U2 The environment Welcome to the unit & Reading 1. protect/preserve the environment for future generations 为子孙保护/拯救环境2. have/hold a debate (on/about/over sth) 进行辩论 debate with sb. on/about/over sth. 和某人辩论某事under debate 在辩论中 beyond debate/There is no debating that…无可争辩3. environmental preservation/protection 环 境 保 护 the preservation/protection of the environment 4. follow the usual schedule for sth 按通常的预定计划 ahead of/on/behind schedule 提前/按期/未按期5. open the floor 自由发言 have/get the floor 取得发言权 take the floor 开始发言6. produce large numbers of harmful chemicals 产生大量的有害化学物质许多，大量 large quantities of /a large quantity of +不可数或可数名词 (作主语时看quantity 的形式)large numbers of /a large number of +可数名词；a great deal of +不可数名词; large amounts of /a large amount of +不可数名词 7. go into the atmosphere and make us sick 进入大气并使我们生病 in a friendly/festival atmosphere 在友好的/节日的气氛中8. flow into/out of… 流入/流出…（flowed-flowed）; a steady flow of traffic 川流不息的来往车辆9. lie-lay-lain-lying 躺，位于 lay-laid-laid-laying 放，搁; 下蛋 lie-lied-lied-lying 说谎lay eggs 产卵，下蛋 lay the table 摆桌子，put/lay the blame on sb 将某事的责任归咎于某人lay …aside 将…放在一边; 放弃；储存；lay sb off 解雇… be laid off 下岗，失业10. result in a smaller number of fish left for us to eat 导致我们食用的鱼的数目越来越小11. cut back on production 削减产量 reduce the number of …缩减…的数量12. teach people ways of living that do not harm the environment 教给人们不损害环境的生活方式13. create more jobs /employment 创造更多就业机会14. be concerned about the present situation 担忧现状 [concerning prep. 关于]15. be seen as being against the environment 被视为环...
