新外研版高中英语必修二Unit 6Period Three.docx

1、新外研版高中英语必修二Unit 6 Period ThreePeriod ThreeUsing language & Developing ideas.Read the passage and judge whether the following sentences are true(T) or false(F)1It takes hundreds of years for paper to break down，but much less time for plastic.(F)2When we turn off a device，it wont use electricity.(F)3T

2、he production of food uses more energy than the transport and produces more greenhouse gases.(T).Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer.1Whats the main idea of the passage?AWhat steps we should take to save energy and reduce waste and pollution.BWhats really green in our daily life.CH

3、ow we can live a green life.DWhen we turn off a device to stop using power.答案B2Which shopping bag is more environmentally friendly?AA plastic bag. BA paper bag.CA reusable bag. DNone of these.答案C3What should you do to save energy when leaving your home?ATurn off a device.BUnplug a device.CRemove the

4、 device from the house.DLeave the device on.答案B4What food is better for the environment?AFood produced near to where you live.BFood produced far from where you live.CFood produced at home.DIt depends.答案D5Which uses less water?ATaking a bath. BTaking a shower.CNeither of these. DIt depends.答案D.重点单词1r

5、educe v减少，降低2release v释放，排放3lecture n(尤指大学里的)讲座，讲课，演讲4majority n多数，大多数(人或物)5amount n数量，数额6device n设备，仪器，装置7electricity n电8remove v移走，搬走，去掉9campaign n(宣传)活动10average adj.平均(数)的11fog n雾 foggy adj.多雾的；有雾的12infection n感染，传染病infect v传染 infectious adj.传染的；传染性的13permission n允许，许可permit v允许；许可 n许可证14urge v竭

6、力主张，强烈要求，敦促urgent adj.紧急的；急迫的15concerned adj.焦急的，担忧的concern v担忧；涉及 n担忧16contribute v促成，造成(某事发生)；贡献，捐献contribution n贡献掌握规律巧记单词fog n.雾yfoggy adj.多雾的；有雾的sunysunny adj.晴朗的furyfurry adj.毛皮覆盖的，毛茸茸的funyfunny adj.滑稽的；有趣的.核心短语1take steps采取措施2mistake.for.把误当做3break down分解；出故障；谈判失败；(健康、精神等)垮掉4turn off关上5common

7、 sense常识6take.into account把考虑进去7remove.from.把从移开8depend on依靠；依赖9share.with.与分享10call on号召.经典句式1It takes.for sb./sth.to do.某人/某物花费多长时间做某事It takes hundreds of years for plastic to break down，but much less time for paper.塑料要用去数百年的时间才分解掉，但是纸用的时间少一些。2倍数的表达方法However，making a paper bag uses four times as m

8、uch energy as making a plastic bag and up to three times the amount of water.然而，造一个纸袋要用造一个塑料袋四倍的能量和多达三倍的水。3It is/was.that/who.强调句型It is the production of food，not its transport，that uses most of the energy and produces most of the greenhouse gases.恰是食物的生产，而不是运输耗用了大量的能量并产生了大量的温室气体。4状语从句的省略Order less

9、and take leftover food home when dining in restaurants.在饭店吃饭时少点菜并把剩菜带回家。重点词汇 Reduce waste by choosing reusable products.通过选择可再利用的产品减少浪费。 reduce vt.减少；减缩reduce sth.to.减少到reduce sth.by.减少了reduce sb.to (doing) sth.使陷入(更坏的)境地；使沦落为(1)Having enough fat and salt in your meals will reduce the urge to snacks

10、 between meals and will improve the taste of food.膳食中有足够的脂肪和盐会减少饭后吃零食的欲望，并会提高你的食欲。(2)It was foggy so the driver had to reduce speed to forty kilometres an hour.由于大雾，司机不得不把速度减到每小时40千米。(3)If you buy more than ten, they will reduce the price by 10 percent.如果你买10个以上，他们就会把价格降低10%。注意：reduce“减少”的近义词是decrea

