nhce-B2-U2-B新视野英语B1-B2 课件PPTUnit 2 Text B Green Spaces in Cities.pptVIP

Unit 2 Text B Green Spaces in Cities Structure of the text Part 1(para.1): There are less and less private Space in cities, and the places for people to play in become rarer. Part2 (paras.3-4): Psychologists find that green Spaces do good to people’s health, and people become aware of the importance of it. Part3 (paras.5-9): people take measures to Enlarge green spaces and improve environment. empty with nothing in it 常用语, 指“空间内无人无物的” an empty room 空房间（屋内无人无物） bare without natural and customary covering 赤裸的, 无遮蔽的 Dont walk on that broken glass with bare feet. 不要光着脚走在那些碎玻璃上。 a bare room （没有家具的）空房间 blank without writing, print, or other marks on a surface 指“表面上没任何东西”或“表面是空白的” a blank wall 无门（窗等）的墙 a blank page 空页 a blank screen空白的屏幕 hollow having an empty space inside empty 与 hollow 的含义很近，很难辨别其细微差异，常常可以换用。 empty (or hollow) talk 空谈 These chocolate eggs are all hollow. 这些巧克力蛋都是空心的。 vain 1. without success in spite of one’s efforts without purpose or without positive results空虚 的； 毫无价值、毫无意义；或在绝对意义上毫无价值，而在相对意义上却有价值。换句话说，一般认为无价值、无意义的东西，却是某些人拼命追求的对象。佛教徒把人间的一切一概视为“四大皆空”。这个“空”字应用vain 来表示。 in vain 徒劳 Our labor was in vain.? 我们的劳动是白费力气 2. too proud of their good looks, abilities, or position; conceited爱虚荣的,自负的,炫耀的 She is vain and extravagant. 她既爱虚荣又奢侈。 barren 1. land or soil that is barren has no plants growing on it 荒芜的, 贫瘠的 That remote barren land has blossomed into rich granaries. 过去的穷乡僻壤变成了富饶的谷仓。 2. a tree or plant that is barren does not produce fruit or seeds【植】不结果实的 a barren tree不结果子的树 3. old-fashioned unable to produce children or baby animals - used of a woman or of female animals She is barren of children.? 她不能生育。 barren 4. used to describe a period of time during which you do not achieve anything or get any useful results 无益的；无效果的；无结果的