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02：生态环保Sailingfortheplanet

02：生态环保Sailingfortheplanet2023中考英语外刊原创题

外刊原文：

主题语境：人与自然话题内容：环境保护语篇类型：新闻报道

Sailingfortheplanet

OnAugust14,GretaThunbergsetsailfortheUnitedStates.

The16yearoldgirlistravelingacrosstheAtlanticOceanonasailboat.SheisheadingforNewYorkCity.ShewillattendaUnitedNationsclimatechangesummit(联合国气候变化大会thereinSeptember.

GretalivesinSweden.Sherefusestoflybecauseairplanesproducecarbonemissionsthatharmtheplanet.Cruiseships(游艇)arealsobigpolluters.

InJuly,theteambehindtheMaliziaIIofferedtobringGretatotheUnitedStates

TheMaliziaisahightechracingsailboat.Itproduceselectricityusingsolarpanels(太阳能板)andunderwaterturbines(涡轮).GretahopestocreatezerocarbonemissionsonherjourneyacrosstheAtlantic.

The60footboatwasdesignedforoceanraces.notforfort.Ithasnotoiletorshower.Passengerswilleatfreezedriedfood.Thetripisexpectedtolasttwoweeks.

“Itsnotveryluxurious,”Gretasays.“Itsnotveryfancy,butIdontneedthat.Ineedonlyabedandjustthebasicthings.”

Gretawillbejoinedbyherfatherandbyadocumentaryfilmmaker(录片导演),whowillrecordthetrip.Twomembersoftheboatsteam,BorisHerrmannandPierreCasiraghi,willalsobeonboard(在船上).

Gretahasbeefamousforpromotingclimateawareness(意识).InMarch2019,Gretawasnominated(提名)fortheNobelPeacePrize(诺贝尔和平奖).ThewinnerwontbeknownuntilOctober.IfGretawinsshewillbeetheyoungestwinnereveroftheaward.

核心词汇：

headfor朝…前进

×We?decided?to??head?for?Scotland.?

我们决定前往苏格兰。

emission n.排放

×Industrialized?countries?must?reduce?carbon?dioxide?emissions.?

工业化国家必须减少二氧化碳的排放。

offer n./v.提供

×We?offer?a?personal?service?to?all?our?customers.?

我们为所有顾客提供个别服务。

underwater adj.在水面下的adv.在水下

×Take?a?deep?breath?and?see?how?long?you?can?stay?underwater.?

深吸一口气，看你能在水里待多久。

luxurious adj.奢侈的；豪华的

×The?millionaire?leads?a?luxurious?life.?

那个百万富翁过着豪