Pollution is the price we pay for an overpopulated, over industrialized planet. When you come to think about it, there are only four ways you can deal with rubbish: dump it, burn it, turn it into something you can u again, attempt to produce less of it. We keep trying all four methods, but he sheer volume of rubbish we produce worldwide threatens to overwhelm us.
Rubbish, however, is only part of the problem of polluting our planet. The need to produce ever-increasing quantities of cheap food leads to a different kind of pollution. Industrialized farming methods produce cheap meat products: beef, pork and chicken. The u of pesticides and fertilizers produces cheap grain and vegetables. The price we pay for cheap food may be already too high: Mad Cow Dia (BSE) in cattle, salmonella in chicken and eggs, and wisteria in dairy products. And if you think you'll abandon meat and become a vegetarian, you have the choice of very expensive organically-grown vegetables or a steady diet of pesticides every time you think you're eating fresh salads and vegetables, or just having an innocent glass of water!
However, there is an even more insidious kind of pollution that particularly affects urban areas and invades our daily lives, and that is noi. Burglar alarms going off at any time of the day or night rve only to annoy pasrs-by and actually assist burglars to burgle. Car alarms constantly scream at us in the street and are a source of profound irritation. A recent survey of the effects of noi revealed (surpri
singly?) that dogs barking incessantly in the night rated the highest form of noi pollution on a scale ranging from 1 to 7. The survey revealed a large number of sources of noi that we really dislike. Lawn mowers whining on a summer's day, late-night parties in apartment blocks, noisy neighbors, vehicles of al kinds, especially large container trucks thundering through quiet village, planes and helicopters flying overhead, large radios carried round in public places and played at maximum volume. New technology has also made its own contribution to noi. A lot of people object to mobile phones, especially when they are ud in public places like restaurants or on public transport. Loud conversations on mobile phones invade our thoughts or interrupt the pleasure of meeting friends for a quiet chat. The noi pollution survey revealed a rather spurring and possibly amusing old fashioned source of noi. It turned out to be snoring! Men were found to be the worst offenders. It was revealed that 20% of men in their mid-thirties snore. This figure ris to a staggering 60% of men in their sixties. Against the figures, it was found that only 5% of women snore regularly, while the rest are constantly woken or kept awake by their trumpeting partners. Whatever the source of noi, one thing is certain: silence, it ems, has become a golden memory.
New words and expressions 生词和短语
pollution
n. 污染
overpopulated
稻草人作者adj. 人口多的
over-industrialized
adj. 过度工业化的
sheer
adj. 纯粹的，不掺杂的
worldwide
adv. 在全世界如何提升自己
overwhelm
v. 制服，使不知所措
pollute
v. 污染
pesticide
n. 杀虫剂
fertilizer
n. 肥料
salmonella
n. 沙门氏菌
listeria
n. 利斯特杆菌
vegetarian
n. 吃素的人
organically-grown
adj. 有机培植的（不施化肥和其他化学药品培植）
insidious
adj. 暗中为害的
urban
adj. 城市的
burglar
n. 窃贼
burgle
v. 入室偷窃
scream
v. 尖叫
profound
