Unit 9 Saving the earth

Reading 2

Language points and useful expressions

1.attend: 出席，上（大學(xué)等），照料

A To go to an event such as a meeting

eg: Only 7 people attended the meeting.

B To go regularly to a school, church etc

eg: All children between the ages of 5 and 16 must attend school.

C To look after someone, especially because they are ill

eg: The nurse attended the patient daily.attend to sb/sth 處理，照應(yīng)

eg: I may be late – I have got one or two things to attend to.

Are you being attended to in a shop?

Then do some exercises to enable Ss to distinguish the following words:

Ex: Fill in the blanks with the expressions given

attend / join / join in / take part in / join sb in sth .

1. He’ll _________ an important meeting tomorrow.

2. Almost all the teams in our school __________ the basketball match.

3. My wish is to ________ the army after graduation.

4. We’ll _______________ social activities during the summer vacation.

5. They didn’t ___________ the wedding.

6. I ________ the party last year.

7. Our headmaster will _______ us ____ the discussion this afternoon.

( possible answers: attend, join in, join, take part in, attend, joined, join in )

2. take notes: 作筆記，記錄 take action: 采取行動(dòng)

eg: Do you takes notes of the lectures? He sat quietly in the corner taking notes carefully.

They took action to stop him. The police took action to deal with this thing immediately.

The medicine will not take action for several hours.

開始起作用，見效，生效The pill takes effect as soon as you swallow it.

take turns take measures/steps take place take care take medicine

take time take cold take notice take sides

Eg: You always takes sides with him without even listening to me.

3. content: 1). n. 內(nèi)容，目錄 (常作 ~ s ) ; 容量，容積

Eg: the contents of a book a table of contents Look up the contents at the beginning of the book.

a bucket of more than usual content

2). adj. 滿足的，滿意的

be content to do sth be content with sth content oneself with sth

He is quite content to watch TV for hours. I’m very content with my life at present.

As there’s no butter we must content ourselves with dry bread.

例 Content __________ he was to do it, I was not _________ with the result of it.

A. as; contenting B. so; contented C. as; contented D. as; content

4.access: 進(jìn)入，接近

eg: The dead-end street was the only access to her home.

Access to the mountain-town is often difficult because of the bad roads.

have access to :

Eg: Twenty percent of the people on earth do not have access to clean drinking water.

have sth that you can use

eg: The public don’t have access to the site.

the right to enter a place

例 This is an organization, which helps those immigrant (移民的) students to ________ educational opportunities.

A. have access to B. access C. have access D. access to

6.Not until we know more will we be able to improve the situation.

until的三種句式

I didn’t go to bed until my mother came back. （ 陳述句 ） v

Not until my mother came back did I go to bed. （ 倒裝句 ）

It was not until my mother came back that I went to bed. （ 強(qiáng)調(diào)句 ）直到她母親把一切對(duì)杰克和盤托出，杰克才明白她為什么跟自己生氣。

1).Jack didn’t understand why she was angry with him until her mother told him everything.

2).Not until her mother told him everything did Jack understand why she was angry with him.

3).It was not until her mother told him everything that Jack understood why she was angry with him.

6.A better understanding of the environment is necessary, as is the willingness to act. ( As 此處的用法與so相同。)

Eg: He is a patriot, as are his bothers. David works hard, as do his classmates.

Harry is unusually tall, as are his sisters. He believed, as did his family, that you were telling the truth.

7.With better education, people will be able to build a better society in harmony with nature.

in harmony with 與---- 協(xié)調(diào) ,和諧

Eg: The color of the sofa is in harmony with the sitting room.

He soon found himself in harmony with his new co-workers.

Your suggestions are not in harmony with the aims of this project.

8.…perhaps put an end to the death and suffering caused by the big three. put an end to 結(jié)束，毀掉

Eg: Winning the competition put an end to his financial problems.

The discussion was put an end to by his sudden arrival. The wind put an end to the pier.

10.wipe out : 擦洗---- 的內(nèi)部，(To make sth inside clean) Eg: wipe out the coffee pot

去除，消滅(To destroy, remove, or get rid of sth completely)

Eg: wipe out the enemy’s major military targets

Half the population was wiped out by this disease.

informal ) to make you feel extremely tired Eg: The heat had wiped us out.

11.And if poverty is less of a problem and people are better educated, there is a good chance that we will see –

--there is a good chance ( that ) ----可能發(fā)生某事 ”

Eg: There is a good chance that I’ll finish the work tomorrow.

There is a good chance ( that ) he will be gone by then.

12.affect: vt.影響，感動(dòng)，（疾病）侵襲 effect：n. 影響，效果，作用

Eg: This country was affected by draught. The amount of rain affects the growth of crops.

The sight affected her to tears. It may be the effect of the illness.

This accident had an effect on the future of both mother and son.

例 Doctors do not agree about the medical ____________ of cold-swimming.

A. effects B. affect C. effective D. effectively

Important sentences

Not until we know more will we be able to improve the situation.

Only by changing the way we live can we save the earth.

