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Module 12 Save our world
Unit 1 If everyone starts to do something, the world will be saved.
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语境串记
Pollution(n.) from factories polluted(v.) the river and the polluted(adj.) water is a danger to people's health. 来自工厂的污染物污染了河流,被污染的水危害人们的健康。
典例1 (衡阳中考改编)根据句意及汉语提示填写单词。
It is good for the environment because bicycles do not cause
_________(污染).
pollution
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教材原句 recycle 回收利用(教材P96)
&2& recycle/ri:'saɪkl/ v. 回收利用,再使用(废品)
▶Tomorrow is Earth Day. Let's discuss what we can do to recycle things.明天是地球日,咱们讨论一下做些什么来回收利用东西吧。(选自连云港中考)
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教材原句 waste 废弃物(教材P96)
&3& waste/weɪst/ n. 废料;废弃物
讲 waste在此作名词,常用作不可数名词。
▶How to deal with the household waste is a big problem.怎样处理生活垃圾是一个大问题。
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拓 waste的其他用法:
作形容词 意为"废弃的;无用的",通
常用于名词前作定语。 We should recycle waste
paper.我们应该回收利用废
纸。
作名词 意为"浪费;白费"。It's a
waste of time to do sth."做
某事是浪费时间"。 It's a waste of time to play
computer games. 玩电脑游
戏是浪费时间。
作动词 意为"浪费"。waste time doing sth."浪费
时间做某事"。 Don't waste time playing
computer games. 不要浪费
时间玩电脑游戏。
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教材原句 Pollution is our great enemy,and we have to fight it. 污染是我们强大的敌人,我们必须与它作斗争。(教材P96)
&4& enemy(复数形式为enemies)/'enəmi/ n. 敌人;仇人
▶Actually, your biggest enemy is yourself.实际上,你最大的敌人就是你自己。
▶Birds are the natural enemies of many insect pests.鸟类是许多害虫的天敌。
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特别提醒
enemy的发音以元音音素开头,其前用不定冠词修饰时,要用an。
▶He is an enemy in the likeness of a friend.他是一个伪装成朋友的敌人。
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教材原句 Pollution is a danger to our health. 污染对我们的健康而言是一种威胁。(教材P96)
&5& danger n. 威胁;危害;危险的人
讲 danger在此作可数名词。
▶Smoking is a serious danger to health.吸烟严重危害健康。
▶Police said the man was a danger to the public.警方说该名男子对公众是个危险。
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拓 (1)danger作不可数名词,意为"危险;风险"。
▶Danger! Keep out! 危险!请勿入内!
(2)dangerous作形容词,意为"危险的,有危害的"。
▶Robots take on jobs that are too dangerous for people to do by themselves. 机器人承担那些对于人类来说太危险而不能自己做的工作。(选自福建中考)
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教材原句 They use so much oil and cause pollution as well. 这些车过多地耗油,也同样造成污染。(教材P96)
&6& cause v. 造成;引起
讲 cause在此作及物动词,常用搭配:
cause sth.引起某事;导致某事
cause sth. for sb.=cause