m5u2上课用词汇讲解

M5U2 The Environment

词汇学习

1. economy n. 经济, 节约, 理财

economic adj. 经济上的; 经济学的

economic depression 经济衰退

economical adj. 节俭的, 合算的, 经济的economically adv. 节约地, 节省地

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economics n. 经济学 economist n. 经济学者, 经济家

n. +-ic/ical→adj.

economy(n. )+-ic→economic(adj. )经济的 【类记】 electricity(n. )电→_______(adj. )电的 science(n. )科学

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→________(adj. )科学的 medicine(n. )医学→_______(adj. )医学的 Electric scientific medical 2.

(1)debate on/over/about sth.

关于某事的讨论

(2)under debate 正在讨论中

我和约翰辩论了这个问

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题。 I

______________________the question.

debate with sb upon/about (3)debate +从句

Scientists were debating whether an asteroid was about to hit the Earth.

3.open the floor 自由发言 have/get/obtain the floor

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有/取得发言权

take the floor 上台发言 Then we will open the floor for discussion.

之后我们将展开自由讨论。

4. flow vi. 流, 流动; 流畅地进行

n. 流动; 连贯

①Rivers flow into the sea. ②Water flows to the lowest

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level.

泪从他眼里流出

Traffic ~s along the street all day.

街上的来往车辆整天川流不息 n．(U)

the ~ of a river河水的流动 a ~ of conversation 滔滔不绝的谈话

3.a sense of duty

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on/off duty 值班/下班(值勤/不值勤)

It is sb’s duty to do sth. 做某事是某人的责任

He did his work out of a sense of duty.

他出于责任感而工作。 It is our duty to defend our country.

保卫国家是我们的义务。 As the busiest woman in Norton, she made it

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her duty to look after all the other people’s affairs in that town.

4. cut back（on）减少，削减，缩减

=cut down on

to cut back on spending 削减开支 拓展：

①If we don’t sell more we’ll have to cut back

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production.

②They cut down the big tree.

他们把这棵大树砍倒了。 ③Don’t cut in when others are talking.

别人说话时别插话。

④We were cut off in the middle of our telephone conversation.

我们在电话里谈话谈了一半就被切断了。

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⑤You should cut out the unimportant details. 你应当删除这些不重要的细节。

【归纳拓展】

cut away 割掉; 砍去

cut down 砍倒, 减少

cut in 插嘴, 超车

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cut off 中断; 剪下, 切断, 断绝

cut out 切去, 剪去, 删除

cut up 切碎

5. production n. 生产; 作

produce v. 生产,; 创作; 造; 生育

producer n. 生产者 product n. 产品, 结果

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制制

productive adj. 生产的; 多产的

7. recycle v. 使再循环, 再制, 再利用

recyclable adj. 可再循环的; 可回收利用的

recycling n. 回收; 回收利用

6. greedy adj. 贪吃的贪婪的

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greed n. 贪欲, 贪婪 Greedy folks have long arms.

(谚语)心贪手长。

7. responsibility n.责任,职责,义务 [for,of,to]

a sense of ~ 责任感 take responsibility for…. 承担。。。的责任 take on responsibility

responsible adj. 需负责任

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的[(+for/to)] ；作为原因(+for)；可信赖的

She is my child, and I am responsible for her. 她是我的孩子,我对她负责。 Bad weather is responsible for the poor crop. 坏天气是收成不好的原因。 a responsible person 一个有责任心的人。

responsibly adv. 负责地; 有鉴别力地, 能明辨是

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非地; 有责任感地

8. belief n. 看法; 信念 (1)beyond(one’s)belief 难以置信

in the belief that 相信 it is sb. ’s belief that 某人相信

The story of his miseries is beyond my belief.

他的悲惨身世令我难以置信。

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run out of D is running out

5.Americans eat _________ vegetables per person today as they did in 1910.

A. more than twice as many B. more than twiceC. twice as many as D. as twice as much

6.______ in the queue for half an hour,Thomas suddenly realized that he had left his wallet at home.

A. To wait B. Have waited C. Having waited D. To have waited

7.—What caused this terrible traffic accident?

