Plastic is used to make a large number of products we use every day, such as drink and food containers,trash bags and grocery bags,cups and children's toys,and bottles for everything from mouthwash and shampoo to glass cleaner and dishwashing liquid. And that's not even counting all the plastic that goes into furniture, appliances, computers, and automobiles.
As the use of plastic has increased over the years,it's become a large part of America's solid waste﹣growing from less than 1 percent in 1960 to more than 13 percent in 2017. As an example of how and why plastic waste is increasing, the International Bottled Water Association reports that the US consumed 9. 67 billion gallons of bottled water in 2017, compared to 9.1 billion gallons the year before. The United States is the world's leading consumer of bottled water. A good first step in reducing plastic waste is switching to a reusable water bottle.
Recycling plastic reduces the amount of energy and resources (资源) needed to create plastic. Research shows that a bottle of water requires about 2,000 times as much energy to produce as the same amount of tap water. Recycling plastic products also keeps them out of landfills(垃圾填埋)and allows the plastic to be reused in making new products. Recycling 1 ton of plastic saves 7. 4 cubic yards of landfill space. And let's face it,a lot of plastic ends up directly in the environment,breaking down into tiny pieces , polluting our soil and water.
Today,80 percent of Americans have easy access to a plastic recycling program. A universal numbering system for plastic types makes it even easier. According to the American Plastics Council, more than 1,800 US businesses handle plastic waste. In addition, over 200,000 grocery stores now serve as recycling collection sites for plastic waste.
1. What message does the first paragraph mainly intend to convey?A.Plastic products are quite common. |
B.Plastic is widely used in our daily life. |
C.What functions plastic has. |
D.Why humans make use of plastic. |
A.plastic waste is on the rise in America |
B.Americans prefer bottled water to tap water |
C.plastic waste is the leading type of waste in America |
D.using reusable water bottles doesn't help reduce plastic waste |
A.It helps cut down on pollution. |
B.It helps to make soil more rich. |
C.It makes plastic easily broken down. |
D.It produces new energy and resources. |
A.Americans suffer a lot from plastic waste. |
B.Americans are good at recycling plastic. |
C.Recycling plastic is convenient in the US. |
D.Recycling plastic brings great profits in the US. |
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【推荐1】On Sunday, Ecuador held a special vote on whether oil drilling (钻探) should be allowed in Yasuni National Park. The vote was part of a larger election to choose the country’s next president. Nearly 60% of Ecuadorian voters chose to protect the park.
In 2007, to protect the area, Rafael Correa — Ecuador’s president at the time — offered to leave the oil in the ground. In exchange, he wanted the rest of the world to pay Ecuador $3.6 billion. Though Mr. Correa worked hard to find support for his idea, no group offered to pay the money.
In 2016, Ecuador’s state oil company, Petroecuador, began drilling in Yasuni. The company is drilling in a fairly small area known as Block 43. Block 43 makes up far less than 1% of the park, but it produces about 55,000 barrels of oil every day.
But the drilling has upset many people in Ecuador. Yasunidos is a group which works to protect the park. For over ten years, Yasunidos has worked to allow Ecuador’s people a chance to vote on oil drilling in Yasuni. In May, Yasunidos won a court case that allowed them to put the Yasuni drilling up for a vote.
On Sunday, voters were asked if they supported oil drilling in the park or were against it. When the votes were counted, about 59% of the voters chose to stop drilling in Yasuni. Just 41% supported it.
Yasunidos called the vote “a historic success for Ecuador and for the planet!” But the result is a disappointment for Ecuador’s president, Guillermo Lasso. He believes the oil money is extremely important for the country. Selling oil from Yasuni brings in about $1.2 billion a year.
The government won’t be able to ignore or change the results of the vote, and will now have about a year and a half to end the drilling. Petroecuador says it will cost about $500 million to stop drilling and clean up the operation.
