实用英语四summary
Unit 1
Text A He Is the Best Thing in Life that Happened to Me Summary：The story is about an American woman and an English man. They met each other on the Internet out of the blue. They talked almost every night about everything under the sun on the telephone. Eventually, they got married. If it hadn’t had been for this Internet she would have not met the man she’s married to.
Text B Online Shopping
Shopping online offers lots benefits that you won’t find shopping in a store or by e-mail. But sizing up your finds on the Internet is a little different from checking out items at the mall. OnGuard Online offers eight tips to help you make the most of your shopping experience: Know who you’re dealing with; Know exactly what you’re buying; Know what it will cost; Pay by credit or charge card; Check out the terms of the deal; Keep a paper trail; Don’t e-mail your financial information; Check the privacy policy.
Unit 2
Text A The Truth about Globalization
The author tells us the truth about globalization that was
initiated by the slave trade and given impetus by colonialism and Christian missionaries in Africa. A missionary named Mary Slessor emigrated from Scotland came to Africa on a mission to indoctrinate African with Christian theology which was plundered their self-esteem and fostered the colonial ideal. The missionary influenced the native African language, lifestyle and so on. Though they won the battle the decolonizing their continent, but they lost the war on decolonizing their minds.
Unit 3
Text B Key Threats to Wildlife
As our wildlife still faces several threats in the long term, we need to support programs which protect wildlife and endangered species or risk losing some of them. The key threats to wildlife are as follows: habitat loss, climate change, pesticide and toxic chemicals, non-native species and mismanagement. It is high time for us to take action to protect wildlife.
Unit 4
Text B Protect Your Home from Disasters
There are things we should do the protect our homes and reduce the risk that they will be damaged from disasters. The
passage lists several ideas for us and our family to use to mitigate. It includes lighting, hurricanes and tornadoes, earthquakes, wild fires, family disaster plan and what we should talk to our family about. We can learn a lot mitigation from the passage. Such as when it is lighting, we can’t use the telephone, we should close the doors and windows. Even turn the television and computers off before the lightning happens. When it has hurricanes and tornadoes, we can use shutters to protect windows and glass. When it has earthquakes, we should bolt or strap cupboards and bookcase to the walls, strap our gas water heater to a nearby wall. They are useful for us to protect ourselves from disasters.
Unit 5
Text B Electric Bikes Suit Modern Life Styles
The passage introduces a versatile transport—electric bikes, which offer many advantages, bringing truly low-cost powered transport and an answer to the fitness that challenges the twenty-first century living. The electric bike has cheap “mains”power and rechargeable batteries. It is good for pleasure and leisure and named “king of the road”. Commuters who travel with assisted power can enjoy cycling that feel effortless and be
