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1、背景知識閱讀之GiantsandstormhitnorthernChina如果你生活在北方，你可曾目睹過沙塵暴襲來時天地昏黃、日月無光的景象呢？你可曾想過誰是造成這種災害的罪魁禍首呢？其實就是我們人類自己。InMarch10,2004,StrongwindsfromRussia’sSiberiakickedupcloudsofdustandsand.ThusnorthernChinawashitbytheseason’sfirstmajorsandstorm.Thethickyellowgloomslowedtrafficand
2、forcedairportsandschoolstoclose,givingtheskyayellowappearance.NorthwesternGansuProvincewastheworstaffectedarea.Onevillagersaid,“There’snothingtodobutdigawaythesandnonstopandwaittoseewhathappens.SometimesIdreamofthesandfallingaroundmefasterthanIcandigaway.Iworrythatin
3、reallife,thesandwillwin.”Hisworryisunderstandable.Everyyear,about110millionpeoplesufferfromdesertificationandanother2,500sqkmturnstodeserteachyear.FewpeoplethinkofChinaasadesertnation,yetitisamongtheworld’slargest.Whatcausestheterriblesandstorm?Theanswerisobvious.Yea
4、rsofheavyfarmingandanimalgrazinginthenorthernChinaarethemajorreasons.Duetothis,thelandofvegetationthatprotectsthesoilisdisappearing.Theexposedearthbecameadustbowleasilysweptupbythestrongwinds.?Asearlyasinthe4thcenturyB.C.,ourancestorshadbeguntonoticetheenvironmentpro
5、blem.ChinesephilosopherMencius(孟子)oncewroteaboutdesertificationanditshumancauses,includingtree-cuttingandovergrazing.OurformerPremierZhuRongjialsocalledit“analarmfortheentirenation.”Hecalledonthewholenationtoplanttreestofightthegrowingdesertification.However,Chinesed
6、esertsarestillonthemove.SandstormthreatensevenBeijing.Beijing,whichwillhostthe2008OlympicGames,hastoldtheworlditwillholda‘‘GreenOlympics.’’Thegovernmenthaspromisedtomakethecapitalintoa‘‘gardencity’’fortheGamesbycreatingbeltsoftrees.Soagreatprojectnamed“greenwall’’isi
7、nprocess.Thegreenwall,liketheGreatWall,willblockinvasionoftheenemy.However,theenemywerenotforeigninvaders,butsand.小字典gloomn.陰暗nonstopadj.不斷的grazingn.放牧vegetationn.植被ancestorn.祖先Premiern.總理invasionn.入侵Openquestions:1.IfyouarePremierofChina,whatwillyoudowithdesertifica
8、tioninChina?Asastudent,whatwillyoudoforthe“GreenOlympics”?
