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charm
charming
n.魅力,魔力
adj.令人着迷的;迷人的;吸引人的
gentleness
2.gentl
ad轻柔的:温和的3ent
adv.温和地;轻柔地
n.
温和;和善:彬彬有礼
puzzled
puzzle
ad.困惑的,无法理解的
v.迷惑,(使)困感n.智力
puzzling
游戏;不解之谜:疑问
adj.令人迷惑的
knowingly adv.故意地
knowing
adj.会意的;心照
不宣的;知情的
recisely
5.
precise adi,精确的;.丝不苟的
adv.准确地:恰好
地:精确地;细心地
elegan美:简洁
elegant
adj.优美的;典雅的;简洁的
elegantly adv..优美地,高雅地
7 passionate具有强烈信念的passi0热情:强烈的情感
1.Rachel Carson was a scientist by profession, but these
lines from the opening chapter of her 1962 book Silent
Spring…
by profession在职业上,就职业来说;
2.By imagining a world without birds,she aimed to alert not only the
scientific community but also the general public to the damaging
effects of human activity on natural ecosystems-in particular,to the
harmful use of pesticides,such as DDT.
目标在于.…力争做到.
sb.aim to do sth.
(=sb.aim at doing sth.)
sth.aimed at doing sth.
旨在…目的是
使某人意识到、认识到
alert sb.to sth
(to make sb.aware sth.)
3.She believed that the chemical industry was knowingly causing
harm to plants,animals and even humans,and wished to see
pesticides used in a more responsible,limited and carefully
monitored way.
cause harm to sth.
对.造成伤害
4.Carson urged people to make themselves aware ofthe facts
and do something about the situation.
督促/力劝某人去做sth.
urge sb.to do
urgent
adj紧急的;
urgency n紧急;
urgently adv紧急地,紧迫地
make sb.aware of..
使某人认清/意识到
5.The book also gives dozens ofother examples of eradication
programme that did nothing to reduce the problems they were
originally designed to solve.
许多
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dozens of
dozen
be designed to do被设计用来做…;
目的是
6.Silent Spring was therefore regarded as a milestone in
the launch of the green movement in the Western world.
be regarded as l_________
launch n.推出,发起―v._ 发动,发射
因此,《寂静的春天》被认为是西方世界发起绿色
运动的里程碑
7.Though Carson's research was strong and was supported by
most scientists who reviewed her work,the book quickly became
a target for critics in the pesticide industry.
became a target for成为.的目标,靶子,对像
8.These were attempts to damage Carson's reputation and stop
her work from