Step by Step 3000 第2册 Unit8:Everybody can help the environment(2)

 　　Part 2. Campaign California Re-leaf.

　　Keywords. tree planting campaign, carbon dioxide, personal actions.

　　Vocabulary. kick off, coalition¹, deflate. carbon dioxide, neutral, deplete², irreversible, on hand, copper³ beech⁴, Styrofoam.

　　A. Listen to three short talks given by three persons. Fill in the missing words.

　　Time is not neutral. We're so rapidly depleting⁵ the atmoshpere. We're so rapidly changing the climate.

　　that unless we start now, the situation may well become irreversible.

　　Unless the environmental movements comes into everybody's life, in real simple activities, it's not going to work.

　　Planting a tree is real simple.

　　So I wanted to participate in something that was really accessible to the citizen, to, just to everyday people, to children.

　　But as citizens, we can do a lot.

　　It's one step in a combination of things.

　　The other kinds of things that we can all be doing are being much more conscious about how we use energy in our home,

　　whether we're buying, ah, fuel efficient cars and products, whether we're using Styrofoam when we don't have to be,

　　ah, whether we're turning off light blubs when we, ah, leave the room, um, and just a variety of personal actions like recycling.

　　we need to start thinking about and doing more.

　　B. Now listen to the whole report, answer the questions with keywords.

　　Campaign California Re-leaf as LEAF was kicked off recently with a party in San Francisco's Washington Square Park thrown by a coalition of seven urban forestry⁶ groups.

　　The focus of the party was the planting of a single tree.

　　The first of 20 million to be planted in 40 California cities over the next decade.

　　The tree planting campaign is an attempt to deflate what's been called the greenhouse effect.

　　Scientists believe that the earth is getting warmer because of an accumulation of carbon dioxide in the air.

　　Trees take carbon dioxide out of the air.

　　Martin Rosen is the director of the Trust for Public Land, the organization that is coordinating⁷ the state-wide tree planting effort.

　　"Time is not neutral. We're so rapidly depleting the atmosphere. We're so rapidly changing climate.

　　that unless we starts now, the situation may well become irreversible."

　　Some movies stars were on hand for the tree planting ceremony.

　　Actor Peter Cyote served as the master of ceremonies.

　　"Unless the environment movement comes into everybody's life, in real simple activities, it's not going to work.

　　Planting a tree is real simple.

　　So I wanted to participate in something that was really accessible to the citizen, to, just to everyday people, to children.

　　But as citizens, we can do a lot."

　　After Peter Cyote introduced a few speakers and a couple of songs were sung, the ceremony moved over to a corner of the park where a group of youngsters planted a copper beech tree.

　　Isobel Wade⁸ is the state coordinator⁹ for Campaign California Re-Leaf.

　　Wade says the tree plantings are important.

　　Because they will help clean up the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, improve the environment and make neighborhoods more attractive.

　　But Isobel Wade cautions it isn't enough.

　　"It's one step in a combination of things.

　　The other kinds of things we can all be doing are being much more cautious about how we use our energy in our home,

　　whether we're buying, ah, fuel efficient cars and products, whether we're using Styrofoam when we don't have to be,

　　ah, whether we're turning off light bulbs when we, ah, leave the room, um, and just a variety of personal actions like recycling,

　　that we need to start thinking about and doing more."

　　Isobel Wade also says she'd love to see everyone in California's urban areas take the time to plant one tree and take care of the ones that already growing.

1 coalition   

n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合

参考例句：

• The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
• Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。

2 deplete   

v.弄空，排除，减轻，减少...体液，放去...的血

参考例句：

• Most native mammal species have been severely depleted.大多数本地哺乳动物的数量都已经大大减少了。
• Elastic collisions deplete very little of the electron's energy.弹性碰撞中电子减少的能量非常少。

3 copper   

n.铜；铜币；铜器；adj.铜(制)的；(紫)铜色的

参考例句：

• The students are asked to prove the purity of copper.要求学生们检验铜的纯度。
• Copper is a good medium for the conduction of heat and electricity.铜是热和电的良导体。

4 beech   

n.山毛榉；adj.山毛榉的

参考例句：

• Autumn is the time to see the beech woods in all their glory.秋天是观赏山毛榉林的最佳时期。
• Exasperated,he leaped the stream,and strode towards beech clump.他满腔恼怒，跳过小河，大踏步向毛榉林子走去。

5 depleting   

使大大的减少，使空虚( deplete的现在分词 )； 耗尽，使枯竭

参考例句：

• Regulations are outlawing certain refrigerants, such as chlorofluorocarbons, which contain ozone-depleting chemicals. 随后出台的政策禁用了部分制冷剂，如破坏臭氧层的氟氯碳化合物。
• Aging, being a series of continual losses, can be keenly depleting. 老龄化，作为一个系列的连续亏损，可以清楚地消耗。

6 forestry   

n.森林学；林业

参考例句：

• At present, the Chinese forestry is being at a significant transforming period. 当前, 我国的林业正处于一个重大的转折时期。
• Anhua is one of the key forestry counties in Hunan province. 安化县是湖南省重点林区县之一。

7 coordinating   

v.使协调，使调和( coordinate的现在分词 )；协调；协同；成为同等

参考例句：

• He abolished the Operations Coordinating Board and the Planning Board. 他废除了行动协调委员会和计划委员会。 来自辞典例句
• He's coordinating the wedding, and then we're not going to invite him? 他是来协调婚礼的，难道我们不去请他？ 来自电影对白

8 wade   

v.跋涉，涉水；n.跋涉

参考例句：

• We had to wade through the river to the opposite bank.我们只好涉水过河到对岸。
• We cannot but wade across the river.我们只好趟水过去。

9 coordinator   

n.协调人

参考例句：

• The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, headed by the Emergency Relief Coordinator, coordinates all UN emergency relief. 联合国人道主义事务协调厅在紧急救济协调员领导下，负责协调联合国的所有紧急救济工作。
• How am I supposed to find the client-relations coordinator? 我怎么才能找到客户关系协调员的办公室？