Unit6EarthfirstDevelopingideasReading课件高一英语

Unit6

What'sreallygreen?What’sgreenlifestyle?Howmuchdoyouknowaboutgreen

lifestyle?Resourceconservationandpollutionreduction节约资源，减少污染；Greenconsumptionandgreenpurchase绿色消费，环保选购；Repeateduse重复使用，多次利用；Recycling分类回收，循环再生；Lookatthequestionsabout“greenliving”andtickyouranswers.1.Whichshoppingbagismoreenvironmentallyfriendly?□Aplasticbag.□Apaperbag.□Neitherofthese.2.Whatshouldyoudotosaveenergywhenleavingyourhome?□Turnoffadevice.□Unplugadevice.□Neitherofthese.plugn.(电)插头v.用插头接通电源Devicen.设备，装置–devicesWater-savingdeviceMobiledeviceWearabledevice

Unplugv.拔掉Plugn.插头，v.插入，塞3.Whatfoodisbetterfortheenvironment?□Foodproducedneartowhereyoulive.□Foodproducedfarfromwhereyoulive.□Itdepends.4.Whichuseslesswater?□Takingabath.□Takingashower.□Itdepends.1.Whydoesthewriterwritethepassage?A.Hewantstointroducesomenewwaysto

saveenergy.B.Hewantstocorrectthefalsegreentruths

andshowreallygreenones.C.Hewantstocallonmorepeopletoprotect

theenvironment.D.Hewantstoexplaintheimportanceof

energysaving.2.Inthefollowing,whichoneisNOTthe

disadvantageofplasticbags?A.Causinglitter. B.Beingtreatedasfoodbywildanimals.C.Takingmuchmoretimetobreakdown. D.Usingmuchmoreenergytoproduce.3.Whichoneistrueaccordingtothispart?A.Leavingadeviceinstand-bymodeisenvironment-friendly.B.Olderdevicesuselessenergythannewones.C.Removingtheplugfrompowersupplywill

stopusingpower.D.Usingelectricdevicesaslittleaspossibleis

thebestwaytosaveenergy.4.Whydopeopleprefertoeatlocalfood?A.Becauseitcansavetheenergyusedtotransport.B.Becauseittastesbetterthanthefood

transportedlongaway.C.Becauseitsproductionuseslessenergy.D.Becauseitproduceslessgreenhousegas.5.Accordingtothepassage,whenshouldyou

takeashower?A.Anytimeyoulike.B.Whenyouspendlessthan8minutesinashower.C.Whenyourbathisquitelarge.D.Whenyouuseabout50litresofwater.6.Whatistheauthor’sattitudetowardscommon

ideasandopinionsaboutgreen?A.Enthusiastic.B.PessimisticC.Optimistic.D.Cautious.

1Mostofusareawarethat

wemusttakecareof

theenvironment,andthemajority

ofustakestepsto

saveenergyandreducewasteandpollution.Butrecently,some“greentruths”havebeenshowntobeonlyhalftrue,orevencompletelyfalse.Herearesomecommonones.Whicharereallygreen?多数takesteps/measurestodosth.采取措施做某事完全地错的AwareAsfarasI’maware据我所知Beawareof/thatsth意识到，明白Everyoneshouldbeawareoftheimportanceandurgencyofprotectingtheenvironment.

Majorityn.多数Inamajority占多数WomenareinthemajorityofBritishpopulation.Themajorityofsb/sth.ThemajorityofpeoplewhoareinterviewedpreferTVtoradio.Papershoppingbagsarebetterthanplasticones.

2Plasticbagscauselitter

andareadangerto

wildanimals,whichmistakethemfor

food.It

takes

hundreds

of

years

for

plastic

to

break

down,butmuchlesstimeforpaper.Becauseof

this,peoplethinkpaperbagsarethebetterenvironmentalchoice.垃圾把…错当成…分解

3However,making

a

paper

bag

usesfour

times

as

much

energy

as

makingaplasticbagandupto

threetimestheamount

ofwater.Theprocessalsoproducesmore

greenhousegases.

4Infact,bothkindsofbagsarebadfor

theenvironment.So,takeareusablebagwith

youwhenyougoshopping.倍数像..一样多多达alargeamountof许多=largeamountsof许多过程Fourtimesasmuchas…倍数的表达倍数+as

+形容词/副词的原级+as+其他倍数+形容词/副词的比较级+than+其他倍数+the+size/height/weight/length/width/depth…+of+其他倍数+what从句这条路的长度是三年前的四倍Theroadisfourtimesaslongasitwasthreeyearsago.=Theroadisthreetimeslongerthanitwasthreeyearsago.=Theroadisfourtimesthelengthofitthreeyearsago.=Thelengthoftheroadisfourtimeswhatitwasthreeyearsago.Upto达到，至多有;胜任Up

to

100

jobs

are

still

at

risk.

Heisnotuptothejob.AmountAlargeamountof大量的+不可数名词Thesoftwarecollectsalargeamountofinformationaboutyouandsendsittointernetcompanies.Greenhousegases.温室气体为了控制气候变暖，需要减少温室气体排放Inordertocontrolglobalwarming,emissionofgreenhousegasesneedstobereduced.Whenyouturnoffadevice,itstopsusingpower.

5Whenweturnoffadevice,suchastelevision,itgoesintostand­by

mode.Devicesinthismodestillusepower,andolderdevicesinstand­bymodecanuseevenmore.Thishappensbecause

electricity

continues

to

leak

from

the

device,evenwhenitisturned“off”.To

make

sure

your

appliance

is

in

fact

off,removetheplug

fromitspowersupply.备用的模式待机模式电漏家用电器Appliance–appliancesElectricalapplianceDomestic/householdappliance家用电器MedicalappliancePowersupply电源

Eatinglocalfoodisgoodfortheenvironment.

6Itseemslike

commonsense:eating

local

foodshouldbebetterfortheenvironment,becauseitdoesnotneedtobetransported

longdistancesandkeptcoldduringtransport.Unfortunately,itisnotthatsimple.It

is

the

production

of

food,

not

its

transport,

that

uses

most

of

the

energy

and

produces

most

of

the

greenhouse

gases.常识运输距离Insomecases,localproducemight

have

used

moreenergyandproducedmoregreenhousegasesthanproducegrownalongwayaway—eventakingintoaccountitstransport.在某些情况下oaccount把…考虑进去Commonsense常识Makesense解释的通Someinternetbuzzwordscanonlymakesensewiththecontextofinternet.

Mighthavedone过去可能做过某事Takesthintoaccount=takeaccountofsth把…考虑进去Everythingtakenintoaccount,itisthebestchoice.Onallaccounts无论如何Onnoaccount绝不Anaccountof由于,因为Sorryt