Lesson 5 Our Global Village the greenhouse effect / global warming not to mention 更別提 exHe can’t afford a car, not to mention a house. high technology / hi-tech speedy = prompt / speeding / speed limit speed up at the turn of the century 世紀之交

have patience with / be patient with sportsman / sports car / sports wear / sports page / sports equipment eventful link A with B on the increase = increasing environmentalist environmental protection

Idioms & Phrases meet…by chance /meet…by accident meet…unexpectedly / happen to meet st. happen to sb. cope with

Reading by accident v.s. on purpose while (they are) traveling in fact = actually = in reality = as a matter of fact as if = as though 比較 prefer using telephones to writing letters / prefer to use It is …that 強調句型

in all parts of the world = around the world = throughout the world live (a) make difference At the same time = On the other hand affect = have an (bad) influence on face = be faced with

Patterns in Action A. 1. For a student, it can take hours to study every subject after school every day. 2. It usually requires weeks to plan for a wedding. 3. It takes no time at all to clean up your desk after you finish working.

4. It will require everyone’s participation to finish this project by Tuesday. 5. It will take at least a week to get the right parts for this expensive car from Italy. B. 1.It is true that Tom gave Nancy a love letter yesterday.

2. It is true that Julianne met a pen pal on the Internet. 3. It seems that the test tomorrow will be very difficult. 4. It seems as if the city is full of people during the Olympic Games. C. 1.It doesn’t make any difference what he says.

2. It is not that important when we meet. 3. It doesn’t matter whether you like it or not. 4. It doesn’t make any difference how you tell him the result.