新标准初中英语九年级(下):UNIT2 Overpopulation

[00:01.55]People need basic necessities¹
[00:04.15]such as food,clothes and houses.
[00:08.52]This means that more of our natural resources
[00:11.87]like oil and coal are used
[00:14.98]up to produce these things.
[00:17.55]Also, more of our environment is destroyed
[00:21.59]to make space.
[00:23.76]For example, trees are cut down to make room
[00:27.56]for houses.
[00:29.64]If people do not have basic necessities,
[00:33.20]they become sick and diseases² spread faster.
[00:37.19]People may also try to take resources
[00:40.67]from other countries near them
[00:43.03]and wars may start because of that.
[00:46.07]So, what can be done?
[00:48.89]We need to tell people about the problems
[00:51.60]of overpopulation.
[00:53.78]We need people to understand the connection
[00:57.48]between an increading population,
[01:00.22]the heavy use of natural resources,
[01:03.42]and more diseases happening.
[01:05.24]

1 necessities   

必要（性）( necessity的名词复数 )； （迫切）需要； 必需品； 自然规律

参考例句：

• They also supply other daily necessities to the city population. 他们也向城市居民提供其他日常必需品。
• Provide the bare necessities of life, especially food; keep away hunger. 供给生活必需品，特别是食物，以免于饥饿。

2 diseases   

n.疾病( disease的名词复数 )；弊端；恶疾；痼疾

参考例句：

• Smoking is a causative factor in several major diseases. 抽烟是引起几种严重疾病的病因。
• The illness frequently coexists with other chronic diseases. 这种病往往与其他慢性病同时存在。