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UNIT 11 CONFLICT AND COMPROMISE(二)
1．“...If it weren’t for Crisis，I might have died，”(if虚拟条件句) said Eddie，who was
a chef for years，working in luxurious(adj.奢侈的，豪华的) hotels in London.
2．People are being left with no options than to go without(在没有某物的情况下生活或继
续)basics like food，heating or keeping a roof over their heads(有栖身之所)．
3．Please donate today to end someone’s homelessness and support to leave homelessness
behind for good(永久性地；彻底地)．
4．So it is with Farm My School，a program that’s turning underused(意为“未充分利用
的”，前缀under- 表示“不足”“不充分”“在……之下”) land at secondary schools into
commercially achievable(商业上可行的)，regenerative market gardens farmed(此处为动词，
意为“耕种，养殖”) by and for local communities.
5．Students learn about community networks，healthy eating，ecological responsibility(生态责
任)，waste reduction and climate relief while helping(状语从句的省略) with food production.
6．We charged for(索价，要价；为……收费) the experience and 600 guys turned up(出现，
到来)!
7．“We’ve seen this huge push towards seeing schools as regenerative spaces，not just for
planting but for kids to be more connected to(与……有联系) the outside world，and really
seeing the school in a whole new light(从全新的角度)，” James says.
8．“For us，the big excitement is that by allowing a professional(职业的，专业的) farmer to
take the responsibility of(承担责任)growing food，it’s not only on the school to look after that
farm anymore，which eventually makes it much more sustainable(make＋宾语＋宾补)，”
adds Ben.
9．The tradition started on a whim(n.突然产生的念头，心血来潮) in 2010 with Daniel
Riddick，a doctor in Hurley Children’s Hospital in Providence，Rhode Island.
10．During his stay，Daniel had bonded with(与某人有亲密关系) the kid so deeply
that(so...that 结果状语从句) he decided that on the boy’s last night there，he would do
something special for the final parting(n.离别，分别)．
11．Daniel made it a practice(熟词生义：n.习惯做法) to flicker his bike lights to kids as he left
for the night as a fun way to say goodbye.
12．The nightly tradition became such a hit(熟词生义：n.很受欢迎的人或事物) that customers
started joining in with flashlights and cellphones too.
13．The Chief Executive Officer of Beijing Aiqi Technology Yang Zhang has revived the Chinese
cultural practice of using the mortise and tenon(榫卯) technique for construction which is on the
edge of(在……边缘) extinction.14．Located in(坐落在，位于) the Palace Museum of Beijing，this architectural treasure
boasts(v.夸耀) the most delicate(adj.精致的；精美的；精巧的) design and elegant shape among
Chinese royal buildings.
15．The complex layout(n.布局；布置；设计) of the turret posed(熟词生义 v．造成；引起；
产生) an unprecedented(史无前例的) technical challenge for Zhang and his team of designers
and developers.
16．Unlike conventional(adj.传统的) building block toys，Zhang aimed to create a model made
entirely of authentic(adj.真正的) mortise and tenon components(n.成分)．
