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4. It’s amazing that at my age I am still fit enough to cycle 20 kilometers in an afternoon.
感到惊奇吧，向我这样的年纪，身体健康，能在一个下午骑车跑20公里。
5. I think my long and active life must be due to the healthy life I live.
我想我之所以长寿而且精力充沛，要归功于我的健康生活。
3. As you know, if you do the same thing over and over again you begin to do it automatically.
正如你所知道的，如果你反复的做同一件事情，你就会开始机械的地做它。
4. I didn’t know it could do terrible damage to your heart and lungs or that it was more difficult for smoking couples to become pregnant.
我不知道抽烟会严重损害人的心脏和肺，也不知道吸烟的夫妇的生育能力会下降。
5. I also noticed that I couldn’t run as fast any more and I wasn’t enjoying sport as much..
我同时也意识到我不能再和以前跑得一样快乐，而且我也不那么喜欢运动。
6. I do hope so because I want you to live as long and healthy a life as I live.
我的确希望这样，以为我想让你过上和我一样长寿而又健康的生活。
7. You can have HIV in your blood for a long time, but eventually it damages your immune system so much that your body can no longer fight disease.
在你的血液里，HIV病毒可以长期存在，但是它最终会使你的免疫系统严重受 损，以至使你的身体不再能抵抗疾病。
8. It is only when the disease has progressed to AIDS that a person begins to look sick.
只有当这种病毒发长成艾滋病时，人才会显出病态。
Unit 4 Global warming
I. Phrases
1. global warming 全球气候变暖
2. a supply of /supplies of 大量的
3. depend on 依靠
4. human activity 人类活动
5. a natural phenomenon 自然现象
6. be trapped in... 被困在……
7. a quantity of/quantities of + n. 大量的
8. result in 导致..
result from 原因是..
9. as a result = in consequence 因此
as a result of =in consequence of 由于…的缘故
10. build up 逐渐建立
11. keep on 保持
12. make a difference 有影响；有关系
make no difference 对……没有影响；不重要
13. put up with… 忍受
14. as/so long as 只要
15. and so on 等等
16. glance at… 很快地看……一眼..
17. on the whole 大体上
18. compare…to.../compare….with 与…相比
19. come about 发生(不及物)
come across偶遇;穿过
come back回来
come down降下;减低
come in进来;到达
come out出来;出版
come up上来;被提出讨论;发芽
come up with追上;赶上
come to 结果达到;苏醒
20. heat up 受热
21. up to 多达; 比得上
22. in the years ahead 今后一些年里
23. carry out 执行
24. decrease by 下降了……
decrease (from …) to （从……）下降到
25. greenhouse effect 温室效应
II. Sentences
1. That probably doesn’t sound very much to you or to me but it is a rapid increase compared to most natural changes.
这对你我来说很可能是无所谓的，但是跟多数自然变化相比较而言，这却是一种快速的增长。
2. There is no doubt that the earth is becoming warmer but there is fierce debate over whether it is human activity that has caused this global warming or whether it is just a natural phenomenon.
毋庸质疑的是地球正在变暖,但关于它变暖的原因是由于人类活动所致还是一种自然现象还存在激烈的争论。
3. Without the “greenhouse effect”, the earth would be about thirty-three degrees Celsius cooler than it is.
如果没有这种 “温室效应”，地球的温度将比现在的温度还要低33摄氏度左右。
4. Some people think future global warming would cause the sea level to rise by several meters; others predict severe storms, droughts, famines, the spread of diseases, and the destruction of species.
有人认为全球变暖会导致海平面上升好几米;也有人预言会出现严重的风暴、干旱、饥荒、疫病和物种的灭绝．
5. It is the greenhouse effect that gives the earth’s surface the average temperature of 15℃ .
温室效应使得地球表面的平均气温达到了15℃.
6. Together, individuals make a difference. 众人拾柴火焰高。
7. Your contribution counts. 你的贡献很有价值。
Unit 5 The power of nature
I. Phrases
1. a volcano erupting 一次火山爆发
2. an active / a live volcano 活火山
3. compare…with / to… 把……和……进行比较
compare…to… 把……比作……
4. imagine doing sth. 设想做某事
5. take risks / a risk 冒险
at risk 处于危险之中
at the risk of doing sth.…冒……危险
risk doing sth.冒险做某事
6. meet with sb. 碰到、遇到某人
7. excite sb./oneself 使某人/自己激动
8. protect sb. / sth. from… 保护……免遭……
9. be warned (not) to do sth. 被警告（不要）去做某事
warn sb. of danger 警告某人有危险
10. move sth. out of the way 把……搬离……
11. burn to the ground 全部焚毁
12. far more (=much more) 多得多，多很多
13. the first sight of… 第一次看见……
14. be fast asleep 睡得很熟
15. be about to do sth. … when… 正要做某事……就在这时……
16. as bright as day 亮如白昼
17. in the distance 在远处（大范围的）
at a / some distance (有间隔的)在远处（的具体某地）
18. in the side of the mountain 在山的一边
19. have a much closer look ( at sth.) 近距离的观看(某物)
20. be in a panic 陷入恐慌（状态）
get into a panic 陷入恐慌（动作）
21. make one’s way to … 前往…….
22. climb down into… 爬进……
23. be enthusiastic about… 对……怀着热情
24. be amazed at … 对……感到惊讶
25. take sb. by surprise 使某人大吃一惊
take sth. by surprise 突袭
26. make an effort to do sth. 努力做某事
27. be out of work 失业
28. (the) Lake of Heaven 天上的湖（天池）
29. thick forest 茂密的森林
30. nature reserve 自然保护区
31. vary from … to … 由……到……不等
32. a great diversity of 多种多样
33. take a bath 沐浴
34. give birth to sb. 生小孩
35. glance through 匆匆看一遍
36. be bored with sb. / sth. 对某人/某物厌烦
37. cancel one’s appointment with sb. 取消和某人的约会
II. Sentences
1. Have you ever considered how weak humans are compared with a volcano , hurricane or earthquake？
你有没有想过，与火山、飓风和地震比起来，人类是多么软弱？
2. Having collected and evaluated the information , I help other scientists to predict where lava from the volcano will flow next and how fast it will flow .
收集和评估这些信息之后，我就帮助其他科学家一起预测熔岩接着将往何处流，流速是多少。
3. I was about to go back to sleep when suddenly my bedroom became as bright as day .
我刚要再睡，突然我的卧室亮如白昼。
4. Having studied volcanoes now for more than twenty years , I am still amazed at their beauty as well as their potential to cause great damage .
我现在已经从事火山研究20多年了，但我仍然惊羡于它们的美丽以及它们潜在的巨大破坏性。
5. The height of the land varies from 700 metres above sea level to over 2,000 metres and is home to a great diversity of plants and animals .
这里地面的高度由海拔700米到2，000米不等，是多种多样动植物的生长地。
6. It is said that the boy , who had a great gift for language and persuasion , is the father of
the Manchu people .
据说这个男孩就是满族人的祖先，他具有语言天赋和很强的说服力。