大学体验英语综合教程第三版unit 1 caring for our earth

ReturntoMenu Unit1 PassageAThinkAboutItReadAboutItTalkAboutItWriteAboutIt 1 Whatisthemessagethatthetreefrogtriestosendus Wemusttaketheresponsibilityfortheplanettostaylivablebeforeitistoolate Reference 2 Whathashappenedtofrogs Thefrogwasendangeredbytheworseningenvironment Reference 3 Howareweandfrogsrelated Manandanimalsarerelatedasweliveinthesameenvironment Reference ReadAboutItLanguagePointsContentAwarenessLanguageFocus FrogStoryAcoupleofoddthingshavehappenedlately IhavealogcabininthosewoodsofNorthernWisconsin Ibuiltitbyhandandalsoaddedagreenhousetothefrontofit Itisajoytolivein Infact Iworkoutofmyhomedoingaudioproductionandenvironmentalwork AsatoolofthattradeIhaveacomputerandastudio Ialsohaveatreefrogthathastakenupresidenceinmystudio Howodd Ithought lastNovemberwhenIfirstnoticedhimsittingatopmysound boardovermycomputer Ifiguredthathe andIsayhe thoughIreallydon thaveaclueifsheisaheorviceversa wouldbemorecomfortableinthegreenhouse SoIputhiminthegreenhouse Backhecame Andstayed AfterawhileIgotquiteusedtothefactthatasIwouldcheckmymorningemailandon linenews hewouldbetherewithmesurveyingtheworld AtthatmomentTreeFrogleapedacrossmyfootandsatonthefloorinfrontofmycomputer Hethenreacheduphishandtohisleftearandcuppeditthere Hesatbeforethecomputerandreacheduphisrighthandtohisotherear Heturnedhisheadthiswayandthatlisteningtothattone Veryfocused Hethenbegantoturnaverysubtle butbrilliantshadeofgreenandleapedfullforceontothecomputer AndthenIrememberedthestoryaboutthefrogsthatIhadheardlastyearonpublicradio Itsaidfrogsweredyingaroundtheworld Itsaidthatbecausefrogs skinwaslikealungturnedinsideout theirskinwasbeingaffectedbypollutionandglobalclimatechange Itsaidthatfrogswerebeingfoundwhoseskinwaslikepaper Alldriedup Itsaidthatfrogswerean indicatorspecies Thatfrogswilldiefirstbecauseofthesensitivity Then Iunderstood Thefrogshaveamessageforusanditisthesamemessagethatsomesoberfolkshavehadforus Therearenomorechoices Wehavereachedthetimewhenwemustbetheadultsfortheplanet forthesakeofthefuturegenerationsofhumanandforfrogs Becausewearerelated ThenIunderstoodthattherearenoboundaries thatthereisnomoretime Thatwe forthesakeofourrelatives mustactnow AndthenIunderstood notonlywhythefrogwasthere but alsowhyIamhere Wisconsin WisconsinisastateinthenorthcentralUnitedStates Itstotalareais169 642sqkm ThenameofthestatecomesfromanIndianwordthatmaymean gatheringofthewaters or placeofthebeaver ThecapitalisMadison Wisconsinranks18thinpopulation 5 169 677by1997estimate amongthe50statesandisanimportantstateintermsofthevalueofitsmanufacturing Wisconsinremainsaleadingdairystate accountingforabout14 1999 ofU S milkand27 1999 ofthenation soutputofcheese DespiteWisconsin smanylakes ponds andrivers drought especiallyinsummer canbeaseriousproblem treefrog audioadj relatedtorecordingandbroadcastingsound ExamplesWithsuchanaudiocardinyourcomputer youcanproduceyourownmusic Audiosignalswillbegivenwhentrafficlightchanges atopprep ontopofsomething ExamplesUnderthenewspaper atopasheetofpaper layanenvelope Thereisaseagullatopthemast 桅杆 viceversa usedwhentheoppositeofasituationthathasbeenjustdescribedisalsotrue ExamplesHedoesn ttrusther andviceversa TeachersqualifiedtoteachinEnglandarenotacceptedinScotlandandviceversa humv tomakealow continuoussound ExamplesThebirdssang andthebeeshummed Withinhalfanhourofhisarrival theequipmentstartedhummingagain overtakev tocomeuponunexpectedly takebysurprise ExamplesSomethinglikepanicovertookmeinaflood Thepeopleallovertheworldwereovertakenbythe9 11attackinNewYork urgen astrongwishorneed ExamplesWhenIwasyoung Ioftenfeltanurgeforchocolate