练习材料
L47-1:
Too high a price?
/tuː/ /haɪ/ /ə/ /praɪs?/
Pollution is the price we pay for an overpopulated, over
/pəˈluːʃən/ /ɪz/ /ðə/ /praɪs/ /wiː/ /peɪ/ /fɔːr/ /ən/ /ˌəʊvəˈpɒpjʊleɪtɪd,/ /ˈəʊvə/
industrialized planet. When you come to think about it,
/ɪnˈdʌstrɪəlaɪzd/ /ˈplænɪt./ /wɛn/ /juː/ /kʌm/ /tuː/ /θɪŋk/ /əˈbaʊt/ /ɪt./
there are only four ways you can deal with rubbish: dump it,
/ðeər/ /ɑːr/ /ˈəʊnli/ /fɔː/ /weɪz/ /juː/ /kæn/ /diːl/ /wɪð/ /ˈrʌbɪʃ:/ /dʌmp/ /ɪt,/
burn it, turn it into something you can use again, attempt to
/bɜːn/ /ɪt,/ /tɜːn/ /ɪt/ /ˈɪntuː/ /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/ /juː/ /kæn/ /juːz/ /əˈgɛn,/ /əˈtɛmpt/ /tuː/
produce less of it. We keep trying all four methods, but the
/ˈprɒdjuːs/ /lɛs/ /ɒv/ /ɪt./ /wiː/ /kiːp/ /ˈtraɪɪŋ/ /ɔːl/ /fɔː/ /ˈmɛθədz,/ /bʌt/ /ðiː/
sheer volume of rubbish we produce worldwide threatens to
/ʃɪə//ˈvɒljʊm/ /ɒv/ /ˈrʌbɪʃ/ /wiː/ /ˈprɒdjuːs/ /ˌwɜːldˈwaɪd/ /ˈθrɛtnz/ /tuː/
overwhelm us.
/ˌəʊvəˈwɛlm/ /ʌs./
Rubbish, however, is only part of the problem of polluting
/ˈrʌbɪʃ,/ /haʊˈɛvə,/ /ɪz/ /ˈəʊnli/ /pɑːt/ /ɒv/ /ðə/ /ˈprɒbləm/ /ɒv/ /pəˈluːtɪŋ/
our planet. The need to produce ever-increasing quantities
/ˈaʊə/ /ˈplænɪt./ /ðə/ /niːd/ /tuː/ /ˈprɒdjuːs/ /ˈɛvər-ɪnˈkriːsɪŋ/ /ˈkwɒntɪtiz/
of cheap food leads to a different kind of pollution.
/ɒv/ /ʧiːp/ /fuːd/ /liːdz/ /tuː/ /ə/ /ˈdɪfrənt/ /kaɪnd/ /ɒv/ /pəˈluːʃən./
Industrialized farming methods produce cheap meat
/ɪnˈdʌstrɪəlaɪzd/ /ˈfɑːmɪŋ/ /ˈmɛθədz/ /ˈprɒdjuːs/ /ʧiːp/ /miːt/
products: beef, pork and chicken. The use of pesticides and
/ˈprɒdʌkts:/ /biːf,/ /pɔːk/ /ænd/ /ˈʧɪkɪn./ /ðə/ /juːz/ /ɒv//ˈpɛstɪsaɪdz//ænd/
fertilizers produces cheapgrainand vegetables. The price
/ˈfɜːtɪlaɪzəz/ /ˈprɒdjuːsɪz/ /ʧiːp/ /greɪn/ /ænd/ /ˈvɛʤtəb(ə)lz./ /ðə/ /praɪs/
we pay for cheap food may be already too high: Mad Cow
/wiː/ /peɪ/ /fɔː/ /ʧiːp/ /fuːd/ /meɪ/ /biː/ /ɔːlˈrɛdi/ /tuː/ /haɪ:/ /mæd/ /kaʊ/
Disease (BSE) incattle, salmonella in chicken and eggs, and
/dɪˈziːz/ /(biː-ɛs-iː)/ /ɪn//ˈkætl,//salmonella//ɪn/ /ˈʧɪkɪn/ /ænd/ /ɛgz,/ /ænd/
listeriain dairy products. And if you think you'll abandon
/listeria/ /ɪn/ /ˈdeəri/ /ˈprɒdʌkts./ /ænd/ /ɪf/ /juː/ /θɪŋk/ /juːl/ /əˈbændən/
meat and become a vegetarian, you have the choice of very
/miːt/ /ænd/ /bɪˈkʌm/ /ə/ /ˌvɛʤɪˈteərɪən,/ /juː/ /hæv/ /ðə/ /ʧɔɪs/ /ɒv/ /ˈvɛri/
expensive organically-grown vegetables or a steady diet of
/ɪksˈpɛnsɪv/ /ɔːˈgænɪk(ə)li-grəʊn/ /ˈvɛʤtəb(ə)lz/ /ɔːr/ /ə/ /ˈstɛdi/ /ˈdaɪət/ /ɒv/
pesticides every time you think you're eating fresh salads
/ˈpɛstɪsaɪdz/ /ˈɛvri/ /taɪm/ /juː/ /θɪŋk/ /jʊər/ /ˈiːtɪŋ/ /frɛʃ/ /ˈsælədz/
and vegetables, or just having an innocent glass of
/ænd/ /ˈvɛʤtəb(ə)lz,/ /ɔː/ /ʤʌst/ /ˈhævɪŋ/ /ən/ /ˈɪnəsənt/ /glɑːs/ /ɒv/
water! However, there is an even more insidious kind of
/ˈwɔːtə! / /haʊˈɛvə,/ /ðeər/ /ɪz/ /ən/ /ˈiːvən/ /mɔːr//ɪnˈsɪdɪəs/ /kaɪnd/ /ɒv/
pollution that particularly affects urban areas and invades
/pəˈluːʃən/ /ðæt/ /pəˈtɪkjʊləli/ /əˈfɛkts/ /ˈɜːbən/ /ˈeərɪəz/ /ænd//ɪnˈveɪdz/
our daily lives, and that is noise.
/ˈaʊə/ /ˈdeɪli/ /lɪvz,/ /ænd/ /ðæt/ /ɪz/ /nɔɪz./
任务配置：L0+L4
知识笔记：
1/ 單詞
sheer - adj. 纯粹的，不掺杂的
overwhelm - v. 制服，使不知所措
pesticide - n. 杀虫剂
grains - n. 糧食
cattle-n. 牛
salmonella - n. 沙门氏菌
listeria - n. 利斯特杆菌
insidious - adj. 暗中为害的
invades -v. 入侵
2/音標
sheer /ʃɪə/
overwhelm /ˌəʊvəˈwɛlm/
pesticide ˈpɛstɪsaɪdz/
casttle /ˈkætl,/ /
insidious /ɪnˈsɪdɪəs/
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