高中基础 (2237 期 20150310)1 版

The East Is Grey

• Have you watched the documentary film made by Chai Jing? If so, what do you think about it?

• Are you sensitive to air pollution? How do you usually protect yourself on hazy days?

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Pre-reading

Pre-reading

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LOOK AND TALK

• Take a look at the cartoon. What else can we do about air pollution?

Scan the article and fill in each of the following blanks IN NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS:

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SCAN AND ANSWER

1. In recent decades, the clear and blue skies in China have given place to _________________.

2. Chai Jing’s documentary film mainly talks about _________________, _________________ and what can we do about it.

3. It’s not easy for China to balance between _________________ and _________________.

a poisonous hazea poisonous haze

what haze iswhat haze is what caused itwhat caused it

economic economic prosperityprosperity

quality of lifequality of life

Pre-reading

Grammar tip:现在分词作伴随状语

☛ Language study

… Rapid industrial growth powered by burning unwashed coal and poorly refined gasoline …

…has caused a poisonous haze to settle over many of the country’s cities, blotting out the sun and damaging the health of hundreds of millions of people.

Word bank:

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industrial adj. 工业的refined adj. 精炼的gasoline n. 石油 = < 英 >petrol

poisonous adj. 有毒的haze n. 雾霾

While reading

Word bank:

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documentary n. 纪录片The result is the documentary film Under the Dome, financed by …

… the former CCTV reporter herself, that tells people what “haze” is, where it comes from and what can be done about it. The film has gone viral on the Internet and added impetus to China’s efforts to clean up its air quality.

go viral 迅速传播开，走红add impetus to 增加动力• impetus n. [U] 推动力

former adj. 以前的

finance v. 出资

While reading

The choice between economic prosperity and quality of life is the big dilemma that China faces, but more and more people are opting for the latter. They do not want to wear protective face masks when they walk in the streets and they don’t want to see their children kept indoors and away from school on heavily polluted days, as has happened in Beijing and other cities.

Word bank:

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prosperity n. 繁荣、昌盛

latter adj. 后者的

dilemma n. 进退两难的困境

face mask 口罩

polluted adj. 受污染的

opt v. 选择

While reading

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VOCABULARY EXERCISESFinish the crossword puzzle with the hints on the right column:

f o m e r

x p e c a n c y

n u t i a l

viral

d ilemma

do c u m e nt a ry

ga s o l i n e

ma sks

Horizontal:1. People usually wear face ________ on

hazy days.2. A newly created word “duang” has gone

________ thanks to Jackie Chan. 3. a situation in which you have to choose

between two or more difficult options.4. the American word for “petrol”.6. A Taste of China is a ________ series

about food.

Vertical:5. the adjective form of “industry”. 7. “life ________” means “ 预期寿命” .8. the opposite word of “latter”.

While reading

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VOCABULARY EXERCISES

1. Most people are in favor of _________ the environment.2. Industrial wastes are _________ the countryside.3. It’s a country which is peaceful and _________.4. He’s trying to raise people’s _________ of the dangers of passive smoking.5. Most of the rivers in the area are badly _________.

Choose an appropriate word for each sentence and fill in the blank with its proper form:

protectingprotectingpoisoningpoisoning

prosperousprosperousawarenessawareness

pollutedpolluted

poisonous polluter aware protective prosperity

While reading

1. Chai’s father gave her 1 million yuan to make the documentary film.

2. The government is very tough on major polluters.

3. Some studies suggest that in some polluted cities, life expectancy has been reduced by 5.5 years.

4. The new minister of the environment was frightened by Chai’s documentary film.

FF

TT

FF

True or False?

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While reading

FF

1. According to the article, what possibly caused the poisonous haze in China?

The haze is possibly caused by burning unwashed coal and poorly refined gasoline.

Answer the following question:

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COMPREHENSION

While reading

2. Why did Chai Jing decide to make the documentary film?

Because she was quite upset about the poor air quality in China, and she thought she should take on the responsibility to raise people’s awareness of living in a polluted environment.

Answer the following question:

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While reading

Rapid industrial growth powered by burning unwashed coal and poorly refined gasoline has caused a poisonous haze to settle over many of the country’s cities, blotting out the sun and damaging the health of hundreds of millions of people.

Language study

句中的现在分词 blotting 和 damaging 充当伴随状语，伴随着句中的 to settle over 一起发生，其逻辑主语可以理解为 a poisonous haze 。

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GRAMMAR TIP

Back to textBack to text

Language study

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YOUR TURN

Put the following words in right order to create two sentences:

2. toy, was, that, she, so, pieces, the, Nancy, into, angry, ground, it, threw, the, on, breaking.

Nancy was so angry that she threw the toy on the ground, breaking it into pieces. 

1. classroom, came, books, of, a, she, carrying, the, into, lot.  She came into the classroom, carrying a lot of books.

Do you agree with the author that China will be able to overcome its pollution problem? Why or why not?

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After readingQuestion for further discussion:

I agree. The clear and blue skies during the 2010 Shanghai Expo and 2014 Beijing APEC were good examples of China’s ability to overcome its pollution problem…

China can overcome the problem by raising people’s awareness, working out tougher laws and planting more trees …

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