1 . The Environmental Film Festival has become one of the world's grandest supporters of the environmental film. To offer fresh views on global environmental issues, this year's festival will include a record of 190 films from 50 countries. including 110 premieres(首映). Here are just a few of the highlights.
1. Hot Water
Featured among the festival's opening night films is the highly expected "Hot Water," a look 2 the depressing destructive effects of uranium铀) mining in the American West. Former US. Rep Denis Kucinich. who ran for president in 2004 and 2008, is featured in the film,along with filmmakers Elizabeth Kucinich and Lizabeth Rogers Directed by Kevin Flint and
2. To the Wonder
To the Wonder is the latest film by will-known American Director Trrence Malick. The film, "an exploration of love set against the power of nature," stars Ben Aleck, Olga Kurylenko.Rachel McAdams and Javier Bardem The film premiered in competition at the 2012 Venice Film Festival and is making is Washington D.C premiere during the festival.
3. Revolution
This Washington D.C. premiere presents the Canadian filmmaker and environmental activist, Rob Stewart's new work, "Revolution" an urging cry to today' s youth to change the planet before it's too late. The award-winning documentary takes Stewart through 15 countries over four years, in an effort to find the secret to save the ecosystems we rely on for survival.
4. The Fifth Season
Beautiful and mystery, Jessica Woodworth's latest feature, "The Fifth Season", is a poetic meditation (EA) on nature in battle against humans." The dramatic narrative takes place in Belgium's secret Ardennes, where the locals rely on the land, but nature takes a turn and seems to go on mysterious strike, In French and Flemish with English subtitles. Directed and produced by Woodworth and Peter Brosens.
1. Revolution is intended to____________.A.help Rob Stewart to be an activist |
B.change the young generation |
C.appeal to the young to save the earth |
D.take Stewart through 15 countries |
A.Hot Water | B.To the Wonder. |
C.Revolution. | D.The Fifth Season. |
A.They tell something new about environment problems |
B.Environmental Film has become the grandest film |
C.They are all, about humans' negative frets on the ecosystem |
D.They will be firstly shown on this year’s festival |
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3 . The early life of the green sea turtle (海龟) is full of danger. Only one in 1,000 baby sea turtles survive to adulthood (成年). From its home in the sand, it breaks its egg with an egg tooth. Its mother is not there to help it. Instead, it is greeted by crabs, coyotes, and dogs waiting to eat it for dinner. To survive, the baby turtle must hide in the sand until night. Then, it moves slowly to the sea.
The small turtle must swim hard to reach the ocean waters. In the sea, it tries hard to find food. It must also keep itself from being food for fish.
As dangerous as the sea turtle’s life is in the natural world, its most dangerous enemies are humans. The rubbish left by humans in the ocean causes problems for the small green sea turtle. A little turtle might eat a piece of plastic (塑料) in the sea. It might also eat oil on the ocean’s surface. Young turtles also get caught in fishing nets. There are laws against hunting sea turtles. Still, many are hunted, both for their meat and for their shells (壳). All of these dangers must be prevented.
Sea turtles that do survive to grow into adulthood go through many changes. For example, adult green sea turtles weigh about 500 pounds. They stop eating jellyfish and other meat and eat only plants. And they may plan a trip to go back home again. A mother sea turtle goes back to the beach where she was born. This is the only place where she will lay eggs. Even if it has been forty years since she was a baby, she always knows her way back home.
1. Why do baby turtles move to the sea at night?A.They dislike sunshine. |
B.They prefer lower temperatures. |
C.They can find food easily then. |
D.They need to avoid enemies. |
A.Pitiful. | B.Careless. |
C.Interesting. | D.Courageous. |
A.They mainly feed on fish and meat. |
B.They always produce eggs at their birthplaces. |
C.They can live for around forty years. |
D.They visit their beach homes several times a year. |
A.The homes of green sea turtles. |
B.How sea turtles find their food. |
C.The dangers faced by sea turtles. |
D.How young turtles become adults. |