If you’ve recently taken a flight from a major UK airport, then you may have noticed that more people are protesting air travel expansion and encouraging people to fly less. This is part of a larger environmental movement sweeping across Europe. Known as Flygskam or “flight-shaming”, the movement is encouraging people to stop taking flights as a means of transport and use more environmentally friendly transportation where they can.
The aviation (航空) currently accounts for about 2% of global emissions (排放) and is one of the fastest-growing polluters. Even worse, unlike most other sources of pollution, air travel results in pollutants released high up in the atmosphere.
Earlier this year, the UK government promised to reduce the UK’s emissions to “net zero” by 2050. However, according to projections from some researchers, emissions from the aviation could more than double by then even if planes become substantially more fuel-efficient. So, it’s unclear whether flying will be included in the UK’s target.
It’s hard to say exactly how big the movement is becoming, but Flygskam has become popular in social media. The number of Swedes taking the train for domestic journeys has risen by 8% this year as plane journeys inside the country have fallen. Clearly, Flygskam is having a measurable impact on people’s transport choices. Some people, however, have been critical of the movement because they say that it places blame or feelings of embarrassment onto the passengers when it is really the airlines and industries associated with it who should feel guilty for the impact that they are having on the planet.
1. What is Flygskam?2. How does flying influence the environment?
3. Please decide which part is false in the following statement, then underline it and explain why.
Flygskam has attracted social attention and some people have already participated in this campaign, so it is widely accepted.
4. Besides what is mentioned in the passage, what do you think of the movement of Flygskam? (In about 40 words)
China’s first domestically made passenger jet (喷气式飞机)
The C919 plane, carrying about 130 passengers on the flight, was built by the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC).
“I’m confident about the plane. The flight was
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A.In Amsterdam. | B.In Brussels. | C.In London. | D.In Paris. |
A.International support. | B.Low price. |
C.Flexible timetable. | D.Convenient app. |
A.pay 39 Euros for the train tickets |
B.pay 58 Euros for the train tickets |
C.stay on the train for around 270 minutes |
D.stay on the train for 2 hours and 15 minutes or so |
A.At 5:30. | B.At 5:35. | C.At 6:00. | D.At 6:05. |
1. Where does the conversation take place?
A.At an airport. | B.At a hotel. | C.At a police station. |
A.Wait where she is. |
B.Make a request for the loss. |
C.Give him her telephone number. |
6 . Every evening, my journey begins with a one-stop hop from Victoria Station to Clapham Junction, where I catch the main
The atmosphere was nice and the seats were
There was
“That’s not a first class ticket,” he said.
My
“I was told I could sit in First Class,” she said
The man
“Then whoever the person was, he gave you the bad advice,” said the inspector.
While their
A.bus | B.line | C.station | D.road |
A.empty | B.new | C.hard | D.full |
A.simple | B.strange | C.bad | D.strong |
A.waiter | B.driver | C.inspector | D.passenger |
A.go through | B.go for | C.go across | D.go after |
A.comfortable | B.narrow | C.smooth | D.straight |
A.somewhere | B.nowhere | C.everywhere | D.anywhere |
A.second | B.first | C.next | D.last |
A.hide | B.take | C.lend | D.produce |
A.ears | B.eyes | C.heart | D.mind |
A.anxiously | B.coldly | C.sadly | D.excitedly |
A.worried | B.turned | C.passed | D.smiled |
A.argument | B.translation | C.discussion | D.business |
A.technique | B.magic | C.method | D.trick |
A.got off | B.got on | C.pulled up | D.pulled down |
A.At 5:45. | B.At 6:15. | C.At 7:00. |
1. What does the speaker say about the City Hall Station?
A.It is a popular restaurant now. |
B.It represents the splendid building style. |
C.It is still used as part of the subway system. |
A.Taking No. 6 train line. |
B.Entering from the street. |
C.Getting a membership for free. |
A.A radio host. | B.A tour guide. | C.A teacher. |
1. Where does the conversation take place?
A.In a restaurant. | B.In the school hall. | C.At a bus station. |
A.15 minutes. | B.20 minutes. | C.30 minutes. |
1. What happened to the woman’s flight?
A.It failed to take off on time. |
B.It was called off without notice. |
C.It arrived about two hours earlier. |
A.In a restaurant. | B.On a plane. | C.At the airport. |