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　　Water Pollution

　　Water is very important to us. Factories and plants need water for industrial

　　uses and large pieces of farmland need it for irrigation. Without water to drink,

　　people die in a short time.

　　Today most water sources are so dirty that people must purify water before

　　drinking. Water becomes dirty in many ways: industrial pollution is one of them.

　　With the development of industry, plants and factories pour tons of industrial

　　wastes into rivers every day. The rivers have become seriously polluted, and the

　　water is becoming unfit for drinking or irrigation. The same thing has also

　　happened to our seas and oceans. So, the problem of water pollution is almost

　　worldwide.

　　Scientists of many countries have done a lot of work to stop pollution. The

　　polluted water in some places has become clean and drinkable again. Perhaps one

　　day the people in all towns and cities will be drinking clean water. That day, we

　　believe, is not very far off. (161 words)

　　Useful Words and Expressions:

　　irrigation n.灌溉，冲洗

　　purify vt.使纯净V.净化

　　industrial polllltion工业污染验室

　　agricultural pollution农业污染

　　air(bome)pollution大气污染

　　aquatic pollution水污染

　　atmospheric pollution大气污染

　　community pollution居民区污染

　　dust pollution灰尘污染

　　environment pollution环境污染

　　food pollution食物[食品」污染

　　freshwater pollution淡水污染

　　global air pollution全球性大气污染

　　groundwater pollution地下水污染

　　indoor air pollution室内空气污染

　　infrmation Pollution信息污染

　　ocean pollution海洋污染

　　noise pollution噪声污染

　　nuclear pollution核污染

　　visual pollution视觉污染be

　　be unfit for 不适于

　　Cartoonists

　　In a good cartoon, the artist can tell in a few lines as much as a writer can

　　tell in half a dozen paragraphs. The cartoonist not only tells a story but he

　　also tries to persuade the reader to his way of thinking. He has great influence

　　on public opinion. In a political campaign, he plays an important part.

　　Controversial issues in Congress or at meetings of the United Nations may keep

　　the cartoonist well-supplied with current materials.

　　A clever cartoonist may cause laughter because he often uses humour in his

　　drawings. If he is sketching a famous person, he takes a prominent feature and

　　exaggerates it. Cartoonists, for instance, like to lengthen an already long nose

　　and to widen an already broad grin. This exaggeration of a person’s

　　characteristics is called caricature. The artist uses such exaggeration to put

　　his message across. (144 words)

　　Useful Words and Expressions:

　　cartoonist n.漫画家

　　campaign n.(政治或商业性)活动

　　controversial adj.争论的，争议的

　　a controversial movie一场有争议的电影

　　a controversial stand on human rights引起争议的人权立场

　　congress n.(美国等国的)国会，议会

　　sketch vi.绘略图，素描

　　prominent adj.卓越的，显著的

　　prominent tech突出的牙齿

　　a prominent nose大鼻子

　　a prominent doctor著名的医生

　　exaggerate v.夸大，夸张

　　exaggeration n.夸张，夸大之词

　　for instance例如

　　lengthen v.延长，(使)变长

　　kngthen a dress放长衣服

　　Summer lengthens(out)into autumn.夏去秋来。

　　The shadows lengthen.天色渐黑;年纪渐老;死期已近。

　　grin n.露齿笑，咧嘴笑，张口笑

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