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Unit 4 Adversity and Courage
1．It lacks(缺乏，缺少) buildings，trees，cars，cellphones and the Internet.
(a) lack of 缺乏，缺少……
for lack of因缺乏……
lacking adj.缺乏的，缺少的
be lacking in...缺少……
2．Seemingly limitless(无限的) water extends uninterruptedly in all directions(向四面八方)．
后缀-less表“无或者没有”，常见的以-less结尾的词有：
useless无用的； helpless无助的； hopeless无希望的；stainless无污点的；不锈的
3．My older sister and I were stuffed into a car nearly every summer weekend until my late teens
to make the trip from northeast Indiana to the south shore of Lake Erie in Ohio，where(引导非限
制性定语从句) Talisman built by my father(过去分词短语作后置定语) waited patiently
through the week.
4．However，it wasn’t until about 20 years ago，well into my adulthood，that I took up(开
始从事) sailing in a serious way.(含有not until 的强调句)
5．While living in Asia，a sailing friend and I set off across the South China Sea and intended to
get(intend to do打算做……) to Thailand，only to be pushed (to do不定式作结果状语) by a
late-season typhoon that forced us to make landfall in Vietnam，glad to be alive.
6．Years later，my wife and I lived aboard our 37-foot ship，Symbiosis，while we saved enough
to take a two-year leave from our jobs to journey(熟词生义：旅行) down the U．S.Atlantic
coast and through the Bahamas and the Caribbean.
7．A few months ago，we found a good deal(熟词生义：优惠的价格) on a smaller sailboat—
easier to maintain but still capable of(有……能力) some short offshore journeys.
8．The World Economic Forum predicts the global population will hit(熟词生义：达到) 9.8
billion by 2050，which means we might need to grow as much as double the amount of food we do
today...
9．Historically，human intelligence has risen to(成功应对，处理) the population challenge.
10．So the girls teamed up with(与……合作) a national nonprofit group to plant a native garden
specially for the monarchs.
11．They also wanted to put up(张贴) an educational sign in town，but it cost a lot.
put up举起；架起；张贴；留宿；建造
put up with 忍受，忍耐put away 储存……以备用；储蓄
put off 推迟，拖延
put forward 提出(建议，意见)
12．To cover the expense(支付开销)，they set up a stand(n.摊位) at the farmers’ market to
sell their healthy milkweeds for people to plant.
13．Although the fundraising days were long，they finally succeeded in earning(succeed in
doing sth成功做某事) enough money with their hard work and people’s support.
14．Our next step is to cut down(削减，减少) on the use of chemicals to guarantee a safe
environment for the monarchs.
15．Dating back to(现在分词短语作状语) the Tang Dynasty(AD 618－907)，a trail linking(现
在分词作定语，修饰 a trail) Hangzhou’s Tianmu Mountain and Huangshan’s Yellow
Mountain was formed to exchange goods between the two regions.
