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新概念英语第三册课文Lesson 47 Too high a price?
一、【Text】课文
Pollution is the price we pay for an overpopulated, over industrialized planet. When you come to think about it, there are only four ways you can deal with rubbish: dump it, burn it, turn it into something you can use again, attempt to produce less of it. We keep trying all four methods, but he sheer volume of rubbish we produce worldwide threatens to overwhelm us.
Rubbish, however, is only part of the problem of polluting our planet. The need to produce ever-increasing quantities of cheap food leads to a different kind of pollution. Industrialized farming methods produce cheap meat products: beef, pork and chicken. The use of pesticides and fertilizers produces cheap grain and vegetables. The price we pay for cheap food may be already too high: Mad Cow Disease (BSE) in cattle, salmonella in chicken and eggs, and wisteria in dairy products. And if you think you'll abandon meat and become a vegetarian, you have the choice of very expensive organically-grown vegetables or a steady diet of pesticides every time you think you're eating fresh salads and vegetables, or just having an innocent glass of water! (暂不提供全部内容)
二、【New words and expressions】生词和短语
●pollution n. 污染
●overpopulated adj. 人口多的
●over-industrialized adj. 过度工业化的
●sheer adj. 纯粹的，不掺杂的
●worldwide adv. 在全世界
●overwhelm v. 制服，使不知所措
●pollute v. 污染
●pesticide n. 杀虫剂
●fertilizer n. 肥料
●salmonella n. 沙门氏菌
●listeia n. 利斯特杆菌
●vegetarian n. 吃素的人
●organically-grown adj. 有机培植的(不施化肥和其他化学品培植)
●insidious adj. 暗中为害的
●urban adj. 城市的
●burglar n. 窃贼
●burgle v. 入室偷窃
●scream v. 尖叫
●profound adj. 极度的
●irritation n. 烦躁
●incessantly adv. 连续不断地
●whine v. 发呜呜声
●helicopter n. 直升飞机
●maximum adj. 最大的
●technology n. 技术
●contribution n. 贡献
●mobile adj. 可移动的
●snore v. 打鼾
●offender n. 冒犯者
●staggering adj. 令人惊愕的
●trumpet v. 吹号
●partner n. 伙伴
◆pollution n. 污染
More and more water is been pollution.
Pollution is the major problem we are faced with.
pollute
polluted
pollution
polluter 污染源
Eg: Gases from cars are one of the polluters of air pollution.
contaminate
taint
defile
pollute
poison
◆overpopulated adj. 人口多的
overpeopled
sparsely-populated community
sparsely-peopled
population
Eg: What’s the population in your country?
Our country has a population of one billion.
The city has a population of two million.
population explosion
populous adj.
crowd 公交车拥挤 crewed
Eg: The narrow street is populous with people.
The most populous province in China is Shichun.
province 省
The most populous country in the world is China.
◆over-industrialized adj. 过度工业化的
◆sheer adj. 纯粹的，不掺杂的
有四个基本语意
1.pure unmixed
2. steep shere cliff
3. complete
Eg: What are you talking about sheer nonsense?
4. transparent
sheer silk stockings
◆worldwide adv. 在全世界
◆overwhelm v. 制服，使不知所措
Eg: He was overwhelmed by grief. 他伤心至极
Grief seized him.
Your kindness quite overwhelms me.您的这份好心使我感动得难以言表。(被你制服了)
If our country were overwhelm by pollution, it would be terrible.
conquer
overcome
get rid of
insumountable
vanquish
◆pollute v. 污染
◆pesticide n. 杀虫剂
◆fertilizer n. 肥料
◆salmonella n. 沙门氏菌
◆listeia n. 利斯特杆菌
◆vegetarian n. 吃素的人
◆organically-grown adj. 有机培植的(不施化肥和其他化学品培植)
◆insidious adj. 暗中为害的
◆urban adj. 城市的
◆burglar n. 窃贼
◆burgle v. 入室偷窃
◆scream v. 尖叫
scream at
◆profound adj. 极度的
intence
extreme
complete
Eg: Yesterday he had a profound sleep.
He is afflicted with profound anxieties.
knowledgable
He is a profound scholar.
◆irritation n. 烦躁
irritate v. 使烦躁
irriteted
irriteting
◆incessantly adv. 连续不断地
perpetual
permanent
eternal
continuance
continual
continually
constant
endless
incessant adj.
Eg: It has been raining incessantly for three hours.
There is a week of incessant rains.
ceaseless
none stop
unbroken
uninterrupted
Eg: Last night I had an uninterrupted party.
He gave us a talk uninterruped.
◆whine v. 发呜呜声
◆helicopter n. 直升飞机
◆maximum adj. 最大的
◆technology n. 技术
◆contribution n. 贡献
◆mobile adj. 可移动的
◆snore v. 打鼾
◆offender n. 冒犯者
◆staggering adj. 令人惊愕的
surprise
amaze
astonish
astound
astounding
Eg: The old lady reported to the police and they felt astounded / found it staggering.
◆trumpet v. 吹号
◆partner n. 伙伴
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