Had I known that air conditioners cause so much pollution, I would never have bought one.

There exist serious problems and there is still time to take action.

Among the speakers was China’s then Premier ZhuRongji.

A better understanding of the environment is necessary, as is the willingness to act.

Without international cooperation, developing countries cannot prosper, nor will sustainable development be possible.

Language points and useful expressions

1． 1.attend: 出席，上（大學(xué)等），照料

A To go to an event such as a meeting eg: Only 7 people attended the meeting.

B To go regularly to a school, church etc

eg: All children between the ages of 5 and 16 must attend school.

C To look after someone, especially because they are ill

eg: The nurse attended the patient daily.attend to sb/sth 處理，照應(yīng)

eg: I may be late – I have got one or two things to attend to.

Are you being attended to in a shop?

Then do some exercises to enable Ss to distinguish the following words:

Ex: Fill in the blanks with the expressions given

attend / join / join in / take part in / join sb in sth .

1. He’ll _________ an important meeting tomorrow.

2. Almost all the teams in our school __________ the basketball match.

3. My wish is to ________ the army after graduation.

4. We’ll _______________ social activities during the summer vacation.

5. They didn’t ___________ the wedding.

6. I ________ the party last year.

7. Our headmaster will _______ us ____ the discussion this afternoon.

2. take notes: 作筆記，記錄 take action: 采取行動(dòng)

eg: Do you takes notes of the lectures? He sat quietly in the corner taking notes carefully.

They took action to stop him. The police took action to deal with this thing immediately.

The medicine will not take action for several hours.

開始起作用，見效，生效The pill takes effect as soon as you swallow it.

take turns take measures/steps take place take care take medicine

take time take cold take notice take sides

Eg: You always takes sides with him without even listening to me.

3. content: 1). n. 內(nèi)容，目錄 (常作 ~ s ) ; 容量，容積

eg: the contents of a book a table of contents Look up the contents at the beginning of the book. a bucket of more than usual content

2). adj. 滿足的，滿意的

be content to do sth be content with sth content oneself with sth

He is quite content to watch TV for hours. I’m very content with my life at present.

As there’s no butter we must content ourselves with dry bread.

例 Content __________ he was to do it, I was not _________ with the result of it.

A. as; contenting B. so; contented C. as; contented D. as; content

4.access: 進(jìn)入，接近

eg: The dead-end street was the only access to her home.

Access to the mountain-town is often difficult because of the bad roads.

have access to :

eg: Twenty percent of the people on earth do not have access to clean drinking water.

have sth that you can use

eg: The public don’t have access to the site.

the right to enter a place

例 This is an organization, which helps those immigrant (移民的) students to ________ educational opportunities.

A. have access to B. access C. have access D. access to

6.Not until we know more will we be able to improve the situation.

until的三種句式

I didn’t go to bed until my mother came back. （ 陳述句 ） v

Not until my mother came back did I go to bed. （ 倒裝句 ）

It was not until my mother came back that I went to bed. （ 強(qiáng)調(diào)句 ）直到她母親把一切對(duì)杰克和盤托出，杰克才明白她為什么跟自己生氣。

1).Jack didn’t understand why she was angry with him until her mother told him everything.

2).Not until her mother told him everything did Jack understand why she was angry with him.

3).It was not until her mother told him everything that Jack understood why she was angry with him.

6.A better understanding of the environment is necessary, as is the willingness to act. ( As 此處的用法與so相同。)

eg: He is a patriot, as are his bothers. David works hard, as do his classmates.

Harry is unusually tall, as are his sisters. He believed, as did his family, that you were telling the truth.

7.With better education, people will be able to build a better society in harmony with nature.

in harmony with 與---- 協(xié)調(diào) ,和諧

eg: The color of the sofa is in harmony with the sitting room.

He soon found himself in harmony with his new co-workers.

Your suggestions are not in harmony with the aims of this project.

8.…perhaps put an end to the death and suffering caused by the big three. put an end to 結(jié)束，毀掉

eg: Winning the competition put an end to his financial problems.

The discussion was put an end to by his sudden arrival. The wind put an end to the pier.

10.wipe out : 擦洗---- 的內(nèi)部，(To make sth inside clean) Eg: wipe out the coffee pot

去除，消滅(To destroy, remove, or get rid of sth completely)

eg: wipe out the enemy’s major military targets

Half the population was wiped out by this disease.

informal ) to make you feel extremely tired eg: The heat had wiped us out.

11.And if poverty is less of a problem and people are better educated, there is a good chance that we will see –

--there is a good chance ( that ) ----可能發(fā)生某事 ”

eg: There is a good chance that I’ll finish the work tomorrow.

There is a good chance ( that ) he will be gone by then.

12.affect: vt.影響，感動(dòng)，（疾病）侵襲 effect：n. 影響，效果，作用

eg: This country was affected by draught. The amount of rain affects the growth of crops.

The sight affected her to tears. It may be the effect of the illness.

This accident had an effect on the future of both mother and son.

例 Doctors do not agree about the medical ____________ of cold-swimming.

A. effects B. affect C. effective D. effectively