1. 作业讲评

3. main idea of each paragraph Paragraph 1 Natural resources have been seriously affected by carelessness. Paragraph 2 Different attitudes towards the problem

4. Paragraph 3 Humans are moving towards an important point in the relationship with nature. Paragraph 4 Humans can only really win by protecting nature main idea of each paragraph

5. Language Points

6. 1.favour (SUPPORT) UK, US favor: n. [U] the support or approval of sth.or sb. 大部分人都投票支持这个候选人. Most people voted in favour of the candidate. He sent her presents in an attempt to win her favour. 他送礼物给她试图赢得她的偏爱.

7. favourable UK, US favorable : adj. 有利的 The opposite is unfavourable. 2. argue: v. [I] to speak angrily to sb.,telling them that you disagree with them: v.[I or T] to give the reasons for your opinion, idea, belief, etc: [+ that]

8. The children are always arguing. Kids, will you stop arguing with each other? They were arguing over/about which film to go and see. 孩子们一直在争辩. 孩子们, 你们能不能彼此停止争论 ? 他们对于去看哪一部影片在争论.

9. The minister argued for/in favour of/against making cuts in military spending. The minister argued that cuts in military spending were needed. You can argue the case either way. 部长争论以赞成 / 反对削减军队开支. 两种方式你随便用哪一种为这个案子辩护.

10. argument: n.[C or U] a disagreement, or the process of disagreeing: The children had an argument about/over what game to play. A decision was finally made after some heated argument. 孩子们对于玩什么游戏进行了争论. 在激烈的辩论后最终做出了一个决定.

11. v.[I orT] to form a word or words with the letters in the correct order: v.spell disaster/trouble, etc. to cause sth.bad to happen in the future: "How do you spell 'receive'?" “R E C E I V E". 你怎样拼写 “ receive ”. 3.spell:

12. This cold weather could spell trouble for gardeners. 这种寒冷的天气可能会给园艺工人带来灾难. 4. turn out : (1) to happen in a particular way or to have a particular result, especially an unexpected one:

13. As events turned out, we were right to have decided to leave early. (2) to be known or discovered finally and surprisingly: The truth turned out to be stranger than we had expected. [+ to infinitive] 事情真相结果要比我们预料的奇怪. 正如事情结果所证明的, 我们决定早点 出发是对的.

14. [+ that] It turns out that she had known him when they were children. 结果是在他们还是孩子的时候她就认识他.

15. We wanted to get home before dark, but it didn ’ t quite ___ as planned. （ 2004 广西） A.make out B. turn out C. go on D. come up