1、Unit 2-1:Excellent Vocabulary of Science and Technologythanks to 由于,多亏,幸亏the ever accelerated pace 不断加快的速度the depletion of the ozone layer 臭氧层的消失be plagued with 为所困扰side effects 副作用a controversial issue 一个富有争议的话题be sufficient to 足够能raze the planet for fifty times 摧毁地球 50 次nuclear fuels 核燃料infiltrate
2、 into the soil 渗入土壤之中figure out a feasible solution 想出一个可行的解决方法eliminate the dreadful menace 消除可怕的威胁a big headache 一个令人头痛的难题an authoritative medical survey 一份具有权威性的医学调查报告ultraviolet radiation 紫外线辐射be inflicted on 被施加于之上in the absence of 由于缺少recuperate 恢复;复原;痊愈be convinced of 坚信talented gifted scient
3、ists 天才的科学家ubiquitous 无所不在的ran amok 失去控制by the same logica piece of cake 易如反掌lack of visionary thinking 缺乏远见的思维方式the daunting problems;令人畏惧的难题be dedicated to 献身于explore solutions 探索解决之道be contingent on 取决于evolution 演变;变化;不断发展savior 拯救者,救世主be afflicted with 收到的侵害2-1-1 Complex Sentences(精彩长句)However,
4、it is undeniable that human beings are also (转换词) (主句,it 为逻辑主语) (主语从句,作为真正主语)plagued with many serious problems, such as air (举例说明 problems)pollution and ozone depletion, all of which are “side(定语从句,修饰 problems)effect” brought by the scientific and technological(过去分词作后置定语,修饰 side effects)revolution.
5、然而,不可否认的是,人类也为许多严峻的问题所困扰,例如空气污染和臭氧层的消失等,而所有这些问题都是由科技革命带来的副作用。2-1-2 Complex Sentences(精彩长句)Therefore, it would be a lack of visionary thinking (转换词) (逻辑主语)to predict that scientists in the future cannot solve(动词不定式,作真实主语) (宾语从句)the daunting problems that exist in the present. (定语从句)因此,如果我们就此预言未来的科学家不
6、能解决目前存在的令人生畏的问题的话,那将是一种缺乏远见的思维方式。2-1-3 Complex Sentences(精彩长句)The future is contingent on both the capabilities of our (主语) (系词+表语) (介词宾语 1)scientists and the evolution of modern science and(介词宾语 2) technology, which are the creators of the existing problem(定语从句)but which may be the savior of the world afflicted with (转折连词) (定语从句) (过去分词作后置定语)those problems.我们的未来既取决于科学家的才能,也取决于现代科技的发展演变,而现代科学技术一方面是现存问题的制造者,另一方面也可能是这个为种种问题所困扰的世界的拯救者。