—In my opinion, his carelessness ___ this terrible traffic accident.

A resulted in B turned to C went to D came to

8.He was in hospital for six months. He felt as if he was ___ from the outside world.

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A cut out B cut off C cut up D cut through

9.Seen from space, the Earth, with water ____________ seventy percent of its surface, looks like a “blue ball”.

A. covered B. cover C. to cover D. covering

dig up 掘地/起，发现，收集instead of… 取代，而不是 in place of 代替 create/ produce harmful waste 产生有害废物cause/do damage to sth. 造成对。。。的损害

make space/room for… 给。。。腾出地方 make off 匆忙离开，跑去

make for（匆匆）走向。。。，倾向于make out 辨明，理解， make up编造，弥补，组成

check in 登记住旅馆 check out 办理手续，结帐离开旅馆

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12.a large/small quantity of. . .

大量/少量的……

quantities of 大量的, 大批的 in quantity 大量地, 很多

巧辨quantity和quality Now many companies are more concerned with quality than with quantity.

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现在很多公司对质量比对产量更重视。

large numbers of 大量的（复名）

a large number of …= large amounts of…

= large quantities of = a lot of = lots of…复名

The number of …的数量 单数

A number of 许多，大

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量 复数

13. willing adj. 愿意的, 乐意的

①The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.

②I’d like to buy your house if you are willing to sell it. ③Nothing is easy to the unwilling.

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14. use up 用尽；吃完 【归纳拓展】

make use of 利用; 使用

be in use 在使用中

come into use 开始被使用

it’s no use doing sth. 做某事是无用的

We must make use of our spare time.

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The new car will come into use next month.

He has used up all his energy．他已精疲力尽了。 The petrol had nearly been used up.

汽油几乎用光了

与run out， run out of 做个比较：

We'd just reached the motorway when the petrol ran out．

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我们刚开到高速公路上，汽油就耗完了。

*My patience is running out． 我快失去耐心了。

*The car ran out of petrol after ten miles．

这辆小汽车跑了10英里就没油了。

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是及物动词短语, 表示run ou主动意义, 主语一般是t of 人 是不及物动词短语, 其run ou主语通常为时间、食物、t 金钱等名词 意为“用完, 消耗尽”use up 时, 为及物动词短语 意为“用尽, 精疲力竭”时, 为不及物动词短give ou语; 意为“发出, 分发, 宣t 布”等时为及物动词短语 27

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15.(1)on/upon one’s arrival=on arriving

一到……就……, 到达时, 抵达时

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(2)arrive vi. 到达

arrive at/in 到达(某地)

A surprise waited for us on our arrival.

我们到达的时候, 等待着我们的是一件出乎意料的事。

11. impress vt. .给...极深的印象;使感动

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impression n. 印象, 盖印, 意念

impressionism n.印象主义, 印象批评,印象派

impressionist n. 印象主义者; 印象派作家

impressive adj. 给人深刻印象的, 感人的

二 短语

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1.natural disaster 自然灾害 2.damage the environment 破坏环境

3.have a debate about sth. 进行对。。。的辩论/讨论

under debate 在辩论/讨论中

4.open the floor 自由发言 have/get/obtain the floor 有/取得发言权

5.be(very/deeply) concerned

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about sth.

对某事很关注/关心，担心/忧虑

be concerned with sb./sth. 关心。。。，与。。。有关 6.cut back on production 减少生产 7. be seen as… 被看作为…

consider/regard/have/treat/count/think of/look on…as… 把…看作…

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8. ask around 四下询问/打听

9. large numbers of 大量的（复名）

a large number of …= large amounts of…

= large quantities of = a lot of = lots of…复名 10.environmentally friendly 环保 be friendly to the environment 11.lay eggs 产卵 12.what if… 要是。。。该怎么办 13. ways of living 生活方式

14.hide from one’s responsibility 躲避…责任

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三 句型

1With me are Ms Lin Shuiqing, from the Green Society,…(L5)

表语位于句首时，需完全倒装。

Seated on the ground are a group of young

people.

Hanging on the wall was a painting by Qi

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