1. What was Rafael Correa’s original plan?A.Drilling oil in Yasuni. | B.Selling oil to the world. |
C.Getting support from the president. | D.Getting paid for not drilling oil. |
A.Doubtful. | B.Uninterested. | C.Opposed. | D.Supportive. |
A.The environment will get destroyed. |
B.The country will suffer economic loss. |
C.It will meet with the locals’ opposition. |
D.It will be encouraged by the government. |
A.Yasuni National Park Is Being Polluted |
B.Ecuador Votes to End Drilling in Yasuni National Park |
C.New President Will Come into Power in Ecuador |
D.Oil Drilling Becomes Major Supporting Industry |
【推荐2】It is widely acknowledge that cities with some kind of functioning ecosystems make for better place for humans to live. More plants and animals in cities make for happier, healthier people.
A study conducted on green spaces in Sheffield, England, for instance, revealed that the greater the biodiversity (生物多样性), the greater the psychological well-being (健康) of the city’s citizens. In Paris, researchers found that getting citizens to take part in day-long activities involving urban wildlife opened their eyes to the natural world for a time, at least.
Few cities have been associated with urban ecology for as Berlin. “Slow economic recovery after the Second World War meant that reconstruction would take a long time. This provide local ecologist with the ideal conditions to develop an ambitious ecological research program in the bombed-out wastelands of West Berlin,” said Jens Lachmund, a sociologist at the University of Maastricht in the Netherlands.
The pioneering work in Berlin had several consequences, especially the formation of significant natural spaces within the city, such as the Sudgelande Nature. “Berlin has indeed benefited a lot from being a case study in urban ecology,” said Lachmund.
The recent research conducted by Mark Goddard, a biologist at the University of Leeds, and his colleagues confirmed the important of natural space within an urban setting. Goddard and his team conducted a striking global analysis of bird and plant diversity, quantifying the influence of urbanization on levels of biodiversity around the world. “Functioning urban ecosystems will be extremely important to human health and well-being,” said Goddard.
Cities take up just 3% of the land surface area, yet according to the most recent figure from the United Nations, some 3.6 billion people (just over 50% of the global population) now live in urban areas. By 2050, this figure is expected it rise to 6.3 billion. Without animals and plants to keep us company, it is a dark future.
1. The findings in Paragraph 2 are mentioned to explain the between_____.A.citizens and their well-being |
B.green spaces and urban wildlife |
C.Urban ecology and citizens’ well-being |
D.Functioning ecosystems and the natural world |
A.Cautious. | B.Negative. |
C.Uncaring. | D.Admiring. |
A.The negative effect of over population. |
B.The important of urban ecosystems. |
C.The serious problems of city life. |
D.The rapid growth of urban areas. |
A.Should more people live in urban areas? |
B.Should Berlin have more natural spaces? |
C.Should cities be for animals and plants too? |
D.Should the global population be controlled now? |
【推荐3】Wetlands, making up about 6% of Earth’s land surface, are found on every continent except for Antarctica.
Protecting against floods. Wetlands play a crucial role in protecting against floods. The plants and soil in wetlands act as natural sponges (海绵), storing excess water during heavy rainfall or storms.
Purifying (净化) water. Wetlands have exceptional abilities to purify water. Acting as natural filters, the plants, soil and micro creatures in wetlands remove sediments, excess nutrients and pollutants from water sources.
Fighting climate change. Aside from these vital functions, wetlands also play a significant role in fighting climate change.
However, the world’s wetlands are being lost at an alarming rate. Restoration and conservation projects offer hope that these ecosystems can be saved.
A.Supporting life |
B.Protecting birds |
C.This process helps to improve water quality |
D.The water stored in wetlands can be drunk |
E.Wetlands play an important role despite their small coverage |
F.Wetland plants have remarkable carbon storage capabilities |
G.Thus, wetlands can reduce the risk of flooding in surrounding areas |
【推荐1】Although a rich literature exists documenting the negative relationship between air pollution and physiological (生理的) health, little has been done to examine the role of air pollution in psychological heath. In the study, titled “Air Pollution Reduces Interpersonal Trust” researchers used three different experimental designs to test their theory that air pollution would reduce one's level of trust in others.
