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1、外刊精读你的午餐污染地球吗？导读：现代人从餐厅或外卖店购买午餐已经是家常便饭了，但这种习惯可能 正在对地球造成破坏，因为购买外卖食品会产生很多食品包装垃圾。那么 如何减少由于买外带食品而带来的垃圾呢？本期外刊精读介绍一些商 家为了鼓励减少一次性餐具的使用而向顾客推出的促销活动。一、语篇泛读A lunch break - its an important and often necessary part of our working or school day. Its a chance to stop your tummy rumbling, grab a bite to eat and ma
2、ybe chat with some friends. And now were spoilt with an array of places to buy our lunch from, all offering tempting dishes and humble sandwiches to eat on the go.But our appetite for buying our lunchtime fare is not just costing us money, there might be a cost in terms of damaging our planet too. J
3、ust grabbing a sandwich, crisps and maybe a cake and coffee can produce at least four items of waste. Cartons, cups, wrappers and plastic cutlery are all part of our disposable feast in addition to the food waste we create. Some experts say throwing away food, which produces methane as it rots, is a
4、 bigger cause of climate change than plastics.But regardless of what causes the most damage, the solution, according to an environmental campaign group called Hubbub, is to eat packed lunches Tessa Tricks from the group says People are saying that they are buying food to take out because life has go
5、t busier. And she says people think they are being more efficient; but she argues that its usually healthier and cheaper to make your own lunch. It means you can eat the things you really want and make the quantity that you actually need.请在不参考课文的情况下完成下列练习。选择一个意思合适的单词填入句子的空格处。1. Sorry Im late. Theres
6、 been an accident and the roads are gridlocked.2. My company has decided to relocate to Manchester so Im going to have to look for another job.3. My parents havent called me for a while, probably because theyre on holiday in some far-flung corner of the world.4. Heathrow airport is Londons major hub
7、 for flights to most parts of the world.5. Our new house has a great geographical location - its near the coast so its cool, but we have a great view of the mountains.Of course, preparing your lunch is another thing to fit into your morni ng scramble of getting ready for work, so if you havent got t
8、ime and you are going to buy lunch, an alternative Hubbub suggests is to take your own container to a shop and ask them to put your food in it. The idea of using reusable coffee cups for hot drinks and refilling water bottles has already proved successful, so this could be another step in the right
9、direction. A trial in East Anglia （in the UK） showed that offering a 10% price reduction did persuade some customers to come prepared with their own lunch box.The problem with eating on the move is that you might want to carry your grub in something that is disposable, so its a good idea to make sur
10、e its something that is recyclable and not to take extra sachets of sauce or utensils that youre not going to use. The message seems to be that if we give our lunchtime eating habits some thought, we can all do our bit in helping reduce climate change and damage to our environment. That is something
11、 for all of us to chew on!二、词汇表lunch break午餐休息grab a bite to eat 吃点儿东西dish （一道）菜sandwich三明治on the go外带，在路上吃 appetite 食欲,胃 口 fare （由指饭馆里的）饭菜 carton硬纸盒，塑料盒 wrapper包装纸，包装材料cutlery餐具（刀、叉、匙等）disposable 一次性的feast （讽刺的）“盛宴packed lunch （自带）盒装午餐container （餐）盒，容器reusable可重复使用的lunch box 饭盒grub食物sachet （仅够用一次的）
12、小包，小袋utensil厨房用具chew on仔细考虑，好好想想三、测试与练习阅读课文并回答问题。1. How many items of waste can buying our lunch sometimes create?2. What reasons have some people given for having to buy takeaway food for lunch?3. What does Hubbub suggest taking when buying your food for lunch?4. True or false? In a trial in East A
13、nglia, more customers brought their own lunch boxes whec they got a reduction on the quantity of food they bought.5. What phrase is used in the article to mean action that gets closer to a successful result?请在不参考课文的情况下完成下列练习。选择一个意思合适的单词填 入句子的空格处。1. Im going to be late for my next meeting so ril grab
14、 something.go onthe on goon the go on a go2. On holiday in France we found a great restaurant serving traditionalfeastsfareappetitesachets3. The children made a real mess after the pa rty: There were sweeteverywhere!wrappersdishescutlerygrub4. Imwhich subject to study at university - it depends on w
15、hatwill lead to a better job.chewing atchewing onchewing upchew on5. I took acamera with me when I went snorkelling. I didntwant to risk getting my expensive digital camera wet!utensilsreusablecontainerdisposable参考答案阅读课文并回答问题。1. How many items of waste can buying our lunch sometimes create? Just gra
16、bbing a sandwich, crisps and maybe a cake and coffee can produce at least four items of waste.2. What reasons have some people given for having to buy takeaway food for lunch?According to Hubbub, some people say their lives have got busier and buying food to-go is more efficient.3. What does Hubbub
17、suggest taking when buying your food for lunch? Hubbub suggests taking your own container to a shop and asking them to put your food in it.4. True or false? In a trial in East Anglia, more customers brought their own lunch boxes when they got a reduction on the quantity of food they bought.False. In
