Grade 9 Unit 2 Topic 1 Section C

In today’s world, almost everyone knows air pollution is harmful to ^[1]be harmful to: 对……有害 people’s health. However, not all people know noise is also a kind of pollution and is harmful to humans’ health.

People who work and live in noisy conditions often go deaf ^[2]deaf: 美: [def]  英: [def]   adj. 聋的；不愿听；不去注意. For example ^[3]for example: 例如, many of the workers who print ^[4]print:美: [prɪnt]  英: [prɪnt]   v. 打印；印刷；发表；刊登 newspapers and books lose their hearing ^[5]hearing: 美: [ˈhɪrɪŋ]  英: [ˈhɪərɪŋ]  n. 听力；听觉. Quite a few people living near airports also have hearing loss ^[6]loss: 美: [lɔs]  英: [lɒs]  n. 损失；丢失；亏损；丧失 . Recently ^[7]recently:美: [ˈrɪsəntli]  英: [ˈriːs(ə)ntli]  adv. 最近；近期地；不久以前地, it was reported that ^[8]it was reported that: 据报道  后面跟陈述句   相似的表达 it is said that 意为“据说” many teenagers in America can hear no better than ^[9]no better than: 和…几乎一样，比…好不到哪儿去 65-year-old people do, because these young people always listen to loud pop music.

Making a loud noise in public is also a kind of pollution. It not only disturbs ^[10]disturb:  美: [dɪˈstɜrb]  英: [dɪˈstɜː(r)b]  v. 打扰；干扰；弄乱；妨碍 others but also does great harm to ^[11]do harm to: 损害；伤害；对……有害   * 意同be harmful to people’s hearing. Cars and machines also produce too much noise. Such pollution makes people feel uncomfortable ^[12]uncomfortable:美: [ʌnˈkʌmfərtəb(ə)l]   英: [ʌnˈkʌmftəb(ə)l]   adj. 使人不舒服的；令人不舒适的；感到难受的 and unpleasant ^[13]unpleasant:美: [ʌnˈplez(ə)nt]  英: [ʌn’plez(ə)nt]  adj. 令人不快的；不舒服的；不和蔼的；不客气的 , and it can even cause them to ^[14]cause sb. to do sth. 导致某人做某事 become sick or deaf. Nowadays, many countries are trying to solve all sorts ^[15]sort: 美: [sɔrt]  英: [sɔː(r)t]  n. 排序；分类；种类；类别  v. 整理；把…分类；妥善处理；安排妥当 of environmental ^[16]environmental: 美: [ɪnˌvaɪərnˈment(ə)l]  英: [ɪn.vaɪrən’ment(ə)l]  adj. 自然环境的；生态环境的；有关环境的 problems, including ^[17]including: 美: [ɪnˈkludɪŋ]  英: [ɪnˈkluːdɪŋ]   prep. 包括 noise pollution.