综英第五单元for want of the water.pptxVIP

世界人口每12年增加10亿世界Thedifficultiesstartwiththesheer（完全的）numberofpeopleusingthestuff.(L.1,Para.3)sheer:[ʃɪə]adj.绝对的；透明的；峻峭的adv.完全；陡峭地vi.偏航vt.使偏航；使急转向n.偏航；透明薄织物[比较级sheerer最高级sheerest用来强调事物大小、程度或数量。eg.Theareaisunderthreatfromthesheernumberoftouristsusingit.这一地区由于游客人数太多而面临威胁。Thestuff指水资源。Bothdrought（干旱）andhungerexisted,astheyhavethroughouthistory,butmostpeoplecouldbefedwithoutirrigated（灌溉）farming.(L.3,Para.3).irrigate[v].tosupplywatertoanareaoflandthroughpipesorchannelssothatcropswillgrow灌溉irrigatedland/crops:经过灌溉的土地、农作物developedcountry发达国家developingcountry发展中国家irrigation[n].灌溉。Thenthegreenrevolution,inaninspiredcombinationofnewcropbreeds,fertilisers（肥料）andwater,madepossibleahugeriseinthepopulation.(L.4,Para.3)breed[n].aparticulartypeofcropordomesticanimal品种vi.繁殖；饲养；产生vt.繁殖；饲养；养育，教育；引起n.[生物]品种；种类，类型[过去式bred过去分词bredAbreedofcattle/sheep:某个品种的牛/羊make+宾语+宾语补足语Aseriesof一系列的Abatteryof一连串的Apieceof一片，一块avarietyof种种；各种各样的；一些；多种多样的akindof一种；一类；表示一种不确定性；某种apairof一双；一对；一副；一把acoupleof几个；两个；一对；一双amatterof的问题；大约；问题；左右andisheadingfor9billionin2050.Theareaunderirrigationhasdoubledandtheamountofwaterdrawnforfarminghastripled.（L.7,Para.3）headfor……朝……进行：Weheadedforthedoor.我们朝着门走去。triple[v].成为三倍，使增至三倍。eg.Saleswilltriplebynextyear.到明年销售额将增至三倍。[adj].(1)三部分的；三人的；三组的。Atriplealliance三方同盟(2)三倍的；同义：treble[v].(使)成三倍同缀：triangle[n].三角形triplejump三级跳远tripleintegral三重积分triplepoint三相点triplethreat（美）三面手Theproportion（等比关系）ofpeoplelivingincountrieschronically（长期的，慢性的）shortofwaterissettorisefrom8%attheturnofthe21stcenturyto45%by2050.(L.7,Para.3)Chronically[adv].长期地；慢性地。eg.ThisschoolisinshortofEnglishteachersChronically.这学校长期缺乏英语老师。MostofthemwereChronicallyill.他们多数人患有慢性病。besettodosth.有可能做……的。eg.Interestratesaresettoriseagain.利率可能又要提高了。besetonsth./ondoingsth.一心想做……；决心做……Unfortunately,ittakesnearlytwiceasmuchwatertogrowakiloofpeanuts（花生）asakiloofsoyabeans（大豆）,nearlyfourtimesasmuchwatertoproduceakiloofbeefasakiloofchicken.(L.2,Para.4)AisNtimesas+形容词或副词原形+asBAisNtimes+形容词或副词比较级+thanBAisNtimesthesizes(length,amount,e