高考英语外刊阅读学案：西班牙山火肆虐.docxVIP

个性化教学方案 PAGE 5 4月3日英语今日推荐1(外刊阅读) PAGE 4 个性化教学方案 ? 外刊1 主题语境：自然灾害与安全常识 体裁：新闻报道 阅读建议时长：7min 原文出处：US News 词数：323 难度：★★★ 文章导读：3月26日，在西班牙特鲁埃尔，山火燃烧的地区升起浓烟。据报道，西班牙东部地区近日发生山火，超过500名消防员和20架飞机参与灭火作业，大火目前已烧毁大面积森林，导致很多民众流离失所。 Spain’s Forest Fire 西班牙山火肆虐 Spain’s first major wildfire of the year burned more than 4, 000 hectares of forest and forced 1, 700 villagers to ? ? evacuate? ? their homes in the Valencia and Aragon regions. Residents told reporters how they fled their houses and left animals behind. “How am I supposed to feel? Bad! Your town is burning, your life is burning, our animals were there and no one can tell us anything,” said Antonio Zarzoso, 24, who had to leave the village of Puebla de Arenoso. More than 500 firefighters supported by 20 planes and helicopters were working to bring the fire under control near the village of Villanueva de Viver, emergency services said on Saturday. Authorities said on Saturday that the fire also spread to the Teruel area of the Aragon region, where 200 people had to be evacuated. At the same time, authorities managed to stop the fire spreading to other areas.?????“The surrounding forest has been reached by fire and we don’t know how exactly the area looks,” said Montse Boronat, an officer from Los Calpes. Ximo Puig, president of the Valencia region, told reporters the fire was made more severe by summer-like temperatures of about 30℃. Las Provincias, a regional newspaper, reported police believe that the fire may have been started by a spark from a machine used to gather brushwood. A Spanish Civil Guard spokeswoman said that an investigation was underway into the cause of the fire. An unusually dry winter across parts of southern Europe has raised concern that there could be a repeat of last year’s destroying wildfires. The weather will be drier and hotter than usual this spring along Spain’s northeastern Mediterranean coast, increasing the risk of fires. Last year, some 785, 000 hectares were destroyed b