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Unit 1 Lights，camera，action！(2)
1．Even more importantly，the Amazon Rainforest keeps our air clean and breathable(adj.适合
吸入的 breathe v．呼吸 breath n．呼吸)．
2．Branching(熟词生义：v.分岔) off of this official highway are around two million miles of
unofficial roads，many built illegally(独立主格结构) by loggers，miners，and residents of
unauthorized settlements.
3．Additionally(adv.此外，另外 副词作状语)，90 percent of forest fires were next to illegal
Amazonian roads.
4．Imazon researchers fed(熟词生义：v.提供，灌输 feed－fed－fed) the manual data into an
artificial intelligence algorithm to train it to find the unauthorized roads.
5．The program predicts where(引导宾语从句) there may be roads，with about 70 percent
accuracy(n.准确性；精确性 accurate adj.准确的；精确的)．
6．The PrevisIA map and statistics can help governments channel(熟词生义：v.把……用
于)deforestation prevention efforts to threatened areas.
7．Their data show that the wealth of a student’s country and family have similar impacts
on(对……有影响) test scores—meaning that big gaps in GDP per person matter more than small
ones in household income do.
8．Jacket(熟词生义：v.给……装保护套) your home with insulation.
9 ． That’s why( 引 导 表 语 从 句 ) people should walk more ， ride bikes or take mass
transportation.
That is why...这就是……的原因。
That is because...这是因为……
The reason why...is that...……的原因是……
10．The winter solstice festival originated(v.起源；创始 origin n．起源；来源 original adj.
最初的；原来的) from the Han Dynasty (202 BC－220 AD) and developed well in the Tang and
Song Dynasties (618－1279)．
11．By eating dumplings，people think they can avoid their ears from being frozen(adj.结冰的；
冻坏的 freeze v．结冰；冻僵 freeze－froze－frozen) as the dumplings look like people’s ear.
12．People also use it to present(v.赠送 present sb with sth/present sth to sb向某人赠送某物) to
relatives(熟词生义：n.亲戚，亲属) and friends.
