[00:36.08]1.What was the conference about?
[00:41.04]2.What did they discuss at the meeting?
[00:46.29]1.It was all about the danger that is being caused to the world.
[00:54.54]2.Pollution,agriculture,nuclear waste,radiation,population and so on.
[01:07.71]3.What opinion did Jackie have after attending the conference?
[01:14.76]a.If we go on polluting the world,it won't be fit for us to live in.
[01:28.61]b.If people don't stop polluting the seas and rivers,
[01:34.25]there will be no fish left.
[01:38.30]c.If the population keeps growing so quickly,
[01:45.95]there will only be standing room left for us next century.
[01:52.43]4.How did Yang Pei show agreement in the dialogue?
[01:58.60]a.It's a good idea to hold such conferences.
[02:03.74]b.Yes.
[02:07.27]c.I agree with you.
[02:11.03]d.Yes,it certainly is.
[02:15.68]e.That's quite true.
[02:27.93]Language points
[02:34.46]1.It was called "Saving the earth"and it was all about the damage that is being caused to the world
[02:44.02]==it was all about the damage that people are doing to the world.
[03:02.28]am/are/is+being+p.p.
[03:12.13]The problem is being discussed by a group of experts.
[03:23.89]2.If we go on polluting the world,it won't be fit for us to live in.
[03:37.76]go on +-ing They went on throwing waste into the river.
[03:51.31](be) fit for
[04:02.47]The lady is so weak and isn't fit for the job.
[04:11.61]Our boss is fit for his position.
[04:21.15]be fit to do sth.
[04:29.01]this kind of fish is not fit to eat.
[04:36.58]These shoes are too small.They are not fit for me.
[04:42.23]I don't think she is fit to go abroad.
[04:49.20]3.We've got to do something about pollution.
[04:59.15]We've got to think of ways of changing people's habits.
[05:08.30]have got to do sth. = had to do sth.
[05:26.48]we've got to speak English in our English in our english class.
[05:32.93]Sorry.I've got to go now.Somebody is waiting for me outside.
[05:39.41]4.What else did you hear about at the meeting?
[06:10.68]What else do you want to buy?
[06:19.64]who else did you see at the meeting?
[06:26.80]Is there anything else(taht) I can do for you?
[06:31.52]Nothing else.Thank you.
[06:45.47]hear about
[06:52.32]I heard about the car accident;but I didn't see it myself.
[07:00.78]5.If the pollution keeps growing so quietly,
[07:06.66]there will only be standing room left for us next century.
[07:13.01]=If the population continues to increase so quickly,
[07:18.96]we'll have only place for standing next century.
[07:30.32]keep doing
[07:39.47]He kept working till midnight though he was tired.
[07:48.22]There is only standing room in the bus.
[08:18.36]there is no room for her piano.
[08:26.41]lesson 34 Earth
[09:07.27]Damage to: Earth
[09:14.21]Caused by:not enough rain;too many cattle;
[09:27.17]cutting down trees;strong winds.
[09:32.32]Damage: to air
[09:36.97]Caused by:Smoke from factories,power stations,Cars,chemical rain;
[09:47.31]Accidents at nuclear power stations and factories.
[09:53.37]Damage to :Water
[09:58.54]Caused by:Waste from factories and cities.
[10:05.00]Lauguage points
[10:09.44]1.then one year,the rains fail to come.
[10:19.99]=Then one year,there is no rain.
[10:25.66] fail to do sth
[10:35.51]In the sports meet,he did very well,but he failed to break the record.
[10:46.87]The old man failed to come to the meeting because of bad weather.
[10:59.33]2.One suggested answer is for farmers to limit the numbers of their cattle.
[11:07.98]One possible way of dealing with the problem is that
[11:14.74]the farmers should limit the numbers of their cattle.
[11:54.21]3.when trees are cut down,
[11:58.97]there is nothing to hold the soil in place on the hillside.
[12:18.93]Please hold yourself still while I take your photograph.
[12:34.96]in place
[12:48.60]She likes everything to be in place.
[12:57.67]I hope you'll keep the books in place.
[13:05.84]4.It is said that 125,000 people died in Russia
[13:14.10]as a result of illness caused by this accident.
[13:26.84]It is thought/said/believed,etc.+that clause
[13:38.89]It is said that he is going abroad next week.
[13:45.23]5.Many of the injured lost their sight.
[13:53.18]=Many of the injured people became blind.
