电大英语听力教程Book3Unit16..ppt

电大英语听力教程 Book 3 Unit 16. Vocabulary (See Page 120.) drought n. 干旱 club foot n. phr. 畸形足 assure v. 确告，保证 cast n. （矫形用的）模具 brace n. 支架 potential n. 潜力，潜能 glassy a. (眼睛)呆滞的，无神 revenue n. 收入，税收 电大英语听力教程 Book 3 Unit 16. Vocabulary (See Page 120.) merge v. 合并 compile v. 编辑 outstrip v. 超过 contender n. 竞争者 slump v. 消沉，暴跌 displace v. 取代 acquisition n. 获得 plunge v. 猛降 Part One Core Listening Dialogue: Global Warming For years now, some scientists have been warning us about global warming. 近几年来，一些科学家一直警告我们注意全球变暖。Have been warning现在完成进行时，表示到现在仍在警告我们。 But just how serious is the problem…?但是事情究竟有多严重？ The earth’s temperature would rise by about 2 degrees Centigrade, or 4 degrees Fahrenheit.地球的温度会上升大约摄氏2度，或者华氏4度。 Dialogue: Global Warming That doesn’t sound like much: 听起来并不多嘛。 To melt the polar ice caps: 融化极地冰帽。 This would raise sea level by about 60 metres or 200 feet,这将抬高海平面约60米或者200英尺。Raise 是及物动词，rise是不及物动词。By 接数量词，表示数量变化。 Drown:to cover completely with water淹没 Bombay:an Indian coastal city.孟买，印度城市 Cropland: farmland What do you mean by …? 你说的…是什么意思？ Reverse all the damage: 消除（扭转）一切损失 To begin with, 首先 Part One Core Listening Passage 1 We Never Told Him He Couldn’t Do It club feet: 畸形足, 内弯脚 assure: to try to make someone believe. The doctor assured us that …医生向我们保证… spent in surgery: 在手术中度过的 Joey would jump right in: Joey would immediately join them He sensed that the abilities that seemed to come naturally to so many others did not come naturally to him: 他感觉到对其他许多人来说似乎自然得到的能力，他得来并不自然。 Part One Core Listening Passage 1 We Never Told Him He Couldn’t Do It Only the top seven runners have the potential to score points for the school: 只有跑在前面的7名队员有潜力获得入校的分数。 make the team: to join the team, to become a team member. He had a 103-degree fever: His temperature was 103 degrees Fahrenheit. His eyes were glassy from his fever:由于发烧他目光呆滞。 Passage 2 Fortune 500 财富500强 auto make: automobile manufacturer汽车制造商 In the