韩国将向年轻人提供“脱发补贴”外刊阅读练习 高三英语二轮专题

主题语境：新闻报道与社会现象体裁：新闻报道阅读建议时长：7min原文出处：TheGuardian词数：337难度：★★★文章导读：随着社会压力增大，生活节奏加快，脱发越来越成为当代人的一大困扰。面对这一问题，韩国多地政府甚至已经出手干预，决定为年轻脱发者发放“脱发补贴”。LocalGovernmentsOfferAllowancesforHairLossTreatment韩国将向年轻人提供“脱发补贴”SomelocalgovernmentsinSouthKoreahavebegunofferingfinancialsupportforhairlosstreatment,aimingtohelpboosttheself-confidenceofbaldingpeople.Butthesemovesaredrawingmixedreactionsfromthepublic.Someareraisingquestionsovertheappropriatenessofgovernmentallowancesbeingusedfornon-essentialmedicalservices.InMay2022,SeongdongDistrictOfficeinSeoul①becamethefirstauthoritytoprovidesupporttobaldingresidentsthroughgovernmentregulations.Beginningthisyear,thedistrictofficehasbeenofferingacashvouchertoresidentsaged39andbelow,whohavereceivedalopeciatreatment.Morerecently,theSeoulMetropolitanGovernment②isseekingto

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asimilarmove.AmemberoftheSeoulMetropolitanCouncilputforwardarule,Thursday,whichwouldestablishlegalgroundsforthecityofficetopartiallypayfororalhair-lossmedicineforresidentsagedunder40.Infact,itwasRep.LeeJae-myung③,chiefofthemainoppositionDemocraticPartyofKorea④whohadfirstproposedtheideaofofferingstatesupporttobaldingpeople.Duringhispresidentialcampaignlastyear,Lee’sspeechcausedastirwherehepromisedtoexpandnationalhealthinsurancecoveragetoincludealopeciatreatments.Theproposalgainedsupportfromyoungpeoplewiththinninghairbutcausedcriticismsfromotherswhovieweditasinequality.Althoughhairlossisknowntobemorefrequentamongolderpeople,datashowthatmanyyoungKoreansarebeingtreatedforhairloss.Theissueraisesquestionsaboutwhetheritisappropriatetousestateresourcestohelpwithhairloss,asitisnotalife-threateningdisease.Consideringthatstatehealthinsurancedoesnotcovernon-essentialmedicalproceduressuchasweightlosstreatments,somepeopleviewthemoveasunfair.“WhenIfirstheardthenews,Icouldn’tdisagreemorewiththemove,”saida30-year-oldresidentofSeongdongDistrict.

“Idon’tthinkbaldingisaseriousdiseaserequiringurgenttreatment.Ihopethedistrictofficeusestaxpayers’moneyonsomethingmoremeaningfulandpracticalsuchashelpingresidentsinneed.”文化拓展①SeongdongDistrictOfficeinSeoul：（韩国）首尔市城东区办事处。②theSeoulMetropolitanGovernment：首尔市政府，是韩国首都首尔市的行政机构，负责管理市区内的公共服务和设施，维护市区安全和秩序。③Rep.LeeJae-myung：李在明，生于1964年12月，当过律师，后进入政界。他先后担任京畿道城南市市长、京畿道知事，2017年曾参选韩国总统。④DemocraticPartyofKorea：民主党，韩国政党，由大统合民主新党和民主党二党合并而成为统合民主党后改称为民主党，曾是韩国第一大在野党，在韩国国会中有87席。词汇积累核心词汇释义financial/faɪˈnænʃ(ə)l/adj.财政的；金融的；财务的financen.资金；财政；金融appropriateness/əˈprəʊpriətnəs/n.适当；适合appropriateadj.合适的；恰当的inappropriateadj.不合适的；不适当的regulation/ˌreɡjuˈleɪʃ(ə)n/n.规章制度；法规；管理regulatev.约束；管理；调节regulatorn.监管者；监管机构；调节器oral/ˈɔːrəl/adj.口头的；口服的；口腔发声的opposition/ˌɒpəˈzɪʃ(ə)n/n.反对；对立的事物；对手；在野党opposev.反对；抵制；阻挠oppositeadj.对面的；相反的

n.对立的人（或物）；对立面

prep.与……相对；在……对面coverage/ˈkʌvərɪdʒ/n.新闻报道；信息范围；覆盖范围coverv.

