Unit+6+Earth+First+Developing+ideas+Presenting+ideas+词汇高中英语外研版（2019）必修第二册

Unit

6

Earth

firstDeveloping

ideas

&

Presenting

ideas1.

reduce

v.减少；降低

＊reduction

n.减少；下降；缩小（P66）Reduce

waste

by

choosing

reusable

products...

通过选择可重复使用的产品来减少浪费……拓展reduce...to...

把……减少到……reduce...by...

把……减少了……be

reduced

to

（doing）

sth

沦落到……地步例句We

should

try

to

reduce

the

amount

of

salt

in

our

diet.

我们应该试着在饮食中减少盐的摄入量。单句填空（1）Though

the

price

of

the

house

has

been

reduced

____

10%,

we

can't

afford

it

either.by（2）They

were

reduced

to

________

（beg）

for

their

living.begging（3）To

improve

the

air

quality,

the

use

of

private

cars

should

___________

（reduce）.be

reduced2.

majority

n.大多数；大部分＊major

adj.主要的；重要的

vi.主修

n.少校；主修课程；主修学生

＊minority

n.少数（P68）Most

of

us

are

aware

that

we

must

take

care

of

the

environment，and

the

majority

of

us

take

steps

to

save

energy

and

reduce

waste

and

pollution.

我们大部分人都意识到我们必须保护环境，并且采取措施来节约能源和减少浪费和污染。拓展in

a/the

majority

占大多数in

a/the

minority占少数by/with

a

majority

以多数major

in主修佳句Only

a

minority

of

people

in

that

city

do

not

have

a

car

while

the

people

taking

the

subway

to

work

are

in

a/the

majority.

那个城市只有少数人没有车，而乘地铁去上班的人占大多数。The

majority

of

people

interviewed

prefer

TV

to

radio.

大多数接受采访的人都喜欢看电视多于听收音机。点拨（1）majority作主语时，若侧重于整体，谓语动词用单数形式；若侧重于个体成员，谓语动词用复数形式。（2）the/a

majority

of后跟可数名词复数形式作主语时，谓语动词通常用复数形式；后跟单数或不可数名词作主语时，谓语动词通常用单数形式。单句填空（1）If

you

look

at

the

audience

at

a

classical

concert，the

________（major）

is

over

the

age

of

fifty.majority（2）The

majority

of

the

damage

___（be）

easy

to

repair.is3.

remove

v.消除；除去；移开

＊removal

n.移走；去掉；消除（P69）To

make

sure

your

appliance

is

in

fact

off,

remove

the

plug

from

its

power

supply.为确保您的设备确实已关闭，请将插头拔离电源。拓展remove...from...

把……从……移开/除去remove

from...to...

从……搬到……remove

sb

from

school

学校开除某人；勒令某人退学remove

one's

doubt/trouble

消除某人的疑虑/烦恼佳句The

report

was

redrafted

to

remove

gender-specific

language.重新起草这个报告以删除带有性别特点的语言。The

air

in

the

factory

is

filtered

to

remove

impurities.工厂里的空气被过滤以去除杂质。单句填空（1）To

my

surprise,

he

removed

my

name

______

the

name

list.from（2）Three

children

______________（remove）

from

the

school

for

bad

behavior

yesterday.were

removed（3）Realizing

her

mom

must

be

very

tired

after

a

day's

work，the

girl

helps

her

mom

remove

the

bag

______

her

shoulder.from4.

contribute

v.促成；造成（某事发生）；捐献；贡献；撰稿＊contribution

n.贡献；捐献；稿件（P72）Look

at

the

three

items

that

contribute

to

a

carbon

footprint.看看造成碳足迹的三类物品。拓展contribute

to

促成；导致contribute...to...

向……捐献；向……投稿make

a

contribution/contributions

to

对……做出贡献；向……捐款佳句Qian

Xuesen

contributed

greatly

to

the

development

of

the

space

industry.

钱学森为航天工业的发展做出了巨大贡献。Every

one

of

us

should

make

a

contribution

to

our

society.

我们每个人都应该为社会做贡献。单句填空（1）The

famous

writer

is

one

of

the

several

authors

___________

（contribute）

to

the

book.contributing（2）Your

suggestion

has

greatly

contributed

___

the

accomplishment

of

our

work.to（3）Only

in

this

way

can

we

make

a

great

___________

（contribute）

to

our

family

and

our

society.contribution5.