adj. 极度的
irritation
n. 烦躁
incessantly笺的读音
adv. 连续不断地
whine
v. 发呜呜声
helicopter
n. 直升飞机
maximum
adj. 最大的
technology
n. 技术
contribution
n. 贡献
mobile
adj. 可移动的
snore
v. 打鼾
offender
v. 冒犯者
staggering
adj. 令人惊愕的
trumpet
v. 吹号
partner
n. 伙伴
参考译文
污染就是我们为这个人口过密，过度工业化的星球所付出的代价。当我们开始考虑垃圾问题时，我们只有4种对付垃圾的方法：倾倒、焚烧、把垃圾变成再生材料或试图少产生一些垃圾。我们一直在试这4种方式，但是，我们在世界范围内仅产生的垃圾的量就有把我们覆盖的危险。
然而，垃圾只是我们这个星球的污染问题的一个方面。日益增长的对廉价食物的需求导致了另一种形式的污染。工业化的农作方式生产出廉价的肉类制品——牛肉、猪肉和鸡肉。使用杀虫剂和化肥生产出廉价的谷物和蔬菜。为了廉价食物我们付出代价已经太高了：牛肉中的疯牛病，鸡肉和鸡蛋中的沙门氏菌，奶制品中的利斯特杆菌。如果你想放弃肉类而变成一位素食者，那么你可以两者择一：或是选用价格昂贵、有机培植的蔬菜，或是当你认为在享用新鲜色拉和新鲜蔬菜或饮用一杯无害的水的时候，实际上每次都不断吃进杀虫剂。
但是，还有一种更加隐蔽有害的污染，它专门影响城镇地区，侵袭我们的日常生活，那就是噪音。防盗警报器在白天和黑夜的任何时候都会响起来，它的作用只是骚扰过路行人，而实际上却帮助窃贼入室行窃。在街上，汽车的防盗警报不断对我们吼叫，这是人们极度烦燥的一个原因，最近一个有关噪音的作用的调查（令人吃惊地）指出，夜间连续不断的狗叫声，在一个从1级至7级刻度表上应列为最严重的噪间污染。这个调查揭示了我们所不喜欢的大量的噪间的来源：夏天呜呜作响的割草机，公寓楼里深夜聚会的喧哗声，大声吵闹的邻居，各式各样的
车辆，特别是穿越寂静的村庄的集装箱卡车，从头顶飞过的飞机和直升机，被带到公共场所、音量开到最大的大功率收音机。新技术也为噪音作了它的贡献。许多人都反对移动式电话，特别是在如饭店，公共交通车等公共场所使用移动电话。用移动电话大声交谈干扰我们的思路，破坏我们和朋友在一起轻声聊天所得到的乐趣。这个有关噪音的污染调查还揭示了一种出人意外而同时可能会引人意外
而同时可能会引人发笑的老式噪音源。它竟然是鼾声。人类是这方面的罪魁祸首。调查指出，20%的35岁左右的男人打鼾；而到60岁这个年龄段，这个数字上升到令人惊愕的60%。与这些数字相比，只有5% 的女性经常打鼾；而其余则经常被与她们同睡、像吹号似地打着呼噜的男人吵醒或弄得睡不着。不管噪声来自何方，有一点是肯定的：看来寂静已变成一种珍贵的回忆。
New words and expression 生词和短语
pollution n..污染
相应词型: pollute, polluted, pollution, polluter
More and more water is been polluted.
Pollution is the major problem we are faced with.
Gas from cars are one of the polluters of air pollution.
Contaminate taint defile pollute poison
overpopulated adj.人口多的
overpeopled
sparly-populated community 人口稀疏的地区
sparly-peopled
population 人口数量
What’s the population in your country?
The city has a population of two million.
Our dear motherland is faced with a major problem that is population explosion. 人口暴长
活出老年精彩的句子populous adj. 正式，强调一个地区人口众多，拥挤
The bus here is crowded, so I decide to switch for the next one.
The narrow street is populous with people.
The most populous province in China is SiChuan.
over-industrialized adj.过度工业化的
sheer adj.纯粹的，不掺杂的
1. pure unmixed
2. steep
It is very difficult for us to climb sheer mountain.
The cliff is so sheer that you can’t climb it.
3. complete What are you talking about sheer nonn?
4. transparent
During hot summer, ladies and girls would like to wear sheer silk stockings.
worldwide adv.在全世界
overwhelm v.制服，使不知所措
He was overwhelmed by grief. 悲伤至极
Grief ized him.
Your kindness quite overwhelms me. （I appreciates your kindness.）
The problem overwhelmes (is beyond/above) me.
辨析： conquer征服，占领，克服 He conquered the city.
口头上表达克服困难：overcome, get rid of (difficulties)
书面语insurmountable 艰难的 vanquish 征服，暗含击败含义
pollute v.污染
pesticide n.杀虫剂
fertilizer n.肥料
salmonella n.沙门氏菌
listeria n.利斯特杆菌
vegetarian n.吃素的人
organically-grown adj.有机
培植（不施化肥和其他化学药品培植）
insidious adj.暗中为害的
urban adj.城市的
burglar n.窃贼
burgle v.入室偷窃
burgle into a hou
scream v.尖叫
scream at
profound adj.极度的
替换词：
deep, complete Yesterday he had a profound sleep.
inten, extreme He is afflicted with profound anxieties.
Knowledgable He is a profound scholar.
irritation n.烦躁
irritate 使烦躁 nois always irritate us.
irritated 感到烦躁的 irritating 令人烦躁的
incessantly adv.连续不断的
perpetual struggle, permanent job, eternal love, continuance rain, continual, continually, constant struggle
incessant =continuous 侧重连续不断的
It has been raining incessantly for 3 hours.
