通过常识做铺垫_夸克英语笔记

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通过常识做铺垫

右侧笔记支持独立滚动。边听名师连读拆解，边对照右侧的语法事实与统计数据笔记。

Pollution is the price we pay for an overpopulated, over-industrialized planet.

写作题材：“污染” ^{环境污染正在变得越来越严重}

Environmental pollution is becoming increasingly serious.
Environmental pollution is a serious problem / issue.
Environmental pollution is a global problem / issue.
Environmental pollution is an issue that crosses the national boundaries.

话题：我们应该关注环境问题

We should pay attention to the issue of environmental pollution.
We should show concern for environmental pollution.
We should attach more importance / significance to the issue of environmental pollution.
We should make efforts to tackle the problem of environmental pollution.

… be the price sb. pay for ^{… 某个东西是某人为某事付出的代价}

Dust storms are the price we pay for excessive tree felling. ^{沙尘暴是我们为过度砍伐付出的代价。}
The accident is the price he pays for his negligence.^{这次事故是他为疏忽付出的代价。}

be a small price to pay for sth. ^{对…来说是很小的代价}	The loss of money is a small price to pay for the rise in status.^{损失点钱对于提高地位来说算不了什么。}
be a high price to pay for sth. ^{对…来说是很高的代价}	The sacrifice of health is a high price to pay for success.^{为了成功牺牲健康不值得。}

When you come to think about it, there are only four ways you can deal with rubbish: dump it, burn it, turn it into something you can use again, attempt to produce less of it.

come to do	开始做某事	Future historians will be in a unique position when they come to record the history of our own times.
	逐渐慢慢做某事	He soon made a name for himself and came to be known to the Italians as Giovanni Acuto.
	无意的、意外的、碰巧做某事	A body came to be found under the bridge.

… there are only four ways … ^列举句型

There are three categories of accommodation: economical, standard and deluxe.

there are ... ways to	There are several ways to solve this problem.^{有几种方法可以解决这个问题。}
there are ... kinds of	There are many kinds of fruits in the market.^{市场上有许多种类的水果。}
there are ... sorts of	There are different sorts of people in the world.^{世界上有各种各样的人。}
there are ... types of	There are various types of books in the library.^{图书馆里有各种类型的书籍。}
there are ... categories of	There are five categories of products in this store.^{这家店里有五大类产品。}
there are ... classes of	There are different classes of seats on the airplane.^{飞机上有不同等级的座位。}

fall into ... categories ^{（列举）分成不同种类}	Shakespeare’s plays fall into three categories: tragedies such as Hamlet, comedies such as The Merchant of Venice and histories such as Henry Ⅳ.
be divided into ... classes ^{（列举）被分成…的类别}	Broadly speaking, human beings may be divided into three classes: those who are toiled to death, those who are worried to death, and those who are bored to death.

deal with ^处理

I prefer to deal with him direct.^{我更愿意直接跟他打交道。}
He's happy that I deal with it myself. ^{他对我自己处理这件事感到很满意。}
Have you been hatching up a deal with her? ^{你是不是在和她密谋什么交易？}
He has some unfinished business to deal with. ^{他还要处理一些尚未了结的事务。}

dispose of rubbish / garbage ^垃圾处理	It is important to dispose of rubbish properly to protect the environment. ^{正确处理垃圾对保护环境至关重要。}
rubbish / garbage disposal	The city has an efficient rubbish disposal system. ^{该城市有一个高效的垃圾处理系统。}
recycle it ^回收	… turn it into something you can use again… = recycle it

We keep trying all four methods, but sheer volume of rubbish we produce worldwide threatens to overwhelm us.

sheer ^{（语气词，强调数量大）}

His music is sheer delight. ^{他的音乐是纯粹的快乐。}
Sheer chance quite often plays an important part in sparking off an idea. ^{纯粹的运气常常在激发思想方面起着重要的作用。}

the sheer volume of sth. ^{（数量）巨量的、海量的}
the sheer size of sth. ^{（尺寸）巨量的}	The sheer size of the country makes communications difficult.

threaten to do ^威胁...

They threatened to kill him if he didn’t obey. ^{（人做主语）威胁做某事}
Mining operations threaten to destroy our environment. ^{（物做主语）有…的威胁}

promise to do	（人做主语）承诺做某事	He promised to call me every week.
promise to do	（物做主语）有…的可能	It promises to be warm today.