The Water Cycle 2-04-part 2[精选].pptVIP

Wizards of the Water Cycle 奇异的水循环 Pre-reading tasks How much do you know about Singapore? What else are you interested to know about this little city-state? Singapore Singapore [si?ɡ?’p?:]? Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, 137 kilometres (85?mi) north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor柔佛海峡 to its north and from Indonesia‘s Riau 廖内群岛Islands by the Singapore Strait to its south. The country is highly urbanized with very little primary rainforest remaining, although more land is being created for development through land reclamation. Singapore’s toilet-to-tap technology has saved the country from shortages—and a large electricity Bill By Sandra Upson 桑德拉 厄普森 Reading for coherence: insert the followings sentences into appropriate blanks. Outline of the text To address the problem, the government negotiated treaties with its neighbor country Malaysia to build a supply pipe at a cost to provide fresh water to this port city. The Usage of Address n. Speech or details of where a person lives演说, 演讲；住址, 地址 vt. 1.give a speech向…讲话, 向…发表演说; He addressed the audience in an eloquent speech. 他对听众讲起话来滔滔不绝。 2.address sb as sth称呼 How shall we address a prince? 我们如何称呼一个王子? 3.wtite names and address on letter, parcel and so on在(信封或包裹等)上写上收信人的姓名、地址 The letter was addressed to the wrong house. 这封信写错了地址。 4. deal with设法解决；处理，对付； Address sth to sb: direct a remark to sb讨论，论述 Please address all the problems to the manager. [address oneself to]致力于,从事于,忙于;把注意力放在(to) Let us address ourselves to the matter in hand. cost at a cost:以…的价格 at all costs: 不惜任何代价 at cost: 按成本价格出售的货物 at the cost of sth. 以牺牲某事物为代价 Cost the earth/cost an arm and a leg—非常昂贵 Costs: disadvantages or the money for a legal case 弊，诉讼费 High production cost lead to high prices in the shops. He saved the children from t