Environmental protection is one of the hottest topics nowadays. It was also something that ancient Chinese paid great attention to. In fact, the world’s earliest environmental protection idea, ministry(部门) and law were all born in China. How did the ancient Chinese protect the environment?
The world’s earliest idea of “managing state affairs(政事) through environmental protection”
Xunzi, a famous thinker in the Warring States Period, came up with the idea of “managing state affairs through environmental protection”. He wrote in his book that vegetation(植被) should be protected well by humans.
Guan Zhong, a government officer 400 years ahead of Xunzi, was also an environmental protection expert. He said “a king who cannot protect his vegetation is not doing a good job”.
The world’s earliest “environmental protection ministry”
Nine ministries set up by Shun, an ancient Chinese emperor, included “Yu”(虞), an environmental protection ministry. The first “Yu” leader was Boyi, an environmental protection expert. He invented wells so people could drink clean water. He knew a lot about animals and also called for animal protection.
The world’s earliest “environmental protection law”
Over 4,000 years ago, Dayu, an ancient Chinese water-control expert and also an emperor, made a rule, not allowing people to cut down trees in March or catch fish in June, because it was the time when they grew quickly.
Almost 3,000 years ago, Tianlü, the first environmental protection law, appeared in Qin. It recorded many ancient environmental protection rules. Two of them were interesting: firstly, rivers should not be blocked(堵塞); secondly, grass and trees should not be burned to be fertilize(肥料) except for summer. The second one is inspiring even for today. It can help to keep air clean and fresh.
| The Earliest Thoughts and Ideas ●Guan zhong. It is a good king’s duty to protect vegetation. ●Xunzi. Environmental protection should be Ministry ●Yu, the first environment protection ministry, was set up by shua. ●Boyi, the first leader of Yu. Laws ●The rule by Dayu: •People can only get wood and fish from nature at the ●The rules in Tiantu: •Make sure rivers run |
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【推荐1】Can you believe it’s already the fourth month of the year? April! Have you ever wondered where the English word “April” comes from?
The names of the months in English come from ancient Rome. Now the capital city of Italy, it was the capital of a large empire（帝国）thousands of years ago. Romans called the month “Aprilis”. It was the second month on the oldest ancient Roman calendar, and later became the fourth month.
People aren’t quite sure where “April” comes from. Some people say it comes from the word “Aperire” in the Latin（拉丁）language-the main language of the Romans. It means “to open”, so it could refer to（指）the opening or blossoming（开花）of flowers in the springtime. Others say that Aprilis comes from the Greek word for “Aphrodite”, the Greek goddess of love.
Today, many people still like naming the girl April. Do you like this name?
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3. Today, many people still like naming the girl April.
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4. Where do the names of months in English come from?
5. Which month was “Aprilis” on the oldest ancient Roman calendar at first?
6. How many countries are mentioned in the passage except ancient Rome?
【推荐2】In 2024, Earth Hour is celebrated at 8:30 pm on Saturday 24th March. It is an event designed to encourage people and organizations to take care of our planet. During this hour, millions of people all over the world show their support, usually by turning off their lights. Lots of famous landmarks, such as the Colosseum in Rome, the Eiffel Tower in Paris and the Skytree building in Tokyo, go dark for Earth Hour too.
The History of Earth Hour
In 2007, people all over Sydney turned their lights off for an hour as a symbol of being worried about climate change. The following year, the WWF (the World Wildlife Fund) spread the event internationally. Since then, it has grown to be one of the largest movements for protecting the environment. People from over 190 countries have now participated in Earth Hour. Even astronauts on the International Space Station have taken part in the event!
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Earth Hour has helped raise awareness (意识) of environmental problems, especially climate change and the loss of nature. Earth Hour has helped to drive changes in the ways of large businesses and governments towards the environment. These include:
Creating a 3.4 million hectare marine-protected area in Argentina.
Planting 17 million trees in Kazakhstan.
Protecting 5 million square miles of ocean around French Polynesia.
