Unit 8 A green world
Comic strip & Welcome to the unit~Reading
1.difference n.差异;不同(之处)
2.breadfruit n.面包果
3.plastic n. 塑料
4.resource n.资源
5.recycling n.回收利用,循环利用
6.poster n.海报
7.serious adj. 认真的,严肃的
8.wise adj. 明智的
9.rich adj. 丰富的;富有的
10.living adj. 活着的,活的
11.dig vi.&vt. 挖(洞,沟等)
12.recycle vt. 回收利用,循环利用
13.separate vt.&vi. 分开,隔开
14.allow vt.允许
15.punish vt. 处罚,惩罚
16.depend vi. 依靠,依赖
17.produce vt. 导致,产生
18.harm vt. 伤害;损害
19.pollute vt. 污染
20.display vt.&vi.展示;陈列
21.limit vt. 限制
22.fine vt. 罚款
1.对……有益 be good for
2.关上(开关) turn off
3.洗淋浴 take showers
4.把……分成 separate into
5.砍倒 cut down
6.依靠;取决于 depend on /upon
7.用完,耗尽 run out
8.(对……)有影响,起作用 make a difference(to sb./sth.)
9.用完(光) use up
10.扔进 throw into
11.装满,充满 be filled with
12.清理,打扫 clean up
13.也, 又,除……之外 as well as
14.考虑 think about
1.八年级一班的学生正忙着讨论地球的问题并准备报告。
The Class 1,Grade 8 students are busy discussing the Earth’s problems and preparing a presentation.
2.我们可以通过缩短淋浴时间来节约水。
We can save water by taking shorter showers.
3.我们可以通过离开房间时关灯来节约能源。
We can save energy by turning off the lights when we leave a room.
4.我爸爸过去开车送我去上学,但现在我们乘地铁。
My dad used to drive me to school,but now we take the underground.
5.越来越多的家庭有了小汽车,这造成了严重的空气污染。
More and more families own cars and this causes serious air pollution.
6.对于人们来说,选择公共交通工具或骑自行车是明智的。
It’s wise for people to choose public transport or ride bicycles.
7.例如我们不被允许砍伐树木。
For example, we are not allowed to cut down trees.
8.我们依靠其丰富的资源生存,所以要明智地保护它,这一点对我们来说很重要。
We depend on its rich resources to live, so it is important for us to protect it wisely.
Grammar ~ Self-assessment
1.survey n.调查
2.dust n. 灰尘,尘土
3.soil n. 土壤
4.coal n. 煤
5.oil n. 石油;原油;食用油
6.gas n. 煤气;气体
7.step n.步骤;措施
8.power n.电力;力量
9.empty adj. 空的
10.harmful adj. 有害的
11.simple adj.简单的
12.form vt.& vi.形成
13.reuse vt. 再使用
14.carelessly adv. 满不在乎地;粗心地
1.在正确位置 in place
2.尽最大努力做 try one’s best
3.对……有害 be harmful to
4.不但……而且…… not only...but also
5.挖,挖掘 dig up
6.结果,因此 as a result
7.扔掉 throw away
8.采取行动 take steps/actions
9.为了 in order to
10.大声说 speak up
1.污染在全世界已经变成了一个严重的问题。
Pollution has become a serious problem all around the world.
2.我们应当尽最大的努力保护环境。
We should try our best to protect the environment.
3.空气污染对我们的健康有害。
Air pollution is harmful to our health.
4.在有暴风雨时树木也可以不让土壤流失。
Trees also help keep soil in place during storms.
5.煤炭、石油和天然气不仅仅对我们家庭有用,而且还在工厂中有着更广泛的用途。
Coal, oil and natural gas are not only useful for families, but have a wider use for factories.
6.而其他的资源像煤炭、石油和天然气,它们是从地下被挖掘出来的。
Others like coal, oil and natural gas are dug up from the ground.
7.如果它们被满不在乎地使用和浪费掉,它们中的一些资源最终将会被耗尽。
If they are used and thrown away carelessly finally some of them will run out.
8.到了我们采取正确的行动来保护环境的时候了。
It is time for us to take proper actions to protect our environment.
9.如果可能的话,我们应当尽量少制造垃圾,重复使用或循环利用物品。
We should try to produce less waste, reuse or recycle things if possible.
10.当你的电视或电脑不用时关上电源。
Turn off the power when your TV or computer is not in use.
11.为了节约用电,我们应当在离开房间时关灯。
In order to save power, we should turn off the lights when we leave a room.
12.污染是当今世界上最大的难题之一。
Pollution is one of the biggest problems in the world today.
13.如果我们大家一起努力,我们可以让这个世界更加美好。
If we work together,we can make the world a better place.