综合英语Book4 Unit8 Economic Growth is a Path to Perdition, not Prosperity.pptVIP

Perpetual ?adj. 永远的；永恒的；长期的 (职位)终身的；无限期的 四季花开的；连续开花的 连绵不绝的；不断的 n. 多年生植物(尤指四季开花的蔷薇)；多年生草 永不还本的投资 Perpetual bond永久债券 ; 永续债券 ; 永久性公债 ; 永久债券不设到期日的债券 perpetual calendar万年历 ; 永久日历表 ; 万年历表 Perpetual Annuity永续年金 ; 永久年金 Desperate adj. 不顾一切的；令人绝望的；极度渴望的 I was desperate to hear someone call my name or the digging machine start up, but there was only silence. 我极度渴望听见有人呼喊我的名字,或是听见挖土机起动的声音,但周围一片寂静。 Ratchet n. 棘轮；棘齿 vt. 安装棘轮于；松脱 渐变，一步步变动： The rate of population increase has been ratcheting downward. 人口增长率一直在步步下降 churn1?[t??:n] n. (炼制黄油用的)搅乳器，奶油制造机 剧烈的搅动 vt. 搅拌制造(黄油)： The farmer churned the cream to butter. 这个农民把奶油搅拌成黄油。 churn out?艰苦地做出；大量炮制 He has been churning out detective stories for more than ten years. 十多年来，他一直在大量粗制滥造侦探小说 spin?[spin] vt. 纺(纱等)：to spin yarn on the spinning wheel 使成线；使成纱：The machine spins nylon thread. 使旋转：to spin a basketball on a single finger 在一个手指上旋转篮球 Lets spin the coin to decide whether to go or not. 咱们转硬币(以正反面)来决定去还是不去。 spin out?消磨；拖延时间 spin in?上床；睡午觉 1. “… times ＋形容词 / 副词的比较级＋ than …”例如：Line AB is three times longer than line CD.线段 AB 是（线段） CD 的三倍长。This hall is five times bigger than our classroom.这个大厅比我们的教室大 5 倍。2. “… times +as + 形容词 / 副词的原级＋ as …”例如：This table is three times as long as that one.这张桌子是那张桌子的三倍长。3. “… times + the + 名词（如： size， height， weight， length， width 等）＋ of …”例如：The earth is 49 times the size of the moon.地球的体积是月球的 49 倍。4. “… times + more ＋名词＋ than …”例如：He earns five times more money than he did ten years ago.他现在挣的钱比十年前挣的多 5 倍。 5. “… times +as many （或 much ）＋名词＋ as …”例如：Weve produced twice as much cotton this year as （ we did ） ten years ago.今年我们生产的棉花比十年前多了一倍。（汉语中的多一倍实际上也指两倍一样多。）6. “… times + what 从句”例如：The price of the meat is twice what it was last year.肉价是去年的两倍。7. ?“… times + up on （或 over ）…”例如：He is three times up on your age.他的年龄是你的 4 倍（或：比你的年龄大 3 倍）。8. “… +by + … times ”例如：Compared with last year， our coal output has increased by three times.与去年相比，我们的煤产量增长了 3 倍。 9. “… times + compare