综英第5单元forwantofthewater.pptxVIP

世界人口每12年增加10亿世界;The difficulties start with the sheer（完全的） number of people using the stuff. (L.1 , Para.3); Both drought（干旱） and hunger existed, as they have throughout history, but most people could be fed without irrigated （灌溉）farming.(L.3 , Para.3).;Then the green revolution, in an inspired combination of new crop breeds, fertilisers（肥料） and water, made possible a huge rise in the population. (L.4,Para.3);A series of 一系列的 A battery of 一连串的 A piece of 一片，一块 a variety of种种；各种各样的；一些；多种多样的 a kind of一种；一类；表示一种不确定性；某种 a pair of一双；一对；一副；一把 a couple of几个；两个；一对；一双 a matter of的问题；大约；问题；左右 ;and is heading for 9 billion in 2050. The area under irrigation has doubled and the amount of water drawn for farming has tripled.（L.7,Para.3） ;The proportion（等比关系） of people living in countries chronically（长期的，慢性的） short of water is set to rise from 8% at the turn of the 21st century to 45% by 2050. (L.7,Para.3);Unfortunately, it takes nearly twice as much water to grow a kilo of peanuts（花生） as a kilo of soyabeans（大豆）, nearly four times as much water to produce a kilo of beef as a kilo of chicken.(L.2,Para.4) ;It takes about 22% of the world’s withdrawals. Domestic activities take the other 8%. Together, the demands of these two categories （分类）quadrupled （四倍的）in the second half of the 20th century, growing twice as fast as those of farming. (L.1,Para.5);One reason is that the supply of water is finite. The world will have no more of it in 2025 or 2050than it has today, or when it lapped （包围）at the sides of Noah’s ark（l.1 , para.6） ;lap: V. （水轻柔而有规律地）拍打；（动物）舔食，舔着喝。 n. （坐着时的）大腿部；（跑到等的）一圈；（行程或工作中的）一段 lap sth. up（不加考虑地）乐于接受某事 Sth.drops/falls into sb.’s lap（毫不费劲地）得到做称心事的机会；赐良机 eg. Her dream job just fell into her lap.她没费劲就找到了梦寐以求的工作。;If some of it seems to come from the skies, that is because it has evaporated from the Earth’s surface, condensed and returned.(L.4, para.6);In principle ,the salt can be removed to increase the supply of fresh water, but at present desalination is expensiv