tonen thequalityofasound especiallythesoundofamusicalinstrumentorsomeone svoice ExamplesItwasn tsomuchwhatshesaidthatannoyedme itwashertone Hetoldthestorytohisparentsinpleasanttones weirdadj unusualanddifferentfromanythingyouhaveseenorheardbefore ExamplesAlcoholcanmakeonedoallkindsofweirdthings communicatev toexchangeinformationorconversationwithotherpeople ExamplesTheycommunicateinsignlanguagewithease It scheapandefficienttousee mailtocommunicatewithyourfriendswherevertheymaybe atthis thatrate ifthingscontinuetohappeninthesamewayasnow ExamplesAtthisrate weshallsoonbebankrupt Atthisrate we llneverbehomebymidnight survivev tocontinuetoexistinspiteofmanydifficultiesanddangers ExamplesWhenthemarketeconomyisintroduced manyfactorieswillhavedifficultiestosurvive Thechanceofsurvivinganaircrashalwaysisslimifnotnil focusv topayspecialattentiontoaparticularpersonorthinginsteadofothers ExamplesIcannotfocusmyattentiononmystudywithsuchanoise TheTVprogramfocusesonthecausewhypeopletakedrugs subtleadj noteasytonoticeorunderstandunlessyoupaycarefulattention ExamplesThetwopicturesaresimilar buttherearesubtledifferencesbetweenthem brilliantadj bright shining ExamplesThewomanhadbrilliantgreeneyes Theskywasabrilliant cloudlessblue indicatorn sth thatcanberegardedasasignwhichshowsyouinwhatwayasituationischanging ExamplesAlltheindicatorsshowthattherewillbeariseinthestockmarketbeforelong Thenumberofwellsisafairindicatorofthedemandforwater speciesn agroupofanimalsorplantswhichareallsimilarandcanbreedtogethertoproduceyounganimalsorplantsofthesamekindasthem ExamplesPandahasbeendeclaredanendangeredspecies sensitivityn thequalityofbeingeasilyinfluenced changedordamaged esp byaphysicalactivityoreffect ExamplesSexeducationatschooliscautiouslypushedbecauseoftheculturalsensitivity Thesensitivityoftheinformationallowedonlytwopeopletoknowit soberadj seriousandthoughtful notaffectedbydrugoralcoholicliquors ExamplesHalloweenisneveradaytobesober boundaryn theofficiallinethatmarkstheedgeoftown country etc ExamplesTerroristsoperateacrossnationalboundaries Conqueringanydifficultyalwaysgivesoneasecretjoy foritmeanspushingbackaboundary lineandaddingtoone sliberty forthesakeof becauseof orforthepurposeof ExamplesLet snotdisagreeforthesakeofsomesmalldetails Forthesakeofhistoricalaccuracy pleasepermitmetostatethetruefacts Iwassuddenlyovertakenbyanurgetoknowwhyhewasthereandnotinthegreenhouse whereIfiguredhe dliveahappierfroglife Paraphrase Paraphrase SuddenlyIhadastrongurgetoknowwhyhewasthereandnotinthegreenhouse whereIthoughthe dliveahappierfroglife Thetoneseemedtohitmerightinthecenterofmymind Paraphrase Paraphrase Thetoneseemedtoattractmyintenseattention Understandwhat mymindjumpedin Paraphrase Paraphrase Understandwhat thequestioncameintomymind Thefaxsaidthattheearthiswarmingat1 9degreeseachdecade Paraphrase Paraphrase Thefaxsaidthattheearthisgetting1 9degreeswarmereverytenyears ReadandthinkExercise2Exercise3Exercise4 Ex 2TelepathicContact Ex 3Findoutmoresupportingdetailsinthepassageforthefollowingstatements especiallytheunderlinedparts Atreefroghastakenupresidenceinmystudio Hestoppedandturnedaroundandjustsattherelookingatme Ex 3Findoutmoresupportingdetailsinthepassageforthefollowingstatements especiallytheunderlinedparts Possiblythetoneofmycomputersoundedtohimlikeothertreefrogs Ex 3Findoutmoresupportingdetailsinthepassageforthefollowingstatements especiallytheunderlinedparts Frogsweredyingaroundtheworld Frogswerebeingfoundwhoseskinwaslikepaper Frogsarean indicatorspecies Ex 3Findoutmoresupportingdetailsinthepassageforthefollowingstatements especiallytheunderlinedparts