《2025年优化探究同步导学案高中英语必修第二册人教版》

1. reduce vt. 减少；缩小(reduction n. 减少)
[教材原文] It is reported that living spaces for wildlife are being reduced due to the cutting of trees. 据报道，由于树木的砍伐，野生生物的生存空间正在减少。
[即学即练]——单句语法填空/完成句子
(1) The price has been reduced from 10 to 8. In other words, the price has been reduced by 2.
(2) The cultural relic was reduced (reduce) to ruins, which made us depressed.
(3) As is known to all, using clean energy plays an important role in pollution reduction (reduce).
(4) 他的家乡受到了攻击，他沦落到在一个遥远的城市乞讨为生。
His hometown was under attack and he was reduced to begging for a living in a city faraway.
(reduce sth. to... 减少到……；reduce sth. by... 减少了……；reduce sb. to (doing) sth. 使某人陷入(更坏的)境地；使某人沦落为某种境地)

答案： 1.
(1)to
(2)was reduced
(3)reduction
(4)was reduced to begging