IELTS Reading C5-1-3
剑五第一套第三篇 精读笔记
Paragraph 1Environmentalist 环保主义者,环保人士 Environment---environmental Environmental protection (preservation) 环境保护 Seem to do 看起来,貌似。这个短语出现,表明这个现象是假象,通
常作者所持的重要观点在后面。
Hit-list 恐怖名单
Natural resources 自然资源
Extinct 灭绝,消亡
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Abundant 足够的,充足的 Enough 足够的 Ample 丰富的,充足的 Sufficient 足够的
Species 物种
Exaggerate 夸张,夸大其词。名词形式:exaggeration =overstate,名词形式:overstatement
Transient 短暂的,暂时的,临时的 =temporary
Associated with 与。 。。相关,与。 。。有关系=Connected with =Linked to
Industrialization---industry---industrial---industrialise
Cure=treat 治疗;解决
Restrict 限制,控制 restriction
Accelerate 加速=speed up Release of greenhouse gases 温室气体排放
Global warming全球气候变暖
Impact=effect=result=influence 影响,结果
Devastating 摧毁性的,灾难性的 =disastrous =catastrophic
Inappropriate =unproper/improper 不合适的,不适宜的
长句翻译: Most forms of environmental pollution either appear to have been exaggerated or are transient--- associated with the early phases of industrialisation and therefore best cured not by restricting economic growth, but by accelerating it.大多数的环境污染要么看似被夸大其词了,要么只是短暂的。这些环境污染与工业化的早期阶段有关,所以最好的解决办法是加速经济发
展,而不是限制发展。
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Nurture=support 扶持
Disjunction分离,不同 =separation=difference
Perception 认知 =awareness 意识 =cognition认知 Recognition 认识,认知;知名度
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Lopsidedness 倾斜,不匀称
Scientific funding 科研经费
Impression印象
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Mass media 大众媒体 Mass extinction 大灭绝 Mass slaughter 大屠杀
Overstate=exaggerate 夸大其词
Argument 辩论;论点
Press release 新闻发布会
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Overwhelmingly 压倒性地,绝对地,主宰性地 =dominantly
Selfless 无私的=altruistic 无私的,利他的。反义词:selfish 自私的
Lobby group 游说团
Characteristic 特点 =feature 特色 Property=特性 =trait 特征,品性
Scepticism 怀疑论
Pollution control 污染控制
Self-interested 自私的,利己的
Oppose 反对
Weaken 弱化;weak 虚弱的;weakness 弱点
Impartial 公正的,不偏不倚的
Inquestion=mentionedhere 谈到的,提到的
Out of the question=impossible 不可能的 Out of question 没问题
长难句翻译:
Though these groups are run overwhelmingly by selfless folk, they nevertheless share many of the characteristics of other lobby groups.That would matter less if people applied the same degree of Scepticism to environmental lobbying as they do to lobby groups in other fields. 尽管这些团体(即上文提到的环保团体) 清一色地由无私的民众经营,但是他们与其它游说团体还是有着许多共同点。如果人们把对其它游说团的怀疑不多不少地也给予环保游说团,那么情况就没那么糟
糕了。(意思就是说,商业游说团通常被质疑,而环保游说团因为有着绿色的外衣,人们对他们都盲目相信,也没有给予足够的评判。)
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Confusion 疑惑,疑虑;混淆
Attitude 态度 E.gAttitude determines the altitude. 态度决定高度。
Significant 重要的,重大的
Distortion 扭曲,变形;曲解
Encounter 遇到,遭遇
Climatic phenomenon气候现象 Elnino 厄尔尼诺现象,即海洋赤潮
Meteorological 气象的 meteorologist 气象学家
Amount 数量;上升(动词)
Diminish 减少,削弱
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Poor individual perception 认知很差,认知出错
Dispose 处理,清除 disposable 可处理的,可清除的
Trash=rubbish=waste 垃圾,废物
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Carbon dioxide emission二氧化碳排放 =there lease of carbon dioxide
Considerable 可观的,巨大的
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Despite =inspiteof 尽管
Intuition 直觉
Drastic 激烈的,重大的 =dramatic =significant Radical
Adaption (to) 适应,调整;动词 adapt to 适应。 。 Adaptable 可适应的;adaptability 适应性 The United Nations Climate Change Panel 联合国气候问题专家组To put it another way=in other word 换句话说 Postpone 推迟,延迟
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Merely=only 仅仅,只是
Pressing=urgent 紧急的,紧迫的
Sanitation 卫生
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It is crucial that...主语从句 It is indispensable that the number of private cars should be restricted in major cities. It is essential that the senior people in our country should be scared and concerned by their children financially, physically, and emotionally. It is apparent that the disjunction of male and female students should be recognised.
Optimistic 乐观的 optimist 乐观派,乐观的人
Pessimistic 悲观的,pessimist 悲观主义者