8BUnit8AGreenWorld.doc

8B Unit 8 A Green World Welcome to the unit Will more trees be planted this year? 今年会种更多的树？ plant trees植树 句中will be planted 意思是“将会被种植”，“will be + 动词的过去分词”是一般将来时的被动语态。 The panda will be sent to the zoo tomorrow. 这只大熊猫明天将被送到动物园。 Trees are good for us. 树对我们有益。 I like digging in the garden. 我喜欢在花园里挖土。 dig- dug -dug Are you serious? 你是认真的吗？ nothing serious没有什么严重的事情 ?be?serious?about?sth.=?take?sth?seriously?严肃对待??? ????a?serious?illness?一个严重的病 reduce air pollution by riding bicycles.通过骑自行车减少空气污染。 reduce air pollution减少空气污染 “by doing sth.”意思是“通过做某事”。 save water by taking shorter showers通过少洗澡来节约水 take/have a shower 洗淋浴 save energy by turning off the lights 关灯节约能源turn on/off + the light/the computer/TV/the radio 打开…… turn up 开大音量 turn down关小音量 protect the environment by recycling waste通过循环利用废料的方式保护环境 recycle waste回收利用废物 What should we do to live a green life?为了过上环保的生活我们该做什么呢？ live a …life 过着…的生活 drive to sp. = go to sp. by car意思是 “开车去某地”。 take the underground 乘地铁 It’s wise for people to choose public transport or ride bicycles. 人们选择坐公交或骑车是很明智的。 remember to turn off the lights 记得关灯 remember to do sth. 记得要做某事 remember doing sth.记得做了某事 Reading a country with high mountains and clean blue lakes 一个拥有高山和清澈湛蓝湖水的国家 try to keep it that way努力保持它的原貌 3. In Switzerland, things like glass, plastic and paper are separated into different groups and then recycled. 在瑞士，像玻璃、塑料和纸被分成不同的小组，然后回收利用。 (1) separate意指从….分离、挑拣出来的意思， separate…..from 从一个大的整体里分出来。 The children are separating the good apples from the bad ones． 孩子们正在把好苹果与坏苹果分开。 England is separated from France by the Channel． 英吉利海峡把英国和法国分开。 We walked until midnight and then separated． 我们散步到午夜才分手。 (2)divide 意为“分割；分开”，强调把一个整体按等量或一定比例分开。它常与into连用。 He devided the apple into 4 pieces.〔他把那个苹果分成了4份．（苹果是一个整体）〕? (3)separate into 是指把一些东西分离，不是一个整体，如：We are separated into 4 groups.〔我们被分为4组．（因为我们每个人都是一个单独的个体，所以不能算作整体．）〕 4. an organizatio