[14:03.44]the injured=the injured people
[14:17.81]lose one's sight
[14:24.47]his sight is very good/poor.
[14:37.82]she lost her sight in an accident.
[14:44.06]The sunset is a beautiful sight.
[14:56.81]The fire was a frightening sight.
[15:04.54]6.One quarter of the shores of the Mediterranean are polluted
[15:13.37]and are no longer safe for swimming,
[15:17.73]as a lot of diseases are present in the water.
[15:33.09]no longer
[15:47.04]The medical factory no longer pollutes the lake.
[16:00.91]The black people in america are no longer slaves.
[16:11.36]present Was Mr Brown present at the meeting?
[16:31.35]7.Now,however,the waters of this great lake,
[16:37.69]which is also the would's deepest (over 1,740 metres),
[16:42.37]have been dirtied by waste from a chemical factory.
[17:09.33]We faund the waters of the lake very clear.
[17:18.16]dirty v.Don't dirty your new dress.
[17:26.33]White shoes dirty very quickly.
[17:39.08]The train slows down when it comes into the station.
[17:53.84]The room gradually quieted down.
[18:04.08]This will help warm up the soil.
[18:12.41]We must try to better the life of the people.
[18:23.49]lesson 35
[18:27.75]1.Three billion years after life began,
[18:33.39]the earth is now the home to many different kinds of living things
[18:39.27]--perhaps five to ten million kinds.
[19:02.23]India is the home of elephants.
[19:12.50]2.It is thought that between the years 1550 and 1950
[19:21.46]an average of one kind of living thing died out each year.
[19:41.10]an average of
[19:49.64]The new car factory sill produce an average of 100,000 cars each year.
[20:02.78]die out
[20:14.25]Stop hunting this kind of deer.They are dying out.
[20:23.52]The firemen came,and the fire died out in half an hour.
[20:36.66]3.By 1985 this had risen to one per day.
[20:46.09]By 1985 the number of living things dying out
[20:53.54]had increased to one kind each day.
[20:59.10]per day=for each day Tom earns 1,000 US dollars per week.
[21:10.26]4.There are many reasons for animals dying out,
[21:16.21]but the most important one is the part that humans have played.
[21:31.08]n./pron.+-ing
[22:01.33]His smoking caused the fire in the forest.
[22:15.48]The mother's worry is her son making trouble for his school.
[22:19.59]play a part
[22:27.74]Women play a very important part in society.
[22:37.48]human=human being
[22:48.14]a human/a human being humans
[23:06.29]5.Last Monday
[23:10.73]our class went on an organized trip to a forest to study the wildlife
[23:27.69]go on a trip make/take a trip
[23:42.45]be on a trip
[23:48.40]an organized trip = a trip which is organized(by sb.)
[24:13.06]printed question papers = question papers that were printed
[24:23.12]an unknown plant=aplant that is unknown.
[24:32.05]a well-known film director=a film director who is well know
[24:41.40]a well-kept secret=a secret that is well-kept
[24:50.36]a fallen tree=a tree which is fallen
[24:58.41]6.Whenever we found an unknown plant,we had to describe it in our notebooks
[25:22.47]Whenever I stay home,I'll cook meals.
[25:30.64]We speak English whenever we meet.
[25:34.90]7.Pointing to the young plant,
[25:40.15]he asked me if that was the type of plant we had seen in the film.
[26:19.94]8.to my great joy,the plant did look exactly like what we were looking for.
[26:37.28]to one's joy
[26:48.05]to one's surprise\to one's relief\to one's disappointment
[27:03.80]To our disappointment,he failed again.
[27:14.35]To his joy,he found the missing photos of his childhood.
[27:26.31]To his great joy,he received his girl friend's letter.
[27:36.76]To the teacher's surprise,the little child spoke English so fluently.
[27:47.81]To the mother's relief,the children came back before dark.
[28:00.06]lesson 36
[28:18.32]1.worked lived studied stopped
[28:55.89]written driven falled
[29:10.54]2. a broken heart\ a lost dog\ a risen sun\ a ploughed field
[29:39.30]3.a broken glass
[30:01.06]the girl dressed in red
[30:16.22]4.A divided country is a country
[30:33.38]is a country which was divided into two or more parts or some reason.
[30:41.84]Fallen leaves are the leaves which have fallen on the ground.
[31:08.41]5.This lake is badly polluted.
[31:35.47]this lake is badly polluted by a paper mill |