内容正文:
Unit 3 Progress?
一、基础巩固 (重点词汇短语以及核心句子翻译练习)
I. 单词拼写:
1. The disease has spread at an ____________ (令人惊慌的) rate.
2. It is impossible to __________(预测) what the eventual outcome will be.
3. It will not be long before the inflation ___________(数字) starts to fall.
4. Hundreds of lives were ____________ (危及) when the building collapsed.
5. Employees should have a voice in the decision-making __________(过程)
6. An operation is beginning to try to save a species of crocodile from _________ (灭绝) .
7. In ___________ (对照) , the lives of girls in well-to-do families were often very sheltered.
8. The shop has about 500 autographed copies of the book __________ (可获得的) for purchase.
9. Exports in June rose 1.5%, __________(暗示) that the economy was stronger than many investors had realized.
10. Most 11-year-olds are not encouraged to develop reading skills; a small but ________(显著的) number are illiterate.
【答案】
1. alarming 2.predict 3.figure 4. threatened 5.process
6.extinction 7.contrast 8.available 9. implying 10.significant
II. 熟读课文,翻译下列短语:
1. 世界人口达到50亿:
2. 以惊人的速度:
3. 很难想象:
4. 四处活动:
5. 这个数字很快就翻倍了:
6. 陌生的服饰和建筑风格:
7. 截然不同的风俗和文化:
8. 生活在不同的大洲:
9. 在很大程度上/某种程度上:
10. 有灭绝的风险:
【答案】
1. 世界人口达到50亿:the world’s population reached five billion.
2. 以惊人的速度:at an alarming rate.
3. 很难想象: be hard to imagine.
4. 四处活动:move around
5. 这个数字很快就翻倍了: this figure quickly doubled
6. 陌生的服饰和建筑风格:unfamiliar styles of clothing and buildings.
7. 截然不同的风俗和文化: completely different customs and culture.
8. 生活在不同的大洲:live on different continents
9. 在很大程度上/某种程度上:to a large extent/ to some extent.
10. 有灭绝的风险:be threatened with extinction.
III. 熟读课文,翻译下列句子:
1. 专家们预测到本世纪末之前我们这个星球上将会有100亿人口。 (predict )