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.
Word Bank
| ↑1 | be harmful to: 对……有害 |
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| ↑2 | deaf: 美: [def] 英: [def] adj. 聋的；不愿听；不去注意 |
| ↑3 | for example: 例如 |
| ↑4 | print:美: [prɪnt] 英: [prɪnt] v. 打印；印刷；发表；刊登 |
| ↑5 | hearing: 美: [ˈhɪrɪŋ] 英: [ˈhɪərɪŋ] n. 听力；听觉 |
| ↑6 | loss: 美: [lɔs] 英: [lɒs] n. 损失；丢失；亏损；丧失 |
| ↑7 | recently:美: [ˈrɪsəntli] 英: [ˈriːs(ə)ntli] adv. 最近；近期地；不久以前地 |
| ↑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” |
| ↑9 | no better than: 和…几乎一样，比…好不到哪儿去 |
| ↑10 | disturb: 美: [dɪˈstɜrb] 英: [dɪˈstɜː(r)b] v. 打扰；干扰；弄乱；妨碍 |
| ↑11 | do harm to: 损害；伤害；对……有害 * 意同be harmful to |
| ↑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 |
| ↑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 |
| ↑14 | cause sb. to do sth. 导致某人做某事 |
| ↑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 |
| ↑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 |
| ↑17 | including: 美: [ɪnˈkludɪŋ] 英: [ɪnˈkluːdɪŋ] prep. 包括 |