In Study 1, participants were presented with landscape photos that showed either polluted scenes or clear scenes. Those who viewed photos of polluted scenes reported lower scores when completing a questionnaire measuring social trust.
In Study 2, researchers used a “big data” approach, collecting mass information from social media platforms and analyzing it in connection with weather monitoring data. Their analysis showed that polluted conditions were associated with reduced expressions of positive emotions on social media sites, while clearer conditions were associated with stronger positive emotional expressions.
Finally, in Study 3, participants who were asked to read social media posts about poor air quality reported less social trust than those who read posts unrelated to pollution. This makes sense---as air pollution causes negative emotions, people are more likely to focus on others' negative characteristics and find them less trustworthy.
The effects of this study are far-reaching. By reducing trust in others, this study suggests that air pollution can have negative effects on social unity and harmony. Considering widespread air pollution throughout the globe, any effect between pollution and human psychology should be given serious attention.
1. What did the researchers design three different experiments for?A.To prove that one's level of trust would be negatively affected by air pollution. |
B.To test the theory that air pollution would increase the level of trust in others. |
C.To prove that air pollution would have a positive effect on trust in others. |
D.To test the theory that air pollution would have a negative effect on physical health. |
A.A fair day | B.A happy day |
C.A rainy day | D.A polluted day |
A.People expressed their feelings more positively in polluted weather on social media sites. |
B.People posted more negative feelings in clearer weather on social media sites |
C.Polluted weather led to less positive emotion expressions on social media sites. |
D.Clearer weather led to less positive emotion expressions on social media sites |
A.It has little effect on the society and can be ignored. |
B.It should be paid special attention to. |
C.It should be further conducted. |
D.It should be stopped. |
【推荐2】The world’s population cast aside 49 million tons of electronic waste, known as e-waste. It has been calculated that this number will grow to more than 60 million tons by 2023.
What is causing the upsurge (激增) in e-waste? Technology is becoming more and more widespread, covering almost every aspect of our lives. Meanwhile, the lifespan of devices is getting shorter—many products will be thrown away once their batteries die, to be replaced by new devices. Companies intentionally plan the obsolescence (过时) of their goods by updating the design or software and discontinuing support for older models, so that now it is usually cheaper and easier to buy a new product than to repair an old one. Since prices are falling, electronic devices are in demand around the world.
As more people buy electronic equipment, manufacturers (制造商) are beginning to face shortages of the raw materials needed to make their products, so recycling and reusing materials from discarded (扔掉的) products and waste makes economic and environmental sense.
Recycling e-waste is practiced both formally and informally. Proper or formal e-waste recycling usually involves taking apart the electronics, sorting through the materials and cleaning them. Companies must obey health and safety rules to reduce the health and environmental hazards of handling e-waste by using pollution-control technologies. All this makes formal recycling expensive. Informal recycling is typically unlicensed and uncontrolled. At informal recycling workshops, men and women recover valuable materials by burning devices to melt away non-valuable materials. Usually they do not wear protective equipment and lack any awareness that they are handling dangerous materials.
With the amount of e-waste growing around the world, recycling alone will not be enough to solve the problem. In order to reduce e-waste, manufacturers need to design electronics that are safer, and more durable (耐用的), repairable and recyclable. The best thing you can do is resist buying a new device until you really need it. Try to get your old product repaired if possible and, if it can’t be fixed, resell or recycle it responsibly. Before you recycle your device, put any broken parts in separate containers and close these tightly to prevent chemicals from leaking. Wear latex (乳胶) gloves and a mask if you’re handling something that’s broken.
