Unit9 1

? On the other hand, the travel industry can have serious negative results: it can destroy local economies, ruin the environment, and can cause serious social and cultural side-effects.

Travel is a mixed blessing. On the one hand, it provides pleasure and recreation to millions of people. It can also have huge educational advantages, since in theory it can broaden the mind, and give people a greater understanding about other countries, and cultures operate.

旅行有它的两面性。一方面，它给数以百万的人带来快乐和休闲。它还可以有巨大的教育上的好处，因为，从理论上说，它可以开阔视野，让人们更好地了解其他国家和文化

Economically, the travel industry can have a huge impact on the local economy: it can bring jobs and prosperity to areas that were previously condemned to poverty.

从经济上说，旅游业对当地经济可以有很大影响。它给贫穷地区带来繁荣，并可提供就业机会。

On the other hand, the travel industry can have serious negative results: it can destroy local economies, ruin the environment, and can cause serious social and cultural side-effects.

另一方面，旅游业也有严重的负面影响：它可以破坏当地经济，毁坏环境，并产生严重的社会和文化的副作用

人们曾经认为和发展经济相比,环境保护是次要的(be secondary to)。

? People used to think environment protection was secondary to

economic development.

为了发展工业和农业，大片的森林被砍伐，来腾出空地作农田（make room for farm lands）。为了开矿，优良的草场遭到破坏(supreme grasslands)。

? In order to develop agriculture and industry, many tropical forests

were cut down to make room for farm lands, and supreme grasslands were damaged in search of mines.

而水和大气污染则使整个地球的面貌发生了巨大的改变（transform）。世界上没有一个角落能够幸免（be exempt from）。

? Water and air pollution has transformed the earth dramatically.

Nowhere in the world is exempt from its impact.

面对着这一切，人们终于认识到可持续发展的重要性（sustainable development），即经济发展和环境保护必须保持平衡（strike a balance between）。

? Faced with all these, people have finally realized the importance of sustainable

development, which means striking a balance between economic development and environment protection.

Cloze (P40)

? ? ? ?

6. transportation ? 1. explosion

? 2. tourists 7. constructed ? 3. Tourism 8.environmental ? 4. employment 9. destroy ? 5. creation 10. pollution

unit2 Translation (P22)

? 澳大利亚是一个充满强烈对比的国家。

? 在这个地域辽阔的国家里，大部分土地为半干旱的平原，很大一部分内陆地区尚未开发。 ? 但是它也有肥沃的农田、茂密的雨林和可以滑雪的高山。 ? 优美的海岸线上有壮美的大堡礁。

? 然而在自然风景如此美丽的国家，大多数人都居住在城市里，这未免让人觉得奇怪。 ? 但是，如果你参观了一些澳大利亚城市，比如悉尼、墨尔本和佩思，你会发现那里的居

民过着让全世界羡慕的生活。

Switzerland is a small country situated in the centre of Europe.

? In spite of its size, it is undoubtedly one of the most affluent countries in the

world.

? It owes much of its prosperity to its distinctive natural scenery.

? The spectacular Alps extend from east to west, which qualifies Switzerland as one

of the best ski resorts in the world.

? Every year, hundreds and thousands of tourists come from all over the world to

appreciate its beautiful landscape and bring with them abundant wealth.

Task 2: Exercise 2 cloze ? 1.appreciate 2. neighbor ? 3. isolated 4. permanent ? 5. grazing 6. reliance ? 7. percentage 8. urbanized ? 9. temperate 10. abundant ? 11. surplus 12. commonplace ? 13. extensive 14. occurrence ? 15. devastated 16. restricted ? 17. reliable 18. superb ? 19. spectacular 20. complex

1. much as I’d like to do something to help

? 2. although I felt sorry for him ? 3. however difficult it may be ? 4. however brilliant she may be ? 5. whatever you think

? 6. no matter how much you love him ? 7. whatever I say

? 8. while I don’t agree with what you say ? 9. even if air fares go up again

? 10. even though the Australian economy has had a setback in recent years

练习题：翻译

? ? ? ? ? 1. in concentrating on the experiment/ focusing her attention on the experiment. 2. did she become anger/ did she lose her temper before 3. being invited to attend the opening ceremony 4. should be fixed/ installed by the window

5. the strong opposition of her parents/ her parents’ strong opposition

Unit1

全国成人学习协会的研究显示，学习有益于人的身体精神和情感健康。不久，医生们将给病人提供一个在本市任何大学或其也学习中心免费上一门课的机会。研究结果并不令人惊讶：很多人都知道生活活跃，兴趣广泛的老年人比与之相反的人长寿，而且生活更加愉快。那些只为工作活着的人，退休后一般都不长寿，不能充分享受他们退休后的成果

If you are a patient who is fed up with pills and injections, you can try taking up learning to alleviate your condition. Many inspirational stories have confirmed that learning can benefit a patient’s physical and mental well-being. Once a patient gets involved in some kind of learning, he will dwell less on his disease and be less depressed. He tends to be more active in life, more confident and optimistic about his future, and thus stands a better chance (/prayer) of recovering. Exercise 3 close

? 1. prescribe 2. surgeries ? Key to the exercises3. chronic 4. pills ? 5. research 6. option ? 7. beneficial 8. emotional ? 9. scheme 10. medical ? 11. facility 12. refer ? 13. pharmacists 14. despite ? 15.participation 16. accepted ? 17. addition 18. involved ? 19. unlikely 20. benefit