Unit 9 Saving Unit 9 Saving the earththe earthLanguage pointsLanguage points• 1.attend vt. 出席 ; 到场 ; 参加 常见搭配 : attenda meetingschoollecturechurchweddingfuneralone’s class I can’t go for a holiday. I’ll have to ____ a summer course, preparing for the NMET. A. join B. attendC. serveD. spareB• 2. content n. 内容 ; 目录 ; 容量• Without reading the text, try to predict its content.• I always read the contents of a book first of all.• ---adj. 满足的 ; 满意的• Don’t be content with small success.• I’m content to remain where I am now.• ---vt. 使…满足• We should never content ourselves with book knowledge only. • 3.Since then, several Earth Summits have been held and much progress has been made.• 自那以后,已经召开了几次地球首脑会议,并取得了很大进展。• Summit adj. 政府首脑级的, 最高级的 a summit conference/ meeting 最高级会议 ,峰会• 4 。 One of the main themes of the summit was “sustainable development”, or the question how we can continue developing the world without damaging the environment.• 峰会的主题之一是“可持续发展”的问题, 即我们如何在不破坏环境的条件下世界继续发展的问题。• Or “ 也就是;既” 用于补充说明上文的内容。 Eg:• The company is paying the rent or at least contributing to it. 公司在付房租,或者至少在付一部分房租• Or: 否则;• Don’t put anything in the oven or it will probably start melting.• Without doing 结构作状语,表示“再没发生…情况下”• 练习 1 :他们没有向任何人告别,就匆匆离开了学校• They left school in a hurry, without saying goodbye to anyone.• 练习 2 : Tom 轻轻把门关上了,没出一点声音• Tom closed the door without making a sound.• 5.20% of the people on earth do not have access to clean drinking water. • Access n. 接近; 进入;接近的方法;到达的权利或机会 ( 后面常...