文档介绍：Unit 12 Environment
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New Orleans’ Disaster Serves up a Tough Lesson on Environment
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Warming-up discussion:
What environmental problems may a city encounter on its way of development if it is not properly constructed?
New Orleans
New Orleans
Location: Louisiana
Famous for: diverse music culture
world-renowned cuisine
laid-back, anti-serious manner
fun & relaxing atmosphere
Hurricane Katrina
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buffer:
someone or something that protects one thing or person from being harmed by another
buffer against
Eastern Europe was important to Russia as a buffer against the West.
buffer between
She often had to act as a buffer between father and son.
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laid-back:
relaxed and seeming not to be worried about anything
I don't know how you can be so laid-back about your exams.
laid-back attitude/manner/approach etc
He is famed for his laid-back attitude.
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blight:
to spoil or damage something, especially by preventing people from doing what they want to do
a disease which, though not fatal, can blight the lives of its victims
a country blighted by poverty
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prone:
likely to do something or suffer from something, especially something bad or harmful
prone to
Some plants are very prone to disease.
prone to do something
Kids are all prone to eat junk food.
accident-prone/injury-prone etc
He's always been accident-prone.