15篇文章贯通六级词汇Unit11-Part1

[00:00.00]UNIT11
[00:12.89]Acting Today for Tomorrow
[00:15.08]Protecting the natural environment,
[00:18.14]the ecology of a country,
[00:19.68]is a major concern
[00:21.21]for every country these days.
[00:22.74]It is mandatory¹ not to
[00:25.14]minimize the importance of clean air,
[00:27.00]clean water, and clean land.
[00:28.97]It is a sad commentary on today's society
[00:32.14]that industries have been permitted
[00:34.44]to contaminate our natural surroundings.
[00:36.42]A dreadful discrepancy² exists
[00:39.04]between the importance placed on economic development
[00:41.55]and the protection of the environment's heritage.
[00:44.29]If allowed to proceed unchecked,
[00:47.25]the public will eventually inherit a major catastrophe⁴.
[00:51.07]Even countries who practice strict pollution
[00:53.79]control measures may still be affected⁵
[00:56.09]by countries adjacent to or adjoining them,
[00:58.93]when air pollution permeates⁶ the air.
[01:00.80]It is important for media coverage⁷
[01:03.97]to compile accurate data
[01:05.61]to enable the public to boycott⁸
[01:07.47]increased irresponsible industrialization.
[01:10.32]To disguise the people's safety calling it progress
[01:14.03]will eventually lead to many casualties.
[01:16.66]Canada has a land and water mass of 9 970 610 km2,
[01:24.64]with a population of 30 million people.
[01:27.27]This is a country where the ratio of people
[01:30.11]compared to the mass of the land is very low.
[01:32.52]Can you conceive that
[01:34.60]in such a gigantic land
[01:35.57]that a garbage problem exists?
[01:37.43]I wish that I could reassure⁹ you that
[01:39.73]the answer is in the negative.
[01:41.16]The commodity most needed
[01:43.13]to address this problem is space.
[01:44.99]However, as urban areas grow,
[01:47.61]the abundance of waste also increases.
[01:49.90]Where once ample disposal sites were available,
[01:53.19]now every municipal government
[01:55.27]is scrambling¹⁰ to comply with
[01:57.02]and uphold local and national health regulations.
[01:59.97]Large metropolitan¹¹ cities
[02:02.38]are having an especially difficult time.
[02:04.24]Local recycling programs have been authorized¹²
[02:07.31]in many localities to safeguard the country's ecology.
[02:10.47]Even after the establishment of such token measures,
[02:14.19]reports from five consecutive¹³ years
[02:16.82]have indicated only negligible progress
[02:19.55]in solving this very perplexing problem.
[02:21.96]If we are to seriously address the problem
[02:25.03]we will need to minimize
[02:26.67]the amount of refuse we dispose of.
[02:28.31]New areas will need
[02:30.28]to be allocated¹⁴ for this purpose.
[02:31.81]The database of information collected
[02:34.32]should be detailed¹⁵ enough
[02:35.47]to responsibly direct our future actions.
[02:37.66]Every community, whether large or small,
[02:41.16]is searching for a solution to this problem.
[02:43.57]Municipalities, in attempting to appraise¹⁶ the situation,
[02:47.40]have spent countless¹⁷ years in research,
[02:49.48]expending both time and money,
[02:51.66]looking for a homogeneous answer.
[02:53.85]The public, hoping to avoid the tragic¹⁸ consequences
[02:57.46]of a manipulated decision,
[02:59.11]refuses to give enthusiastic support
[03:01.73]to most proposals.
[03:03.15]Solicitors are hired to prepare confidential¹⁹ reports
[03:06.55]to convince the public to accept the municipalities suggestions.
[03:10.05]The choice of a specific piece of farmland
[03:13.33]as a landfill site often causes
[03:15.74]an instantaneous hysterical²⁰ reaction.
[03:18.14]At local meetings citizens reproach
[03:21.09]government officials yelling their disapproval²¹
[03:23.06]at the choice of a specific site.
[03:25.25]They vent³ their anger
[03:27.00]but are not always able
[03:28.53]to mobilize sufficient public support
[03:30.18]to effect a wise and acceptable decision.
[03:32.80]Even though researchers claim that
[03:35.86]lined pits will not cause a drainage problem,
[03:37.94]the room for error is marginal.
[03:40.24]One flaw in the plan could be responsible
[03:42.97]for an epidemic²² or worse,
[03:44.72]causing multiple deaths.
[03:46.47]Any leaching²³ from a landfill pit
[03:48.88]will create recurring²⁴ difficulties
[03:50.53]in polluting a farmer's well and the ground water.
[03:53.15]Polluted water flowing into lakes
[03:55.78]will affect fish and wildlife
[03:57.64]and will hinder the sportsman's pleasures.
[03:59.93]To articulate their concerns beforehand,
[04:02.89]will hopefully avoid grief in the future.
[04:05.18]A veiled threat to public health
[04:07.59]immediately creates a bias²⁵
[04:09.34]towards protecting the people's safety
[04:10.77]and interests and establishing an educated suspicion.
 