Thefrogshaveamessageforus Wemustbetheadultsfortheplanet Therearenoboundaries thatthereisnomoretime Ex 4Fillineachoftheblankswithanappropriateword Ifoundatreefroginmystudiosomemonthsago Itookittomyg asIthoughtitwouldbeabetterplaceforthefrog Butitcamebackandinsistedtakingther inthestudio Why Icouldn tgetanidea Then afterfivemonthsofbeingtogether weseemedtobeabletoc witheachother Itmaysoundw butIdidfeelIcametounderstandwhatitwantedmetodo Thefrogcametomeprobablyattractedbytheh toneofmycomputer whichsoundedlikethatofothertreefrogs orwitham totellmethatfrogsweredyingaroundtheworldbecauseoftheirs tothepollutionandglobalclimatechange Asfrogsarean i species whathashappenedtothemmayhappentous ifwesitbackanddonothing Wemustactnow oritwouldbetoolate Checkup Ifoundatreefroginmystudiosomemonthsago Itookittomyg asIthoughtitwouldbeabetterplaceforthefrog Butitcamebackandinsistedtakingther inthestudio Why Icouldn tgetanidea Then afterfivemonthsofbeingtogether weseemedtobeabletoc witheachother Itmaysoundw butIdidfeelIcametounderstandwhatitwantedmetodo Thefrogcametomeprobablyattractedbytheh toneofmycomputer whichsoundedlikethatofothertreefrogs orwitham totellmethatfrogsweredyingaroundtheworldbecauseoftheirs tothepollutionandglobalclimatechange Asfrogsarean i species whathashappenedtothemmayhappentous ifwesitbackanddonothing Wemustactnow oritwouldbetoolate greenhouse residence communicate wired humming message sensitivity indicator Ex 4Fillineachoftheblankswithanappropriateword Readandcomplete Exercise5 Exercise6 Exercise7Readandtranslate Exercise8Readandsimulate Exercise9 Ex 5Paireachwordintheleftcolumnwithawordassociatedinmeaningintherightcolumn andthenmakeasentencewiththepairedwords Model 1 sodaa urge2 overtakeb thirsty 1 IwassothirstythatIdrankupthesoda 2 SeeingthepoorconditionsofthevillageschoolonTV thousandsofpeoplewereovertakenbyanurgetohelp Ex 5Paireachwordintheleftcolumnwithawordassociatedinmeaningintherightcolumn andthenmakeasentencewiththepairedwords Checkup Ex 5Paireachwordintheleftcolumnwithawordassociatedinmeaningintherightcolumn andthenmakeasentencewiththepairedwords 1 Hedidn traisehisvoice buthistonewasobviouslythreatening Ex 5Paireachwordintheleftcolumnwithawordassociatedinmeaningintherightcolumn andthenmakeasentencewiththepairedwords Reference Ex 5Paireachwordintheleftcolumnwithawordassociatedinmeaningintherightcolumn andthenmakeasentencewiththepairedwords 2 Somepeoplereportthattheircarsicknessisoftencausedbytheirsensitivitytothesmellofgasoline Reference Ex 5Paireachwordintheleftcolumnwithawordassociatedinmeaningintherightcolumn andthenmakeasentencewiththepairedwords 3 Thefarmersareverymuchworriedthattheircropswouldbeaffectedbythesevereclimatechange Reference Ex 5Paireachwordintheleftcolumnwithawordassociatedinmeaningintherightcolumn andthenmakeasentencewiththepairedwords 4 Recentyearshaveseengreateffortstotapnewresourcesofenergy Reference Ex 5Paireachwordintheleftcolumnwithawordassociatedinmeaningintherightcolumn andthenmakeasentencewiththepairedwords 5 Therearemoreconcernsaboutthelocalenvironmentduetoheavyuseofchemicals Reference 1 Theessayist slanguageexpressesrichand meanings subtle audioboundarycup v decadedirectlyfocusovertakespeciessubtletone 2 Thestockbrokers bythesharpdropinthestockmarketlastTuesday Decreasesharply wereovertaken Ex 6Fillintheblankswiththewordsgivenbelow Makechangeswherenecessary 3 Biologistshaveestimatedthattherearearoundonemillionanimalandplant livingandgrowingintherainforests species audioboundarycup v decadedirectlyfocusovertakespeciessubtletone 4 IntheUnitedStatesthecostoflivinghasbeensteadilyrisinginthepastfew decades Ex 