2016-2017学年高中英语 Unit 4 Exploring plants Section Ⅰ Warming up Reading-Prereading课时作业 新人教版选修9.doc

Unit 4　Exploring plants Section Ⅰ　Warming up Reading—Pre－reading Ⅰ.阅读理解 A My trip to Ecuador Last month I was part of a program called “Sustainable Summer”，whose mission is to cultivate the next generation of environmental leaders through study－abroad experiences and field－based learning. The experience was unlike anything I could have imagined.In the Galapagos，I got to swim with a penguin and a sea turtle，made friends with a sea lion，touched a white－tip shark，and saw dozens of marine iguanas and blue－footed boobies.On the mainland，I had a wild monkey jump on my back.The hiking was interspersed (点缀) with the occasional sheer rock cliff.Not to mention having tribe leader of the native Kichwa people tour you around a small part of the forest and feed you natural remedies. Yet my perspective shifted during my adventures in the Amazon.While the experiences were unforgettable，they weren’t the focus of the trip.I got to see firsthand what is being threatened by modern needs. I saw the conservation efforts in the Galapagos，the fight to keep it as natural as possible，yet still open to humans.I learned the land and the forest in Ecuador must be protected，yet its only major financial resource is the oil beneath the Amazon. It’s very easy to sit at home and say，“Oh，I love the rainforest and I support the movement to protect it.” Meanwhile，global environmental threats and concerns only continue to grow.What Sustainable Summer has taught me is there is no reason why I should wait until someone else takes charge of these issues to work on and resolve them. Everything from planting gardens，to composting，to bans against plastic bags makes a difference.Returning from my trip to the Amazon，I’m going to bring the skills and knowledge with me，so that I can spread awareness about the threatened rainforest and help create meaningful change in my own urban wilderness. 语篇解读　这是一篇夹叙夹议文。作者在上个月的厄瓜多尔之行中了解到热带雨林所面临的威胁。作者认为做小事也能帮助解决环境问题。 1．What did the author do last month? A．He joined Sustainabl