新世纪研究生英语听说教程原文答案Unit 9 Survival Environment

新世纪研究生英语听说教程原文答案

Unit 9 Survival Environment

Thinking Ahead

Students are asked to discuss the following questions in groups. The reference answers for the questions are offered below:

1. Do you think that the environment we are living in is getting better or worse? In what ways? I think the environment we are now living in is deteriorating steadily. There are many examples: degradation of air quality, pollution of water, loss of many plants and animals, widespread deforestation, global warming, overuse of plastic bags, etc.

2. Many people tend to talk about “to protect the environment”. Do you agree? Why? What have you done in your day-to-day lives to protect the environment or not to harm our earth?

To be honest, I don’t agree. Many of activities which we call “to protect the environment” are actually not harming the earth or harming our planet less, for example, driving fewer miles each week, using less non-degradable plastic bags and so on.

Things we could do in our day-to-day lives:

Install a water-saving toilet.

Turn off the water when brushing teeth, shaving, etc.

Run the dishwasher only with a full load.

Replace light bulbs with compact fluorescent bulbs or other energy efficient light bulbs. Buy energy efficient appliances.

Keep your refrigerator’s temperature set at a medium-cool temperature.

Use double-pane windows to better insulate your home.

Turn off lights when not in use.

Turn off your computer, television, etc. when not in use.

Make sure your printer paper is 100% post-consumer recycled paper. The paper industry is the third greatest contributor to global warming emissions.

Use email instead of snail mail for informal letters.

Print or copy on both sides of the paper whenever possible.

Look to yard sales, thrift stores and antique shops for used household goods instead of buying new ones. “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.”

Recycle everything: newspapers, cell phones, electronics, cans, glass, aluminum, motor oil, scrap metal, etc.

Use the stairs instead of the elevator whenever possible.

Buy a fuel-efficient/eco-friendly car.

Carpool or use public transit whenever possible.

Ride your bike or walk.

Encourage your family, friends, and neighbors to save resources.

(From http://www.77cn.com.cn/dept_Water/information_resources/Saving_water/110_Ways_to_Save_Water.asp)

Part I Video Time

新世纪研究生英语听说教程原文答案

In this part, students will have 2 tasks to accomplish.

Task 1

In task 1, students will watch a video clip from Obama about energy and environment, and then do the exercises as required. Before watching, they are supposed to read the words, expressions and cultural notes related to the video.

Transcript

Barack Obama: Energy and Environment

The eyes of the world have always turned to this nation as the last bestowal of the earth. From the moment I take office as president, I will call together scientists and entrepreneurs; heads of industry and labor; Democrats, Republicans and Americans from all walks of life to help develop and deploy the next generation of energy that will allow us to build the next generation’s economy.

The days of the debate about whether or not the globe is getting warmer are over. We know that global warming is real, that if we don’t do anything about global climate change, that we could see catastrophic results.

Right now we could increase the fuel efficiency standard to our cars to 43 miles a gallon, if we increase our fuel efficiency to 43 miles a gallon, then we will import zero oil from the Middle East. That’s something that we could do right now.

We take a national low-carbon fuel standard and increase fuel efficiency standards. We could take the equivalent of 50 million cars worth of pollution off the road by the year 2020. The question is not if a renewable energy economy will thrive in the future, it’s where. And if we want that place to be the United States of America, we can no longer afford to wait. You say 20% of our energy would come from new more sources like wind, like solar, like biomass, like tidal energy. And by setting those high standards, suddenly, you start to see more investment in these areas, technology improves and over the long run, you start to see significant changes. We’re just up to understand we get more obligations to the next generation, to make sure they’ve got a planet which is sustainable and admirable the same way we inherit the sustainable and admirable planet from our parents, and our grandparents. And I think young people, in particular, recognize the importance of this issue, and in the long day-to-day lives, they are trying to make sure they are carbon neutral, make sure they are not wasteful, and almost things add up.

I want our children and our children’s children to point to this generation and this moment as the time when America found its way again. As the time when America overcame the pision and the politics and the pettiness of an earlier era so that a new generation could come together and take on the most urgent challenge of this era. I am running for the presidency of the United States to lead us toward this new era.

(From http://www.77cn.com.cn/videosearch?q=Energy+and+Enviroment&hl=en&emb=1&aq=-1&oq=#)

新世纪研究生英语听说教程原文答案

Key to Exercises

Exercise 1 Watching for Specific Information

Students are asked to watch the video clip and fill in the blanks with the missing information. 2) We know that global warming is real, that if we don’that we could see catastrophic results.

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