高级英语第三课Ships-in-the-Desert
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penetrating odor. ❖ Depletion means the gradual using up or
destruction of capital asserts esp. of natural resources . ❖ The polar region: 南北极地区 at the very bottom of the earth; at the other end of our planet; Antarctic as one end and Arctic as the other end.
❖ Gore demonstrates that the quality of our air and water is urgently at risk. He clearly illustrates how problems that once were regional have now become global. Gore argues for a worldwide mobilization to save us from disaster.
Why did the writer go to thห้องสมุดไป่ตู้ Aral Sea? What did he see there?
Some Proper Names
❖ The Aral Sea:咸海 (see Note 2) ❖ Great Lakes: 五大湖 (see Note 3) ❖ Trans-Antarctic Mountains : 南极山脉 (see Note
Some Proper Names
❖ Clear Air Act: 净化空气法案 (see Note 5) one of the oldest environmental laws of the US as well as the most far-reaching, the costliest (the most valuable), and the most controversial,. It was passed in 1970.
their deserts. ❖ Some people failed to get their deserts. ❖ He is a man of deserts. ❖ Dessert fork \ knife \ spoon \ wine
1. Introduction about the author
❖ Antarctic Peninsula: 南极半岛 ，又名 Graham Land 旧名为 Palmer Peninsula
Some Proper Names
❖ Arctic Circle:北极圈 ❖ Mid-night sun: 午夜太阳 (see Note 8) ❖ Ozone depletion: 臭氧层空洞 (see Note 16) ❖ Ozone is an unstable, pale-blue gas, O3 with a
❖ Deserts: n. [di ‘zə:ts] (usu.pl.) what sb. deserves
❖ Dessert: n. [di ‘zə:t] course of fruit, etc. at the end of a meal; (U.S.A) any sweet dish (e.g. pie, pudding, ice-cream) served at the end of a meal; (Gr. Brit.) the sweet
❖ Al Gore's profound analysis of where humanity has gone wrong ranges across history, politics, science, economics, psychology, philosophy, and religion.
4)
❖ Four Oceans: the Atlantic\ Pacific \ Indian \ Arctic Ocean
❖ Seven Continents: Asia; North America; Africa; Europe; Australia; Antarctica; South America
For examples
❖ The Sahara Desert ❖ The streets were deserted. ❖ He deserted his wife and children and went
abroad. ❖ They are rewarded (punished) according to
Lesson Three Ships in the
Desert
Compare the following:
❖ Desert : n. [‘dezət] wildness; waste land; waterless and treeless, often sand covered;
❖ Desert : v. [di ‘zə:t] abandon; give up; go away from
Al Gore was born in 1948 in Washington D.C., U.S. He has been a Senator (1984-1992) representing the State of Tennessee, and U.S. Vice-President (1992-2000) under President Bill Clinton. He ran for the Presidency against George W. Bush jr. but the latter won the closely tied election and has become the 43rd American President. The text is taken from Al Gore’s book Earth in the Balance
destruction of capital asserts esp. of natural resources . ❖ The polar region: 南北极地区 at the very bottom of the earth; at the other end of our planet; Antarctic as one end and Arctic as the other end.
❖ Gore demonstrates that the quality of our air and water is urgently at risk. He clearly illustrates how problems that once were regional have now become global. Gore argues for a worldwide mobilization to save us from disaster.
Why did the writer go to thห้องสมุดไป่ตู้ Aral Sea? What did he see there?
Some Proper Names
❖ The Aral Sea:咸海 (see Note 2) ❖ Great Lakes: 五大湖 (see Note 3) ❖ Trans-Antarctic Mountains : 南极山脉 (see Note
Some Proper Names
❖ Clear Air Act: 净化空气法案 (see Note 5) one of the oldest environmental laws of the US as well as the most far-reaching, the costliest (the most valuable), and the most controversial,. It was passed in 1970.
their deserts. ❖ Some people failed to get their deserts. ❖ He is a man of deserts. ❖ Dessert fork \ knife \ spoon \ wine
1. Introduction about the author
❖ Antarctic Peninsula: 南极半岛 ，又名 Graham Land 旧名为 Palmer Peninsula
Some Proper Names
❖ Arctic Circle:北极圈 ❖ Mid-night sun: 午夜太阳 (see Note 8) ❖ Ozone depletion: 臭氧层空洞 (see Note 16) ❖ Ozone is an unstable, pale-blue gas, O3 with a
❖ Deserts: n. [di ‘zə:ts] (usu.pl.) what sb. deserves
❖ Dessert: n. [di ‘zə:t] course of fruit, etc. at the end of a meal; (U.S.A) any sweet dish (e.g. pie, pudding, ice-cream) served at the end of a meal; (Gr. Brit.) the sweet
❖ Al Gore's profound analysis of where humanity has gone wrong ranges across history, politics, science, economics, psychology, philosophy, and religion.
4)
❖ Four Oceans: the Atlantic\ Pacific \ Indian \ Arctic Ocean
❖ Seven Continents: Asia; North America; Africa; Europe; Australia; Antarctica; South America
For examples
❖ The Sahara Desert ❖ The streets were deserted. ❖ He deserted his wife and children and went
abroad. ❖ They are rewarded (punished) according to
Lesson Three Ships in the
Desert
Compare the following:
❖ Desert : n. [‘dezət] wildness; waste land; waterless and treeless, often sand covered;
❖ Desert : v. [di ‘zə:t] abandon; give up; go away from
Al Gore was born in 1948 in Washington D.C., U.S. He has been a Senator (1984-1992) representing the State of Tennessee, and U.S. Vice-President (1992-2000) under President Bill Clinton. He ran for the Presidency against George W. Bush jr. but the latter won the closely tied election and has become the 43rd American President. The text is taken from Al Gore’s book Earth in the Balance