李紅娟

聽力掃障

1. unequivocally /??n??kw?v?k?li/ adv. 表達(dá)明確地

2. negotiation /n??ɡ???i?e??n/ n. 談判;磋商

3. predicament /pr??d?k?m?nt/ n. 困境;窘境

4. accelerate /?k?sel?re?t/ v. 加快;（使）加速

5. permanent /?p??m?n?nt/ adj. 長久的;永久的 6. prospect /?pr?spekt/ n. 可能性;成功的機(jī)

掃碼聽測

閱讀掃障

Ⅰ. 判斷正誤

聽下段錄音并閱讀3個(gè)簡短的陳述，根據(jù)錄音內(nèi)容判斷這些陳述是否符合所聽內(nèi)容?？疾橹攸c(diǎn)是學(xué)生對(duì)意義的理解能力和信息獲取能力。

In this section， you will hear a passage. After you hear the passage， decide whether each of the statement is correct （A）， incorrect （B） or not mentioned （C）.

Ⅱ. 聽力理解

聽下面的文章，完成各個(gè)部分的練習(xí)。從題中所給的A、B、C三個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)。文章讀兩遍。

1. How many scientists are releasing the signal of climate emergency？

A. 1，100. B. 10，000. C. 11，000.

2. When did the scientists approve the report appearing in BioScience？

A. Last month. B. Earlier this month. C. Late in September.

3. How long have global climate negotiations been carried on？

A. For 14 years. B. For 40 years. C. For 50 years.

4. What is the scientists attitude towards climate emergency？

A. Concerned. B. Hopeful. C. Frustrated.

5. What does the report urge people to do？

A. Turn to a more plant?based diet.

B. Make available family planning services.

C. Impose taxes on the burning of carbon?based fuels.

文本解說

More than 11，000 scientists are warning that the Earth， in their words， “clearly and unequivocally faces a climate emergency”.

The scientists represent several fields of study and come from 150 countries around the world. They approved a report that appeared in the publication BioScience earlier this month. It warns that the world would face“untold human suffering” if it does not make deep and lasting shifts in human activities that influence climate change.

The new report is called the “World Scientists Warning of a Climate Emergency”. Three leaders of the study are from the United States. They are ecologists Bill Ripple and Christopher Wolf of Oregon State University and William Moomaw of Tufts University in Massachusetts. The three worked on the study with scientists from universities in South Africa and Australia.

This is the first time a large group of scientists have jointly used the word “emergency” when talking about climate change.

“Despite 40 years of global climate negotiations， we have generally conducted business as usual and have largely failed to address this predicament，” the study said. “Climate change has arrived and is accelerating faster than many scientists expected.”

The report identified six areas that the world needs to deal with immediately. The scientists appealed to nations to use energy more efficiently and cut their use of fossil fuels. They suggested that lawmakers approve taxes on the burning of carbon?based fuels， such as coal， oil and natural gas.

The scientists expressed support for womens rights and making family planning services “available to all people”. They said this would help to reduce sudden or unexpected changes in the size of the human population.

The report urges people to move toward more of a plant?based diet.

Other areas of concern include preventing the destruction of forests and permanent loss of some plants and animal species.

The report noted that it will most likely take strong actions by the public to move politicians to approve lasting policy changes.

The scientists added， “We believe that the prospects will be greatest if decision?makers and all of humanity promptly respond to this warning and declaration of a climate emergency， and act to sustain life on planet Earth， our only home.”