英语中级口语fiv.ppt

Unit Five The Nuclear Winter (I),petition: (1) A solemn supplication or request to a superior authority; an entreaty 请愿，恳求 grant sbs petition 批准某人的请求 hand in send in ones petition to (=lodge ones petition to) 向.申请 (2) A formal written document requesting a right or benefit from a person or group in authority 请愿书 The villagers all signed a petition asking for a hospital to be built. 村民们都在请愿书上签名要求建一所医院。 The townspeople sent a petition to the government asking for electric light for the town. 市民向政府递交请愿书, 要求为该市安装电灯。,eternal: Being without beginning or end; existing outside of time 永恒的,不朽的 eternal truths 不朽的真理 Rome has been called the Eternal City. 罗马被称为永恒之城。 Eternal life to the revolutionary martyrs! 革命先烈永垂不朽! unprecedented: Having no previous example 空前的 The enemy mad bombardment caused unprecedented death and destruction in the country. 敌人的狂轰滥炸在这个国家造成了空前的死亡和破坏。,unprecedented economic growth 史无前例的经济增长 The early 90s finds an unprecedented tide of rural workers flooding into big cities in China. 九十年代初期,一股历史上从未有过的农民工的潮流涌进了中国的大城市。 catastrophe: A great, often sudden calamity 大灾难 The catastrophe of a tragedy usually brings death or ruin to the leading character. 悲剧的结局常常是主角死亡或毁灭。 Their English party turned out to be a catastrophe. 他们的英语晚会结局糟透了。,rage: (to be) violent, explosive anger 狂怒 My father was in a rage last night. 我父亲昨天晚上十分生气。 The raging sea was lulled. 翻腾的海浪平息了。 He raged at the mindless bureaucracy. 他怒斥愚蠢的官僚主义。 ignite: To cause to burn 使燃烧 The liquid ignited when somebody dropped a match in it accidentally. 有人无意中往这种液体里扔了一根火柴,它就燃烧起来了。 deploy: To distribute (persons or forces) systematically or strategically 部署,The army deployed to the left. 军队向左散开。 obliterate: To do away with completely so as to leave no trace 废除 The sand-storm obliterated his footprints. 沙暴掩埋掉了他的脚印。 The town was obliterated by the bombs. 这座城市被炸毁了。 plausible: Seemingly or apparently valid, likely, or acceptable; credible 看似真实的，看似有道理的 a plausible excuse 看似有理的借口 the plausible talk of a crafty salesperson 诡计多端的推销员的花言巧语,deterrence: Measures taken by a state or an alliance of states to prevent hostile action by another state 威慑手段 active deterrence 积极威慑 paroxysm: A sudden outburst of emotion or action 迸发 a paroxysm of laughter 突然爆发的笑声 inconspicuous: Not readily noticeable 不醒目的，不显眼的 inconspicuous color 不显眼的颜色 agony: The suffering of intense physical or mental pain 痛苦,The wounded man was in agony. 受伤的人很痛苦。 His last agony was over. 他临死的挣扎已经过去了。 He was in an agony of remorse. 他处于极端悔恨之中 tenuous: Having a thin consistency; dilute 稀薄的,含量少的 the tenuous air at a great height 高空的稀薄空气 a tenuous argument 内容贫乏的论据 dire: Warning of or having dreadful or terrible consequences; calamitous 可怕的 a dire news 可怕的消息 a dire economic forecast 紧急经济预报,dire threats 严重威胁 adjacent: Close to; lying near 邻近的 adjacent cities 相邻的城市 adjacent garden plots 紧挨着的花园用地 track adjacent to water edge 码头沿岸轨道 the city and adjacent suburbs 城市和附近的郊区 spur: To incite or stimulate 刺激，鞭策 A business tax cut is needed to spur industrial investment. 需要用减少商业税的办法刺激工业投资。 This book is a spur to the childs imagination. 这本书能促进孩子的想象力。,contemplate: To consider carefully and at length; meditate on or ponder 思忖, 思考 contemplated the problem from all sides 从各方面慎重考虑这个问题 contemplated the mystery of God 思考关于上帝的奥秘 trigger: To set off; initiate 引发，触发 a high-level meeting that triggered bitter bureaucratic debates 一个引发了激烈的官僚政治论争的高级会议 domesticate: To train or adapt (an animal or a plant) to live in a human environment and be of use to human beings 驯养,These wild animals have been domesticated. 这些野兽已经被驯养了。 bottle sth. up: control; hold in; restrain 控制,抑制,克制 I bottled up my emotions. 我抑制我的感情。 at stake: At risk; in question 在危急之中,成问题,IComplete the following sentences with words or phrases from the text. (p74) 1. equivalent 2. reduced 3. raged 4. obliterate 5. contain 6. prolong 7. tenuous 8. spur 9. deterring 10. plausible,II. Replace the italicized parts in the following sentences with words or phrases from the text that best keep the original meaning. (p75) 1. contemplating 2. at stake 3. Enveloped 4. adjacent 5. generate 6. envision 7. ignited 8. underestimate 9. triggered 10. resulting in,IIIParaphrase the italicized parts in the following sentences. (p76) 1. to control the scale of a nuclear war may be such a great hope that people can not expect to achieve 2. (This) alone would be enough to put the Northern Hemisphere into a state of constant pain and wipe out all its civilization, not to mention its other bad effects. 3. if it were brought down to sea level 4. we must strengthen our willpower to think about the horrible consequences of nuclear war,5. the amount of sunlight that the ground can receive was decreased to a small fraction of the normal amount Translation (p76) 对于温度的计算更出乎预料。在一场基本的核战争中，地面的温度-狭窄的海岸线除外将降低到摄氏零下25度（华氏零下13度），并且低于冰点的温度将保持几个月，即使战争发生在夏天。（因为高空温度高低空温度低而使得大气的结构更加稳固，我们可能严重低估了寒冷和黑暗所维持的时间。）但是，海洋作为一个重要的热储存库将不会结冰，一个冰河时代可能不会发生。但正因为气温如此灾难性的下降，事实上所有的庄稼和家畜，至少在,北半球，将被毁灭，大多数未曾开发或已经被开发的食物源同样会被毁灭。大多数的人类幸存者，将遭受饥饿。,专题五 (p81) 1.火箭已经用来探索宇宙。 2.在生产中已利用了这些资料。 3.他对这个城市完全陌生，所以我希望你能给他必要的帮助。 4.这必定是设计上的错误。 5.激光的作用不同于普通光源发出的光。 6. They are doubtful whether he c