UNIT 5 词汇整理abdominal英[æb'dɒmɪn(ə)l]美[æb'dɑmənl]adj. 腹部的；有腹鳍的adj.of or relating to or near the abdomen"abdominal muscles"e.g. Because excessive amounts of abdominal fat increases your risk for high blood sugar and other health problems.因为过量的腹部脂肪会增加你患高血糖和其它健康疾病的风险。
abdominal pregnancy [妇产] 腹腔妊娠; [妇产] 腹部妊娠; 腹孕; 腹腔怀孕abdominal belt [医] 腹带; 腹部引力带abdominal boards仰卧起坐板; 腹肌板appoint英[ə'pɒɪnt]美[ə'pɔɪnt]vt. 任命；指定；约定vi. 任命；委派choose for a position or job同义词：name, nominate , constitute, chargee.g. He was appointed deputy manager.他被任命为副经理。
In consideration of your extensive experience in the field, we are glad to appoint you as our agent.考虑到你们在这一业务范围的丰富经验，我们很高兴指定你们为我们的代理。
challenge英['tʃælɪn(d)ʒ]美['tʃælɪndʒ]n. 挑战；怀疑sth. new and difficult that forces one to make a lot of effort vt. 向…挑战e.g. She looked at me with challenge.她带着挑战的目光看着我。
Unit 51 distribute wealth2. drill a hole3 drive the turbine4 refine/extract oil5 invite disaster6 irrigate land7 squander money8 sustain river deltas and wetlands1 无法满足的需求2 不明智的补救方法3 地下水水位4 已经断流的河流5 饥荒，瘟疫与大规模移民6 供应与需求7 大澡盆，电淋浴与抽水马桶8 作物品种9 sweep globe10 drain/remove sewage11 save water12 conserve oil13 satisfy the demands/ meet the demands14 harness rivers and lakes9 灌溉区10物质不灭定律／质量守恒定律11 海水淡化12 供不应求，超过需求13 濒危物种14冷却系统15 火电3 Replace1 becoming terribly scarce, keep squandering, inviting disasters2 are at a loss as what to do with, meet the insatiable demands3 desalinate, expensive, requires elaborate/sophisticated apparatus4 famines, pestilence, sweep the globe5 overblown, remedies, ill-conceived, is bound to/ is sure or certain to/ is destined to6 routine, frequently7 in due course/ gradually, bring supply and demand into equilibrium8 perforated, aquifers, falling, glaciers, vanishing,4 Translate1.Statistics show that China has a total amount of2.8trillion cubic meters of water resource, second only to Brazil, Russia and Canada, ranking the fourth (to be updated) in the world. But when divided by 1.3billion, our average per-capita share of water resource only amounts to about one quarter of the world’s avera ge.2.We have always been heavily burden with the problemof water shortage. It is said that the 661 large and medium-sized cities nationwide, about two-thirds are suffering from acute shortage of water. Beijing isa good example in point. It not only lacks surfacewater, even its underground water is dangerously low.It is reported to have dropped by 90 meters. Some scholars suggest we move our capital to some other place. This is of course unfeasible/ unrealistic, but the message is clear.3.Our water resources first of all are not evenlydistributed in time or space. They are either too much, causing floods, or too little, causing droughts. 4.In spite of the impressive progress we have achievedin the past years, we are still far from effectively harnessing our rivers, lakes, and reservoirs. Soil erosion and desertification are increasingly threatening our economy and people’s life. Many of our rivers no longer flow to the sea. In 1998, theYellow River failed to have enough water to flow to the sea for 212 days.5.Traditionally, our water resources have mainly beenused to irrigate land but, in recent years, demands on water for industrial and domestic use have also been sharply on the rise. They have seriously outgrown supplies.6.Today our scarce water resources are becoming evenscarcer because a lot of water is being wasted on capacious power showers, flush lavatories, and golf rinks. Moreover, a lot of water being polluted. 7. These two rivers both have their headwater in thecountry. It therefore makes water an issue for potential serious dispute between the two countries.8.In recent years, we have pinned great hopes on theprojects to divert water from the south to the north, hopping that it will once and for all solve our flood problem in the south and the drought problem in the north. But there are scholars whose opinions differ.They warn us that immunity of the Yangtze to droughts cannot be taken for granted.1 with better medical care, my grandfather could have lived to eighty.2 even at a gunpoint I would n’t renounce my beliefs.3 Further delay would cause us even greater loss.4. But for the seatbelt, she would have been severely injured in the acctident.5 A man without a strong sense of justice wouldn’t have brought the matter up.6 Without an experienced guide like her, we might have been trapped in the jungle.7 I wonder how many of us would have done the same in his position8 With a more sophisticated computer, we would have completed the project much sooner.9 Without a strong will, even a healthy m an wouldn’t have reached the top of the mountain in two hours10 A less resourceful person wouldn’t have been able to carry out the task under such unfavorable conditions.。
