2015届高考英语一轮总复习 阅读与写作 历史与地理课件 外研版.pptVIP

阅读与写作(8)　非谓语动词　 历史与地理 该话题主要包括历史和地理的基本知识，重大历史事件和重要人物等。高考命题者的语篇材料中，常涉及到某个地方的史地概况，风土人情等。 美文赏析 Since 1884，Greenwich Mean Time(GMT)has been the international standard for timekeeping，but it is now under threat from a new definition① of time itself based not on the rotation(旋转)of the Earth，but on atomic clocks. In January the International Telecommunication Union will meet in Geneva to vote on whether to adopt② the new measure，despite protests from Britain.No doubt，the question has hurt Britains national pride—particularly when the British believe their old rival France is leading the push to chan