11、se，反义词是increase, rise(增加)。这三个词与reduce用法一样，后可接to.表示增减的结果，接by.表示增减的幅度。(4)Their salary has been increased by 20 percent since last year.自去年以来，他们的工资已经增长了20%。 A polite interruption is usually framed as a request for permission to interrupt someone.礼貌的打岔通常表达为允许打断某人说话的一种请求。 permission n许可；允许 ask for (ones)

12、 permission请求(某人的)允许with/without permission允许/未经允许permit vt.允许；许可；准许 n许可；执照；通行证；许可证permit sb.to do sth.允许某人做某事permit doing sth.允许做某事 (1)Youd better ask for the teachers permission to leave before you go.在你走之前，你最好请求老师准许。(2)Its illegal to read peoples private letters without permission(permit)未经允许看别人的

13、私人信件是不合法的。(3)My father permitted me to dive(dive) in the ocean to experience the underwater world.爸爸允许我去海洋潜水，去体验一下水下世界。(4)We dont permit smoking(smoke) in the office as more women work here.因为办公室女士比较多，我们不允许在办公室抽烟。(5)Weather permitting(permit)，we will go on a picnic this afternoon.如果天气许可，今天下午我们去野餐。 M

14、ost 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照顾环境并且采取措施来节约能源和减少浪费和污染。 majority n大多数；大部分in a/the majority占大多数by/with a majority以多数major adj.主要的；重要的 vi.主修 n主修课程；主修学生major in主修minority n少数in t

15、he/a minority占少数注意：(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；后跟单数或不可数名词作主语时，谓语动词通常用单数。(1)In the nursing profession，women are in a/the majority.女性在护理行业中占大多数。(2)Declining birth rate is a major problem in many developing regions too.出生率降低也是很多发展中地区的

16、主要问题。(3)If you look at the audience at a classical concert，the majority(major) is over the age of fifty.如果你看一下古典音乐会的观众，(你会发现)多数是超过50岁的人。(4)The majority of the damage is(be) easy to repair.大部分损坏很容易修复。 However，making a paper bag uses four times as much energy as making a plastic bag and up to three ti

17、mes the amount of water.然而，造一个纸袋要用造一个塑料袋四倍的能量和多达三倍的水。 amount n数量“a large amount of不可数名词”作主语时，谓语动词用单数。“large amounts of不可数名词”作主语时，谓语动词用复数。amount to总计为 (1)People in disaster areas have had a large amount of help from people all over the world.灾区人民得到了全世界人们的大量帮助。(2)A large amount of damage has been done

18、(do) to the city in a very short time.在很短时间内，这个城市遭受了大量的破坏。(3)The cost of the book amounted to 250，which is too much for me to afford.这本书的费用共达250英镑，对我来说太贵了支付不起。注意：表示“大量的”短语还有a large number of，a great deal of，a lot of，plenty of，a large quantity of 等。a large number of只能修饰可数名词复数；a great deal of只能修饰不可数名词

19、；a lot of, plenty of, a large quantity of既可以修饰可数名词，也可以修饰不可数名词。 To make sure your appliance is in fact off，remove the plug from its power supply.为了确保你的家用电器实际上已关闭，请把插座拔掉，停止供电。 remove vt.移动；搬开；消除；把免职；撤去remove.from.把从移开remove sth.into/out of把某物搬入/搬出remove sb.from school (学校)开除某人remove ones doubts/troubl

20、e消除某人的疑虑/烦恼 (1)The busy work has removed the workers from the homesickness.繁忙的工作缓解了工人们的思乡之情。(2)The man was removed(remove) from the post because he broke the rules and regulations of the company by design.这个人由于故意违反公司的规章制度而被开除了。(3)In order to remove his doubts，we told him all the truth.为了消除他的疑虑，我们告诉了