倍数+as

much/many+n.+as（P68）However，making

a

paper

bag

uses

four

times

as

much

energy

as

making

a

plastic

bag

and

up

to

three

times

the

amount

of

water.

然而，生产一个纸袋所消耗的能量是制造一个塑料袋的四倍，用水量高达三倍。拓展句中的four

times

as

much

energy

as是倍数表达法，其句型为

“倍数+as

much/many+n.+as”。常见的倍数句型：（1）...倍数+as+adj./adv.的原级+as...（2）...倍数+adj./adv.的比较级+than...（3）...倍数+the+性质名词（size/length/width/height/depth...）

+of...Our

company

has

published

twice

as

many

books

as

we

did

last

year.我们公司出版的书是去年的两倍。Peter's

jacket

looked

just

the

same

as

Jack's，but

it

cost

twice

as

much

as

Jack's.彼得的上衣看上去和杰克的一样，但价钱却是杰克的两倍。点拨表示“两倍”时用twice或double，三倍或三倍以上用“基数词+times”表达。句子中表示倍数也可以用分数、百分数、half等。单句填空（1）This

hill

is

four

times

the

_______

（high）

of

that

small

one.height（2）The

old

railway

is

three

times

the

_______

（long）

of

the

new

one.length（3）It's

said

that

the

power

plant

is

now

twice

___

large

as

what

it

was.as6.

时间状语从句的省略形式（P71）Order

less

and

take

leftover

food

home

when

dining

in

restaurants.

在饭店吃饭时少点些菜并把剩下的食物带回家。拓展when

dining

in

restaurants是时间状语从句when

you

dine

in

restaurants的省略形式。当时间状语从句中的主语与主句主语一致时，通常可将从句中主语省略，连词后直接跟动词-ing形式。While

（I

was）

waiting

for

the

bus,

I

met

an

old

friend.在等公共汽车时，我遇到了一个老朋友。单句写作（1）When

_______________________

outdoors,

the

father

felt

very

happy.

当和他的孩子们在户外玩耍时，这位父亲感到非常幸福。playing

with

his

children（2）_______________________________，he

found

a

job

in

a

translation

company.大学毕业后，他在一家翻译公司找到了一份工作。After

graduating

from

the

college话题词汇积累常用词汇1.give

rise

to

the

traffic

problems

引起交通问题2.live

up

to

my

parents'

expectations

不辜负我父母的期望3.pass

our

love

and

friendship

to

others

把我们的爱和友谊传递给别人4.take

some

measures

to

protect

rare

animals

采取措施保护稀有动物5.use

public

transport

as

much

as

possible

尽可能多使用公共交通6.make

a

contribution

to

protecting

the

environment

为保护环境做贡献词汇翻译（1）照顾____________take

care

of（2）污染n._________pollution（3）灾难n.________disaster（4）环境n.____________environment（5）循环利用n._______recycle（6）对……做出贡献_____________________make

a

contribution

to话题句式积累As

is

known

to

us

all,

time

waits

for

no

man.

我们大家都知道，时间不等人。I'm

writing

to

call

on

everyone

to

take

physical

exercise

regularly.

我写信呼吁大家经常进行体育锻炼。It

is

well

known

that

the

global

water

shortage

is

becoming

increasingly

severe

due

to

global

warming.

众所周知，由于全球变暖，全球水资源短缺问题正变得日益严重。I

make

an

urgent

appeal

that

measures

should

be

taken

to

cope

with

the

situation.

我急切呼吁采取措施应对现状。As

far

as

I'm

concerned,

it

would

be

wise

to

take

the

following

action.

在我看来，采取如下行动是明智的。Many

trees

are

being

cut

down

and

more

and

more

forests

are

lost,

making

animals

lose

their

homes.

许多树木被砍伐，越来越多的森林在消失，这使得动物们失去了它们的家园。It's

high

time

we

protected

our

environment

from

being

polluted.

确实到了我们保护环境免遭污染的时候了。Only

in

these

ways

can

we

definitely

make

our

school

a

nicer

place.

只有以这些方式我们才能让我们的校园更加美好。If

we

take

action

now,

we

can

make

a

big

difference

to

the

world.

如果现在行动起来，我们就能对这个世界产生重大影响。句子翻译（1）我们都生活在地球上，这儿是我们的家园。（用定语从句）_________________________________________We

all