1 mandatory   

adj.命令的；强制的；义务的；n.受托者

参考例句：

• It's mandatory to pay taxes.缴税是义务性的。
• There is no mandatory paid annual leave in the U.S.美国没有强制带薪年假。

2 discrepancy   

n.不同；不符；差异；矛盾

参考例句：

• The discrepancy in their ages seemed not to matter.他们之间年龄的差异似乎没有多大关系。
• There was a discrepancy in the two reports of the accident.关于那次事故的两则报道有不一致之处。

3 vent   

n.通风口，排放口；开衩；vt.表达，发泄

参考例句：

• He gave vent to his anger by swearing loudly.他高声咒骂以发泄他的愤怒。
• When the vent became plugged,the engine would stop.当通风口被堵塞时，发动机就会停转。

4 catastrophe   

n.大灾难，大祸

参考例句：

• I owe it to you that I survived the catastrophe.亏得你我才大难不死。
• This is a catastrophe beyond human control.这是一场人类无法控制的灾难。

5 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

6 permeates   

弥漫( permeate的第三人称单数 )； 遍布； 渗入； 渗透

参考例句：

• Studies show that water vapor quickly permeates plastic packaging material. 研究证明水蒸汽能迅速渗入塑料封装材料。
• Democracy permeates the whole country. 民主主义（的思想）普及全国。

7 coverage   

n.报导，保险范围，保险额，范围，覆盖

参考例句：

• There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
• This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。

8 boycott   

n./v.(联合)抵制，拒绝参与

参考例句：

• We put the production under a boycott.我们联合抵制该商品。
• The boycott lasts a year until the Victoria board permitsreturn.这个抗争持续了一年直到维多利亚教育局妥协为止。

9 reassure   

v.使放心，使消除疑虑

参考例句：

• This seemed to reassure him and he continued more confidently.这似乎使他放心一点，于是他更有信心地继续说了下去。
• The airline tried to reassure the customers that the planes were safe.航空公司尽力让乘客相信飞机是安全的。

10 scrambling   

v.快速爬行( scramble的现在分词 )；攀登；争夺；（军事飞机）紧急起飞

参考例句：

• Scrambling up her hair, she darted out of the house. 她匆忙扎起头发，冲出房去。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• She is scrambling eggs. 她正在炒蛋。 来自《简明英汉词典》

11 metropolitan   

adj.大城市的，大都会的

参考例句：

• Metropolitan buildings become taller than ever.大城市的建筑变得比以前更高。
• Metropolitan residents are used to fast rhythm.大都市的居民习惯于快节奏。

12 authorized   

a.委任的，许可的

参考例句：

• An administrative order is valid if authorized by a statute.如果一个行政命令得到一个法规的认可那么这个命令就是有效的。

13 consecutive   

adj.连续的，联贯的，始终一贯的

参考例句：

• It has rained for four consecutive days.已连续下了四天雨。
• The policy of our Party is consecutive.我党的政策始终如一。

14 allocated   

adj. 分配的 动词allocate的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• The Ford Foundation allocated millions of dollars for cancer research. 福特基金会拨款数百万美元用于癌症研究。
• More funds will now be allocated to charitable organizations. 现在会拨更多的资金给慈善组织。

15 detailed   

adj.详细的，详尽的，极注意细节的，完全的

参考例句：

• He had made a detailed study of the terrain.他对地形作了缜密的研究。
• A detailed list of our publications is available on request.我们的出版物有一份详细的目录备索。

16 appraise   

v.估价，评价，鉴定

参考例句：

• An expert came to appraise the value of my antiques.一位专家来对我的古玩作了估价。
• It is very high that people appraise to his thesis.人们对他的论文评价很高。

17 countless   

adj.无数的，多得不计其数的

参考例句：

• In the war countless innocent people lost their lives.在这场战争中无数无辜的人丧失了性命。
• I've told you countless times.我已经告诉你无数遍了。

18 tragic   

adj.悲剧的，悲剧性的，悲惨的

参考例句：

• The effect of the pollution on the beaches is absolutely tragic.污染海滩后果可悲。
• Charles was a man doomed to tragic issues.查理是个注定不得善终的人。

19 confidential   

adj.秘（机）密的，表示信任的，担任机密工作的

参考例句：

• He refused to allow his secretary to handle confidential letters.他不让秘书处理机密文件。
• We have a confidential exchange of views.我们推心置腹地交换意见。

20 hysterical   

adj.情绪异常激动的，歇斯底里般的

参考例句：

• He is hysterical at the sight of the photo.他一看到那张照片就异常激动。
• His hysterical laughter made everybody stunned.他那歇斯底里的笑声使所有的人不知所措。

21 disapproval   

n.反对，不赞成

参考例句：

• The teacher made an outward show of disapproval.老师表面上表示不同意。
• They shouted their disapproval.他们喊叫表示反对。

22 epidemic   

n.流行病；盛行；adj.流行性的，流传极广的

参考例句：

• That kind of epidemic disease has long been stamped out.那种传染病早已绝迹。
• The authorities tried to localise the epidemic.当局试图把流行病限制在局部范围。

23 leaching   

n.滤取，滤去v.（将化学品、矿物质等）过滤( leach的现在分词 )；（液体）过滤，滤去

参考例句：

• The lack of humus and the excessive leaching make this soil almost useless for agricultural purpose. 缺少腐殖质和过度淋滤使这种土壤对农业几乎无用。 来自辞典例句
• The deep oxidation and groundwater leaching solubilizes much of the loosely bound uranium. 深部氧化和地下水淋蚀使大部分固定得比较松散的铀溶解。 来自辞典例句

24 recurring   

adj.往复的，再次发生的

参考例句：

• This kind of problem is recurring often. 这类问题经常发生。
• For our own country, it has been a time for recurring trial. 就我们国家而言，它经过了一个反复考验的时期。

25 bias   

n.偏见，偏心，偏袒；vt.使有偏见

参考例句：

• They are accusing the teacher of political bias in his marking.他们在指控那名教师打分数有政治偏见。
• He had a bias toward the plan.他对这项计划有偏见。