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Unit3 The environment
Unit3
话题
环境
词汇
1.concern n.担心,忧虑
2.temperature n.温度,气温
3.guess v.猜测
4.green adj.环境保护的
5.result n.结果
6.increase v.(使)增长,增多,增加
7.destroy v.摧毁,毁灭
8.nature n.自然界,大自然
9.surface n.表面,表层
10.soil n.土壤
11.flood n.洪水,水灾
12.habit n.习惯
13.proper adj.正确的,恰当的
14.friendly adj.无害的
15.recycle v.回收利用
16.purpose n.目的,用途
17.government n.政府
短语
1. greenhouse effect 温室效应
2. in danger 在危险中
3. as a result of 由于
4. result in 导致,造成
5. mountains of 许多,大量
6. take action 采取行动
7. make a difference 有作用;有影响
8. act as 充当
9. keep in heat 储备热量
10. living things 生物
11. the same as 和…一样
12. take in 吸收
13. green consumers 绿色/环保消费者
14. learn to do… 学着做…
15. protect the environment 保护环境
16. keep/prevent/stop… from doing 阻止…做…
17. cause…to do… 导致…做…
18. throw away 扔掉
19. in order to 为了做…
20. too much + (不可数名词) 太多…
21. (be) different from 和…不同
22. cut down 砍伐,砍倒
句型
1. Our world is in danger. We must do something to protect the environment.
我们的世界正处于危险中。我们必须做些事来保护环境。
2. It is like the glass of a greenhouse, letting sunlight in and keeping heat from getting out.
它就像温室的玻璃,能让阳光照射进来并且不会让热量散逸出去。
3. Without it, the Earth would be the same as the Moon—cold and lifeless.
没有它,地球将会和月球一样—寒冷而且没有生命。
4. As a result of the greenhouse effect, the Earth’s temperature is increasing.
由于温室效应的作用,地球的温度正在持续增高。
5. Cutting down forests makes the greenhouse effect worse because trees take in CO2
and produce oxygen.
砍伐森林使温室效应更严重因为树吸收二氧化碳释放氧气。
6. Cutting down trees also destroys the homes of the animals that live in our forests, and causes the surface of the soil to be easily destroyed by rain.
砍伐森林也会毁掉森林里动物们的家园,并且导致土壤表层轻易地被雨水破坏。
7. This can result in floods and even more damage to the environment.
这可能引发洪水并对环境造成更多的破坏。
8. We should be different from many consumers and become “green consumers”.
我们应该与许多消费者不同,成为“绿色消费者”。
9. This means that