Unit8GreenLivingLesson1RootsandShoots

(1)Wehavetogettotheroot

_____theproblem.(2)

______liesattherootof

theproblemistheirlackofinterest.(3)Thistradition

is

alsofirmly

_______(root)in

thepast.(4)Thetreesfailed

(root)anddied.1.rootn.樹根；根源；起源

v.（使）生根

(1)therootof......的根源(2)be/lieattherootofsth.是某事物的根本原因(3)berootedinsth.起源于某事物

toroot

of

What

rooted

(1)He

(shoot)deadafewdaysago.(2)Thehuntershot_____thedeer，buthedidn’t______

it.(3)Amanwas

shot____theleg.

2.shootn.芽；嫩枝v.射擊；發(fā)射；拍攝(1)n.開槍；擊球；照片；（電影中的）鏡頭；(2)shoot-shot-shot(3)shootat

向……射擊（表示動(dòng)作，不一定射中）

shootsb./sth.射中，射死（一定射中）(4)shootsbinthehead/back/leg射中某人的頭部/背部/腿部

wasshot

at

shoot

in

(1)Mary

can’tbe________to

prepare

breakfast.(2)Don’t

bother_______(get)

dinnerformetoday.(3)Ican’t

bother

MrKing___________mylittleaffairs.(4)____reallybotheredme_____he’dforgottenmybirthday.

3.botherv.麻煩；打擾；（使）擔(dān)心，（使）苦惱(1)bothered

adj.擔(dān)心的；煩惱的

can’tbebotheredtodosth

懶得做某事(2)bothertodo/doingsth

費(fèi)心做某事(3)bothersbwith/aboutsth

拿某事來煩擾某人(4)Itbotherssbtodosth/that...……讓某人心煩

bothered

toget

with/about

It

that

(1)Wemust

takeaction________(deal)withtheproblembeforeitspreadstootherareas.(2)I’mtaking______threedaysduringMay.(3)Shetakes______hermotherandsheisalwayscheerful.4.takeaction采取行動(dòng)(1)takeactiontodosth 采取行動(dòng)做某事(2)takestepstodosth

采取措施做某事(3)takemeasurestodosth

采取措施做某事todeal

off

after

(4)takein 吸收，理解，欺騙 takeup 占據(jù)，從事takeoff 脫下，起飛，休假

takeover 接管；控制takeon 承擔(dān)，呈現(xiàn)，雇傭 takeafter (外貌)像(父母)taketo 開始喜歡，養(yǎng)成習(xí)慣 takedown 寫下(1)Theschool____________(found)byMr.Xiao.(2)Earlystudylaidafirm

(found)

forhisresearch.(3)Friendship

isfounded_____mutualtrust.

5.foundationn.基礎(chǔ)；地基(1)

lay/providethefoundation(s)for

為……打下基礎(chǔ)(2)foundvt.創(chuàng)建，創(chuàng)辦；建立，興建

(found-founded-founded)befoundedon...=bebasedon...建立在……的基礎(chǔ)上

(3)

founder

n.創(chuàng)辦者，發(fā)起人

wadfounded

foundation

on

(1)Wewanttoinvolveasmanypeopleaspossible__thecelebrations.(2)Thejobinvolves

_________(travel)abroadforthreemonths.(3)He____________(involve)in

manyactivitiesatcollege.

6.involvevt.參與；包含，需要；牽涉，涉及

(1)involvesbin（doing）sth使某人參與（做）某事

(2)involvedoingsth 包含/需要做某事

(3)involved adj.參與；有關(guān)聯(lián)；復(fù)雜難懂的be/getinvolvedin 參與；卷入；與……有關(guān)聯(lián)

