Once he was back in his pasture, we’d chat over the fence (栅栏), covering such topics as hard days at work and exciting happenings
I posted Buster photos and stories on Facebook-he had quite a following. One admirer’s dying wish was to muster
A.events | B.photos | C.topics | D.decorations |
A.impossible | B.perfect | C.limited | D.improper |
A.reduce | B.organize | C.gather | D.move |
A.threw away | B.ate quickly | C.held up | D.gave away |
A.happy | B.mean | C.old | D.weak |
1. What are the animals? What do you know about them?
2. What do you know about the Changtang National Nature Reserve?
2. Which one moves you the most? Why?
藏羚羊(Tibetan antelopes)生活在西藏、新疆和青海的平原上。看着它们 (藏羚羊) 缓缓穿过绿色的草地,我被其美丽所震撼。然而,因其珍贵的羊毛,它们正遭受非法猎杀。我的向导,在当地自然保护区工作,说道,“我们不是在试图拯救它们。事实上,我们是在努力拯救自己。”
8 . How to Improve Climate Literacy
Climate literacy is the ability to identify, understand and explain information associated with climate science.
Over the past few years, many young people and educators have pushed for the inclusion of climate literacy in national curricula. So what are the best ways in which this can be embedded within already packed school timetables?
True climate literacy must address not only the science of climate change, but also issues of climate (in)justice, including how climate change affects people and places unevenly and contributes to inequalities within and across nations.
One way to do this is through visual storytelling. Storytelling, often involving drawings and paintings, has been used by human communities to pass on knowledge or tales of caution for at least 30,000 years — as you can see from the cave painting.
One effect of storytelling is its ability to create cognitive dissonance: the mental conflict and discomfort felt when a person’s behaviour isn’t in line with their beliefs. Stories that demonstrate the consequences of not acting eco-consciously — especially if those consequences are shown visually — can be a good way to do this, leading to individuals being more likely to take climate action in their own lives or by confronting corporate activities.
A.Therefore, the teachers we worked with remarked that lessons are typically focused on the physical processes of climate change. |
B.However, at present, much of climate change education is focused on the physical aspects of climate change, often at a global scale. |
C.The next stages of our research will reflect how a separated community has come together through this journey towards climate literacy. |
D.Being climate literate allows individuals to become active participants in the fight against climate change. |
E.This collective psychological distancing means many fail to recognise the urgency of the climate crisis. |
A. Amundsen started his journey earlier and his team arrived first after nearly two months’ travelling. To celebrate this, he planted his country’s flag at the South Pole.
B. Departing Antarctica proved to be deadly for Scott’s team: they didn’t make it back to UK alive. Despite these losses, the team did collect a heavy load of rocks, which proved to be useful for scientific research later.
C.The polar summer of 1910 and 1911 was very special for at least two people: Roald Amundsen from Norway and Captain Scott from the UK. Both of them had the ambitious goal of being the first to reach the South Pole.
D. In the end, the world was moved by the great courage shown by Captain Scott and his men.
E.Scott and his team arrived later and were saddened when they learned that Amundsen had beaten them.
A. The giant panda used to have a population of 1, 114 in the 1970s. It now totals 1, 864 thanks to 52 protection areas.
B. China will continue its efforts of the wildlife protection. Key projects will be continually carried out to improve protection, including making the lists of wild animals and plants under State protection, and also fighting against illegal wildlife trade, which includes ivory(象牙).
C. In recent decades, a series of wildlife-protection movements have been carried out by the central government. Several species in danger of extinction have made impressive progress .
D. Another species was once thought to be extinct. In 1981, only seven crested ibises were found in Yangxian county, Shaanxi Province. Since then, breeding programs have helped the population reach 2, 000.
E. China has made great improvements in environmental protection during the past 70 years. Protecting wildlife is, without doubt, an important part.