There is a week of incessant rains.
cealess =endless, none stop, unbroken
uninterrupted
Last night I had an uninterrupted party.
He gave us a talk uninterrupted.
Undisturbed
whine v.发呜呜声
helicopter n.直升飞机
maximum adj.最大的
technology n.技术
contribution n.贡献
mobile adj.可移动的
snore v.打鼾
offender n.冒犯者
staggering adj.令人惊愕的
surpri, amaze, astonish, astound, astounding
The old lady reported to the police and they felt astounded/found it staggering.
trumpet v.吹号
partner n.伙伴
Text 课文
Pollution is the price we pay for an overpopulated, over industrialized planet. (背诵)
I was blamed for being late.
Losing health is the price he paid for his hard work.
When you come to think about it, there are only four ways you can deal with rubbish: dump it, burn it, turn it into something you can u again, attempt to produce less of it.
利用支持句论述观点
Come to=get to
并列平行结构，突出deal with，处理，后面用动词而非名词。
There are some good ways to study English well: listen, speak, read, and write. 用语气强调study。
There are four good ways to study English: listening, speaking, reading and writing. 强调ways。
reu it recycle it
We keep trying all four methods, but sheer volume of rubbish we produce worldwide threatens to overwhelm us. (背诵)
The writer wants to illustrate if the volume of rubbish is growing everyday, we wouldn’t have a good way to solve the problem.
volume=amount
threaten to do
The coming earthquake threatens the village.
promi 预测好的未来
threaten 预测恶运，坏兆头
Dark clouds threaten a heavy storm.
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克霉唑癣药水The sun promis a good day.
It is possible for a rubbish to destroy our world.
overwhelming: something is beyond your control
两自然段衔接自然，由rubbish引入其他污染。
The need to produce every increasing quantities of cheap food leads to a different kind of pollution. (背诵)
不定式to做定语表示要发生的
lead to=result in/cau/bring ab
out
The price we pay for cheap food may be already too high. (背诵)
If you think you’ll abandon meat and become a vegetarian, you have the choice of very expensive organically-grown vegetables or a steady diet of pesticides every time you think you’re eating fresh salads and vegetables, or just having an innocent glass of water!
abandon: 强调被迫放弃 be forced to give up
organically-grown vegetables: 绿色蔬菜
every time: whenever
innocent: Water is innocent, but human being pollute them.
However, there is an even more insidious kind of pollution that particularly affects urban areas and invades our daily lives, and that is noi. (背诵)
however: We are quite clear, rubbish, cheap food and vegetable are terrible, but there is more dangerous pollution in front of you.
Insidious: 暗中为害，阴险的，这里强调更严重的
Burglar alarms going off at any time of the day or night rve only to annoy pasrs-by and actually assist burglars to burgle.
going off 作定语修饰说明burglar alarms
换成定语从句
Burglar alarms that go off at any time of the day or night rve only to annoy pasrs-by and actually assist burglars to burgle.
assist, annoy 平行，to 不必重复
Car alarms constantly scream at us in the street and are a source of profound irritation. (背诵)
人类的起源与进化constantly, incessantly, continuously
不用lead to，用了比较规范的书面用语 are a source of
Her husband earns a lot of money every mouth and he is a source of income. 摇钱树
The survey revealed a large number of sources of noi that we really dislike. （背诵） 综述语句
列举一系列事实时，注意句式结构保持一致，与之相呼应的词：sources of noi，所以用名词结构
lawn mower: 割草机 container trucks: 集装箱卡车
New technology has also made its own contribution to noi. (背诵)
According to this ntence, the writer illustrates another cau.
make contribution to: In fact, the writer wants to say, new technology had also led to/result in noi. 从讽刺反面的角度去表述的
contribute to: 引起，导致，是….的起因
Air pollution contributes to dia.
Object to/take objection to/against
Loud conversations on mobile phones invade our thoughts or interrupt the pleasure of meeting friends for a quiet chat. (背诵)
According to the examples, the writer wants to show why mobile phone is one source of noi.
The noi pollution survey revealed a rather surprising and possibly amusing old fashioned source of noi.
The air pollution survey revealed that in the world there are 10 big cities have been polluted terribly, and one of them is China.
It turned out to be snoring!无线密码
turn out :prove
Men were found to be the worst offenders.
offend: 惹怒 offender: 罪魁祸首
采用被动语态：客观描述，而非突出人发现
It is said… 据说
It is revealed…
