Unit 4--Economic Life教学讲义.pptVIP

Unit 4 完全陷入难以持久的过度消费 to have a lock on unsustainable over-consumption 对…造成伤害 to the detriment of 时机选择恰到好处 to be perfectly timed Unit 4 华盛顿的研究机构出版的这份报告 the report put out by the Washington, D.C.-based research organization 泛滥的拜金思想 consumerism run amuck the consumer class 消费阶级 Unit 4 特点是…… to be characterized by … 深加工的饮食 diets of highly processed food 专注于积累非必须物品的生活方式 lifestyles devoted to the accumulation of non-essential goods Unit 4 住在…… to reside in … to live in / dwell in / inhabit sp 最有发展潜力的市场 markets with the most potential for expansion 消费欲 consumer appetite Unit 4 影响我们所依靠的天然系统 to undermine the natural systems we all depend on 关注由……强行施加的对……的破坏性代价 to address the devastating toll on …exacted by … 过多的一次性相机 a plethora of disposable cameras Unit 4 具有潜在产品过时性的商品 goods with built in product-obsolescence “用完就丢”的浪费心态 a throw away mentality 前几天的报纸上有消息说… a story in the newspaper just the other day saying that Unit 4 灭绝的物种 extinct species endangered species a doomed species 从奢侈品到必需品 from luxuries to necessities novelty—luxury—necessity Unit 4 驱动因素 a driving factor 以前得不到的商品与服务 goods and services previously out of reach 在某个时刻 at one point in time 现实变化的简单印象 a snapshot of changing realities Unit 4 几乎是骑自行车的人的海洋 a virtual sea of people on bicycles 越来越依赖汽车出行 increased reliance on automobiles 构成 to account for To represent / constitute / make up / be responsible for Unit 4 肉食比重的逐渐增加 a growing emphasis on meat 无法控制的消费 unbridled consumption 工厂化农场经营 factory farming 有毒废料 toxic waste Unit 4 使肥胖 to flatten up 畜牧业 the livestock industry 具有抗生素抗体的细菌 antibiotic-resistant microbes 使动物和人的疾病治疗复杂化 to complicate the treatment of disease in both animals and people Unit 4 将……关在…… to keep … confined in … 促进生长 to promote growth 反思……的政策 to rethink one’s policy of 挤出 to crowd out Unit 4 侵害环境 to erode the environment 安全 safety and security More: publish or perish, adoption or adaptation, fight or flight, Unit 4 to swell to as many as … 增长到多达…… Our normal class of 40-50, has swelled to as man