Gore and Clinton

1. Gore Running for Presidency Gore and Clinton Advanced English Book I Lesson 3

2. Icecap Advanced English Book I Lesson 3

3. 2003 1979 Polar Icecap Advanced English Book I Lesson 3

4. tundra Advanced English Book I Lesson 3

5. ridge Advanced English Book I Lesson 3

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7. oil spill Advanced English Book I Lesson 3

8. Lesson Three Ships in the Desert Advanced English Book I Lesson 3

9. 1. process 1. to prepare by a special method One has to process a photographic film to print pictures from it. 2. to put through the steps of a prescribed procedure My job involves receiving the order, processing it, and dispatching the goods. capable of processing … on a good day having the ability of cleaning and preparing for marketing or canning 50 tons of fish caught on a productive day Advanced English Book I Lesson 3

10. What does the “it” refer to in this sentence? the prospect of a good catch looked bleak it was not at all possible to have a good catch, to catch a large amount of fish understatement that stretched…to the horizon that extended as far as the eye could see; that extended to the far off place where the sky meets the earth the Aral Sea Advanced English Book I Lesson 3

11. the Trans-Antarctic Mountains Why did Gore say the sun glared through a hole in the sky? Where does the hole come from? ozone depletion hole cracked and peeling ? the Clean Air Act ozone; carbon monoxide; lead; sulfur dioxide; hydrocarbons Where does Gore refer to when saying “the bottom of the world, two continents away from Washington, D. C.”? Advanced English Book I Lesson 3

12. icecap to secure the release of previously top secret data to ensure the making public of data which were originally classified as top secret surface define to delineate the outline or form of Extend before our eyes are gentle hills that were defined against the sky. hummock How are these hummocks formed? Advanced English Book I Lesson 3

13. collide come together with violent, direct Impact; In running round the corner, he collided with another man. conflict When truths collide, compromise becomes the first casualty. (Henry A. Kissinger) an outline/a model of an expected or a supposed sequence of events scenario In the scenario posed by many climatologists, decades of continued global warming would raise sea levels anywhere from 20 inches to more than 11 feet as the polar ice caps melt and the ocean's upper layers expand. Advanced English Book I Lesson 3

14. Considering such scenarios…exercise: Thinking about how a series of events might happen as a consequence of the thinning of the polar cap is not just a kind of practice in conjecture (speculation), it has got practical value. tundra Brazil Amazon rain forest 1 acre 43,560 square feet 13277 square meters fast pasture pasture where cattle can be raised quickly Advanced English Book I Lesson 3

15. birds which means…even heard since miles of forest are being destroyed and the habitat for these rare birds no longer exists, thousands of birds which we have not even had a chance to see will become extinct Images…anywhere. Typical examples showing the dangerous environmental situation in the world can be found almost anywhere. the sky itself offers another ghostly image the sky alone presents another example of ill omen showing there is ecological imbalance and this kind of imbalance is developing Advanced English Book I Lesson 3

16. we are ripping…darkness we are using and destroying resources in such volume that we are disturbing the balance between daylight and darkness changing the chemistry…atmosphere changing the chemical composition of atmosphere in high altitude to shine or sparkle with reflected light, as a wet or polished surface; to shine with a sparkling luster glisten implies transient or constant light that often appears against a dark background gleam The snow glistened in the dawn light. The light gleams an instant, then it's night once more. Advanced English Book I Lesson 3

17. to do sth. by sth. be startled at sth. I was startled by/at the news of his death. She was startled to see him looking so ill. v. + sb. into + doing sth. v. + sb. out of + doing sth. Why do…effectively? Why do some symbols so alarm us that we immediately take action and concentrate on ways of dealing with them effectively? Advanced English Book I Lesson 3

18. And why do…distraction? And why do other symbols, though sometimes no less striking, only cause a kind of loss and inactivity and we concentrate our attention not on the ways to deal with them but instead, on some other substitutes which are easy to get and less painful? it may be…appropriately it may be useful to arrange them into different groups, thus getting our thoughts and feelings straightened out so that we will be able to take the most suitable action What might be the difference between “local” skirmishes, “regional” battles and “strategic” Conflicts? Advanced English Book I Lesson 3

19. be understood in a global context be viewed against the background of the world acid rain aquifer oil spill the pattern appears to be global it seems that the problem has acquired a global nature since so many similar things occur at the same time all over the world Why aren’t the problems regarded as strategic? chlorofluorocarbon chlorine Advanced English Book I Lesson 3

20. the fragility of the earth’s natural system the fact that the earth’s natural systems are very delicate and can easily be disrupted 1. a coastal rise in water level caused by wind; a heavy, billowing, or swelling motion like that of great waves surge n. The sea was rolling in immense surges. surges of smoke 2. a sudden onrush a surge of pity/joy A surge of anger rushed over him . a sudden acceleration…revolution the scientific and technological revolution suddenly develops more rapidly Advanced English Book I Lesson 3

21. 6 10 9 10 12 10 which has allowed…the world around us which has increased our power to influence the world around us to such a degree that can hardly be conceived physical matter material substance viewed in a historical context we look at the matter from a historical point of view modern humans million billion ∞ zillion trillion in the course of our human lifetime during the life span of an individual Advanced English Book I Lesson 3

22. ? half way ongoing adj. currently taking place the ongoing festival/ceremony a number/symbol, denoting the power to which that number, symbol/expression is to be raised exponent has…suddenly accelerated exponentially has…suddenly developed at a speed that doubled and tripled that original speed a self-evident/universally recognized truth; which is generally accepted as true and doesn’t need to be proved axiom Archimedean axiom Euclidean axiom Advanced English Book I Lesson 3

23. It is an economic axiom as old as the hills that goods and services can be paid for only with goods and services. specify the occupation by means of which one earns an income livelihood applies to what is necessary to sustain life and esp. to the food needed for health and comfort sustenance sustenance Painting is her ____________. The urban homeless are often in desperate need of ______________. daily ______________ Advanced English Book I Lesson 3

24. While no single discovery has had the kind of effect on our relationship to the earth that unclear weapons have had on our relationship to warfare, it is nevertheless true that taken together, they have completely transformed our cumulative ability to exploit the earth for sustenance—making the consequences of unstrained exploitation every bit as unthinkable as the consequences of unrestrained nuclear war. originally, our ability to utilize the earth productively for survival grew by gradual addition but now these discoveries have changed the ability fundamentally, and this increased ability had made the result of unlimited use of global resources altogether as terrible as the results of full-scale nuclear war Advanced English Book I Lesson 3

25. Our challenge…awaken us. Our task is to see and to understand that those frightening examples of environmental destruction that are happening all over the world not only can shock and arouse us but are very much the same in nature. They are symptoms…faced. They are signs and indications showing that there exists a much greater and more serious problem which we have never encountered. deforestation to see ourselves…used to to regard ourselves as part of a compacted system which does not function according to the rule of cause-effect we are familiar with Advanced English Book I Lesson 3

26. pref. co- 1. together; joint; jointly; mutually coeducation; co-operation; 2. partner or associate in an activity coauthor; cofounder; coworker; co-architect; co-star; cofounder 3. subordinate or assistant copilot; coflyer 4. to the same extent or degree coextensive; coexist; coequality to see ourselves…used to to regard ourselves as part of a complex system which does not function according to the rule of cause-effect we are familiar with Advanced English Book I Lesson 3