时间:2019-03-06 作者:英语课 分类:英语趣味课堂


英语课
Todd: Christine you're from Papua New Guinea?
 
Christine: Yes, we're a small island in the South Pacific.
 
Todd: And that is near Australia?
 
Christine: Just above Australia.
 
Todd: Like how far is it from Australia?
 
Christine: To Brisbane it's 3 hours by plane. To the tip of Australia it's about an hour and a half by boat.
 
Todd: We were talking earlier about global warming and how this can be a problem for your island.
 
Christine: Oh, absolutely, because we're surrounded by water, obviously 1 it creates a problem when the tides rise.
 
Todd: Because the tides rise, and the water...
 
Christine: The tides rise, and a lot of people build their homes and villages around the water....cause the ocean is where we get our food from, most of our costal villages are based there, so, yeah!
 
Todd: The people put their houses close to the water.
 
Christine: Close to the water or on the water
 
Todd: So what do you think about global warming? I mean, what do you think should be done?
 
Christine: Like we were talking about it earlier, I am very much for the Kyoto Protocol 2 I think that industrial countries, industrialized 3 countries need to act now before there's too much, how do you say?, before even more damage is done. Obviously being from a small country where people aren't educated about these things we don't realize what is really happening, but we are really starting to realize now and we and other small nations have spoken out about it and it's good to know that bigger countries are doing something about it, and I think thing needs to be done now, rather than waiting, which is happening with governments which are under economical 4 stress right now...they haven't done enough..they know the situation, they know they're responsible for it. We're the ones who are suffering because of it even though we don't add to it. Yeah, so I think they should do something.
 
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Learn Vocabulary from the lesson
just above
 
Papua New Guinea is just above Australia.
 
In this case 'just above' means a short distance north of Australia.  We use the word 'just' to show a small distance or period of time and 'above' indicates an upward 5 or northern direction. Notice the following:
 
Ecuador is just above us.
Argentina is just below Brazil.
about
 
Papua New Guinea to Australia takes about an hour and a half by boat.
 
You can use 'about' before a measurement 6 of time, distance or number to show the information being given is approximate 7.  Maybe it takes little more than an hour or maybe a little less. Notice the following:
 
I think he's about 60.
My new camera was about $200.
based
 
Most of our coastal 8 villages are based there.
 
In this case, 'based' is similar in meaning to 'located.' Notice the following:
 
I'm based out of Colorado now.
She has been based in Asia for about five years now.
global warming
 
What do you think about global warming?
 
'Global warming' is the idea that the overall 9 temperature on the planet 10 is increasing every year because of pollution and negative effects that humans have on the earth. Notice the following:
 
The earth has changed a lot because of global warming.
Global warming has caused a lot of problems for animals in cold climates.
rather than
 
We need to something about it rather than wait.
 
We use 'rather than' to compare two options and show which one we prefer.  The option that is not preferred always comes immediately after 'rather than.' Notice the following:
 
It's always better to tell the truth rather than lie.
Rather than go to a restaurant, I would prefer to eat at home.

 

adv.显然;明白地
  • Obviously they were putting him to a severe test.显然他们是在给他以严峻的考验。
  • Obviously he was lying.显然他是在撒谎。
n.议定书,草约,会谈记录,外交礼节
  • We must observe the correct protocol.我们必须遵守应有的礼仪。
  • The statesmen signed a protocol.那些政治家签了议定书。
adj.工业的,工业化的
  • Pollution is the price we pay for an overpopulated, over industrialized planet. 污染就是我们为这个人口过密,过度工业化的星球所付出的代价。 来自新概念英语第三册
  • Industrialized countries must reduce carbon dioxide emissions. 工业化国家必须减少二氧化碳的排放。
adj.节约的,节俭的;经济学的;经济上的
  • The state has paced the whole nation in the economical reform.这个州在经济改革中走在了全国的前列。
  • Coke is an economical fuel but it leaves a lot of ash.焦炭是一种很经济的燃料,可是燃烧后剩下很多灰。
adj.向上的,上升的;adv.向上,上升
  • The birds flew upward.鸟儿向上飞去。
  • Prices have an upward tendency.价格有上升的趋势。
n.测量,衡量;(量得的)尺寸,大小
  • I can find the size of something by means of measurement.我可以用测量法求得某物的体积。
  • He has made an accurate measurement of my garden.他准确地丈量了我的花园。
adj.大约,大致,近似的;vi.(to)近似,接近
  • The builder gave an approximate cost for fixing the roof.房屋修建商给修理房顶粗略地估计了一个价钱。
  • The approximate date of his departure is next month.他大约在下个月动身。
adj.海岸的,沿海的,沿岸的
  • The ocean waves are slowly eating away the coastal rocks.大海的波浪慢慢地侵蚀着岸边的岩石。
  • This country will fortify the coastal areas.该国将加强沿海地区的防御。
n.工作服,工装裤;全面的,全体的
  • The shop assistant was wearing a white overall.那店员穿着白色的工作服。
  • How much will it cost overall?一共多少钱?
n.行星
  • Neptune is the furthest planet from the sun. 海王星是离太阳最远的行星。
  • Rubbish, however, is only part of the problem of polluting our planet. 然而, 垃圾只是我们这个星球的污染问题的一个方面。
学英语单词
2'-phosphodiesterase
a cutie pie
abnormal focal length
aggregation of individual preferences
air inlet valve of dredger's deliving pipeline
air-guns
alcala de la selva
archeri
Ariquemes
assinie
Auberger blood group system
Banbayan Pt.
bar rack
be food for worms
between-class correlation
Brachypodium sylvaticum
calex
capon test
carbon steel
catch copy
Central I.
chantha
chromophobic
couchful
day disk
deformational stress
detonation point
deutscheland
drive out of
duramatral
echymose
Elephanta Island
expected yield
fadged
fermentation inhibitor
floating point unit
folded and grooved seam
go hard or go home
half titles
harker lines
hideosities
Higher bid
imperialls
insinuate
iris detachment
Jeans viscosity equation
lactocidin
lbgs
lead metasilicate
left atrium failure
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
lock cylinder
loi-cadre
M.H.R.
macromitrium ferriei
marie dolores eliza rosanna gilberts
membranogenesis
mesh side cutter
Minskian
nodes
nonitemized
normal congruence
observantially
order parameter
pachometers
papular pruritic gloves and socks syndrome
paroxysmal coliky pain
patent licence-agreement
Phulsāri
pioneering work
plain ashlar
plant ledger card
pork fillet
preconising
PSD (power spectral density)
ragtop
relish
residual valency
Santa Maria, I.
satish
scientific data processing
search and seizure
Seawater Quality Standards
sharpness of focusing
side-by-side
Simonart band
Sleepwell
smazes
spherochromatism
starch slurry
stop-and-direction-indicator-lamps
storage cathode ray tube
sweetkin
tabby-cats
teamkillers
tetracontagons
tip clearance area
Tossåsen
uppermost part
us sea
water ejection tube
you're a star