商务英语综合教程Unit 9 Climate ChageHot under the Collar.pptVIP

商务英语综合教程 ISBN：978-7-81134-- 2011年11月 第2版 Unit 9   Climate Change--Hot under the Collar Introduction One of the Labour Partys many transformations during Tony Blairs leadership was its conversion to environmentalism. A party with its roots in dirty, heavy industry such as coal-mines and blast-furnaces presented itself as an eco-friendly guardian of the planets future. New Words disillusionment n. 幻灭,觉醒 Rhetoric n. 花言巧语的 Predate v. 提早日期, 居先 extravagant a. 奢侈的, 浪费的, 过分的, 放纵的 brunt n. 冲击, 冲势 incentive n. 动机 dwelling n. 住处 rebound n. 回弹 v. 回弹 harangue n. 尤指指责性的, 长篇大论, 夸张的话 vt. 向...夸大地讲话, (做)长篇、大声、常带斥责的讲话 New Words plausible a. 似是而非的 premiership n. 总理、首相之职位与任期 coherent a. 粘在一起的, 一致的, 连贯的 gimmick n. 暗机关 vt. 使暗机关 evangelist n. 圣经新约福音书的作者, 福音传道者 Notes 1. the Labour Party: 工党 2. Tony Blair: 托尼·布莱尔, British Prime Minister 3. greenhouse-gas: 温室气体 4. the Kyoto treaty: 《京都议定书》 Ratified by 140 countries (including China), the Kyoto Treaty is an agreement that confines the output of the CO2 or other poisonous gases in order to fight global warming. Notable countries such as the United State and Australia didn’t sign the treaty. 5. Disillusionment among environmentalists has gradually given way to an anger which found an attention-grabbing means of expression this week, when Greenpeace dumped a lorry-load of coal outside Downing Street. 而本周这种愤怒终于找到了一种惹人注目的发泄方式：绿色和平组织将一整卡车的煤倾倒在了唐宁街上。 Notes 6. Downing Street: 唐宁街，英国首相官邸所在地 7. WWF (abbr.): World Wildlife Fund, 世界野生动物基金。Formerly known as the World Wildlife Fund, WWF has become one of the worlds largest and most respected independent conservation organizations. WWF has offices in over 90 countries (including China) and can safely claim to have played a major role in the evolution of the international conservation movement. 8. bring … to a halt: 使……停止 eg. Air traffic in Poland had been brought to a halt by an air t