1. Which of the following is a reason for e-waste’s sharp increasing?A.The results of updating devices. | B.The falling of devices’ quality. |
C.The methods of recycling e-waste. | D.The shortage of protective equipment. |
A.Increasing the variety of electronic products. |
B.Lowering the costs of technology innovation. |
C.Relieving the lack of the raw materials. |
D.Improving the poor quality of e-devices. |
A.Influence. | B.Limits. | C.Harm. | D.Costs. |
A.E-waste could be broken down by burying it underground for a long time. |
B.Companies should be mainly responsible for reducing e-waste. |
C.Fixing a device could cause more pollution than buying a new one. |
D.Everyone should take action to reduce e-waste. |
【推荐3】Japan said Tuesday that it would start pouring treated radioactive water (放射性废水) from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean within two years. Officials in Tokyo said the water would be filtered and diluted (稀释) to safe levels first, but most locals remain firmly opposed to the plan. Protesters gathered outside Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s residence in downtown Tokyo to criticize the government’s decision.
More than a million tons of radioactive water is currently being stored at the Fukushima power plant in a massive tank farm big enough to fill 500 Olympic-sized swimming pools. The wastewater comes from water pumped in to cool the plant’s damaged reactors (反应堆). The government says it has simply run out of room to store all the water. The plan to dump the water into the ocean first came to light in the autumn of last year, when Japanese news reported anonymous (匿名的) officials said the decision had been taken.
On Tuesday, Suga said that after years of study, his scientific advisors had concluded that ocean discharge was the most possible way to cope with the wastewater. But the decision to pour Fukushima wastewater into the ocean has drawn fire from neighboring Asian countries and local fishermen along Japan’s coast.
China called the decision “extremely irresponsible,” and South Korea summoned (召唤) the Japanese ambassador in Seoul over the matter. “They told us that they wouldn’t release the water into the sea without the support of fishermen,” Kanji Tachiya, who leads a local cooperative of fisheries in Fukushima, told national broadcaster NHK ahead of the announcement on Tuesday. “We can’t support this move to break that promise and release the water into the sea unilaterally (单方面地).”
The actual release of water from the Fukushima plant will take decades to complete. Critics have called on Japan’s government to at least ensure that independent monitoring is in place to check the level of radiation in the poured water is safe for the environment.
1. How do most of the local people react to the plan?A.Indifferent. | B.Uncertain. | C.Supportive. | D.Disapproving. |
A.The wastewater is being stored in 500 Olympic-sized swimming pools. |
B.It was last year that the plan was exposed to the public. |
C.Ocean discharge is the only way to deal with the wastewater. |
D.The plan has aroused anger in all the Asian countries. |
A.The plan is to pull the whole world into the disaster. |
B.It’s imperative that the plan should be carried out immediately. |
C.It’s safe and easy to pour the wastewater into the ocean. |
D.It’s unacceptable to pour the water into the ocean without fishermen’s permission. |
A.The Japanese government has checked the level of radiation in the poured water. |
B.Neigboring Asian countries agreed the decision to pour Fukushima wastewater into the ocean.. |
C.It will actually take the Fukushima plant long to release treated radioactive water. |
D.Independent monitoring of the water from the Fukushima plant aren’t necessary. |
【推荐1】Colour saturation(饱和) refers to the intensity(强度) of the reds, greens and blues. Photos high in colour saturation make food look fresher and tastier to viewers, which increases their willingness to order the menu items, a new study suggests. “In the restaurant business, these results provide a simple method to increase sales,” said Stephanie Liu, lead author of the study and associate professor of hospitality management at the Ohio State University. “On Instagram, it means using the ‘X-Pro Ⅱ’ filter(滤镜) on your food photos rather than the ‘Early bird’ filter. It costs nothing, so it’s an easy win for restaurant marketers.
In one survey, 267 participants were asked to imagine themselves looking through options on an online food-ordering platform. They were shown photos of a poke bowl, a Hawaiian dish featuring fish, vegetables and sauce over rice. They were randomly asked to view one of the four different photos with either high or low colour saturation and either close or farther away visual distance. The food in the more highly-saturated photos looked fresher and tastier to participants, and that led them to be more likely to purchase the food. But colour saturation had a stronger effect when the food appeared more distant in the photos. “When the food is shown close up, it’s already easy for the viewers to imagine how fresh and tasty the food would be,” Liu said. “Colour saturation is not as necessary.”
