00015英语二课文精讲讲义(10)

00015英语二课文精讲讲义（10）

Unit 10 Ode to Public Transport(公共交通的颂歌)

一谈到“公共交通”你会想到什么？是的，环保，低碳。现在有一句流行语：“今天你低碳了吗？”.选用公共交通有几个众所周知的优点：

1.省钱；

2.环保；

3.减少对能源的依赖；

4.方便，快捷

Text A The Importance of Public Transportation (公共交通的重要性) 短文共12个段落，领读课文和单词！

一：本课重点词汇讲解，学习

1.proclaim: v宣布，宣告，表明

如： She did not proclaim her intention.

2.necessity: n必需品，必要性； necessary: adj必要的；反义词：unnecessary: adj

如：1).Food is necessary to maintain life.

2). You must understand the necessity of education.

3.arrangement: n安排； arrange: v

如：1). They had an arrangement that the children would spend two weeks with each parent.

2). Would it be possible to arrange a meeting for Wednesday morning?

4.expense: n费用；expensive: adj 昂贵的

如：The rent on his apartment was his biggest monthly expense.

5.annually: adv一年一次地； annual: adj

如：1). It's an annual report.

2). The exhibition is held annually.

6.household: n一家人，家庭；adj 家喻户晓的；householder: 户主，家长

如：1).She became a household name in the 1960s.

2).I grew up as part of a large household.

mute: n上下班路程，v 通勤；同根词：commuter: n

如：1). Mike commutes to London every day.

2). The number of commuters to London has dropped by 100,000.

3). The average Los Angeles commute is over 60 miles a day.

8.switch: v/n改变，开关

如：1).Where is the light switch?

2). She switched her attention to films two years ago.

9.transport: n运输工具；v运输，运送；transportation: n 交通运输系统

如：1). Transport has always been the key to developing trade.

2). public transportation （公共交通）

10.carbon: n碳；

low-carbon life低碳生活；carbon dioxide二氧化碳；carbon monoxide一氧化碳

11.majority: n大多数；

如：The majority of people interviewed prefer TV to radio.

12.wean: v逐渐戒除恶习

如:It can be extremely difficult to wean children off junk food.

13.dependence: n依靠，依赖；dependent: adj依靠的；depend:v 依靠，依赖（单词的字根）；independence: n 独立； independent: adj独立的

如：1). The music festival is heavily dependent on sponsorship for its success.

2).All living things depend on the sun for their growth.

3). The country got its independence ten years ago.

14.approximately: adv大约; approximate: v 接近于；adj 大概的

如：1). His description of what happened approximated to the truth。

2). The journey took approximately seven hours.

15.exception: n例外；except: v除外；prep除了。。。之外

如：1). Nobody had much money at the time and I was no exception.

2). When I say that the boys are lazy, I except you.

16.electrical: adj电的；electricity: n电力，电能

如：1). The electricity has been cut off.

2).Franklin's experiments showed that the lightning is an electrical discharge.

17.economic: adj 经济的；economy: n经济；economist: n经济学家

如：1). The government’s wrong policy in finance led the country into economic disaster.

2). We must do our best to develop the national economy.

18.strengthen: v加强；strength: n力量

如：Regular physical exercises can strengthen one's resistance against illness.

19.consequently: adv因此； consequence: n 结果