Unit 9 Saving the earth
Reading 2
Language points and useful expressions
1.attend: 出席，上（大学等），照料
A To go to an event such as a meeting
eg: Only 7 people attended the meeting.
B To go regularly to a school, church etc
eg: All children between the ages of 5 and 16 must attend school.
C To look after someone, especially because they are ill
eg: The nurse attended the patient daily.attend to sb/sth 处理，照应
eg: I may be late – I have got one or two things to attend to.
Are you being attended to in a shop?
Then do some exercises to enable Ss to distinguish the following words:
Ex: Fill in the blanks with the expressions given
attend / join / join in / take part in / join sb in sth .
1. He’ll _________ an important meeting tomorrow.
2. Almost all the teams in our school __________ the basketball match.
3. My wish is to ________ the army after graduation.
4. We’ll _______________ social activities during the summer vacation.
5. They didn’t ___________ the wedding.
6. I ________ the party last year.
7. Our headmaster will _______ us ____ the discussion this afternoon.
( possible answers: attend, join in, join, take part in, attend, joined, join in )
2. take notes: 作笔记，记录 take action: 采取行动
eg: Do you takes notes of the lectures? He sat quietly in the corner taking notes carefully.
They took action to stop him. The police took action to deal with this thing immediately.
The medicine will not take action for several hours.
开始起作用，见效，生效The pill takes effect as soon as you swallow it.
take turns take measures/steps take place take care take medicine
take time take cold take notice take sides
Eg: You always takes sides with him without even listening to me.
3. content: 1). n. 内容，目录 (常作 ~ s ) ; 容量，容积
Eg: the contents of a book a table of contents Look up the contents at the beginning of the book.
a bucket of more than usual content
2). adj. 满足的，满意的
be content to do sth be content with sth content oneself with sth
He is quite content to watch TV for hours. I’m very content with my life at present.
As there’s no butter we must content ourselves with dry bread.
例 Content __________ he was to do it, I was not _________ with the result of it.
A. as; contenting B. so; contented C. as; contented D. as; content
4.access: 进入，接近
eg: The dead-end street was the only access to her home.
Access to the mountain-town is often difficult because of the bad roads.
have access to :
Eg: Twenty percent of the people on earth do not have access to clean drinking water.
have sth that you can use
eg: The public don’t have access to the site.
the right to enter a place
例 This is an organization, which helps those immigrant (移民的) students to ________ educational opportunities.
A. have access to B. access C. have access D. access to
6.Not until we know more will we be able to improve the situation.
until的三种句式
I didn’t go to bed until my mother came back. （ 陈述句 ） v
Not until my mother came back did I go to bed. （ 倒装句 ）
It was not until my mother came back that I went to bed. （ 强调句 ）直到她母亲把一切对杰克和盘托出，杰克才明白她为什么跟自己生气。
1).Jack didn’t understand why she was angry with him until her mother told him everything.
2).Not until her mother told him everything did Jack understand why she was angry with him.
3).It was not until her mother told him everything that Jack understood why she was angry with him.
6.A better understanding of the environment is necessary, as is the willingness to act. ( As 此处的用法与so相同。)
Eg: He is a patriot, as are his bothers. David works hard, as do his classmates.
Harry is unusually tall, as are his sisters. He believed, as did his family, that you were telling the truth.
7.With better education, people will be able to build a better society in harmony with nature.
in harmony with 与---- 协调 ,和谐
Eg: The color of the sofa is in harmony with the sitting room.
He soon found himself in harmony with his new co-workers.
Your suggestions are not in harmony with the aims of this project.
8.…perhaps put an end to the death and suffering caused by the big three. put an end to 结束，毁掉
Eg: Winning the competition put an end to his financial problems.
The discussion was put an end to by his sudden arrival. The wind put an end to the pier.
10.wipe out : 擦洗---- 的内部，(To make sth inside clean) Eg: wipe out the coffee pot
去除，消灭(To destroy, remove, or get rid of sth completely)
Eg: wipe out the enemy’s major military targets
Half the population was wiped out by this disease.
informal ) to make you feel extremely tired Eg: The heat had wiped us out.
11.And if poverty is less of a problem and people are better educated, there is a good chance that we will see –
--there is a good chance ( that ) ----可能发生某事 ”
Eg: There is a good chance that I’ll finish the work tomorrow.
There is a good chance ( that ) he will be gone by then.
12.affect: vt.影响，感动，（疾病）侵袭 effect：n. 影响，效果，作用
Eg: This country was affected by draught. The amount of rain affects the growth of crops.
The sight affected her to tears. It may be the effect of the illness.
This accident had an effect on the future of both mother and son.
例 Doctors do not agree about the medical ____________ of cold-swimming.
A. effects B. affect C. effective D. effectively
Important sentences
Not until we know more will we be able to improve the situation.
Only by changing the way we live can we save the earth.