(4)

involved作前置定語和后置定語時(shí)意義不同：

aninvolvedplot 復(fù)雜的情節(jié)thepeopleinvolved

所涉及的人in

travelling

wasinvolved

LeadinLeavethetaprunningwhileyoubrushyourteeth.Leavealightonwhenyougoout.Dropapieceoflitterandcannotbebotheredtopickitup.◆WhatishappeningineachpicturePre-ReadingLookatthepictureandtellwhichpartisROOTS&whichpartisSHOOTS.ROOTS根SHOOTS芽12Mostpeoplesufferfromwhatisknownas“Just-me-ism”.WhatisthatWell,sayyouleavethetaprunningwhileyoubrushyourteeth,leavealightonwhenyougooutoryoudropapieceoflitterandcan’tbebotheredtopickitup.①

sufferfrom

遭受②

just-me-ism

n.自我中心主義③

drop

litter

亂扔垃圾

④

can’tbebotheredtodosth

懶得做某事⑤

picksthup

撿起⑥

leave+賓語+賓補(bǔ)

“讓...處于...狀態(tài)”leave+賓語+賓補(bǔ)(1)leavesb./sth.+現(xiàn)在分詞，使某人或某物處于持續(xù)的主動(dòng)狀態(tài)。★Don'tleaveyourfatherwaitingoutsideintherain.別讓你爸爸在外邊雨中等著你。(2)leavesb./sth.+過去分詞，表示某人或某物處于被動(dòng)的狀態(tài)。★Didyouleavethedoorsandwindowsfirmlyfastened你把門窗都關(guān)好了嗎leave+賓語+賓補(bǔ)(3)leavesb./sth.+adj./adv.表示使某人或某物處于某種狀態(tài)?！風(fēng)eavethedooropen,please.

請(qǐng)讓門開著。(4)leavesb./sth.+介詞短語，表示使某人或某物處于某種狀態(tài)。★L(fēng)eavehiminpeace!

讓他安靜一會(huì)兒吧！leave+賓語+賓補(bǔ)(1)Iwishyou’dstopleavingthedoor______.我希望你不要再讓門敞開著。(2)Thebadweatherlefttheprojecthalf_________(finish).由于壞天氣，工程只完成了一半。(3)Theywentofftogetherandleftme________there.他們一起走了，留下我坐在那里。open

finished

sitting

Youknowthatallthosethingsarewrong,butsowhat“Whatdifferencecanitpossiblymake”yousaytoyourself.“TherearemillionsofpeopleintheworldandI’mjustme.HowcanitmatterifIleaveonelittletaprunning,onelittlelightonorleavealittlepieceoflitterontheroadAndanyway,noonewillknow.”①

sowhat

那又怎樣②

makedifference

起作用，有影響③

matter

v.要緊④

anyway

adv.不管怎樣，無論如何

Ofcourse,itwouldn’tmatteriftherewerejustafewpeopleintheworld.Butjustthinkofallthemillionsofpeoplesayingtothemselves:“Itdoesn’tmatter.It’sjustme.And,anyway,nooneknows.”①

ofcourse

當(dāng)然②

thinkof

思考，想一想③

millionsof

成千上萬的④

gallon

n.加侖⑤

wastevt.浪費(fèi)，糟蹋⑥

harmfuladj.有害的

Millionsofgallonsofwaterwouldbewasted;millionsoflightswouldbelefton;millionsofpiecesoflitterwouldbedropped.Andallofthiswouldbeveryharmful.

Toinspireyoungpeopletotakeactionfortheenvironment,animalsandtheircommunity,Roots&Shootswasestablished.Thisinstitutewassetupintheearly1990sbyDr.JaneGoodall,ascientistwho’stheworld’sbest-knownexpertonwildchimpanzees.①

toinspire

to放句首表目的，“為了鼓舞......”②

takeaction

采取行動(dòng)③

community

n.社區(qū)④

institute

n.機(jī)構(gòu)⑤

setup

建立⑥

best-known

最著名的⑦

chimpanzeen.黑猩猩

Inadditiontoherresearch,shehasbeen

whole-heartedly

committedtoenvironmentalprotection.ThewholepurposeofRoots&Shoots

istoeducateyoungpeople,frompre-schoolerstouniversitystudents,sotheycanhelptobuildafuture

thatissecureandlivetogetherinpeacewithnature.①

inadditionto

除了②

whole-heartedly

全心全意地③

becommittedto

投入，致力于④

secure

adj.安全的⑤

live

inpeacewith

與...和平共處Readparagraph2.CompletethetableofRoots&Shoots.Thetimeofitsfoundation(When)Thefounder(Who)Thepurpose(Why)Intheearly1990s

