时间:2018-12-18 作者:英语课 分类:英语专业四级听力50篇


英语课

Natural Resources



Through the changes in the ways of making a living in a family over several generations, the cartoon aims at sounding a warning against man's wasteful 1 use of natural resources and emphasizing the urgent need to preserve these resources.



Ever since man appeared on the earth, man’s survival has been heavily dependent on nature. Almost everything we use in our everyday life comes from nature, ranging from the food we eat, the water we drink, to the wood which is turned into furniture. With the development of technology and population growth, the amount and range of materials used has increased at an alarming rate.



However, natural resources are not inexhaustible. Some reserves are already on the brink 2 of exhaustion 3 and there is no hope of replacing them. The widespread water shortage is an example in point. If man continued to squander 4 natural resources with no thought for the future, the whole world would be in a mess.



1 wasteful
adj.(造成)浪费的,挥霍的
  • It is a shame to be so wasteful.这样浪费太可惜了。
  • Duties have been reassigned to avoid wasteful duplication of work.为避免重复劳动浪费资源,任务已经重新分派。
2 brink
n.(悬崖、河流等的)边缘,边沿
  • The tree grew on the brink of the cliff.那棵树生长在峭壁的边缘。
  • The two countries were poised on the brink of war.这两个国家处于交战的边缘。
3 exhaustion
n.耗尽枯竭,疲惫,筋疲力尽,竭尽,详尽无遗的论述
  • She slept the sleep of exhaustion.她因疲劳而酣睡。
  • His exhaustion was obvious when he fell asleep standing.他站着睡着了,显然是太累了。
4 squander
v.浪费,挥霍
  • Don't squander your time in reading those dime novels.不要把你的时间浪费在读那些胡编乱造的廉价小说上。
  • Every chance is precious,so don't squander any chance away!每次机会都很宝贵,所以不要将任何一个白白放走。
学英语单词
Accu-Pak
all fourss
alphanumeric system
ambe
amfetaminil
Andreyev, Leonid Nikolaevich
angular phase difference
angular travel method
aquatone
area of heat-supply service
argon-argon dating
artificial barriers
ballclays
base collector
blow your top
Bomlo
bottle brushing machine
bubble level
bubbling steam
calkil
cannon-bone
capacity to bear loss
chimney cloud
cobweb coating
colopholic acid
combined strainer and check valve
compensatory gymnastics
confidential secretary
congenital malformations
Corynebacterium lilium
cretics
demeanors
desacralize
desulphurizing ability
elephantlike
FI (fouling index)
genus palometas
guaranty funds
half floor
headboy
helianthus tuberosuss
Hepagonnovum
heterodyne detection method
hydrodynamic pool
hyperphosphorylate
hypoanxious
internal human resource market
internal toothed friction plate
iso-antibody
kennings
linguistic ties
longitudinal research
Lotus Vale
magnesium antimonate
main reduction gear
marginalist
Matabuena
maxer
meta-
method of regulating yield by comparing actual with normal crops
neon tetra
nomotechnic
non-operating outlay
nonsynonymous
normal mode solution
obstructive pneumonia
oncomouse
outweeps
pathologic diagnosis
perivitelline membrane
place-bound
Platytheca
play-only
ppiases
put the snatch on
rake dozer
reide
restricted access area
revolving non-cumulative credit
scaldrag
sediment induced deformation
send off someone
Severnyy Ural, Gory
Shel Silverstein
shelf department
spiked heel
statement logic
stock - based compensation
substantial particle
tettest
theory of the Yin and Yang
throw into consternation
tokheses
toolset
toxicology
transversion malposition
unimitable
Victoria sponges
voice output
volcano shore line
W.R.
zachariahs