6Fillintheblankswiththewordsgivenbelow Makechangeswherenecessary 5 Thequicklygrowingcompanyhasambitiousplanstoexpandbeyondnational boundaries audioboundarycup v decadedirectlyfocusovertakespeciessubtletone 6 Thatcomputerstoreishavingasaleof software let sgoandhavealook audio Ex 6Fillintheblankswiththewordsgivenbelow Makechangeswherenecessary 7 Tobesafe youmayputonyourdarkglassestoavoidthesunshining intoyoureyes directly audioboundarycup v decadedirectlyfocusovertakespeciessubtletone 8 Whenthekitchenisfinished I mgoingto myattentiononthegardenshed focus Ex 6Fillintheblankswiththewordsgivenbelow Makechangeswherenecessary 9 Inaserious ofvoice thedoctorwarnedhimtokeepoffsugar tone audioboundarycup v decadedirectlyfocusovertakespeciessubtletone 10 She herhandsaroundthemugofhotcoffeetowarmthem cupped Ex 6Fillintheblankswiththewordsgivenbelow Makechangeswherenecessary Ex 7Completethefollowingsentenceswithphrasesorexpressionsfromthepassage Changetheformwherenecessary 1 Ididn texpectyoutobesoefficient thetaskwillbefinishedaheadofschedule atthatrate Ex 7Completethefollowingsentenceswithphrasesorexpressionsfromthepassage Changetheformwherenecessary 2 safety youmustkeepallmedicinesawayfromchildren Forthesakeof Ex 7Completethefollowingsentenceswithphrasesorexpressionsfromthepassage Changetheformwherenecessary 3 Whenwe knowthesenewemployeesbetter wewillassignmoresuitabletaskstoeachofthem cometo Ex 7Completethefollowingsentenceswithphrasesorexpressionsfromthepassage Changetheformwherenecessary 4 Thiseveningdressisratherexpensivesinceitismade byhand Ex 7Completethefollowingsentenceswithphrasesorexpressionsfromthepassage Changetheformwherenecessary 5 IntheWorldCup Englandtriedtobeatitslong termrivalArgentinaandqualifyfromthe GroupofDeath and viceversa 1 年轻人有时会抱怨无法和父母沟通 communicatewith complain of Youngpeoplesometimescomplainofbeingunabletocommunicatewiththeirparents Ex 8TranslatethefollowingsentencesintoEnglish be unabletocommunicatewiththeirparents 2 能在中国云南的一个苗家村落住下来一直是玛丽长久以来的梦想 现在她终于梦想成真了 takeupresidence takeupresidence IthasbeenMary slongcherisheddreamtotakeupresidenceinaMiaovillageinYunnan China Nowherdreamhasfinallycometrue Ex 8TranslatethefollowingsentencesintoEnglish herdreamhascometrue 3 家养的动物习惯于依赖人 因此很难能在野外活下来 survive be usedtodependingonhumans Domesticanimalsareusedtodependingonhumans soitisdifficultforthemtosurviveinthewild Ex 8TranslatethefollowingsentencesintoEnglish surviveinthewild 4 他突然有种恐惧感 觉得自己会因为经济不景气而被公司裁员 overtake besuddenlyovertakenbyafear Hewassuddenlyovertakenbyafearthathewouldbelaidoffbythecompanybecauseofdepression Ex 8TranslatethefollowingsentencesintoEnglish becauseofdepression 5 我估计公交路线上堵车了 因为我都等了30分钟也没见一辆车开过去 figure thereisatrafficjamontherouteofthebus Ifigurethatthereisatrafficjamontherouteofthebus forI vewaitedfor30minuteswithoutseeingonepassingby Ex 8TranslatethefollowingsentencesintoEnglish withoutseeingonepassingby Ex 9ReadandcomparetheEnglishsentences payingattentiontotheitalicizedpartsandtranslatetheChinesesentencesbysimulatingthestructureoftheEnglishsentences 1 Isayhe thoughIreallydon thaveaclueifsheisaheorviceversa Thereisnoreasonforanyonetothreatenusorviceversa 尽管存在贸易摩擦 美国离不开中国 反之亦然 Simulatedreproduction Simulatedtranslation Inspiteoftradefrictions theUScannotdowithoutChinaorviceversa Reference 2 Whyareyouhere Ifoundmyselfaskinghim Afteronemonthofworkinginthecompany Johnfoundhimselfdoingpaperworkalldaylong 如果你发现自己工作没有效率 你最好休息一会儿 Simulatedreproduction Simulatedtranslation Ifyoufindyourselfworkingwithoutefficiency you dbetterrelaxforawhile Reference 3 Heturnedhisheadthiswayandthatlisteningtothattone