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Unit 3
Environment Protection
New Words
1.graph n. 图;图表
2.emission n. 排放物;散发,排放
emit v.排放,散发
emitter发射器,发射体
emission reduction减排
emission control排放控制
①We should minimize the use of private cars, which _____(emission) a large amount of greenhouse gases.
②The _________ (emission) of gases such as carbon dioxide should be stabilized at their present level.
emit
emission
3.melt v.融化;(逐渐)减少,消失;(使)软化,变得温柔;
n.融化;熔化的金属,熔化物;一次的熔化量;
melting adj.令人爱怜的,让人同情的
melted adj.融化的;溶解的
①Though we have elaborate plans, our determination would still _______ (melt) away without actions.
②The mountain climber could not find many footholds on the _______ (melt) ice.
melt
melting
4.starve v.(使)挨饿,饿死;使极其缺乏,需要
starved adj.饥饿的;饥肠辘辘的
starvation n.饥饿,捱饿,饿死
starve to death 快饿死了
suffer from starvation 遭受饥饿
同义词:hunger n.饥饿
hungry adj.饥饿的
①I was suffering from acute sunstroke, _________(starve) and exhaustion.
②The animals were left to _______(starve) to death.
starvation
starve
5.seal n.印章,图章;海豹
6.ecology n.生态学
ecosystem n.生态系统 =ecology system
ecological (adj) 生态的;生态学的
ecologist (n) 生态学者;生态保护论者
Development has been guided by a concern for ___ ecology of the area.
the
-ology-学问,学说
geology n.地质学 geography n.地理学
biology n.生物学
psychology n.心理学
sociology n.社会学
epidemiology n.流行病学
7.release v.释放,放走;排放;发布
n.释放,放出;排放,泄漏
release sb. from…… 从……释放某人
release……into…… 释放……到……
a good way of releasing stress 释放压力的好方法
Becoming your own person _________(release) your creativity.
releases
8. methane n.甲烷;沼气
9. carbon n.碳
10. dioxide n.二氧化物
carbon dioxide 二氧化碳
11.habitable adj.适合居住的
habit n.习惯
habitation n.居住;住所
habitant n.居民,居住者
habitable zone 适居带
They were in the _______(habit) of giving two or three dinner parties a month.
Making the house _________(habit) was a major undertaking.
habit
habitable
12. sustain vt.维持;遭受;承受住
sustain damage/an injury/a defeat/heavy losses
遭受损失/受伤/遭受失败/严重亏损
sustain relationship with sb. 与某人维持关系
sustainable adj.可持续的;合理