【湖北省专用】2011高考英语专题复习 模块3-阅读理解课件.ppt

专题 六 │ 专题预测 “We are counting the days rather than the decades…We don’t have the time that we thought we had previously，” Kiribati President Anote Tong said. Pelenise Alofa returned to Kiribati six years ago. The changes she saw led to her becoming one of the islands principal climate change campaigners. “Things began to change when I came here. I realized the king tides were big, and I told them ‘have you heard of climate change, have you heard of global warming, this is part of it, you’re in it，’” Ms Alofa told SBS. 专题 六 │ 专题预测 Linda Uan and her New Zealand born husband John have been documenting the changing climate in Kiribati for nearly 20 years. They didn’t have to travel far to film the effects of a storm three years ago when the first time it washed through their home. “There’s been a lot of changes，” Linda said, “When we were little there was a definite dry season and a definite wet season, now you can’t feel the difference anymore.” 专题 六 │ 专题预测 Kiribati is not just facing one knock-out punch but a whole round of killer blows. Because of its sensibility to the El Nino and La Nina weather patterns, climate scientists say droughts and floods will be more severe than in the past. Warmer seas could affect the migration patterns of fish, taking away vast taxes it gains from selling fishing licenses to foreign trawlers, while increased storms are expected to destroy crops and make the limited supply of water in the shallow water pools undrinkable. 专题 六 │ 专题预测 It’s a claim the country will take to Copenhagen as it seeks to get the world’s big emitters (排放者) to face up to the consequences of their actions. “It’s a whole world issue，” President Tong said. “It’s a moral issue…it’s almost criminal.” 专题 六 │ 专题预测 (　　)1.According to the passage, we can infer that________. A．Kiribati covers a land area of 3,500,000 km2 B．the country’s average altitude is 450 meters in Kiribati C．Kiribati is one of the countries facing the climate change