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Unit 5 Learning from nature
1．But now the 73-year-old is raising the alarm(发出警报) about its future.
2．It is considered a World Treasure Site due to(由于) its biodiversity with 30 species of
whales，dolphins and sharks.
3．Veron says the mass bleaching events in the past few years—and the possibility of losing one of
nature’s greatest treasures—were a wake-up call(警钟) for the world in the wider battle against
climate change，which，together with(和；同……一起) the rising sea temperature，is
considered the greatest threats to the reef.
4．As scientists will be able to create a sort of(一种，一类) seed bank(熟词生义：n.库) to
protect the species until the climate is good enough to rebuild the reef.
5．In reality(实际上，事实上)，such victories of the hunted over the hunter were a fantasy in the
cruel world of industrial(adj.工业的 industry n．工业 industrialize v．使工业化
industrialization n．工业化) whaling.
6．The biggest cetacean of them all，the blue whale，had all but disappeared from the Southern
Ocean(南冰洋) by the time a ban on(针对……的禁令) hunting it was introduced(熟词生义：v.
推行，实施) in 1967.
7．In 2017，the Natural History Museum established a 25m skeleton(骨架) of a blue whale and
named it Hope，intending(v.打算；想要 intention n．意图；目的；打算 intentional adj.故意
的；有意的) to inspire(v.激励，鼓舞；激发，唤起 inspired adj.品质优秀的；能力卓越的
inspiring adj.鼓舞人心的 inspiration n．鼓舞人心的人或事物；灵感) new generations to build
a sustainable future.
①intend to do sth/doing sth打算做某事
be intended to do sth专为做某事而设计；旨在做某事
be intended for专门为……设计/打算
②with the intention of目的是……
8．Ecological wrongs(熟词生义：n.错误的行为) can be righted(熟词生义：v.纠正；矫正)，
or at least mitigated，with sufficient(adj.足够的；充足的) will and organisations.
9．The more general comeback of the whale—for which(“介词＋which”引导定语从句)
environmental campaigners should take a great deal of credit(熟词生义：n.称赞，赞扬)—can be
an inspiration for victories yet to be won.
10．An idea has recently begun to catch on(变得流行，受欢迎)．11．Perhaps there is no need(没有必要……) to make anything up(编造) about what lies
behind quantum theory.
12．Perhaps it really does reveal(vt.揭示；显示，露出) to us the deep structure of reality，
where a property is no more than(不过是) something that affects something else.
13．Its being blue is not a property of the cup alone：colors happen in our brain as a result of(由
于) the certain biological structure of our eyes and as a consequence of(由于) the interactions
between daylight and the cup’s surface.
14．As quantum theory shows：they are defined(vt.界定；解释) by their physical interactions
with the rest of(其余的) the world.
15．This is why，in classic game theory，the winners in the long run(从长远来看) are those
who cooperate.
16．It misunderstands the true nature of reality，and is ultimately self-defeating，which leads to
unimaginable consequence and prevents us from addressing(熟词生义 vt.设法解决，处理)
challenges that all human-kind faces as a whole(整体；全体)．
17．The project is meant to(旨在) contain the growing Sahara Desert and fight climate change.
18．First proposed in 2005，the project aims to(旨在) plant a forest from Senegal on the Atlantic
Ocean in western Africa to Eritrea，Ethiopia and Djibouti in the east.
aim to do.../at doing...旨在做……；力求达到……
be aimed at doing sth 瞄准；目的在于
aimless adj.漫无目的的
aimlessly adv.漫无目的地
