大学英语3 笔记 Unit 2 Environmental Matters - Part I Lead-in(Environmental Matters导读)

1. Only to obey nature in order to overcome nature. (Charles Darwin)

要征服自然就只能遵从自然。（查尔斯·达尔文）

2. Nature is kind of a loving mother, but also a buteher in cold blood.(Victor Hugo)

大自然不仅是仁慈的母亲，大自然也是冷血的杀手（维克多·雨果）

3. It is usually their own surroundings as a form of free merchandise,I do not know any way to cherish and spoil.（Gan Harman）

我们常把环境看作免费商品而不知珍惜。（甘·哈曼）

4. The land to all the people are the essence of the material,and finally,it has been there from the people of the rebate is rubbish these substances. （Whitman）

土地赋予人类的是它重要的精华，然而人类退还大自然的却是这些物质垃圾。(惠特曼)

 

Q:

1. What are the most serious environmental problems we face today?

Tips:

  1) pollution(water, air, noise)    # 污染(水、空气、噪音)

  2) global warming                     # 全球变暖

  3) acid rain                                # 酸雨

  4) destruction of rainforests       # 雨林的毁坏

2. What should we do in the future to save the environment?

Tips:

  1) plant tress

  2) save water 

  3) recycle, reuse

  4) use energy-efficient electronics

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