TheformerCEOtriedtochangethecompanythiswayandthatbutsucceededinnothing 演讲者先扫视了一下听众 然后才开始发言 Simulatedreproduction Simulatedtranslation Thespeakerglancedaroundtheaudiencethiswayandthatbeforehestartedspeaking Reference 4 Possiblythetoneofmycomputersoundedtohimlikeothertreefrogs Hisvoiceonthephonesoundedtomelikeadrowningman 父亲对我调换工作的意见让我听上去就像警告似的 Simulatedreproduction Simulatedtranslation Myfather sopiniononmyjobchangesoundedtomelikeawarning Reference 5 Thatwe forthesakeofourrelatives mustactnow ManyretiredAmericanshavemovedfromthenorthernstatestoFloridaforthesakeofsunnyweather 为了更多的工作岗位 工会同意了放弃增加工资的要求 Simulatedreproduction Simulatedtranslation Thelaborunionagreedtogiveupapayincreaseforthesakeofmorejobopportunities Reference Tips breathingdifficulty trafficjams communicationfailure horribleview Ex 10 Lookatthepicturesbelowandtalkaboutthecausesandeffectsofthenaturaldisasterswiththehelpofthetipsgiven Describethepicture Reference Tips breathingdifficulty trafficjams communicationfailure horribleview Ex 10 Lookatthepicturesbelowandtalkaboutthecausesandeffectsofthenaturaldisasterswiththehelpofthetipsgiven Describethepicture Tips cropslosses food watershortages Ex 10 Lookatthepicturesbelowandtalkaboutthecausesandeffectsofthenaturaldisasterswiththehelpofthetipsgiven Describethepicture Reference Tips cropslosses food watershortages Ex 10 Lookatthepicturesbelowandtalkaboutthecausesandeffectsofthenaturaldisasterswiththehelpofthetipsgiven Describethepicture Tips lifeandpropertylosses homeless diseases Ex 10 Lookatthepicturesbelowandtalkaboutthecausesandeffectsofthenaturaldisasterswiththehelpofthetipsgiven Describethepicture Reference Tips lifeandpropertylosses homeless diseases Ex 10 Lookatthepicturesbelowandtalkaboutthecausesandeffectsofthenaturaldisasterswiththehelpofthetipsgiven Describethepicture Whatarethecauses Tips populationgrowth deforestation over cultivation pollution globalwarming imbalanceoftheecosystem Reference Whatarethecauses Tips populationgrowth deforestation over cultivation pollution globalwarming imbalanceoftheecosystem Ex 11 Readthesamplebelowandwriteashortpassage 100 120words todescribetheurgentsituationofanendangeredspeciesandcallforhelp Ex 11 Readthesamplebelowandwriteashortpassage 100 120words todescribetheurgentsituationofanendangeredspeciesandcallforhelp Getinformationaboutanendangeredspecies Flamingo Koala Eagle Tiger Panda Ex 11 Readthesamplebelowandwriteashortpassage 100 120words todescribetheurgentsituationofanendangeredspeciesandcallforhelp Reference PassageBThinkAboutItReadAboutIt BeforereadingPassageB trytothinkaboutanddiscusswhathashappenedtotheenvironment Forest Deforested Desert 1 WhatisMissionZero ItisagoalsetbyInterfacethatthecompanywilleliminateanynegativeimpactInterfacehasontheenvironmentbytheyear2020 Reference 2 Whatcanwedotoachievesustainability Wecanstartdoingsomethingfirst thendosomethingelse Onlywheneveryoneinoursocietyisinvolvedcanweexpecttotransformourentiresystemintoasustainableone Reference ReadAboutItLanguagePointsContentAwarenessLanguageFocusReadingSkillPracticeTranslatingSkillPractice The impossible thatexiststodayisapetroleum intensivecarpetmanufacturer forbothenergyandrawmaterial thathasreducednetgreenhousegas GHG emissionsby88percent inabsolutetons anditswaterusageby79percentsince1996 evenassaleshavegrownbytwo thirdsandearningshavedoubled In1994Interfacesetoutonamission tobethefirstindustrialcompanythat byitsdeeds showstheentireindustrialworldwhatsustainabilityis inallitsdimensions people process product profit andplace Ourdefinitionofsustainabilityistooperateourpetro intensivecompanysoastotakefromtheEarthonlythatwhichisnat