时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:新东方现代文背诵篇章


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In the late 1960's, many people in North America turned their attention to environmental problems, and new steel-and-glass skyscrapers 2 were widely criticized. Ecologists pointed 3 out that a cluster of tall buildings in a city often overburdens public transportation and parking lot capacities.


Skyscrapers are also lavish 4 consumers, and wasters, of electric power. In one recent year, the addition of 17 million square feet of skyscraper 1 office space in New York City raised the peak daily demand for electricity by 120, 000 kilowatts-enough to supply the entire city of Albany, New York, for a day.


Glass-walled skyscrapers can be especially wasteful 5. The heat loss (or gain)through a wall of half-inch plate glass is more than ten times that through a typical masonry 6 wall filled with insulation 7 board. To lessen 8 the strain on heating and air-conditioning equipment, builders of skyscrapers have begun to use double-glazed panels of glass, and reflective glasses coated with silver or gold mirror films that reduce glare as well as heat gain. However, mirror-walled skyscrapers raise the temperature of the surrounding air and affect neighboring buildings.


Skyscrapers put a severe strain on a city's sanitation 9 facilities, too. If fully 10 occupied, the two World Trade Center towers in New York City would alone generate 2.25 million gallons of raw sewage each year-as much as a city the size of Stanford, Connecticut , which has a population of more than 109, 000.



1 skyscraper
n.摩天大楼
  • The skyscraper towers into the clouds.那幢摩天大楼高耸入云。
  • The skyscraper was wrapped in fog.摩天楼为雾所笼罩。
2 skyscrapers
n.摩天大楼
  • A lot of skyscrapers in Manhattan are rising up to the skies. 曼哈顿有许多摩天大楼耸入云霄。
  • On all sides, skyscrapers rose like jagged teeth. 四周耸起的摩天大楼参差不齐。
3 pointed
adj.尖的,直截了当的
  • He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
  • She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。
4 lavish
adj.无节制的;浪费的;vt.慷慨地给予,挥霍
  • He despised people who were lavish with their praises.他看不起那些阿谀奉承的人。
  • The sets and costumes are lavish.布景和服装极尽奢华。
5 wasteful
adj.(造成)浪费的,挥霍的
  • It is a shame to be so wasteful.这样浪费太可惜了。
  • Duties have been reassigned to avoid wasteful duplication of work.为避免重复劳动浪费资源,任务已经重新分派。
6 masonry
n.砖土建筑;砖石
  • Masonry is a careful skill.砖石工艺是一种精心的技艺。
  • The masonry of the old building began to crumble.旧楼房的砖石结构开始崩落。
7 insulation
n.隔离;绝缘;隔热
  • Please examine the insulation of the electric wires in my house.请检查一下我屋子里电线的绝缘情况。
  • It is always difficult to assure good insulation between the electric leads.要保证两个电触头之间有良好的绝缘总是很困难的。
8 lessen
vt.减少,减轻;缩小
  • Regular exercise can help to lessen the pain.经常运动有助于减轻痛感。
  • They've made great effort to lessen the noise of planes.他们尽力减小飞机的噪音。
9 sanitation
n.公共卫生,环境卫生,卫生设备
  • The location is exceptionally poor,viewed from the sanitation point.从卫生角度来看,这个地段非常糟糕。
  • Many illnesses are the result,f inadequate sanitation.许多疾病都来源于不健全的卫生设施。
10 fully
adv.完全地,全部地,彻底地;充分地
  • The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气,然后全部呼出。
  • They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。
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accrediting
affinors
alpha counter tube
analytical separation
athermantus imperialis
bartelkeite
Bay Miwok
bevelling machine
Brandeis Brief
butting
capital surplus oil exporting countries
carcmopolypus
carrot grader
castalogne
cation resin
cell homogenization
charge masters
choke coupled modulation
class Chrysophyceae
clock-stars
computer-assisted testing
Conodontophoridia
coopers town
credit-checking
crystal nucleus
cuckooland
cutter cam lever
diminished capacity
dindus
DLCOSS3
double dominant
double water innercooling electric machine
drive sprocket pitch
dry magnetic particle
dura maters
dynametrical
E number,E-number
eccentric conduct
ecological equivalance
Ephemerida
fenale partner
fervently
field bee
glaphyra viridescens
glide slope
Groves
Gunnislake
high-roof
Hutchinson's prurigo
importune
indo-1
industrial profit
interdigital pad
jaked
joint audit
justice-virtue
Ksar el-Kebir
leucinal
listening-in
LTCS
luminous flux measurement
Mail on Sunday
maneuvering dial
manganese(ii) chloroplatinate
marcovich
Marine Agent Industry
NDAT
neutral dye
Novolaudom
ophiophrixus
Pappenheimer
perception time
pit caity
prediscovers
presumptive taxation
pseudo arithmetic operation
rainhats
rape vans
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Rickettsia ctenocephali
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socialisticna
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tiredly
tracheobronchoscopy
unpowered homing weapon
UUN
validation
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weaner calf
weddinggoer
your love is like
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