Unit 4 Global warming
高中英語選修6 uni4短語、重點句子unit 4 global warming
i. phrases
1. global warming
全球氣候變暖
2. a supply of /supplies of
大量的
3. depend on
依靠
4. human activity
人類活動
5. a natural phenomenon
自然現象
6. be trapped in...
被困在……
7. a quantity of/quantities of + n.
大量的
8. result in
result from
導致..
原因是..
9. as a result = in consequence
as a result of =in consequence of
因此
of由于…的緣故
10. build up
逐漸建立
11. keep on
保持
12. make a difference
make no difference
有影響；有關系
對……沒有影響；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
大體上
18. compare…to.../compare….with
與…相比
19. come about
come across
come back
come down
come in
come out
come up
come up with
come to
發生(不及物)
偶遇;穿過
回來
降下;減低
進來;到達
出來;出版
上來;被提出討論;發芽
追上;趕上
結果達到;蘇醒
20. heat up
受熱
21. up to
多達; 比得上
22. in the years ahead
今后一些年里
23. carry out
執行
24. decrease by
decrease (from …) to
下降了……
（從……）下降到
25. greenhouse effect
溫室效應
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.
這對你我來說很可能是無所謂的，但是跟多數自然變化相比較而言，這卻是一種快速的增長。
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.
毋庸質疑的是地球正在變暖,但關于它變暖的原因是由于人類活動所致還是一種自然現象還存在激烈的爭論。
3. without the “greenhouse effect”, the earth would be about thirty-three degrees celsius cooler than it is.
如果沒有這種 “溫室效應”，地球的溫度將比現在的溫度還要低33攝氏度左右。
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.
有人認為全球變暖會導致海平面上升好幾米;也有人預言會出現嚴重的風暴、干旱、饑荒、疫病和物種的滅絕.