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从新视野大学英语（第三版）第四册第四单元遴选的10个重点单词。该教材1-2册以四级词汇为主，3-4册以六级词汇为主。其中，六级词汇中包含部分考研词汇。 differentiate
v. recognize or express the difference between things or people 区分；区别 vt.be the quality or fact that makes one thing or person clearly different from another 构成…间的差别；使…不同于
dis-是前缀，表分开（apart, away from)，-ate是动词后缀，-ent是形容词后缀，fer是词根，指携带。Difference指分开放置，引申指区分、不同。
Para.2 First, differentiate between environmental luxuries and environmental necessities.首先要区分什么是环境奢侈品，什么是环境必需品。 incompatible
a. (of two things) so opposed in character as to be incapable of existing together 不相容的；不兼容的；不协调的
：in-是前缀，表否定、相反，com-表一起，-ible是形容词后缀，pat是词根，表遭受痛苦、坏事（to suffer）.compatible指与痛苦一起，即感受怜悯，引申指与之相处的、可共存的。Incompatible不可共存。
Para.6 It takes, for example, a highly selective view of the kindness of nature, one that is incompatible with the reality of natural disasters. 比如，在自然是否友善的问题上，当下的环保主义采取了高度选择性的片面的观点，而这种观点与自然造成的灾难这一现实是不相协调的。 correlation
n. [C, U] (fml.) a connection or relationship between two or more things that is not caused by chance 相互关系；联系；关联
cor-是con-变体，表一起，re-是前缀，表返回（back）-ion是名词后缀，lat是词根，表携带（to carry）。Relate指带回，引申指相关、关系，16世纪20年代指叙述、讲述。Correlation指相互关系。
Para.3 Ozone depletion has a correlation not only with skin cancer and eye problems, it also destroys the ocean's ecology, the beginning of the food chain atop which we humans sit. dreadful
(这个单词的图片建议自己找，我们找了一个最不可怕的图片）
a. 1 causing great fear or suffering; shocking 使人震惊的；可怕的 2 very unpleasant 糟透了的；非常讨厌的
-ful是形容词后缀，d-是and-（同anti-）的截短，表反对(against )，re-是词根，表推理、计数，引申指建议。dread指谏言、劝阻，引申指恐惧、害怕。
Para. 6 My nature worship stops with the twister that came through Kansas or the dreadful rains in Bangladesh that eradicated whole villages and left millions homeless.当龙卷风肆虐堪萨斯州，当瓢泼大雨袭击孟加拉国，毁灭了整座整座的村庄，使几百万人失去家园的时候，我对自然的崇拜便停止了。 intelligible
Para. 13 A sane and intelligible environmentalism does it not for nature's sake but for our own.理性、明确的环保主义保护环境是为了人类自身，而不是为了自然。 negligible
a. very unimportant or small 微不足道的；极小的
-ible是形容词后缀，ne-是词根，表否定（not），lig是词根，表选择。neglect指不选择、忽略。negligible指不值得选择的、微不足道的。
Para. 10 If it could be preserved at a negligible cost, I would agree that it should be – biodiversity is after all necessary to the ecosystem.如果花很少的代价就可以保护猫头鹰，我会赞同它应受保护——毕竟，生物多样性对生态系统是非常必要的。 bizarre
a.strange and difficult to explain 古怪的；怪诞的；奇异的
次要拟声。模仿怒火突然爆发、暴躁，引申指古怪的、不可预测的。
Para.8 It is a bizarre sentimentalism that would deny oil that is peacefully attainable because it risks disrupting the birthing grounds of Arctic caribou.就因为可能破坏北美驯鹿的繁衍地而放弃能够以和平手段获得的石油，这是一种十分怪异的感情用事。 allege
vt. say that sth. is true or that sb. has done sth. wrong or illegal even though this has not been proved （未经证实地）宣称，指责，指控
a-是ex的截短变体，表出来（out），leg来自词组litem agere，表驱动，17世纪指上法庭、进行诉讼。allege指法庭上正式宣布。很复杂，不细讲了。
Para. 6 Some people even allege that the earth is a living organism. 有的人甚至声称地球是一个活的生物体。 consolidate
v. 11combine things in order to make them more effective or easier to deal with 合并；统一2 strengthen the position of power or success that you have, so that it becomes more effective or continues for longer 加强，巩固（取得的权力、成功等）
con-是前缀，表一起，-ate是动词后缀，sol是词根，表整体、完好无损（whole, well-kept）。consolidate指结合成一体。
Para. 1How do we segregate the best options and consolidate our varying interests into a single, sound policy?我们怎样才能分离出最佳选择，并且把我们各自不同的兴趣统一在同一个合理的政策当中呢？ habitat
n. [C] the type of place that an animal normally lives in or a plant normally grows in （动物的）栖息地；（植物的）生长地
-at是名词后缀，-it是名词后缀，hab是词根，表抓住、给、收到，引申指拥有、居住地。habitat，1854年指居住地
Para.12 The most urgent maneuver must be undertaken when the very integrity of humanity's habitat, e.g., the atmosphere or the essential geology that sustains the core of the earth, is threatened. 当人类栖息地的完整性（比如大气层或维持地球核心的基本地质状况）受到威胁时，人类就必须立即调整自己的行为。 < the end >
单词成就英语，英语照见未来
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