新教材2020-2021学年英语高中人教选修第三册课件-3Section-A-Reading-and-Thinking.pptxVIP

UNIT 3 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;素养导航 ;如果将气候行动比作一场比赛,那么气候变化的速度现在比我们快,我们需要更大的决心来应对这一挑战,因为这是一场我们能够而且必须获胜的比赛。 Climate Change:A Race We Must Win;The clock is ticking.According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change(联合国政府间气候变化专门委员会),we need to collectively ensure that global temperature rise does not go beyond 1.5 degrees.This means we must reduce emissions(排放) by 45 percent by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality(中立) by 2050.;Faced with this reality,it is impossible to ignore② that human development can flourish③ only if the natural world flourishes.This is the premise(前提) of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals that have become more urgent looking forward to the next decade.How can we as the global community work together as one? As the second largest economy in the world,China has played a critical part in committing④ to the Paris Agreement and its leadership and commitment is crucial in achieving the goals.The country has made remarkable⑤ progress in developing its green economy,with more than 125 billion dollars’ investment in renewable energy in 2017.New renewable energy jobs in China now outnumber those created in the oil and gas industries.;As the global challenge that does not respect national borders,climate change is an issue that requires solutions to be coordinated at the international level,with a demand for all developed countries taking up greater responsibilities,and for developing countries moving toward low-carbon economy.In the meantime,as the world’s most populous country and one of the largest carbon emitters,China can play an even more vital role in tackling global climate change by maximizing its enormous potential for emission reduction and accelerating⑥ the current positive.? Climate change is running faster than we are and we need to have a much more ambitious approach in what we do in order to defeat climate change—as this is a race that we can and must win.;词海拾贝 ①individual n.个人 ②ignore v.忽视 ③flourish v.繁荣 ④commit v.承诺 ⑤remarkable a