m5u2 the environment
language points
reading:
1. i am talking to you about the way large areas of the world are damaged by industrial waste.
waste名词(不可数)、形容词、动词
1)认为它是一张废纸,他们可能把它扔掉了.
they probably threw it away, thinking it was waste paper.
2) 同她争论是浪费时间.
it is a waste of time arguing with her.
3) 浪费时间来讨论这件事是如何发生是没有用的.
it is no use wasting time discussing how it happened.
4) 我多么后悔浪费了这么多时间玩电脑游戏.
how i regretted wasting so much time playing computer games.
2. factories produce large amounts of poisonous chemicals.
a large amount of= large amounts of 修饰不可数名词
人们急需大量的金钱。
a large amount of money is needed badly.
复习几个“大量的”相关词组:a great deal of +______________; a large quantity of/large quantities of +__________
3. these boats catch lar