Unit 2 Reading:Friends of the Earth

Word box

1. Earth n. 地球

What do Friends of the Earth do?
地球之友的成員們做什么？

2. look after 照顧，照看

Mum looks after us very well.
媽媽把我們照顧得很好。

3. environment n. 環(huán)境

The environment is all the things round us.
環(huán)境就是我們周圍所有的東西。

4. pollute v. 污染

Sometimes people pollute the environment.
有時(shí)人污染環(huán)境。

Don’t pollute the air.
不要污染空氣。

5. pollution n. 污染

We have air pollution, water pollution and land pollution.
我們有空氣污染，水污染和土地污染。

6. land n. 陸地，土地

We don’t have enough land?here.
我們沒(méi)有足夠的土地。

7. keep v. 保持

We must pick up rubbish and keep our city clean.
我們必須撿起垃圾，保持城市清潔。

8. pick up 撿起，拾起

They pick up rubbish.
他們把垃圾撿了起來(lái)。

9. into prep. 到。。。里面

Put rubbish into rubbish bins.
把垃圾丟進(jìn)垃圾箱中。

10. rubbish bin n. 垃圾箱

Put rubbish into rubbish bins.
把垃圾丟進(jìn)垃圾箱中。

11. leave v. 留下

They tell people not to leave rubbish.
他們告訴人們不要丟垃圾。

12. promise v. 承諾，保證 n. 諾言

We promise not to pollute the air.
我們承諾不污染空氣。

We have a promise.
我們有一個(gè)承諾。

13. discuss v. 討論

Let’s discuss in groups.
讓我們進(jìn)行小組討論。

14. reuse v. 再利用

We promise to reuse shopping bags.
我們承諾要再利用購(gòu)物袋。

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Language focus

1. I promise to keep our school clean.

(1)promise to do
承諾去做某事

(2)promise not to do
承諾不去做某事

(3)keep our school clean
保持我們的學(xué)校清潔

keep sth +adj 保持。。。處于某狀態(tài)

keep the environment clean

keep the food fresh

keep the city safe

2. pollute the environment

3. air pollution?

4. water pollution

5. land pollution

6. pick up rubbish

7. put rubbish into rubbish bins

8. tell sb to do /?tell sb not to do

9. tell people not to leave rubbish