【推荐1】Polar bears are suffering in a       1    (warm) world.

Polar bears live in environments too cold for most animals.    2    much of the year, they live and hunt on the frozen Arctic sea ice. Nature has prepared     3    for the cold conditions. But nothing has prepared the bears for the danger that     4     (threat)the only home they know.

The polar bears’ world is melting. Studies show that the polar ice has reduced by 9.8% every 10 years     5     1978. Now about 20,000 to 25,000 polar bears live in the Arctic. Polar bears depend on the sea ice for their     6     (survive). “The sea ice is more than just this platform that the bears walk over,” says Andrew Derocher,     7     scientist who studies North American polar bear populations. “    8     it, they can’t exist.”

Some melting and refreezing of the polar ice is natural.     9     in a warmer world, these cycles speed up, and bears have less time to hunt. Normally, they have three months in the spring when they gain more weight. The extra fat is used later,      10     the bears are not actively hunting.

【推荐3】6 QUESTOINS FOR VANESSA NAKATE

Vanessa Nakate is a climate activist from Uganda, and a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s Fund.

Q1: What does it mean     1     (be) a UNICEF goodwill ambassador?

I get to meet people on the front lines of the climate crisis. I see my role as    2     (make) their voices louder. I want to shine a light on the issue of climate change and    3    it’s affecting people, especially children.

Q2: You’ve given speeches about the impact    4    climate change. Which has been your most powerful?

One that has been very powerful for me was when I spoke at the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Glasgow, Scotland. I    5     (present)the opportunity to ask government leaders, and also business leaders, to do the right thing to ensure that our planet is protected.

Q3: What’s the hardest part of being an activist?

One of the hardest things is having to see the consequences of climate change. For example, the drought in the Horn of Africa, the flooding in Pakistan, or the recent hurricanes in the United States. It’s very sad to see all those events    6     (happen).

Q4: What keeps you motivated to fight climate change?

You’re interviewing me, and I think that’s so    7     (inspire). It gives me the energy for what I’ll do tomorrow. My motivation comes from young people who are doing    8    for our planet.

Q5: What’s the most recent climate-related project you’ve worked on?

In 2019, I launched a project,     9    we gave solar panels to schools in Uganda. The solar panels have helped bring lighting to the schools, which makes education much easier for the children.

Q6:Climate change can feel frustrating and scary for some kids. What advice do you have for them?

To address this big issue, just find one thing you can do,     10    you are not sure about the outcome. After all, no person is too small to make a difference and no action is too small to transform the world.