In the second survey, 222 online participants were asked to imagine they were looking through photos of pizza from a restaurant near their home. They were told they would either be eating alone or with their family. As in the previous study, the food in the colour-saturated photo was always seen as fresher and tastier and one that people would be more likely to buy. But that effect was stronger for people who were told they would be eating alone. “When people are eating with others, the social experience is a big part of what people look forward to,” Liu said. “But when they are eating alone, they focus more on the food itself.”
“These findings are more important now than ever before,” Liu said. “With people ordering online, restaurants have to post pictures of their food on online ordering platforms. They should pay more attention to the photos they post as they do to the text. Colour saturation is one key element they need to focus on.”
1. What is a direct effect of the “X-Pro Ⅱ” filter according to Stephanie Liu?A.Strengthening the “Early bird” filter. |
B.Keeping colour saturation low. |
C.Making food in photos more appealing. |
D.Increasing the variety of menu items. |
A.When the food appears farther to the observer. |
B.When the poke bowl contains more food. |
C.When the food is fresher and tastier in reality. |
D.When the visual distance of the food is shorter. |
A.They take social experience into consideration. |
B.They choose food that is easier to obtain. |
C.They want the food to be fresher and tastier. |
D.They pay more attention to colour saturation. |
A.How Colour Speaks for Menu Items Online |
B.How Colour Saturation Affects People |
C.How Colour Brings Benefits to Ordering Platforms |
D.How Colour in Photos Makes Food Look Tastier |
【推荐2】Your chair is your enemy.
It doesn’t matter if you go running every morning, or you’re a regular at the gym. If you spend most of the rest of the day sitting, you are putting yourself at increased chance of heart disease, cancers and an early death. In other words, even if you exercise energetically, sitting for long periods is bad for you.
So what’s wrong with sitting? One is that sitting is one of the most passive things you can do. You burn more energy by chewing gum than you do sitting still in a chair. Compared to sitting, standing in one place is hard work. To stand, you have to tense your leg muscles, and the muscles of your back and shoulders. While standing, you often change from leg to leg. All of this burns energy.
For many people, weight gain is a matter of slow increase. Thus, a little more time on your feet today and tomorrow can easily make the difference between remaining thin and getting fat. So part of the problem with sitting a lot is that you don’t use as much energy as those who spend more time on their feet. This makes it easier to gain weight, and makes you more likely to suffer from the health problems that fatness often brings.
Some people have advanced solutions:replace your sit-down desk with a stand-up desk. Make sure that your television can only operate if you are practising on an exercise bike. Replace your office chair with a therapy (治疗) ball: this too uses more muscles, and more energy, than a normal chair, because you have to support your back and work to keep balanced. But whatever you choose, know this. It is clear: be careful of your chair.
1. The main purpose of writing this passage is to ________.A.suggest sitting less | B.advise exercising often |
C.avoid gaining weight | D.escape standing more |
A.standing burns nearly as much energy as sitting still does |
B.taking exercise regularly but sitting more will do good |
C.less exercise will reduce the chance of having disease |
D.energy-burning activities will help you enjoy good health |
A.Gaining weight | B.Burning energy |
C.Sitting too much | D.Standing more |
A.tell us to walk while working in the office |
B.suggest a way to settle the sitting problem |
C.support our back and keep us balanced |
D.provide a better cure for our backache |
【推荐3】Archaeologists in Germany have uncovered some of the earliest evidence of the use of clothing, with newly discovered cut marks on a cave bear’s paws suggesting the prehistoric animal was skinned for its fur some 300,000 years ago.
The discovery in Schöningen, northern Germany, is exciting because despite the written records of cave men and women covered in fur in some popular cultures, very little is truly known about how early humans clothed their bodies. Fur, leather and other organic materials typically can’t be preserved beyond 100,000 years.