Had I known that air conditioners cause so much pollution, I would never have bought one.
There exist serious problems and there is still time to take action.
Among the speakers was China’s then Premier ZhuRongji.
A better understanding of the environment is necessary, as is the willingness to act.
Without international cooperation, developing countries cannot prosper, nor will sustainable development be possible.
Language points and useful expressions
1． 1.attend: 出席，上（大学等），照料
A To go to an event such as a meeting eg: Only 7 people attended the meeting.
B To go regularly to a school, church etc
eg: All children between the ages of 5 and 16 must attend school.
C To look after someone, especially because they are ill
eg: The nurse attended the patient daily.attend to sb/sth 处理，照应
eg: I may be late – I have got one or two things to attend to.
Are you being attended to in a shop?
Then do some exercises to enable Ss to distinguish the following words:
Ex: Fill in the blanks with the expressions given
attend / join / join in / take part in / join sb in sth .
1. He’ll _________ an important meeting tomorrow.
2. Almost all the teams in our school __________ the basketball match.
3. My wish is to ________ the army after graduation.
4. We’ll _______________ social activities during the summer vacation.
5. They didn’t ___________ the wedding.
6. I ________ the party last year.
7. Our headmaster will _______ us ____ the discussion this afternoon.
2. take notes: 作笔记，记录 take action: 采取行动
eg: Do you takes notes of the lectures? He sat quietly in the corner taking notes carefully.
They took action to stop him. The police took action to deal with this thing immediately.
The medicine will not take action for several hours.
开始起作用，见效，生效The pill takes effect as soon as you swallow it.
take turns take measures/steps take place take care take medicine
take time take cold take notice take sides
Eg: You always takes sides with him without even listening to me.
3. content: 1). n. 内容，目录 (常作 ~ s ) ; 容量，容积
eg: the contents of a book a table of contents Look up the contents at the beginning of the book. a bucket of more than usual content
2). adj. 满足的，满意的
be content to do sth be content with sth content oneself with sth
He is quite content to watch TV for hours. I’m very content with my life at present.
As there’s no butter we must content ourselves with dry bread.
例 Content __________ he was to do it, I was not _________ with the result of it.
A. as; contenting B. so; contented C. as; contented D. as; content
4.access: 进入，接近
eg: The dead-end street was the only access to her home.
Access to the mountain-town is often difficult because of the bad roads.
have access to :
eg: Twenty percent of the people on earth do not have access to clean drinking water.
have sth that you can use
eg: The public don’t have access to the site.
the right to enter a place
例 This is an organization, which helps those immigrant (移民的) students to ________ educational opportunities.
A. have access to B. access C. have access D. access to
6.Not until we know more will we be able to improve the situation.
until的三种句式
I didn’t go to bed until my mother came back. （ 陈述句 ） v
Not until my mother came back did I go to bed. （ 倒装句 ）
It was not until my mother came back that I went to bed. （ 强调句 ）直到她母亲把一切对杰克和盘托出，杰克才明白她为什么跟自己生气。
1).Jack didn’t understand why she was angry with him until her mother told him everything.
2).Not until her mother told him everything did Jack understand why she was angry with him.
3).It was not until her mother told him everything that Jack understood why she was angry with him.
6.A better understanding of the environment is necessary, as is the willingness to act. ( As 此处的用法与so相同。)
eg: He is a patriot, as are his bothers. David works hard, as do his classmates.
Harry is unusually tall, as are his sisters. He believed, as did his family, that you were telling the truth.
7.With better education, people will be able to build a better society in harmony with nature.
in harmony with 与---- 协调 ,和谐
eg: The color of the sofa is in harmony with the sitting room.
He soon found himself in harmony with his new co-workers.
Your suggestions are not in harmony with the aims of this project.
8.…perhaps put an end to the death and suffering caused by the big three. put an end to 结束，毁掉
eg: Winning the competition put an end to his financial problems.
The discussion was put an end to by his sudden arrival. The wind put an end to the pier.
10.wipe out : 擦洗---- 的内部，(To make sth inside clean) Eg: wipe out the coffee pot
去除，消灭(To destroy, remove, or get rid of sth completely)
eg: wipe out the enemy’s major military targets
Half the population was wiped out by this disease.
informal ) to make you feel extremely tired eg: The heat had wiped us out.
11.And if poverty is less of a problem and people are better educated, there is a good chance that we will see –
--there is a good chance ( that ) ----可能发生某事 ”
eg: There is a good chance that I’ll finish the work tomorrow.
There is a good chance ( that ) he will be gone by then.
12.affect: vt.影响，感动，（疾病）侵袭 effect：n. 影响，效果，作用
eg: This country was affected by draught. The amount of rain affects the growth of crops.
The sight affected her to tears. It may be the effect of the illness.
This accident had an effect on the future of both mother and son.
例 Doctors do not agree about the medical ____________ of cold-swimming.
A. effects B. affect C. effective D. effectively