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UNIT 3 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Section Ⅰ Reading and Thinking
(见学生用书P41)
教材助读5
①melt/melt/vi.&vt.熔化;(使)融化
②dramatic/drəˈmætIk/
adj.戏剧的;急剧的
③starve/stɑːv/vi.&vt.(使)挨饿;饿死
④claim/kleIm/vt.宣称;要求
⑤have an impact on 对于……有影响
⑥ecology/iˈkɒlədʒi/ n.生态;生态学
⑦mention/ˈmenʃn/
vt.提到;谈到;提及;论及;说起
⑧refer to 涉及;指的是;适用于
⑨release/rIˈliːs/vt.&n.排放;释放;发布
⑩carbon/ˈkɑːbən/n.碳
carbon dioxide 二氧化碳
⑪habitable/ˈhæbItəbl/adj.可居住的;适合居住的
⑫sustain/səˈsteIn/
vt.维持;遭受;承受住
sustainable/səˈsteInəbl/
adj.可持续的;合理利用的
⑬fuel/ˈfjuːəl/ n.燃料
fossil fuel 化石燃料
⑭be trapped in 陷入困境……;被困于……
⑮comprehensive
/ˌkɒmprIˈhensIv/
adj.全部的;所有的;详尽的
⑯take appropriate actions
采取适当的行动
⑰trend/trend/n.趋势;趋向;动向
⑱frequently/ˈfriːkwəntli/
adj.频繁地;经常
⑲broadcast/ˈbrɔːdkɑːst/vt.&vi.播送;广播;传播n.广播节目;电视节目
⑳result in 导致;结果是
policy/ˈpɒləsi/n.政策;方针;原则
individual
/ˌIndIˈvIdʒuəl/n.个人;个体
restrict/rIˈstrIkt/
vt.限制;限定;束缚
seize/siːz/vt.抓住;夺取;控制
issue/ˈIʃuː;ˈIsjuː/
n.问题
CLIMATE CHANGE REQUIRES
THE WORLD'S ATTENTION
We have known about climate change for decades.There is little doubt that Earth is getting warmer and warmer(see the graph).【1】 A warming ocean and atmosphere along with melting① ice and rising sea levels provide evidence of a dramatic② change in the global climate.
【1】There is little doubt that…毫无疑问……,that 引导同位语从句。
In 2013, a lot of people were shocked by a news photo of a dead polar bear that was found on Norway's Arctic island of Svalbard.According to the scientists who found its dead body, all that remained of the polar bear was “skin and bones”.【2】 An expert who has studied polar bears for many years said that from the position of its dead body, the bear appeared to have starved③ and died.Experts claimed④ that low sea-ice levels caused by climate change meant the bear could not hunt seals as before, so it had to travel greater distances in order to find food.【3】 This alarming case showed how the increase in temperature had an impact on⑤ Earth's ecology⑥.
【2】句中who 引导定语从句,修饰the scientists,that 引导定语从句,修饰all,all that 相当于what。