“The study is significant because direct evidence of prehistoric clothing is scant and we know relatively little about how humans in the deep past were protecting themselves from cold winters. From this early time period, there are only a handful of sites that show evidence of bear skinning, with Schöningen providing the most complete picture,” said study author Ivo Verheijen from Tübingen University in Germany.
Cave bears were large animals, about the size of polar bears, that went extinct about 25,000 years ago. The cave bear’s fur, which has long outer hairs that form an airy protective layer, and short, dense hairs that provide good insulation (隔离), was suitable for making simple clothing or bedding.
The clothing in the site probably wrapped the human body without careful tailoring. The eyed needles needed to sew more excellent designs didn’t emerge in the archaeological record until about 45,000 years ago.
“We found the cut marks on the cave bear’s hands and feet where very little meat or fat is present on the bones, which argues against the cut marks originating from the butchering of the animal,” Verheijen said. “In these locations, the skin is much closer to the bones, which makes marking the bones inevitable when an animal is being skinned.”
The Schöningen site in Germany is most famous for the discovery of the oldest known wooden weapons that were used to kill prey 300,000 years ago.
But it’s still challenging to figure out exactly when ancient humans began wearing clothing. Genetic studies of lice (跳蚤) indicate that clothing lice separated from their human head louse ancestors at least 83,000 years ago and possibly as early as 170,000 years ago, which suggests humans were wearing clothes before major migrations out of Africa. Bone tools found in what’s now Morocco suggest that humans were processing animal skins 90,000 to 120,000 years ago.
1. What did archaeologists find in Schöningen?A.Fur of a cave bear. | B.Bones with cut marks. |
C.Pieces of prehistoric clothing. | D.Evidence of prehistoric hunting. |
A.Not correct. | B.Not very much. |
C.Not valuable. | D.Not clear enough. |
A.To give an explanation. | B.To provide some examples. |
C.To offer more details of the study. | D.To show the importance of the study. |
A.Previous studies on human clothing. |
B.The process of studying human clothing. |
C.Other new discoveries of human clothing. |
D.An unsolved mystery about human clothing. |
【推荐1】More than 23% of Chinese children from 3 to 6 years old spend more than half an hour on the Internet every day, according to a report issued on children’s cyber (网络的) safety. According to the report, these preschoolers are similar to adults in terms of their online habits, enjoying online entertainment, shopping and blogging. Almost a quarter of the 7 years old, or 24.2%, have studied game walkthroughs on the Internet. Sixty-one percent of them, have downloaded games videos, and music, and 8.5% have done shopping online. In addition, 14.4% of this group posted pictures, videos, or texts online, and 4.7% of them have followers. Children are also using social media at a younger age. Some of them begin to use instant messengers such as QQ and We Chat from 3 years old, and the penetration (侵入) rate of these apps is more than 50% among 12 years old.
Easy and broad access to the Internet is the major reason for the large penetration rate among the children. According to education expert, children learn by imitation (模仿). As a result, children will copy their parents’ online behaviors including TV-viewing, chatting, shopping, and video game habit.
This can’t be avoided during human development, and there’s no need to fight it. But parents should guide their children with scientific methods and reduce the negative effect of the Internet on their children.
1. The underlined word in the paragraph I refers to ________.A.3-6 years old | B.7 years old |
C.adults | D.12 years old |
A.shopping | B.chatting for fun |
C.playing games | D.searching for information for learning |
A.They learn from their parents. | B.Their parents order them to do so. |
C.They have nothing to do. | D.They are very smart. |
【推荐2】Whether you’re eating at a fancy restaurant or dining in someone’s home, proper table manners are likely to help you make a good impression. According to a US expert, Emily Post, “All rules of table manners are made to avoid ugliness.”
While Henry Hitchings of the Los Angeles Times admits that good manners can reduce social conflict, he points out that mostly their purpose is protective — they turn our natural warrior_ like selves into more elegant ones.
