2023-2024学年高一英语阅读理解专题素质拓展主题1：丹麦计划在其海岸外建造一座人造岛屿来生产能源素材.docxVIP

2024年高一英语阅读理解专题素质拓展

主题1：丹麦计划在其海岸外建造一座人造岛屿来生产能源

【核心阅读材料】

Theworldiswarmingupandhumansarethecause,andthatmeansit’suptoustostopit.Theburningofoilandcoalisonehugecause,andcleanenergy(能源)sourcesareneededgreatlyifwe’regoingtomakeanymeaningfulchanges.Butwhereisallofthiscleanenergygoingtocomefrom?Denmarkseemstohaveanidea.

InEurope,Denmarkprovidesmoreoilthananyothercountry,butthat’sgoingtochange.Thecountryhaspromisedtostopoilproductionwithinthenext30years,butthatmeansit’sgoingtoneedtogetitsenergyfromsomewhereelse.Tothatend,Denmarkhasplannedtobuildaman·madeislandoffitscoast.

AsFastCompanyreports,theplanwillincludethebuildingoftheislanditselfaswellasupto600windturbines(涡轮机)topickupoceanwindsandchangethemintoelectricity(电).Theislandwillhaveasizeof20footballfieldsandwillhaveturbinesarounditandsendpowertohugebatteries(电池)thatcanstorepowerforwheneverit’sneeded.Alltold,theislandshouldbeabletoprovidepowerforasmanyasthreemillionhomes,butasmorebatteriesareadded,thatstoredpowercouldbeprovidedforevenmorehomesandbusinesses.

“Theislandisexpectedtocostabout$34billion,whichisreallyalotofmoney.However,ascountriesbegintousemoregreenenergy,theonesthatproducemoreofitwillhavethechancetosellittoothercountries.Asoilandcoalburningisnotallowedworldwide,thosethatdon’tproduceenoughgreenenergymightbeforcedtobuyuppowerfromtheirgreenerneighbors,”saidFastCompany.

【核心材料知识深挖】

1.Theworldiswarmingupandhumansarethecause,andthatmeansit’suptoustostopit.（世界正在变暖，人类是罪魁祸首，这意味着我们需要阻止它。）

·重点词汇：warmingup（变暖），cause（原因）

·句型：andthatmeansit’suptoustostopit（这意味着我们需要阻止它）

2.Theburningofoilandcoalisonehugecause,andcleanenergysourcesareneededgreatlyifwe’regoingtomakeanymeaningfulcha