掩蔽；覆盖；涉及；行走（一段距离）n.（书刊的）封面，封皮；盖子；覆盖物practical/ˈpræktɪkl

/adj.实际的；切实可行的；实事求是的practicen.实践；惯例；练习v.=practise练习；训练；实习practicableadj.可行的；行得通的拓展词汇释义balding/ˈbɔːldɪŋ/adj.开始脱发的；变秃的voucher/ˈvaʊtʃə(r)/n.代金券；票券alopecia/ˌælə‘pi:ʃə/n.脱发；脱发症causeastir/stɜː(r)/引起轰动金句赏析1.AmemberoftheSeoulMetropolitanCouncilputforwardarule,Thursday,whichwouldestablishlegalgroundsforthecityofficetopartiallypayfororalhair-lossmedicineforresidentsagedunder40.【句意】周四，首尔市议会的一名议员提出了一项规定，该规定将给市政府为40岁以下居民支付部分口服脱发药物的费用提供法律依据。【句式剖析】句子主干：AmemberoftheSeoulMetropolitanCouncilputforwardarule...①whichwouldestablishlegalgroundsfor...residentsagedunder40是which引导的非限制性定语从句，修饰先行词rule；②topartiallypay...forresidentsagedunder40是动词不定式作目的状语；③agedunder40是形容词短语作后置定语，修饰residents。2.Theissueraisesquestionsaboutwhetheritisappropriatetousestateresourcestohelpwithhairloss,asitisnotalife-threateningdisease.【句意】这个议题引发了一些问题，即使用国家资源来帮助脱发是否合适，因为它不是一种危及生命的疾病。【句式剖析】句子主干：Theissueraisesquestions...①whetheritisappropriatetousestateresourcestohelpwithhairloss是whether引导的宾语从句，作介词about的宾语。注意，if和whether均可引导宾语从句，译为“是否”，但以下几种情况，只能用whether而不能用if引导宾语从句：a)宾语从句前有介词时，只能用whether不能用if。如本句，宾语从句前有介词about；b)宾语从句中有ornot时，只能用whether不能用if，如：Letmeknowwhetheryoucancomeornot.让我知道你能不能来。c)宾语从句位于句首时，只能用whether不能用if，如：Whetheritistrue,Ican’tsay.

这是不是真的，我不能说。②在whether引导的宾语从句中，it为形式主语，真正的主语是动词不定式tousestateresourcestohelpwithhairloss；③asitisnotalife-threateningdisease是as引导的原因状语从句。配套练习一、单句语法填空(1)

Heexpressedhisopinionsboth________

(oral)andinwriting.(2)

John’severyminutewasmadeuseof________

(practice)spokenEnglish.(3)

It’simportantformetobe________

(financial)independentofmyparents.(4)

Itissocoldthatyoucan’tgooutsideunlessfully________

(cover)inthickclothes.(5)

________

(oppose)tocarryingoutthenewplan,mostofthemembersleftthemeetingroom.(6)

Thenew________

(regulate)inBeijingencouragespeopletooperate“minsu”andservetheirguestsproperly.(7)

Inasocietywherebeingthinisoftenseenasbeingbeautiful,teenagerssometimesturnto________

(appropriate)methodstoslimdownquickly,hurtingtheirbodies.二、句子翻译b4b0e1cd-276b-4430-b6c4-c22b7728cd8d(1)

昨天雨下得很大，这让我没能去公园散步。（which引导非限制性定语从句）________________________________________________(2)

科学家对嗅觉是否与疼痛有关很感兴趣。（宾语从句）________________________________________________三、其他-018-48c6-ba35-7f8c37d2178d(1)

Whatdoestheunderlinedword“implement”meaninparagraph2?A.Putoff.B.Carryout.C.Setaside.D.Holdback.(2)

WhatdoweknowaboutLeeJae-myung’sspeech?A.Itledtoawarmsocialdiscussion.B.Itfocusedonsomesocialinequities.C.Itgainedthesupportofthemajorityofthepeople.D.Itputthenationalhealthaboveothersocialissues.(3)

WhydidtheresidentofSeongdongDistrictinthelastparagraphdisagreewiththemove?A.Hethoughtthemoveneededfurtherimprovement.B.Hethoughttaxpayers’moneywasusedinthewrongplace.C.Hethoughtbaldingwasnotaquestionneedinganyattention.D.Hethoughtthelocalgovernmentlackedtheabilitytocompleteit.(4)

What’stheauthor’sattitudetowardstheproposalofSouthKorea?A.Opposed.B.Confused.C.Supportive.D.Unclear.参考答案配套练习一、单句语法填空【答案】1.orally

2.topractice

3.financially

4.covered

5.Opposed

6.regulation

7.inappropriate

二、句子翻译【答案】1.Itrainedhardyesterday,whichpreventedmefromgoingforawalkinthepark.

2.Scientistsareinterested