雅思阅读2.ppt

雅 思 阅 读 梁 俊 Adults and children are frequently confronted with statements about the alarming rate of loss of tropical rainforest. 主 谓 宾 adults and children are confronted with the alarming rate 无论大人还是孩子都经常会遇到这样的报道，那就是热带雨林正以惊人的速度消失。 For example, one graphic illustration to which children might readily relate is the estimate that rainforests are being destroyed at a rate equivalent to one thousand football fields every forty minutes ——about the duration of a normal classroom period. readily ad. 容易地 relate to 发生共鸣；欣赏；领略；认同 打个比方，孩子们很容易就能理解这样一个图例，即平均每四十分钟，也就是一节课的时间内，世界上就会有相当于一千个足球场大校的热带雨林遭到破坏。 In the face of the frequent and often vivid media coverage, it is likely that children will have formed ideas about rainforests—what and where they are, why they are important, what endangers them— independent of any formal tuition. 面对媒体频繁且生动的报道，也许不需要任何正规的教育，孩子们就能够形成一系列有关热带雨林的观点：比如说雨林是什么，位置在哪里，为什么如此重要，又是什么在威胁它们等等。 It is also possible that some of these ideas will be mistaken. 当然，这些观点也很有可能是错的。 Question 1-2True, False or Not Given 1 The plight of the rainforests has largely been ignored by the media. 2 Children only accept opinions on rainforests that they encounter in their classrooms. Many studies have shown that children harbour misconceptions about ‘pure’, curriculum science. harbour v. 持有，抱有 n.海港，避难所 misconception n. 误解 pure a. 理论的 curriculum n. 课程 许多研究表明孩子们在学校里学到的科学知识心存误解。 These misconceptions do not remain isolated but become incorporated into a multifaceted, but organised, conceptual framework, making it and the component ideas, some of which are erroneous, more robust but also accessible to modification. 这些误解不是孤立存在的，而是组成了一个尽管多层面却十分有条理的概念体系，这一点使得该体系本身及其所有的组成观点更加难以攻破，有些观点本身甚至就是错误的，但是也正是这样，它们反而更容易被改动 These ideas may be developed by children absorbing ideas through the popular media. 这些错误观点正是由于孩子们从大众媒体上吸收了信息而形成的。 Sometimes this information may be erroneous. 有时连这些信息本身都是错误的。 It seems schools may not b