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Unit 1 Nature in the balance
Integrated skills
Calling for the protection of animals
Learning-aims
By the end of this calss,we will be able to
1.Get to grasp the main idea of this passage
2.Get to master the usage of these key words
There are four people in the TV show
Host
Julie Archerr
James Smith
Vincent Brown
A local resident
Senior manager of a local factory
Head of the Norgate Environmental Protection Committee
Guidance&exploration
HOST: Good evening and welcome to News that Matters. Our topic today is pollution in Norgate. Joining us in the studio tonight are James Smith, [a local resident]; Vincent Brown, [senior manager of a local factory]; and Julie Archer, [chief of the Norgate Environmental Protection Committee]. Welcome.
Norgate’s rapid development has had significant environmental costs. Mr Smith, you’ve lived in this city for over 20 years. How would you describe the effects of pollution over that time?
主语过长,表语前置,完全倒装
表示头衔、职位的名词短语作同位语时省略冠词
senior manager高级经理
have a significant environmental costs 付出巨大的环境代价
cost n. 努力、代价、损失、花费;费用;成本
SMITH: It’s been awful, really. When I first moved here, the air was fresh, the grass green and the water clear. Then heavy industry factories moved in, and things became entirely different. I don’t enjoy outdoor activities any more. The river is dirty and smelly. The smog in the air has coloured the sky a ; it’s also given me a cough that I can’t get rid of. For health and safety reasons alone, heavy industry has to go.
smog(n)烟雾---smoky(adj)冒烟的,烟雾弥漫的,呛人的
smoky grey 烟灰色
no longer=not any longer 不再
no more=not any more 不再
get/be rid of 摆脱
rid vt. 使…摆脱
rid sb/sth of 使…摆脱
rid oneself of 使…摆脱;从…解脱
for sth alone 仅仅为了某事
awful (adj)糟糕的,可怕的,难受的
awesome adj. 令人惊叹的;极佳的
entire(adj)完全的,全部的—entirely(adv)完全地,全部地
dirt(n)污垢,灰尘---dirty(adj)脏的
smell(n)气味---smelly(adj)难闻的,臭的
HOST: Mr Smith protested against heavy industry. Mr Brown, would you like to respond?
BROWN: Well, I’m sorry you feel that way, Mr Smith. People tend to connect