21、他所有的真相。 图解助记对比记忆remove与move In some cases，local produce might have used more energy and produced more greenhouse gases than produce grown a long way awayeven taking into account its transport.在某些情况下，当地的农产品可能比远方的农产品消耗更多的能源，产生更多的温室气体，即使把运输考虑进去也是如此。 take .into account把考虑或计算在内；考虑on account of由于；因为on no

22、account决不(放在句首时句子用部分倒装)account for解释或说明的原因；总共有(占) (1)We should take his health into account and then make a decision.我们应该把他的健康状况考虑进去，然后再做决定。(2)On no account should the soldiers be blamed for what happened.士兵们绝对不该为所发生的事受到责备。(3)His illness accounts for his absence from the meeting.他因为生病而缺席会议。 It urges

23、 people to save food by not wasting anything on the dining table.它敦促人们通过不浪费餐桌上的任何东西而节约食物。 urge vt.敦促；竭力主张；强烈要求urge sth./sb.on催促某物/某人前进urge sb.to do sth.催促某人做某事urge that .(should) do sth.极力主张/强调做某事It is urged that .(should) do sth.坚决要求做某事。(1)She could hear him urging her on as she ran past.当她跑过去时，她能听

24、到他在为她加油。(2)He urged us to go(go) at once.He urged that we (should) go(go) at once.他催促我们立刻走。 We are concerned that.我们担心 concerned adj.关切的；担心的be concerned about/for关心as/so far as.be concerned就而言concern vt.(使)担忧；涉及；关系到 n担心；关注；(利害)关系concern oneself about.关心concern oneself in.介入/卷入have no concern with.和无

25、关show concern for.对表示关心 (1)He called the police because he was concerned for/about Marys safety.他担心玛丽的安全，就打电话报了警。(2)As far as Im concerned, the more you practise papercutting, the better you will become.就我个人而言，你剪纸练习得越多，你就会越擅长。(3)Since there is always heavy fog, many people begin to concern themselve

26、s about air pollution.因为大雾经常发生，很多人开始关心空气污染问题。(4)Honestly speaking, I have no concern with the matter.诚实地说，我与那事无关。 Look at the three items that contribute to a carbon footprint.请看这三项促进碳足迹的物品。 contribute vi.促成，造成 vt.捐献；贡献；捐助contribute to有助于；促使；导致contribute.to.向捐献/捐赠contribution n贡献；捐款make a contributi

27、on/contributions to (doing) sth.对作出贡献 (1)It was his carelessness that contributed to the accident.正是他的粗心大意造成了这起事故。(2)Everyone is willing to contribute food and clothes to the homeless people.每个人都愿意为无家可归的人捐献食物和衣服。(3)Participating in the contest will be a golden chance for me to show my dancing skills

28、 and make some contributions(contribute) to the class.参加比赛对我来说是一次难得的展示我的舞蹈才能的好机会，并对班级作出贡献。注意：表示“引起；导致；有助于”的词语还有cause, lead to, result in，bring about等。 The average score of our group is.我们小组的平均得分是 average adj.平均的；普通的 n平均数；平均水平；一般水准an average of平均(后跟数词)on (the) average平均起来above/below (the) average在平均水

29、平以上/以下(1)40 hours is a fairly average working week for most people.对大多数人来说，一周工作40小时是相当正常的。(2)Men lose an average of 34 cm in height as they age, while women may lose 5 cm or more.随着年龄的增长，男士的身高平均减少34公分，而女士可能减少5公分或更多一些。(3)Last year was the warmest year on record, with global temperature 0.68 above the

30、 average.去年是有史以来最暖和的一年，全球温度比平均值高出0.68摄氏度。经典句式 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，造一个纸袋要用造一个塑料袋四倍的能量和多达三倍的水。“four times as.as；three times the amount of.”为倍数表达法。,倍数的表达法：倍数asadj./adv.原级as.倍数比较级than.倍数the名词(size，length，width，height，weight.)of.倍数what从句(1)This building is five times as high as that one.这座楼是那座楼的五倍高。(2)Peoples average income is almost five times what they earned ten years ago.人们的平均收入