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Unit 1 Nature in the balance
Extended Reading Language Points
Lead-in
KEY WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS
entirely
get rid of
protest
...
official
former
process
defence
matter
Translation and Explanation
主持人:晚上好,欢迎收看《焦点新闻》。我们今天的话题是诺盖特市的污染。今晚来到我们演播室的有本地居民詹姆斯·史密斯、本地一家工厂的高管文森特·布朗,还有诺盖特环境保护委员会的负责人朱莉·阿彻。欢迎你们。
诺盖特市的高速发展付出了高昂的环境代价。史密斯先生,您已经在这座城市生活了二十多年。您能说说这二十年间污染造成的影响吗?
This matter is easy to solve.
Your health is a matter of great importance.
It doesn't matter. I can help you.
Does it matter what he thinks? We have our own plan.
用法1:作名词,表示 “事情、事务”,是可数名词,指具体的一件事。
用法2:作动词,表示 “要紧、有影响”,常用于否定句(“It doesn't matter”),表示 “没关系”。
1.matter
1.“as a matter of fact”,表示 “事实上”,作插入语。
例句:As a matter of fact, I like English.
(事实上,我喜欢英语。)
2.“no matter + 疑问词”,表示 “无论……”,引导让步状语从句。
例句:No matter what you do, I'll support you.
(无论你做什么,我都会支持你。)
固定搭配
1. — I’m sorry I broke your pen.
— __________. I have another one.
A. It doesn’t matter
B. It’s a matter
C. What’s the matter
D. No matter
2. __________ fact, I don’t like playing computer games at all.
A. As a matter
B. As a matter of
C. As matter of
D. As matter
A
B
Translation and Explanation
史密斯:非常糟糕,真的。我刚搬来时,这里空气清新、草绿水清。后来重工业工厂迁来了,情况变得截然不同了。我再也不喜欢户外活动了。河水又脏又臭。空气中的烟雾把天空都染成了烟灰色;这还让我患上了咳嗽,久治不愈。单是出于健康和安全的原因,重工业也必须迁走。
2.entirely adv. 完全地,全部地,完整地
eg. The entire road was destroyed. It now looks entirely different from the previous one. (翻译)
整个道路被破坏了。它现在看起来和先前的那条路完全不同了。
totally, completely, thoroughly
3) She devoted herself ______ to her research and it earned her a good reputation in her field.
A. strongly B. extremely
C. entirely D. freely
【语境应用】完成句子。
1) 她这一辈子都生活在伦敦。
She has spent ____________ in London.
2) 婴儿完全依赖别人喂食。
Babies _____________ others for food.
her entire life
rely entirely on
3.get rid of 摆脱,丢弃,扔掉
❶You should get rid of the bad habits.
你应该改掉坏习惯。
❷It's time we got rid of all these old toys.
我们该把这些旧玩具全部丢掉了。
联想拓展:
warn sb. of sth.警告某人某事
remind sb. of sth.提醒某人某事
inform sb. of sth.通知某人某事
即学即练 完成句子
由于经济原因,车主必须把汽车处理掉,尽管他不情愿。
The owner had to _______________ for financial reasons, though he didn't want to do that.
get rid of the car
Translation and Explanation
主持人:史密斯先生反对重工业。布朗先生,您想做出回应吗?
布朗:好吧,对于您那样的感受我很抱歉,史密斯先生。一提到工厂,人们总是将其与浓烟滚滚的画面和急于牟取暴利、不负责任的商人形象联系在一起。不过,我要为工厂说句话,我想指出,我们也在努力控制我们制造的污染。我们对环境问题深感担忧,我想,我是代表所有的工厂负责人说的这句话。我们一直在采取各种各样的措施,包括新科技手段的运用,来减少生产过程中产生的污染,尽管这些措施会增加我们的生产成本。我还希望您能注意到,这些工厂给诺盖特市带来的经济效益。我们为当地居民创造了许多就业岗位,并对这座城市的经济增长起到了助推作用。
4.protest vi.反对;抗议
vt.坚持声称,申辩
n.抗议;反对;抗议书
protest against sth. 抗议某事
protest that... 坚持说……
make/raise a protest (against...) (对……)提出抗议
❶Many people rose to their feet to protest against the decision.
许多人站起身来,抗议这项决定。
❷Sarah protested that she didn't lie to her teacher.
萨拉坚持说自己没有向老师撒谎。
❸Teachers are making a protest against the poor payment(待遇).
老师们正在抗议不好的薪资待遇。
即学即练 单句语法填空
①There is no point in ________ (protest). It won't help much.