Dr.JaneGoodallinspireeducatetakeactioncommunityTo_______youngpeopleto__________fortheenvironmentanimalsandtheir__________.To_______youngpeopleto_________afuturethatis________andlivetogetherinpeacewithnature.CarefulReadingbuildsecure

TheorganisationiscalledRoots&Shootsbecauserootsmoveslowlyunderthegroundtomakeafirm

foundation,andshootsseemsmallandweak,buttheycanbreakopen

brickwallstoreachthelight.

①

foundation

n.基礎(chǔ)②

firmadj.堅(jiān)實(shí)的③

makeafirmfoundation

形成堅(jiān)實(shí)的基礎(chǔ)④

weak

adj.軟弱的⑤

breakopen

打破⑥

brickwall

磚墻

Therootsandshootsareyou,yourfriendsandyoungpeopleallaroundtheworld.Hundredsandthousandsofrootsandshootscansolvetheproblems,changetheworldandmakeitabetterplacetolivein.

①

allaroundtheworld

全世界②

hundredsandthousandsof

成百上千③

solvetheproblem

解決問題④

wag

v.狗搖尾巴⑤

thirstyadj.干渴的⑥

cheered-upadj.振作的⑦

floweringadj.開花的

Doyouthinkyouhelptomaketheworldabetterplacewhenyoumakeasadpersonsmile,whenyoumakeadogwagitstail,andwhenyouwaterathirstyplantOnecheered-upperson,onehappydog,onefloweringplant,andyou.

That’swhatRoots&Shootsisallabout:thevalueandimportanceofeachindividual—human,animalorplant.Dr.JaneGoodallbelievesthatthemostimportantthingisthat:“Everyindividualmatters.Everyindividualhasaroletoplay.Everyindividualmakesadifference.”①

value

n.價(jià)值②

individual

n.個(gè)人，個(gè)體

③

playarole(in)

起作用，扮演...角色④

makeadifference

起作用，有影響

Yougettochoose:Doyouwanttouseyourlifetomaketheworldabetterplaceforpeople,animalsandtheenvironmentDoyouwanttomakeRoots&Shootsrootedineveryone’sheartDoyouwanttobeapartofacommunityforasharedfutureYoucannotbeabsent.①

rootin

植根于②

apartof

...的一部分

③

communityforasharedfuture

命運(yùn)共同體④

absentadj.缺席的

Ⅰ.明文章大意1、WhatdoesthepassagemainlytalkaboutA.TheroleofRoots&Shoots.B.ThefutureofRoots&Shoots.C.ThefeaturesofRoots&Shoots.D.ThehistoryofRoots&Shoots.Exercise√Ⅰ.明文章大意2、WhatisthetexttypeofthepassageA.Narrativewriting(記敘文).B.Practicalwriting(應(yīng)用文).C.Argumentation(議論文).D.Exposition(說明文).Exercise√3、WhichisNOTtrueaboutJaneGoodallA.Sheisafamousscientistintheworld.B.Shecaresmoreabouttheanimalsthantheenvironment.C.Shethinksthatpeopleshouldliveinpeacewithnature.D.Shethinksjointeffortsareimportant.Exercise√4、HowdoestheauthortellthereaderswhatRoots&ShootsisallaboutA.Bymakingcomparisons.B.Bygivingexamples.C.Byanalyzingcauses.D.Bymakingclassifications.Exercise√5、WhatdoesRoots&ShootsemphasizeA.Theimportanceofeachindividual.B.Theimportanceofwildlifeprotection.C.The