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课件网) Unit 4 Global warming -2- 1.come about发生;造成 [教材原句]So how has this come about and does it matter?(P26)那么,这种情况是怎么产生的?会有什么影响呢? 语境巧练 单句填空 ①How did it come that you missed so good a chance?? ②Can you explain it came about that you were an hour late for such an important meeting?? ③I wonder how it came about a young man was drowned in such shallow water.? about how that -3- 考点必记 sth.come about某事发生 It comes about that...……发生。 How does it come about that...?……是怎样发生的? It comes about like this...事情是这样发生的…… 考点提示 come about相当于happen 或occur,均无被动形式。 -4- 2.quantities of大量的 [教材原句]The problem begins when we add huge quantities of extra carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.(P26)当我们向大气中排放大量的多余的二氧化碳的时候,问题就开始产生了。 语境巧练 单句填空 ①A large quantity of oil (sell) to China the year before.? ②It was reported that huge quantities of sheep (transport) abroad recently.? ③Large quantities of food (waste) because of the way it looks.? ④I can ask him if he can give us a better price if we buy quantity.? was sold have been transported are wasted in -5- 考点必记 a quantity of许多,大量…… a large quantity of=quantities of大量的…… in large quantities大量地 in quantity大量地 考点提示 a large quantity of和quantities of后可以接可数或不可数名词,做主语时,谓语动词的单复数形式取决于quantity的单复数。 -6- 3.tend vi.趋向;易于;照顾 vt.照顾;护理 [教材原句]It means that more heat energy tends to be trapped in the atmosphere causing the global temperature to go up.(P26)它意味着更多的热能将被困在大气层中,从而引起全球气温上升。 语境巧练 单句填空 ①He tends (get) very angry when people disagree with him.? ②There is a growing (tend) for people to work at home instead of in offices.? ③The soldiers’ wounds were skillfully (tend) by the nurses.? to get tendency tended -7- 考点必记 ①tend to do倾向于做,往往会…… tend the garden照料花园 tend the wounded/children照顾伤员/儿童 ②tendency n.趋势;倾向 have a tendency to do sth.有做某事的倾向/可能性 -8- 4.result in导致…… [教材原句]They also agree that it is the burning of more and more fossil fuels that has resulted in this increase in carbon dioxide.(P26)他们还赞同下述观点:正是由于越来越多的燃烧化石燃料导致了二氧化碳的增加。 语境巧练 单句填空 ①Such a conclusion resulted his being away from his work for a month.? ②Actually,these misunderstandings resulting lack of social communication may lead to serious problems.? in from -9- 考点必记 ①result in=lead to导致 result from...由……造成;因……而产生 ②as a result结果;因此 as a/the result of由于,因为…… without result没有结果 -10- 5.oppose vt.反对;反抗;与(某人)较量 [教材原句]On the other hand,there are those,like George Hambley,who are opposed to this view and believe that we ... ...
