Sandstorms in Asia

編輯: 逍遙路 關(guān)鍵詞: 高一 來源: 高中學習網(wǎng)
Module 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,英文名K.L.Rothey,今年65歲,現(xiàn)在武漢新東方學校任教。這位美國老頭給自己起的中文名叫“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”垃圾桶,少了它們的“點綴”,道路轉(zhuǎn)眼間變得整潔起來。行走中,一些行人也被他們感染。來市區(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來受受教育!
  路乞說:“我認為撿垃圾的乞丐做的是愛護環(huán)境的工作,是很高尚、很重要的工作!碑斎,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“法學博士”。1984年他第一次因公來到中國,從此對中國文化產(chǎn)生濃厚興趣,先后來華50余次。去年9月他來到湖北省黃石市,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)。
  當然,路乞認為環(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來和我握手———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來。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,就很臟了。這就不是衛(wèi)生習慣的問題,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!
希望同學們從一點一滴做起,愛護環(huán)境,愛護我們賴以生存的家園!

本文來自:逍遙右腦記憶 http://yy-art.cn/gaoyi/72254.html

相關(guān)閱讀:Module 2 My New Teachers單元學案