Unit 4 Global warming

I. Phrases

1. global warming 全球气候变暖

2. a supply of /supplies of 大量的

3. depend on 依靠

4. human activity 人类活动

5. a natural phenomenon 自然现象

6. be trapped in... 被困在......

7. a quantity of/quantities of + n. 大量的

8. result in 导致..

result from 原因是..

9. as a result = in consequence 因此

as a result of =in consequence of 由于...的缘故

10. build up 逐渐建立

11. keep on 保持

12. make a difference 有影响；有关系

make no difference 对......没有影响；不重要

13. put up with... 忍受

14. as/so long as 只要

15. and so on 等等

16. glance at... 很快地看......一眼..

17. on the whole 大体上

18. compare...to.../compare....with 与...相比

19. come about 发生(不及物)

come across偶遇;穿过