北师大版高中英语模块7--Unit 22 lesson3-1

[00:02.02]Unit 22 Environmental Protection
[00:06.60]Lesson 3 Unnatural¹ Disasters
[00:10.92]Hell and High Water
[00:13.46]The last few years have been the worst period
[00:16.21]on record for environmental disasters
[00:19.22]and experts are predicting far worse to come.
[00:22.35]Jin Li reports.
[00:24.95]A In the last decade, floods, droughts,
[00:28.71]windstorms, earthquakes, typhoons,
[00:31.69]volcanic eruptions² and froese fires
[00:34.35]have become increasingly common.
[00:36.53]There has been disastrous³ flooding in Asia,
[00:39.73]Africa, America and Oceania.
[00:42.78]Even prospers⁴ Europe has sufferd and
[00:45.43]and large areas from the Britain
[00:47.37]to Germany have all been down the water.
[00:49.77]Storms have been getting worse everywhere too,
[00:52.73]with a growing number of hurricanes
[00:54.39]hitting the US,
[00:55.93]the Caribbean and Central America.
[00:58.28]Drought has affected⁵ large areas of Africa
[01:01.00]for years and many other zones
[01:03.10]are becoming drier.
[01:04.54]For example, the Yellow River once notorious
[01:07.50]for flooding the Chinese landscape,
[01:09.73]failed to reach the sea at all
[01:11.73]on 226 days, in 1997.
[01:15.24]A number of nations have already been
[01:17.81]in armed conflict over water,
[01:20.74]and drought in the West of the US
[01:23.12]has resulted in enormous forest fires.
[01:25.27]

1 unnatural   

adj.不自然的；反常的

参考例句：

• Did her behaviour seem unnatural in any way?她有任何反常表现吗？
• She has an unnatural smile on her face.她脸上挂着做作的微笑。

2 eruptions   

n.喷发，爆发( eruption的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• There have been several volcanic eruptions this year. 今年火山爆发了好几次。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Over 200 people have been killed by volcanic eruptions. 火山喷发已导致200多人丧生。 来自辞典例句

3 disastrous   

adj.灾难性的，造成灾害的；极坏的，很糟的

参考例句：

• The heavy rainstorm caused a disastrous flood.暴雨成灾。
• Her investment had disastrous consequences.She lost everything she owned.她的投资结果很惨，血本无归。

4 prospers   

v.成功，兴旺( prosper的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Whatever prospers my business is welcome. 凡使我生意兴隆者皆竭诚欢迎。 来自辞典例句
• Whatever prospers my business is good. 任何使我生意兴隆的都是好的。 来自辞典例句

5 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。