Lesson47TooHighaPriceWordsandexpressionsThecityisheavilypolluted.airpollutioninformationpollution1.Pollution污染這個城市被嚴重污染了。Polluteone’smind2.PopulateV.居住heavilypopulatedoverpopulatedPopulationexplosionPopulationn.人口3.Overwhelm

V.制服，使不知所措beoverwhelmedwithsorrow很悲傷4,Profound極度的，深遠的haveinfluenceonchildren4,Profound極度的，深遠的Haveainfluenceonchildren

profound

教育對孩子產生深遠的影響。Educationhasprofoundinfluenceonchildren.profoundimpression5.Irritationn.煩躁噪音對人們來說是煩躁之源。Noiseisaconstantsourceofirritationforpeople.6.Contributionn.Contributeapoemtoamagazine投稿香煙是導致癌癥發生的主要原因。CigaretteisthemajorfactorcontributingtocancerPollutionisthepricewepayforanoverpopulated,overindustrializedplanet.

paythepricefor為…做出的代價缺水是我們為環境污染所作出的慘重代價。Lackofwateristheheavypricewepayforenvironmentpollution.Whenyoucometothinkaboutit,thereareonlyfourwaysyoucandealwithrubbish:dumpit,burnit,turnitintosomethingyoucanuseagain,attempttoproducelessofit.cometodosth.開始做某事cometothinkaboutfuturecometolikeitcometorealizeWekeeptryingallfourmethods,butthesheervolumeofrubbishweproduceworldwidethreatenstooverwhelmus.

Volume體積容量音量trafficvolume交通容量trade

volume

貿易容量Rubbish,however,isonlypartoftheproblemofpollutingourplanet.Theneedtoproduceever-increasingquantitiesofcheapfoodleadstoadifferentkindofpollution.ever-increasingever-lastingever-greenever-blooming四季開花的四季常青的不斷持續的不斷上升的

Industrializedfarmingmethodsproducecheapmeatproducts:beef,porkandchicken.Theuseofpesticidesandfertilizersproducescheapgrainandvegetables.Thepricewepayforcheapfoodmaybealreadytoohigh:MadCowDisease(BSE)incattle,salmonellainchickenandeggs,andlisteriaindairyproducts.Andifyouthinkyou'llabandonmeatandbecomeavegetarian,youhavethechoiceofveryexpensiveorganically-grownvegetablesorasteadydietofpesticideseverytimeyouthinkyou'reeatingfreshsaladsandvegetables,orjusthavinganinnocentglassofwater!

steady穩定的，平穩的，

asteadyjobasteadyincomeasteadyrain

asteadydeclineasteadystreamofvisitorsHowever,thereisanevenmoreinsidiouskindofpollutionthatparticularlyaffectsurbanareasandinvadesourdailylives,andthatisnoise.invade入侵干擾invade

one’sthoughtTwounexpectedguestsinvadedwhenwewerequarrelling.當我們在吵架的時候，兩個不速之客貿然來訪。

Burglaralarmsgoingoffatanytimeofthedayornightserveonlytoannoypassers-byandactuallyassistburglarstoburgle.go

off炸彈在擁擠的大街上爆炸了。Thebombwentoffinacrowdedstreet.Suddenlythelightwentoff.Caralarmsconstantlyscreamatusinthestreetandareasourceofprofoundirritation.Arecentsurveyoftheeffectsofnoiserevealed(surprisingly?)thatdogsbarkingincessantlyinthenightratedthehighestformofnoisepollutiononascalerangingfrom1to7.rate劃為等級，認為

Thehotelisrated4starsMichaelJordonisratedNo.1athleteintheworld.Fathersareratedhighintheirchildren’sheart.Thesurveyrevealedalargenumberofsourcesofnoisethatwereallydislike.

Lawnmowerswhiningonasummer'sday,late-nightparties

inapartmentblocks,noisyneighbors,vehiclesofallkinds,especiallylargecontainertrucksthunderingthroughquietvillage,planesandhelicoptersflyingoverhead,largeradioscarriedroundinpublicplacesandplayedatmaximumvolume.latenighthighsummerdeepspringgreenwinter春意盎然時盛夏暖冬

Newtechnologyhasalsomadeitsowncontributiontonoise.

Alotofpeopleobjecttomobilephones,especiallywhentheyareusedinpublicplaceslikerestaurantsoronpublictransport.Loudconversationsonmobilephonesinvadeourthoughtsorinterruptthepleasureofmeetingfriendsforaquietchat.Thenoisepollutionsurveyrevealedaratherspurringandpossiblyamusingoldfashionedsourceofnoise.Itturnedouttobesnoring!Menwerefoundtobetheworstoffenders.Itwasrevealedthat20%ofmenintheirmid-thirtiessnore.Thisfigurerisestoastaggering60%ofmenintheirsixties.Againstthesefigures,itw