SectionⅢLesson2&Lesson3—Pre-readingWhenlessismoreWhatcanyoudowith①5yuan?Notalot,youmaythink②.Well,ifbuyingabagofcandiesorcookies③doesn’tappeal④toyou,howabout⑤buyingatreeinstead?Yes,atreealongthebanksoftheYellowRivertobeexact⑥.Everyyear,approximately⑦1.6billiontonsofsoil⑧flowsintotheYellowRiver,China’ssecondlongestriver.Thesoilcontains⑨materialstokeepthenaturalbalance⑩ofthearea.Overtime⑪，alotofsoilhasbeenremoved⑫，whichhascausedseriouserosion⑬ofthelandalongtheRiver⑭.InsomeareasinShanxiProvince,thishasdestroyedalmostalltheland,andhasforcedmanylocalfarmerstomovetootherareas.ItisahugejobtocontrolYellowRivererosion.Manypeoplebelievethiskindofworkisbestdonebygovernmentorinternationalorganisations.Youmayagreewith⑮thispointofview.Ifso⑯，itistimeforyoutothinkagain.①dowith处置，对付dowith常与疑问词what搭配使用，而dealwith则常与how搭配。②Notalot...是省略句，补全后为：Youcannotdoalotwith5yuan,youmaythink.其中youmaythink为插入语。③cookie/'kkI/ʊn.饼干，小点心④appeal/'pil/əːvi.吸引，引起兴趣；呼吁，恳求appealto引起……的兴趣；向……呼吁⑤howabout……如何；……怎么样(＝whatabout)⑥tobeexact确切地说⑦approximately/'prksImItlI/əɒadv.近似地，大约地⑧soil/sIl/ɔn.泥土，土壤⑨contain/kn'teIn/əvt.包含，含有⑩balance/'bælns/ən.平衡keep/loseone'sbalance保持/失去平衡⑪overtime长此以往，日积月累⑫remove/rI'muv/ːvt.移开，挪走⑬erosion/I'rəʊʒn/n.侵蚀；(土壤)流失⑭which引导非限制性定语从句，which指代整个主句的内容。⑮agreewith同意(某人的观点)agreewith也可表示“(气候、食物等)适合”。⑯ifso如果这样的话。该句的完整形式为ifitisso。积少成多[第1～3段译文]用5元钱你能做什么？或许你觉得做不了很多。嗯，你如果对买一袋糖果或甜点不感兴趣，那(用这钱)买一棵树如何？是的，确切地说是黄河岸边的一棵树。每年，大约有16亿吨泥土流入黄河——中国第二长河。这些泥土中含有保持该地区自然界平衡的物质。长年累月，大量的泥土被冲走，导致黄河两岸严重的水土流失。在山西省有些地区，这种水土流失几乎毁掉了所有的土地，还迫使当地许多农民迁移到其他地区。控制黄河水土流失是一项巨大的工程。很多人认为这种工作最好由政府或国际组织承担。你可能会同意这个观点。若真这样想的话，现在到了你重新考虑的时候了。Infact,itisyouwhohavethemostimportantroletoplayin⑰stoppingYellowRivererosion⑱.Didyouknowtheimportance⑲ofyour5yuan?Forastart⑳，itcanbuyyouatree,whichwillhelpmakesoilstayontheland.Onlandwithrichsoil,localfarmerscangrowcrops○tomakealiving○.Withthemoneytheyearnfromtheircrops○，farmersbuygoodsorservices.Thishelpstodeveloplocaleconomies○.Stillpuzzled○howyour5yuancanhavesomucheffect○？Well,justtakealookatthefactbelow.Since1997,atreeplanting○programmehaschangedtheJiuchengongValley○inInnerMongoliaintoagreenhomeland○.Visitorsfromallovertheworldnowcometoadmirethisgreatachievement.Whatismore○，thesuccessoftheprogrammehasgreatlyimprovedthelivesofthelocalpeople.Justthink:allthisstartedwith○5yuan!Sowhenyouhave5yuaninyourpocketnexttime,thinktwice○abouthowtousethemoney.Rememberyoucanuseittobuyatreeandcreateagreenfutureforourmotherland○，ourpeopleandyourself.⑰playthe/a...rolein在……中担任……角色；在……中起……作用⑱itisyouwho...是强调句型，强调主语you。其中toplay是动词不定式作定语，修饰role。⑲importance/Im'ptɔːns/n.重要(性)importantadj.重要的⑳forastart首先○crop/krp/ɒn.农作物，庄稼○makealiving谋生(＝earnaliving)○theyearnfromtheircrops是定语从句，修饰themoney。○economy/I'knmI/ɒən.经济○puzzled/'pzʌ...
