1、Unit 2 The environment 1 Todays debate question is,The economy or the environmentmust 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.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 worlds population has grown by six times w
2、hat 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
3、 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:t
4、hat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.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
5、 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 pa
6、y 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.(Pag
7、e 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
8、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 citys Modern Art Museum,hundreds of people queued up to be among the first to vi
9、ew 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.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
