Unit 3 Conservation Lesson 3 The road to destruction（2）高中英语北师大版（2019）选择性必修第一册.pptxVIP

Unit 3 ConservationLesson 3 The road to destruction This morning , it took me 40 minutes to go downtown . More roadworks on the A10 “ Oh really ? It took me over an hour. There was an accident on the M11.How often have you heard these conversations ? How often do we get stuck in traffic jams ? How often do we arrive at work or school , stressed out, tired and angry ? For many people , the answer is every day . But personal anger and stress are nothing compared to the real costs socially . Here are some figures about Britain : take 花费 it took/takes sb 钱/时间 to do sthstuck. adj.卡住，陷入，困于= trappedPart 1downtown: city center / central business district(CBD)by accident 偶然，意外地 by chancePressure 压力 Figure n. 数字 ;人物；身材figure out=work out 弄明白be nothing compared to 与...相比不值得一提stressed out = anxious adj. 焦虑的 In the last 20 years , the number of cars on the roads has gone up by 25%. There are now 32 million cars .Over the last decade , an average of 2,500 people have died every year in vehicle accidents . Traffic is one of the major causes of global warming and climate change , as car engines produce various types of greenhouse gases . Almost 30,000 deaths per year are caused by air polution . Some types of cancer are related to traffic pollution .decade [?deke?d] =10 年major=main 主要的Part 1on average 平均来看below/above average 高于/低于平均水平be caused by 由...引起 =in the last/past 2 decadesgo up=rise=increase 上涨；上升 go down=reduce=decrease 下降various types of =different kinds of = a wide range of 不同种类的be ralated to=be linked to= be connected to 与...有关traffic We know that cars are bad for us . But we always make excuses：“The buses are terrible”.“ The trains are always late”, “I haven’t got time to walk” I’ m talking about myself , too . To be frank, l’m addicted to my car . When I asked a friend working for a green - living organisation for advice about how to give up , she told me five things : Use your legs . In 2014, over 55% of car journeys were under eight kilometres . Instead of ta