18、 a trial in East Anglia, a 10% price reduction persuaded some customers to come prepared with their own lunch box.5. What phrase is used in the article to mean action that gets closer to a successful result?The phrase is a step in the right direction*. The idea of using reusable coffee cups for hot
19、drinks and refilling water bottles has already proved successful so this could be another step in the right direction.请在不参考课文的情况下完成下列练习。选择一个意思合适的单词填 入句子的空格处。1. Im going to be late for my next meeting so ril grab something on the go.2. On holiday in France we found a great restaurant serving traditio
20、nal fare.3. The children made a real mess after the pa rty: There were sweet wrappers everywhere!4. Im chewing on which subject to study at university - it depends on what will lead to a better job.5. I took a disposable camera with me when I went snorkelling. I didnt want to risk getting my expensi
21、ve digital camera wet!首都城市导读：各国的首都是全世界的重要城市中心。他们通常是政府所在地，政治 和经济中心，有的也是王室和上千万人的家园。外刊精读讨论这些城 市所处位置的重要性，以及一些国家首都搬迁的原因。一、语篇泛读Think of the UK and youll probably think of London. Picture France and youll no doubt conjure up images of Paris and its iconic Eiffel Tower. To many, capital cities define a coun
22、try. Theyre often the seat of power, the economic and political hub and sometimes the home to royalty - along with millions of city dwellers. For a place with so much influence, its important to get its location right.Sometimes we have to look into history to find the reasons why a capital city ende
23、d up where it did. The site of what is now London was by the river: easy to settle, easy for trading and easy to defend. However, its not located in the countrys center and theres ofte n criticism from far-flung corners of the nation that they are forgotten by the decision makers in the capital. Oth
24、er countries have taken a different approach by establishing their capitals in the geographical center so they can exert control and project unity, like Madrid in Spain for example.Occasionally, there have been reasons to relocate a capital. St Petersburg, founded by Peter the Great in 1703, was Rus
25、sias capital from 1712-1918, before the government changed it to Moscow. This was partly because Moscow was more central, and the government decided it was less likely to be invaded by another country.And now in Indonesia there are plans to move its capital, Jakarta. Its new location is yet to be de
26、cided, but the reason for the move is that this megacity is sinking at one of the fastest rates in the world. Its been built on very swampy land and isnt helped by lots of ground water being extracted to use for drinking water and washing. The city is overcrowded too and roads are often gridlocked.O
27、f course, if you cant move your capital city, why not construct a brand new one? Brazil moved its capital from coastal, crowded Rio de Janeiro to inland Brasilia in 1961 - the idea being to build a brand new capital to bring progress to the interior of Brazil, as architect Oscar Niemeyer described i
28、t. And more recently, Nay Pyi Taw was built in 2005 as Myanmars new capital. This remote city is four times the size of London and has huge roads, golf courses and a zoo - but few people.二、词汇表iconic标志性的,非常出名的seat of power政府所在地 hub中心city dwellers城市居民 influence影响力 site地点，位置 settle定居 trading 贸易 defend保
29、护，防卫 far-flung遥远的 geographical地理上的 relocate迁移，搬迁 central中心的 megacity （人口超过1000万的）大城市swampy （地面）湿软的groundwater 地下水gridlocked交通拥堵不堪的construct 修建remote 遥远的三、测试与练习阅读课文并回答问题。1. Where is the capital of Spain located?2. What is sinking at one of the fastest rates in the world?3. How crowded is Myanmars new
30、 capital city?4. True or false? Russias old capital city, St Petersburg, was renamed Moscow in 1918.5. Which word used in the article means situated not near a coast or sea?请在不参考课文的情况下完成下列练习。选择一个意思合适的单词填 入句子的空格处。1. Sorry Im late. Theres been an accident and the roads are.griddlelockedgridlocksgridlo
31、ckedgridlock2. My company has decided toto Manchester so Im going tohave to look for another job.settlerelocateconstructremote3. My parents havent called me for a while, probably because theyre on holiday in somecorner of the world.far-flingflung-farfar-flunged far-flung4. Heathrow airport is London
32、s majorfor flights to most partsof the world.iconichubcentralconstruct5. 5. Our new house has a greatlocation - its near the coast soits coolm but we have a great view of the mountains.geographygeographygeographical geometry参考答案阅读课文并回答问题。1. Where is the capital of Spain located?It is located in the
33、geographical centre of the country.2. What is sinking at the one of the fastest rates in the world?The capital city of Indonesia, Jakarta.3. How crowded is Myanmars new capital city?Not very crowded. It has huge roads, golf courses and a zoo - but few people.4. True or false? Russias old capital cit
34、y, St Petersburg, was renamed Moscow in 1918.False. St Petersburg was Russias capital from 1712-1918, before the government moved it to Moscow.5. Which word used in the article means situated not near a coast or sea?Inland. Brazil moved its capital from coastal, crowded Rio de Janeiro to inland Brasilia in 1961.