1)the city is noisy, overpopulated, and seriously polluted. (这座城市喧闹,人口过多而且污染严重。)
2)overpopulation has caused many problems。(人口过多已经造成了许多问题。)
19.cancel v. call off, give up (取消),delete (删除)
1)the performance will have to be cancelled because of an accident. (由于意外,演出不得不取消。)
2)the flight was cancelled because of the snow-storm. (航班因暴风雪而取消。)
3)they won`t be able to come tonight, i have to cancel the hotel reservations。
(他们今晚来不了了,我得取消旅馆预定。
4)cancel the nasty words from your composition. (把你作文中的那些下流的词语删掉。)
20. owe n. 欠(债等),应该向(某人)付出
1)he owned her 200 dollars. (他欠她200美元。)
2)he owned the landlady two months` rent. (他欠房东太太两个月的房租。)
3)she owned her success to hard work. (她把成功归因于辛勤工作。)
4)he owes his life to a kindhearted man. (多亏一位好心人他才活了下来。)
21.select v. 选择,挑选,选拔
1)they select books that are useful to them. (他们挑选那些对他们有用的书。)
2)you can select friends from your schoolmates. (你可以在同学中挑选朋友。)
3)they voted to select a new monitor. (他们投票挑选新班长。)
22.export v. 输出,出口 n. 输出品;输出,出口
这个单词用作动词时,发音的重音在后面的第二个音节上,用作名词时,重音在第一个音节上。
ex-是前缀,表示out,port是词根,表示carry。
1)they banned all exports of weapons. (他们禁止武器出口。)
2)they grow coffee, cotton and bananas for exports. (他们种植咖啡、棉花和香蕉出口。)
3)one third of exports from industrial nations go to the developing countries。
(工业国家三分之一的出口品进入发展中国家。)
4)raw materials are exported at low prices. (原材料的出口价格低廉。)
本课简介
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