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课件网) Unit 6 Earth first Are you an environmentalist What are some of the things around you that are not green What can we do about green FREE TALK Look at the questions about “green living” and tick your answers. Look at the questions about “green living” and tick your answers. Let’s learn more about green living. Read the four subheadings in the passage and decide if they are true or false. Vocabulary 1. majority major adj. 主要的，大的 v. 主修 minority n. 少数;少数民族 a/the majority of= most of 大多数…… the majority 大众,大多数人 be in the majority 占多数 练习：With the prices going up, the majority of people _____ (find) it hard to live on the amount of money they get now. find Vocabulary 2. break break out (疾病、战争、火灾等 )爆发;突然发生 break up 打碎;分裂,解体;结束;(关系等)破裂 break into 破门而入;强行闯入;突然开始(笑、唱)等 break in 破门而入;打断;插话 break through 突围;突破 break of 折断;突然中止;断开;中断 break away from 脱离 练习：Our car broke _____ on the way and what was worse, it was getting dark. down Vocabulary 3. amount a large amount of 后接不可数名词(多接不可数名词) large amounts of 后接不可数名词(多接不可数名词) no amount of 即使再大(或再多)的……(不) any amount of 无数的,大量的 练习：A large amount of water _____ (waste) every day. is wasted Vocabulary 4. remove remove...from... 把……从……移开/撤掉；从……移走…… remove from...to... 从……搬到…… remove one's doubt 消除某人的疑虑 remove sb. from one's post/position 撤某人的职；开除某人 remove sb. from school 把某人从学校开除；勒令某人退学 练习：Three workers _____ (remove) from the company for bad behavior yesterday. were removed Vocabulary 5. campaign run/conduct/carry out a campaign 开展一场运动 launch a campaign 发起一场运动 a campaign to do sth. 为做某事而进行的运动 a campaign for/against 争取/反对······的运动 an anti-smoking campaign 反对吸烟的运动 an advertising campaign 广告宣传活动 a national/nationwide campaign 全国性的运动 练习：Today the police launched _____ campaign to reduce road accidents. Vocabulary 6. urge urgency n.紧急，紧迫 urgent adj.紧急的；急切的 urge...on 为……加油；激励…… urge sb.to do sth. 敦促/力劝某人做某事 urge that...(should)do sth. 极力主张……做某事 It is urged that...(should)do sth. 坚决要求……做某事 feel/have the urge to do sth. 感到/有做某事的冲动 练习：Our teacher urges us _____ (study) hard with the College Entrance Examination drawing near. to study Vocabulary 7. concerned concern v. (使)担忧;涉及;与……有关 concerning prep.关于;涉及 be/feel concerned about/for 对……关切的;对……担忧的 be concerned in... 牵扯进/参与…… be concerned with 与……有关;涉及 as/so far as...be concerned 就……而言，对……来说 练习：Nowadays more and more people are concerned _____ their health. about/for Vocabulary 8. average on average 平均起来，一般来说 above/below average 高于/低于平均水平 up to the average 达到平均水平 an average of 平均有…… the average of... ……的平均数 ... ...
