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基于课本的话题:自然与环境(一)
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1. A Horrible Earthquake 可怕的地震 ( Unit 4 Earthquakes, Book 1 )

Dirty water rose in wells and canals before the earthquake. But no one judged that an earthquake was coming. Suddenly, everything shook. It seemed as if the world was at an end. Millions of brick houses and a number of dams were destroyed. Railway tracks became useless bars. Pipes in mines burst and let out smelly steam. Huge cracks trapped cyclists everywhere.

The next day, this event was the headline or main title of all newspapers. With the reporters giving an outline of the disaster, the whole nation was shocked by the damage and the victim’s extreme suffering. People were moved when they read that the survivors comforted each other by saying “Congratulations! You survived!”. So they not only expressed their sympathy sincerely, but also organized together to help the victims right away. The injured were rescued and the dead were buried. The frightened survivors were dug out from under the ruins and were offered shelter, fresh water and electricity. Thanks to people’s help, the loss was minimized.

地震前,水井运河里的水都涨涌起来。但是却没人判断出地震即将来临。霎那间,一切都在摇晃,似乎整个世界就要结束数以百万房和许多水坝遭到破坏;铁路轨道都变成无用的煤矿管道纷纷爆裂,发出有臭味的蒸汽;到处都有骑车的人被巨大的裂缝陷住

第二天,所有报纸都纷纷以大字标题或主要标题报道了这一事件记者们描述了灾难大概情况,全都被地震的破坏和灾民们极度的苦难震惊。当人们读到幸存者恭喜啊,你还活着。来互相安慰时,都被感动了。人们不仅衷心地表达了他们的同情,而且还立刻组织起来帮助灾民。员被助了,死者被埋葬了,吓坏的幸存者被从废墟挖出来了,栖身处、净水和电力也很快得到提供。多亏了人们的帮助,灾区的损失被减到了最小。

 

2. Wildlife Protection 保护野生动植物 ( Unit 4 Wildlife protection, Book 2 )

Dinosaurs died out because of an unexpected incident. But wildlife today disappears or is in danger just because humans do harm to it. For example, tigers are hunted for fur to make carpets so that they can only live in secure reserves; grassland is d点击浏览下一页estroyed without mercy so that dust storms come into bei点击浏览下一页ng affecting distant cities.

Last year, scientists saw some monkeys rubbing themselves with a certain kind of insects to protect themselves from fierce mosquitoes biting. According to the result of the inspection, they found that the insect contains a powerful drug, so local farmers were employed to catch the insects. The ending was that the insects disappeared from the whole zone. When told that it was a loss to humans, the farmers burst into laughter and responded, “Our real loss is our decreasing income.”

We should appreciate the natural balance and pay more attention to the importance of wildlife protection. Not until we succeed in letting wildlife live in peace, can we smile in relief.

恐龙因一次意外事件灭绝,但是今天的野生动植物却是因为人类的伤害而消失或处在危险中。例如,老虎被猎杀以获取做地毯皮毛以致它们只能生活在安全的保护区里;草地被毫不怜悯地破点击浏览下一页坏,以致沙尘开始影响遥远的城市。

去年,科学家观察到猴子在身上擦某昆虫保护自己不受凶猛的蚊子的叮咬根据检查的结果,他们发现这种昆虫有一种具有强大效力药物,于是,当地的农民都被来抓虫子。结果是,这种昆虫从这整个地区都消失了。当被告知说这是整个人类的损失时,农民们都突然大笑回应道:我们减少的收入才是我们真正的损失呢![来源:,,Z,X,X,K]

我们应该意识到自然平衡的重要,更加注意野生动植物的保护直到我们成功让野生动植物安详平静地生活,我们自己才能如释重负地笑开颜。 

 

3. Refresh Our Environment 恢复环境生机 ( Unit 4 Global warming, Book 6 )

As the director stated on behalf of his researching group, the data of this graph makes a clear presentation of the future environmental tendency. On one hand, the quantity o点击浏览下一页f fuel keeps on decreasing by 9% per year while the growth of a wide range of pollution has been a global trend. On the other hand, the mildly but steadily going up of the average temperature is resulting in catastrophes like widespread floods. Without disagreement, they subscribe to the view that it is humans’ existence and their randomly consuming energy that result in this phenomenon.

Many people have a commitment that developing nuclear power or energy from outer space will stop bad consequences coming about. However, scientists and educators are opposed to this view even if our needs may be met on the who点击浏览下一页le. They tend to advocate refreshing our circumstances by saving energy and recycling waste. It is suggested that we use ener点击浏览下一页gy-saving appliances such as electrical motors, microwaves and so on and not be casual about little things like recycling a can. So please glance around and 点击浏览下一页see what you can do. So long as everybody makes contribution, we will not have to put up with this problem anymore.

正如那位主任代表他的研究小组所说明的那样,这张图表数据清楚地描述了未来环境的趋势:一方面,燃料数量9%的速度持续减少,同时,大范围污染增长已经成为一种全球趋势;另一反面,平均气温轻微稳定地升高正在造成广泛的洪涝那样的灾难。无不同意地,他们一致赞成是人类的存在任意的消耗能源才造成了这一现象

许多人都信奉开发能和太空能源会防止糟糕的后果发生的理论,然而,即使这样可以基本上满足我们的需要,科学家和教育家们仍然反对这一观点。他们更倾向于拥护用节省能源和回收废料的方法恢复环境生机,并建议我们要使用节省能源的器具,如电力发动机微波炉等,还建议我们不要对如回收罐子这种小事漫不经心。因此,看看你身边是否有你能做的事,只要每个人都作出贡献,我们就不必再忍受这个问题的困扰了。