Gore and Clinton

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Gore Running for Presidency
Gore and Clinton
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Icecap
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2003
1979
Polar Icecap
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tundra
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ridge
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oil spill
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Lesson Three
Ships in the Desert
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1. to prepare by a special method
1. process
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
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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 stretchedto 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
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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
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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.?
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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?
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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.
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Considering such scenariosexercise
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
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birds
which meanseven 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
Imagesanywhere.
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
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we are rippingdarkness
we are using and destroying resources in such
volume that we are disturbing the balance
between daylight and darkness
changing the chemistryatmosphere
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.
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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 doeffectively?
Why do some symbols so alarm us that we
immediately take action and concentrate on ways
of dealing with them effectively?
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And why dodistraction?
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 beappropriately
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?
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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 arent the problems regarded as strategic?
chlorofluorocarbon
chlorine
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the fragility of the earths natural system
the fact that the earths 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 accelerationrevolution
the scientific and technological revolution
suddenly develops more rapidly
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which has allowedthe world around us
which has increased our power to influence the
world around us to such a degree that can hardly
be conceived
material substance
physical matter
viewed in a historical context
we look at the matter from a historical point of
view
modern humans
million
billion
8
zillion
trillion
in the course of our human lifetime
during the life span of an individual
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half way
ongoing
currently taking place
adj.
the ongoing festival/ceremony
a number/symbol, denoting the power to which
that number, symbol/expression is to be raised
exponent
hassuddenly accelerated exponentially
hassuddenly developed at a speed that doubled
and tripled that original speed
a self-evident/universally recognized
truth which is generally accepted as true and
doesnt need to be proved
axiom
Archimedean axiom
Euclidean axiom
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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 ______________
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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
sustenancemaking 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
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Our challengeawaken 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 symptomsfaced.
They are signs and indications showing that there
exists a much greater and more serious problem
which we have never encountered.
deforestation
to see ourselvesused 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
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co-
pref.
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 ourselvesused 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