The Support for Earth Hour
You can show your support during Earth Hour by turning off all non-essential (非必需的) lights in your home at 8:30 pm on the last Saturday of March. You could also watch the official (官方的) Earth Hour video and encourage your parents or friends to share this on social media. There are often local events and celebrations taking place too, where people gather to celebrate Earth Hour and enjoy the darkness together.
1. What’s Earth Hour?2. How do famous buildings support Earth Hour?
3. What does it refer to in Paragraph Two?
4. What’s the best subtitle (小标题) for Paragraph Three?
5. What can we do to support Earth Hour? (文中提到的除外。)
【推荐3】Everyone has feelings. They will feel stressed （有压力的）, worried and frightened sometimes. The following ways will be of great value to you when you are in such bad moods.
1 Get support.
When you need help, don’t be afraid to let the people who care about you know it. Talk to somebody such as your parents or your teachers. And don’t forget your friends. They might be worried about the same test or have a similar problem like you.
2 Keep calm.
It’s easy to let your feeling go wild when you are sad. Notice your feeling and think about why you feel that way. Then, find a way to calm down and to express them. Doing breathing, exercises, listening to music or going for a walk can help you be in a better mood.
3 Don’t take it out on yourself.
Remember that there are always people to help you. Be kind to yourself and ask the person who can help you get through the difficult times for help.
4 Try to solve the problem.
Now that you’re calm and have support from parents and friends, it’s time to get down to business. You need to be sure what the problem is. Though you can’t solve all of it, maybe you can begin by solving a piece of it.
5 Be hopeful — most stress won’t last long.
It may not seem that it will end when you’re in the middle of a stressful situation, but stress does go away, often when you think about the problem and start working on solving it.
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1. Talk to your friends when you need help. Maybe they are
2. You would be in a better mood if you do breathing exercises,
3. What can you do even if you can’t solve all of your problem?
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Kids Care About: Sea Turtles
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Ashleigh Bandimere works for the Oceanic Society. She says fishing is the biggest threat(威胁) to sea turtles. The turtles get caught in nets. Climate change is a danger, too. Sea levels are rising. There are more storms. These destroy turtles’ nesting places.
And pollution harms the animals. So does building on coastlines. Vehicles pack down beach sand. This makes it hard for sea turtles to dig nests. Lights from buildings and roads confuse the hatchlings(刚孵化的海龟). ①They follow the light _____ _____ going to the ocean. “Very few sea turtle hatchlings will make it to adulthood,” Bandimere says. “So each adult turtle is extremely special.”
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1. What is the biggest threat to sea turtles according to Ashleigh Bandimere?
2. Is it true that people can see many adult sea turtles? Why or why not?
3. Where can fishermen put the lights to make fishing more friendly to turtles?
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4. 结合文意，将文章①句补全，使上下文语义通顺、连贯。（每空1词）
5. 结合文意，将文章②句补全，使上下文语义通顺、连贯。（不多于10词）
There are many kinds of pollution on the earth: such as air pollution, land (土地) pollution and ①w________ pollution. What should we do to save the earth?
First, everyone should help to keep the air clean. Polluted air is bad for our physical health. So we must stop people and factories from polluting the air.
Second, we should not make too much rubbish. It needs more areas, so there will not be enough space for people to live. The land will then be polluted and fewer plants can grow.
Third, we should keep the sea and rivers clean. 鱼不能在污染的水里存活, and it may be ②i________ for us to enjoy so much seafood or swim happily in the sea in the future.
To make the earth a better place, everyone should learn to love our planet from now on. And everyone should play a part in saving the earth.
1. 根据首字母提示填单词，完成短文。①
2. 把文中画线句子翻译成英语。
3. What will happen if the land is polluted?
4. Why should we keep the air clean?
5. 给文章拟一个合适的英文标题。
In most parts of the world, many students help their schools make less pollution(污染). They join the Environment(环境) Clubs. In an Environment Club, people work together to make our environment clean.
Here are some things students often do:
No-garbage lunches. How much do you throw away after lunch? Environment Clubs ask students to bring their lunches in bags that can be used again. Every week they will choose the classes that make the least garbage and report them to the whole school.
