qua
