stepbystep3000第二册unit8答案

Unit 8

Part I

A:

1.G reenpeace / attitudes and behavior /

environment / peace

2.W orld Wildlife Foundation / 1961 / a

future / nature

3.L ive Earth / climate crisis

4.G reen School Project / schools / waste

/ landfill

5.C limate Change / knowledge / measures

6.F riends of the Earth / network /

activist groups / urgent

7.E nvironmental Bureau / 143 / 31/

sustainable

8.F oundation / oceans, waves and

beaches / 50,000

9.G reen Building Council / designed,

built and operated / responsible, healthy 10.the Alliance to Save Energy / costs

/ greenhouse gas emissions

11.The Earth Organization /

conservation / rehabilitation /plant and animal

12.Trees, Water &People / natural

resources / well-being

13.American Forests / restore and

enhance / filter / remove / homes 14.The Global Amphibian Assessment /

status / 5,918 / 600 / 60

15.Solar Energy Society / technologies

B

1.f ood / doesn’t / packaging

2.v egetables / don’t / chemicals

3.S ave / water

4.w on’t / forever / earth or sea

5.b ottles / once / bank

6.p aper / recycled /

7.A void

8.u nleaded petrol

9.m ade from / protected

10.public transportation

11.wood / rainforests

12.aerosols / haven’t

13.Don’t / plastic boxes

14.batteries / little / 50 / energy

15.lights / using

16.conversation / danger

17.25% / rubbish

18.old people / homes / energy

19.Visit / zoos

Part II

蝾螈/ 蚓螈

A:

1.the atmosphere / the

climate / irreversible

2.everybody’s life /

activities / real simple /

accessible / everyday

people / do a lot

3.o ne step / conscious about /

energy / fuel efficient / light

bulbs / recycling

B:

1.p lanting single tree

2.d eflate Greenhouse Effect /

take CO2

3.r eal simple activities /

accessible to people / citizens

/ do a lot

4.c lean up CO2 / improve

environment /

neighborhoods attractive

5.a variety of personal actions

Campaign California Re-Leaf as in L-E-A-F was kicked off recently with a

party in San Francisco’s Washington Square Park thrown by a coalition of seven urban forestry groups. The focus of the party was the planting of a single tree, the first of 20 million to be planted in 40 Californian cities over the next decade. The tree planting campaign is an attempt to deflate what’s been called the Greenhouse Effect. Scientists believe that the earth is getting warmer because of an acumulaiton fo carbon dioxide in the air. Trees take carbon dioxide out of the air.

Martin Rosen is the director of the Trust for Public Land, the organization that is coordinating the state-wide tree planting effort. “Time is not neutral. We are so rapidly depleting the atmosphere, we are so rapidly changing the climate, that unless we start now the situation may well become irreversible.”

Some movie stars were on hand for the tree planting ceremony. Actor Peter Cyote