No-car day. On a no-car day, nobody comes to school in a car—not the students or the teachers! Cars give pollution to our air, so remember: walk, jump, bike or run. Use your legs! It’s lots of fun
Save(节约) water. Do you know that some toilets can waste(浪费) 20-40 tons of water an hour? In a year, that would fill a small river! In Environment Clubs, students mend(修理) those broken(坏的) toilets.
We love our environment. Let’s work together to make it clean.
1. How many things do students often do to make our environment clean according to the passage?2. On a no-car day,who will take a car to school?
3. Why do students in the club mend broken toilets?
4. What does the writer call on(号召) us to do in the last paragraph?
5. What other things can we do to protect the environment in our daily life? (自拟一句话作答)
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The Secret Garden is written by Frances Hodgson Burnett. It is one of Burnett’s most popular novels.
The Secret Garden was first published in ten issues of The American Magazine(November 1910-August 1911). It was first published in book form in August 1911 by the Frederick A. Stokes Company in New York; it was also published that year by William Heinemann in London. Different editions(版本) were published in the late 1980s and early 1990s, such as a full-colour illustrated(有插图的) edition from David R. Godine Publisher in 1989.
Mary, a girl of The Secret Garden, gets the key to the garden and finds its hidden door. The girl loves the secret garden, where she plays with her cousin, Colin. Magically, all kinds of bad habits on them disappear.
| Name: The Secret Garden Genre: Novel Storyline: Mary, whose parents were dead, went to live with her uncle. The garden of her uncle was a magic place to Mary. One day, Mary got the key and entered the garden. She found Colin there and Publication history:  |
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5. What do you think of this book?
Bike-sharing is a good choice for short journeys. It allows people to borrow a bike from one place and return it at another place easily. With a large number of people choosing bike-riding instead of driving, especially in some big cities, bike-sharing has been popular all over China. In December 2016, Shanghai became the world’s largest bike-sharing city according to a survey done by Centre for Urban Development.
It’s very convenient to use shared bikes if you have a smart phone. First, you should download such an APP. Then you can find a nearest bike through the APP and scan the QR code. Then the bike can be unlocked (解锁) itself. After riding, you can lock it and pay the fee.
Bike-sharing is a green way of transportation and provides a user-friendly experience. An engineer of a company says that since the start of shared bikes, people have made fewer trips by car. “The love for shared bikes is not only among young people but also among people over sixty. I can easily find one and never worry about where to park it,” said Chen Hong, who is an office worker in Beijing. So it is very convenient and helps people save a lot of time when they are in a hurry.
However, bike-sharing also brings many different kinds of problems. Some people don’t park the bikes in the bike parking lots, which makes it difficult for people to walk. And some may even try to steal or damage (损害) the bikes. What’s more, even some children under 12 can unlock and ride the bicycle. There is no doubt that it’s very dangerous.
Technology and science have changed our lifestyles. We have to say bike-sharing brings us a lot of convenience, and we also hope that people can not only enjoy it but also put it to good use.
1. Which city was the world’s largest bike-sharing city in 2016?2. Who loves shared bikes according to Chen Hong?
3. Why does shared bikes sometimes make people’s walk difficult?
4. What do you think of bike sharing? Why do you think so? (Give at least two reasons.)
Everyone knows London is an important city in England. London was once the biggest city in the world, but now many cities are much bigger than it. London has a population of about 7 million. It is an old city. Many tourists from all over the world come to visit its famous buildings and hear the famous clock, Big Ben.
Like many big cities, London has problems with traffic and pollution. Over one million people use the London underground every day, but there are still too many cars in the streets. The air is not clean, but it is cleaner than it was 100 years ago.
Perhaps the best things about London are the parks. There are five parks in the centre of the city. But for the children, their favorite place is Hamleys. It is the biggest toy shop in the world. They can buy good toys there.
1. Now many cities in the world ______________than London.2. Visitors come to London to________________.
3. London has the same ___________ with traffic and pollution as many other big cities.
4. The air in London is ___________than it was 100 years ago.
5. Hamleys is _____________in London, even in the world.
