1、Lesson 47 Too high a price? New words and expressions pollution n. overpopulated adj. over-industrialized adj. sheer adj. worldwide adv. overwhelm v. pollute v. pesticide n. fertilizer n. salmonella n. listeia n. vegetarian n. organically-grown adj. insidious adj. urban adj. burglar n. burgle v. scr
2、eam v. profound adj. irritation n. incessantly adv. whine v. helicopter n. maximum adj. technology n. contribution n. mobile adj. snore v. offender n. staggering adj. trumpet v. partner n. pollution n. More and more water is been pollution.Pollution is the major problem we are faced with.pollutepoll
3、utedpollutionpolluter Eg: Gases from cars are one of the polluters of air pollution.contaminatetaintdefilepollutepoisonoverpopulated adj. overpeopledsparsely-populated communitysparsely-peopledpopulationEg: Whats the population in your country?Our country has a population of one billion.The city has
4、 a population of two million.population explosionpopulous adj.crowd crewedEg: The narrow street is populous with people.The most populous province in China is Shichun.province The most populous country in the world is China.over-industrialized adj. sheer adj. 1pure unmixed2. steep shere cliffL46-09_
5、47-01 end 1245L47-02 begin 12033. completeEg: What are you talking about sheer nonsense?4. transparentsheer silk stockingsworldwide adv. overwhelm v. Eg: He was overwhelmed by grief. grief seized him.Your kindness quite overwhelms me.If our country were overwhelm by pollution, it would be terrible.c
6、onquerovercomeget rid ofinsumountablevanquishpollute v. pesticide n. fertilizer n. salmonella n. listeia n. vegetarian n. organically-grown adj. insidious adj. urban adj. burglar n. burgle v. scream v. scream atprofound adj. intenceextremecompleteEg: Yesterday he had a profound sleep.He is afflicted
7、 with profound anxieties.knowledgableHe is a profound scholar.irritation n. irritate v. irritetedirritetingL47-02 end 1203L47-03 begin 1203incessantly adv. perpetualpermanenteternalcontinuancecontinualcontinuallyconstantendlessincessant adj.Eg: It has been raining incessantly for three hours.There i
8、s a week of incessant rains.ceaselessnone stopunbrokenuninterruptedEg: Last night I had an uninterrupted party.He gave us a talk uninterruped.whine v. helicopter n. maximum adj. technology n. contribution n. mobile adj. snore v. offender n. staggering adj. surpriseamazeastonishastoundastoundingEg: T
9、he old lady reported to the police and they felt astounded / found it staggering.trumpet v. partner n. Pollution is the price we pay for an overpopulated, over industrialized planet.I was blamed for being late.L47-03 end 1203L47-04 begin 1222Losing health is the price he paid for his hard work./ (wo
10、rking hard/ over working )come to =get toThere are some good ways to study English well.listen, speak, read and write.There are four good ways to study English: listening, speaking, reading and writering.reuse it recyde itWe keep trying all four methods, but he sheer volume of rubbish we produce wor
11、ldwide threatens to overwhelm us.volume = amountthreaten to doEg: The coming earthquake threatens the village.Dark clouds threaten a heavy storm. The sun promises a good day.It is possible.The need to produce ever-increasing quantities of cheap food leads to a different kind of pollution.leads toL47
12、-04 end 1222Lesson47A end 48:29Lesson47B begin 54:49L47-05 begin 49-02The price we pay for cheap food may be already too highThe price we pay is too high.abandon organically-grown vegetable: every time: wheneverinnocent (of) adj. Paragraph 3 (l.15)noiseL47-05 end 1219L47-06 begin 1249Paragraph 3 (l.
