odule 4 Sandstorms in Asia
Learning Paper 3 Extensive Reading
Learning aims: to practice learning skills and revise words and expressions in this module.
Activity1 Read the passage on page 39.
1.T or F
(1)Germans put their garbage into different bags. ( )
(2)People can burn too much coal. ( )
(3)In the 1970s, the “Green” movement began. ( )
(4)The “Green ” movement tries to be against the government. ( )
2.Answer the questions:
(1)How do countries in Europe try to improve the environment?
(2)When and why did the “Green ”movement begin ?
(3)What does the “Green” movement try to do?
Activity2 Read the passage on page 87
1.The Dust Bowl lasted nearly ten years in America. ( ).
2.People were forced to leave the southern plains. ( )
3.The lack of rainfall caused the Dust Bowl disaster. ( )
4.The Chinese government is fighting desertification by moving people to the cities. ( )
5.The most serious situation is Africa. ( )
6.The climate is largely responsible for desertification in Africa.
7.It is important to save the forests to stop the desert advancing. ( )
2.Answer the questions:
(1)What was the worst agricultural disaster in the history of the United States?
(2)What caused the disaster ?`
(3)What is the Chinese government doing to fight desertification?
(4)In which continent are dust and sandstorms worse than anywhere else?
撿垃圾的老外
路乞，英名．L．Rothey，今年65歲，現(xiàn)在武漢新東方學(xué)校任教。這位美國老頭給自己起的中名叫“路乞”，意思就是“路邊的乞丐”。路乞和志愿者所到之處，煙頭、廢紙等各種垃圾立刻被“請進(jìn)”垃圾桶，少了它們的“點綴”，道路轉(zhuǎn)眼間變得整潔起。行走中，一些行人也被他們感染。市區(qū)辦事的郭婕，毫不猶豫地加入了撿垃圾的行列……她說：“我真后悔沒把女兒帶受受教育�！�
路乞說：“我認(rèn)為撿垃圾的乞丐做的是愛護(hù)環(huán)境的工作，是很高尚、很重要的工作�！碑�(dāng)然，乞丐并不是路乞的職業(yè)。退休前，他是一位法律工作者，現(xiàn)在的名片上印著“法學(xué)博士”。1984年他第一次因公到中國，從此對中國化產(chǎn)生濃厚興趣，先后華50余次。去年9月他到湖北省黃石市，與該市女書法家孟順波共結(jié)連理，定居中國。
居住黃石期間，他走在路上看到垃圾就撿，讓夫人十分不解。路乞說：“我重視我的‘環(huán)境’。黃石是我的生活環(huán)境，我只是希望它更干凈、更美好�！甭菲蛞苍S不懂“身體力行”、“潛移默化”等中國成語，卻用實際行動感動著他身邊的人。在黃石，已有數(shù)百名志愿者跟他一起，不定期地做著撿拾垃圾、宣傳環(huán)保的工作。路乞把它稱作“五意工程”（義務(wù)、意識、意志、意氣、毅力）。
當(dāng)然，路乞認(rèn)為環(huán)境問題不能僅靠撿垃圾解決，他更愛與市民交流，傳播愛護(hù)環(huán)境的意識�！疤嗳擞X得環(huán)保根本‘沒關(guān)系’了！前幾天在黃石，一個人一邊說‘知道你的事情，見到你很高興’，一邊就隨手扔掉香煙盒和我握手———他根本不理解我的行動的意義。我馬上把他的香煙盒撿了起。另外，一些中國人的家里都是非常干凈的，可是一出家門幾步遠(yuǎn)，就很臟了。這就不是衛(wèi)生習(xí)慣的問題，而是心態(tài)的問題。我要撿的不只是路面的垃圾，更是人心里的垃圾。”
希望同學(xué)們從一點一滴做起，愛護(hù)環(huán)境，愛護(hù)我們賴以生存的家園！
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