1. 高二新教材 Unit 9 Saving the earth Reading 丽江市玉龙县第一中学 制作者 : Su li jun

2. Now, please read the passage carefully. You should pay attention to some detailed information in the passage. After that.Please answer these questions. 1.What are the “big three”? The “big three” refers to contaminated drinking water, poor sanitation and air pollution.

3. 2. Why are conferences like the Earth Summit important? Because they help people understand that there exist serious problems and that there’s still time to take action. They can tell us what we can do to help, too.

4. 3.What issues are discussed at the Earth Summit? Contaminated drinking water, poor sanitation, air pollution, poverty, wars and violence.

5. One of the Earth Summit was “sustainable development”, or the question how we can continue developing the without damaging the environment. Sustainable adj. Keeping in existence; maintaining continue doing sth = continue to do sth E.g.1. We should continue to improve our work. E.g.2. He continued working at the problem. Or “ 也就是 ; 即 ”, The company is paying the rent or at lease contributing to it. Without doing 表示 “ 在没发生 …… 情况下 ” Liz closed the door Without making a sound.

6. 20% of the people on earth do not have access to clean drinking water. 世界上 20% 的人口喝不到清洁的饮用 水. On earth (adj & adv). 1.I am the luckiest man On earth. 2. What on earth is the matter there? 3. Where on earth can he be?

7. Air pollution alone causes almost three million deaths. alone 只, 只有 : 仅仅 1.He alone is not responsible for it. 2.Money alone cannot make you happy. alone 单独地；独自地； 1.He did it all alone. 2.He likes to go it alone in everything. Alone “ 单独的；唯一的 ” I am not alone in this opinion.

8. If we are to develop the world successfully, we must make sure that everyone is able to take part in the new world we create. Be +to do sth 表示安排， 命令，职责，义务， 目的，可能性 ，命中注定等含义。 1.We are to meet at the school gate 2. You are to be back by 10 o’clock. 3.The prize is to honor him for his great discovery. 4. A knife is to cut with.

9. Among the speakers was China’s then Premier Zhu Rongji, Among prep 被 ….. 环绕 ; 在 …… 之间 ; …… 之一 ; 互相 ; 在 …… 之中 A village among hills 群山环抱的村庄 Among the children 在孩子们中间 One among a thousand 千里挑一的人 1. You are only one among many who need help. 2.They fought among themselves.

10. Without international cooperation, developing countries cannot prosper, nor will sustainable development be possible 这是倒装句. 由 nor,neither,not,hardly 等表示否定 意思的词位于句首时句子采用部分倒装结构. 1.Never have I met him. 2.Seldom have we seen such big melons. 3.Hardly had she entered the house when she heard the dog barking.

11. Conferences like the Earth Summit help people understand that there exist serious problems and that there is still time to take action. take action. 采取行动 E.g. We must quick take action. 我们必 须迅速采取行动

12. Only by changing the way we live can we save earth. 这是倒装句. 由 only+ 状语结构的词位 于句首时句子采用部分倒装结构 1.Only in this way can you solve the problem. 2.Only then did I realize my mistakes. 3.Only when he was 9 years old was he able to go to school.

13. A better understanding of the environment is necessary, as is the willingness to act. 本句中 As 作为关系代词代表前面主句的意 思, 与 so 的用法相同. 1.He is a patriot, as are his brothers. 2.He believed, as did his family,that you were telling the truth.

14. With better education, people will be able to build a better society in harmony with nature and perhaps put an end to the death and suffering caused by the big three. in harmony with 与 …. 和谐相处. 反义词. 例如 : 1.The goal,he says, is to live in harmony with the world around us. Put an end to 结束 ; 制止. 1.We must put an end to this foolish behavior.

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