13、15)insidious Burglar alarms going off at any time of the day or night serve only to annoy passers-by and actually ( to ) assist burglars to burgle.Car alarms constantly scream at us in the street and are a source of profound irritation.Eg: Her husband earns a lot of money every mounth and he is a so
14、urce of income. The survey revealed a large number of sources of noise that we really dislike. lawn mower container trucks: sources of noiseNew technology has also made its own contribution to noise.make contribution to . L47-06 end 1250L47-07 begin 1408contribute to .Eg: Air pollution contributes t
15、o disease.object to take object toLoud conversations on mobile phones invade our thoughts or interrupt the pleasure of meeting friends for a quiet chat.Eg: The air pollution survey revealed. .turn out: proveoffend:- offender were found:It is said.It is revealed.20% of mem in their mid-thirtiesin the
16、ir early thirtiesAgainst these figures, it was found that .Comparing these figures, we found that.are woken / keep awake Whatever the source of noise, one thing is certain: silence, it seems, has become a golden memory.However you decide to spend your time, one thing is certain: you will arrive at y
17、our destination fresh and uncrumpled. L44ll28-29L47-07 end 1408L47-08 begin 1008Vocabulary P218Explain the meanings of the following words and phrases as they are used in the passage: dump(l.3); sheer volume (l.5); rubbish (l.5); leads to (l.8); dairy (l.11); abandon (l.11)organically-grown (l.12)du
18、mp: drop completelysheer volume: pure amountrubbish: garbagelead to: result in, cause; bring aboutdairy: a place where milk is kept and milk product are madeabandon: give uporganically-grown: using farming or gardening methods without artificial chemicals or fertilizerMultiple choice questionsCompre
19、hension1. - the sheer volume of rubbish we produce worldwide _.a. is heaped up like a great mountainb. is spread over the world like a blanketc. is already beyond our controld. is like a tide that will rise and drown us2 The root cause of pollution in agriculture is _ .a. the intensive use of pestic
20、ides and fertilizersb. the twin pressures to produce more food and at lower costc. the confloct between good hygiene and cheap meat productiond. the unrealistic price of organically-grown vegetables The root cause of pollution in agriculture is the twin pressures to produce more food and at lower co
21、st.3 For most people, the most distressing form of noise pollution is _ .a. dogs barking all night b. people using mobile phonesc. heavy trucks in quiet villages d. noisy neighbours having parties4 Snoring causes a severe noise problem for _ .a. young males in particular b. a majority of middle-aged
22、 menc. women of all ages d. young women especiallySnoring causes a severe noise problem for women of all ages.Structure5 - there are only four ways _ rubbish. (ll.2-3)a. of dealing with b. which to deal with c. can be dealt with d. to be dealing with6 We keep trying _ methods.(l.5)a. these all four
23、b. of these all four c. all of these four d. all these of four7 Burglar alarms _ at any time of the day or night serve only to annoy.(ll.16-17)a. that go off b. that are going off c. go off d. which going offpeople traveling around the world quite oftenL47-08 end 1008L47-09 begin 5348 A recent surve
24、y revealed that _dogs barking incessantly in the night that we dislike most.(ll.18-19)a. it is b. is c. there be d. there arevocabulary 9 New technology has also _ in noise pollution. (l.23)a. done its bit b. done a share c. played a role d. given its allmake contributio to play an important role /
25、part in sth.Eg: Reading plays an important role in our English study.do its bit: do a share: 10 A lot of people _ to mobile phones, especially in public places. (l.24)a. except b. offend c. take exception d. take offencetake exception againstoffernd -take offence at sb. / sth.11 The noise pollution
26、survey _ a rather surprising source of noise. (ll.26-27)a. brought to light b. gave birth to c. came to be d. took the lid offbring sth. to lightcome to light12 _ these figures, it was found that only 5% of women snore. (l.29)a. Comparing with b. By comparison with c. In comparing d. In comparing withby comparisonby comparison with sth.Key to Multiple choice questions1. C 2. B 3. A 4. C 5. A 6. C 7. A 8. A 9. C 10. C 11. A 12. BL47-09 end 534 Lesson47B end 54:49 Lesson47 end 1:43:18