So where did table manners come from?
In medieval England, a writer named Petrus Alfonsi took the lead to urge people not to speak with their mouths full. And King David I of Scotland also proposed that any of his people who learned to eat more neatly be given a tax deduction (减除).
Disappointingly, that idea never caught on. It was during the Renaissance, when there were real technical developments, opinions of correct behavior changed for good. “None of these was more significant than the introduction of the table fork,” wrote Hitchings. “Gradually, as forks became popular, they brought the new way of eating, making it possible, for instance, to consume berries without making one’s fingers dirty.”
Forks were introduced to Britain in 1608 and 25 years later, the first table fork reached America. Yet while most of the essentials (基本要素) are the same on both sides of the Atlantic, there are a few clear differences between what’s normal in the US and what holds true in the UK. For example, in the US, when food needs cutting with a knife, people generally cut a bite, then lay aside the knife and switch the fork to their right hand. Then they pick up one bite at a time. By contrast, Britons keep the fork in the left hand and don’t lay the knife down.
Though globalization has developed a new, simpler international standard of table manners, some people still stick with the American cut-and-switch method. The Los Angeles Times noted, “They are hanging on to a form of behavior that favors manners above efficiency.”
1. What does the story mainly talk about?A.The importance of proper table manners. |
B.The development of table manners in Western countries. |
C.Some unwritten rules of table manners in the US and UK. |
D.Differences between American and British table manners. |
A.worked in practice |
B.became popular |
C.drew attention |
D.had a positive effect |
A.The introduction of forks. |
B.The tax deduction policy. |
C.The rise of the Renaissance. |
D.Petrus Alfonsi’s efforts in promoting table manners. |
A.British and American table manners are completely different from each other. |
B.American people pay more attention to their table manners than British people do. |
C.With globalization, the American cut-and-switch method has been abandoned in the US. |
D.British people’s way of using a knife and fork may be more efficient than American people’s. |
【推荐3】South Africa is the water-lovers' paradise. Whether you want to be by the sea, on the sea or even under it, there are countless ways to get your ocean experience. Almost all of them are located on South Africa's east coast, where the Indian Ocean keeps water warm.
Thompson's Bay, Ballito
Drive 40 minutes north of Durban to reach the unique coastal town of Ballito. Popular with holidaymakers, Ballito has a choice of pretty beaches---- and the best for swimming is
Thompson's Bay. This scenic cove (小海湾)is sheltered from the wind and characterized by its calm waters, interesting rocky outcrops and a fascinating geological hole-in-the-wall. There's a walled tidal pool for those who are nervous to swim in the open ocean, making this spot a particularly good choice for families.
Umhlanga Rocks, Durban
Located a 20-minute drive from central Durban, the resort town of Umhlanga is an upmarket getaway for vacationing South Africans and visitors in the know. The main Umhlanga Rocks beach boasts safe swimming waters and endless golden sands, again protected by lifeguards and shark nets. A paved walkway provides direct access to the town's beachfront shops, restaurants and bars.
Gonubie Beach, East London
The coastal town of Gonubie is seen by many as a suburb of East London, one of the largest cities of the Eastern Cape. Its picture-perfect beach offers great swimming areas in the open sea. The Gonubie River reaches the sea at this point, too, and offers an alternative bathing
spot on days when the surf is bigger than usual. All along the river's green banks. you'll find a series of shaded spots perfect for summer picnics and barbecues.
1. If you are planning a family trip to South Africa, which beach suits you best?
A.Thompson's Bay, Ballito. | B.Umhlanga Rocks, Durban. |
C.Gonubie Beach. East London | D.Kelly's Beach, Port Alfred. |
A.It is free for children. | B.Its target crowd is the rich. |
C.It has a walled tidal pool. | D.It has pale brown sand. |
A.go swimming in the open sea | B.go bathing at an alternative spot |
C.go surfing in the open sea | D.go camping by the riverside. |