②Thousands of Venezuelans(委内瑞拉人) crowded into the street, ________ (protest) against the actions of the United States.
protesting
protesting
5.defence (AmE defense) n.辩护;防御,保护;防御物;国防;防守
(1)in defence of... 为……辩解/辩护
(2)defend v. 防御;保卫;为……辩护,辩解
defend against 防御
defend sb. against/from... 保护某人免受……;针对……为某人辩护
即学即练 单句语法填空
①We should take measures to defend ________ natural disasters(自然灾害).
我们应该采取措施抵御自然灾害。
②He stood up ___defence of his classmate who was being criticized(批评)unfairly.
他站起来,为那位受到不公批评的同学辩护。
against/from
in
6.process n.过程,进程;步骤,流程 vt.加工,处理
in the process 与此同时,在此过程中
in the process of (doing) sth. 在(做)某事的过程中
❶We're in the process of selling our old furniture.
我们正在出售自家的旧家具。
❷I stood up to say hello and spilled my drink in the process.
我站起来打招呼时把饮料弄洒了。
即学即练 单句语法填空
①She was cleaning the room and found an old photo ____ the process.
②Our school is in the process of ____________ (build) a new library .
in
building
Translation and Explanation
主持人:谢谢您,布朗先生。鉴于污染程度不断加重,诺盖特环境保护委员会正在设法应对这个问题。阿彻女士,您对如何处理污染问题有何见解?
Translation and Explanation
阿彻:是的,我们委员会在维护空气质量和水质量方面发挥着重要作用。我们必须在环境保护与经济发展之间求得平衡。我们已经制定了供各行业遵守的环境政策,比如严格的净化要求。
我们也与其他政府部门携手,确保以一种环境友好的方式贯彻发展战略。然而,与污染作斗争不仅仅是工厂与政府的任务。
应该全社会通力协作,人人都可以通过遵守“减少使用、重复使用、回收利用”这一黄金法则来助力。打个比方,您可以乘坐公交车、地铁,或者使用共享单车来节约能源。
Translation and Explanation
主持人:谢谢您,阿彻女士,再次感谢我们所有的嘉宾。一位联合国前官员曾经说过:“拯救我们的地球,让人们摆脱贫困,实现经济增长…这是同一场战斗。”我们的环境与经济的命运休戚与共。
7.former adj.昔日的,前任的;以前的,从前的
(1)in former times 从前
(2)The former...the latter... 前者……后者……
❶He was very happy to see his former friends in the bookstore.
在书店见到他以前的朋友他很高兴。
❷Alice and Lily are both my close friends. The former is a clerk in a bank and the latter works in a band.
艾丽斯和莉莉都是我亲近的朋友。前者是银行的职员,后者在乐队工作。
即学即练 单句语法填空/完成句子
①Of the two articles, I prefer ________ former to the latter.
②我认为前者不比后者好。
I think __________ is no better than ____________.
the
the former
the latter
8.official n.官员,要员 adj.公务的,正式的,官方的
a government official 政府官员
official languages 官方语言
❶In the farmer's view, he is a government official.
在那位农民看来,他是一名政府官员。
❷To our joy, our daughter's application for work visa(签证) has got an official permission.
使我们高兴的是,我们女儿的工作签证得到了正式的批准。
即学即练 单句语法填空/完成句子
①He was an ________ (office), in the government office.
②In some countries, there is more than one ________________ (官方语言).
official
official language
Production
Please choose some of the words and phrases you just have learned to wrtie a short paragraph/passage(at least 50 words) about environment protection.
matter, entirely, get rid of, protest, defence, process, former, official...
1. It doesn’t matter ______ ,we all have only one earth.(提示:我们来自哪里)
2. We cannot entirely get rid of ______, but we can ______. (提示:塑料;回收它们)
3. Many people protest against ______, and this has caught ______ (提示:过度砍伐树木;官员的关注)
4. The defence of ______ is not ______, it needs ______ (提示:地球;一件小事;每个人的行动)
5. The process of ______ is ______, so we should ______ (提示:保护环境;漫长的过程,坚持,永不放弃)
6.. ______ ask officials to ______ for environmental protection (提示:学生们;制定更多环保政策)
Some useful sentences
Example
Protect Our Green Home
It doesn’t matter where we come from we all have only one earth. The defence of the earth is not a small thing, it needs everyone’s action. We cannot entirely get rid of plastic products, but we can recycle it wisely. The process of environment protection is a long process, so we should stick to it and never give up. If we keep doing this, our environment will get better.
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