自学考试英语考前重点复习(unit24)
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自学考试英语考前重点复习(unit24)
自学考试英语考前重点复习(unit24)
Text A Saving the Rainforests for Future Generations
Ⅰ.New words:
带有前缀的单词:
deforestation: v.& n. 开伐森林
ecosystem: n. 生态系统
ecospecies:生态种
overpopulate: v. 使人口过密
population: n. 人口
international:国际的
nation: n. 国家,民族
inter- 表示“在一起,交互”之义
export: n. & vt. 输出,出口
port:港口
import:进口
recycle: vt. 使再循环,使再生;n.再循环,再生
economy n. 经济
economic a. 经济(上)的
economics n. 经济学
economical a. 节约的
consequence: n. 结果,后果
consequent: a. 作为结果的
massive: a. 大量的;大而重的,魁伟的
mass: n. 群众,大量
regional: a. 地区的
region: n. 地区
globe: n. 地球
global: a. 全球的
contribute: v. 贡献,捐献
contribution: n. 贡献,捐献,投稿
contributor: n. 捐助者,贡献者
senseless: a. 无知觉的;无意义的,愚蠢的
living: n. 生活,生计
make one's living 谋生
newly: ad. 新近,最近;重新,以新的方法
合成词:
rainforest: n. 热带雨林
rainfall: n. (降)雨量;一场雨
greenhouse: n. 温室
forestland: n. 林地
make-up: n. 组成,化妆
课文中出现的重点单词:
1.upset v. 弄翻,打翻;使苦恼
过去式、过去分词:(upset-upset-upset )
a. 不安的;不适的;不舒服的
E.g.: The large wave upset the boat.
He is upset because of the generation gap.
2.contribute (vi./vt)
E.g.: The Nobel Prize winner contrib uted much to the research in this field.
contribute to:有助于;捐献;起作用
His carelessness contributed to the a ccident.
3.derive v. 由…。得到(from);起源,由……派生(from)
E.g.: He derived his love for table tennis from his father.
Many English words derived from Frenc h.
4.cancel v. 取消;删除
E.g.: The decision of the court canc elled the contract.
5.owe : vt. 欠(债等),应该向(某人)付出;应该把…归功于(to)
E.g.: I owe a great deal to my famil y and my friends for their support.
His success does not owe to luck but hard work.
Phrases:
1.speed up (使)加速
E.g.: The heart speeds up.
We should make double efforts to spee d up socialist construction.
2.threaten with 用…威胁,恐吓
E.g.: The boss threatens the employees w ith dismissal.
老板以开除来威胁员工。
3.at the rate of 以…速度或比率
He drives at the rate of 40 kilometer s per hour.
The population in this country is inc reasing at the rate of 1%.
4.in the face of 在…面前,当着…的面;不顾
face: n. 脸;正面 v. 面对
E.g.: He was brave in the face of da nger.
5.stop…。from…阻止…做…
I can hardly stop myself from shoutin g at him.
Having no money cannot stop them from falling in love.
6.pay off 偿还;没有白费
He plans to pay off the loan (贷款) i n five years.
7.solution to 解决…的方法
st but not least 最后的但并非最不重要的
Last but not least, we must find a p eaceful solution to the problem.
Ⅱ.Text A
Saving the Rainforests for Future Gen erations:拯救热带雨林,造福子孙万代
Para1:
Rainforests are being cut and burned from Brazil to Indonesia at such a rate t hat they could well disappear from the ea rth's surface before the year 2050.
译:从巴西到印尼,热带雨林正在被砍伐,被烧毁,其速度非常之快,以致于到不了2050