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2010 March 23rd,

2010 Executive Editor: CANDY ZHANG http://www.unsv.com U N S V An Elaborate Daily Magazine for English Learners 电子版 TM UNSV.COM 英语辅导杂志 Issue No.249, Vol. 2010, March 23rd ,

2010 http://www.unsv.com DEVELOPMENT REPORT COne-Hour Blackout go to Green Page

1 第一部分、英语阅读理解 DEVELOPMENT REPORT - One-Hour Blackout to go Green 配套 MP3 声音文件下载链接 http://www.unsv.com/voanews/specialenglish/scripts/2010/03/22/0041/ This Saturday night at eight thirty, all the lights will be shut off at the Tokyo Tower in Japan. The Brandenburg Gate in Berlin and the Eiffel Tower in Paris are also expected to go dark. So is the Empire State Building in New York and buildings in other cities around the world. The lights will stay off for one hour for an event called Earth Hour. The observance is organized by a conservation group, the World Wide Fund for Nature, also known as the World Wildlife Fund. For the fourth year, people are being urged to turn off their lights for one hour to call attention to the issue of climate change. The group says climate change is one of the greatest threats facing wildlife and nature. The first Earth Hour was held in two thousand seven in Sydney, Australia. Organizers said more than two thousand businesses and two million people took part. Since then, Earth Hour has grown into an international event. People in more than four thousand cities in eighty-eight countries took part last year. Organizers say more than one hundred countries and territories have promised their official support this year. This will be the first Earth Hour for countries including Kuwait, Qatar, Kosovo, Madagascar, Nepal, Cambodia and Panama. 学习建议:请在笔记本里记下阅读过程中遇到的生词,以及无法理解的短语和句子.文 章阅读完后,带着遇到的问题参考后面的词汇句型讲解和英汉翻译对照.之后的几天, 多抽时间复习留在笔记本里的生词和问题,并阅读文章,以最大化巩固学习成果. UNSV.COM 英语辅导杂志 Issue No.249, Vol. 2010, March 23rd ,

2010 http://www.unsv.com DEVELOPMENT REPORT COne-Hour Blackout go to Green Page

2 At least nineteen of the fifty American states are planning to take part in the two thousand ten Earth Hour observance. The event organizers recently announced that one of the latest states to join was Missouri. Governor Jay Nixon has agreed to shut off the lights in the dome of the state capitol building. He says when it comes to saving energy and money, big changes start with small steps like turning out the lights. Will you be turning off your lights this Saturday night to observe Earth Hour? Do you think about what the organizers call your environmental footprint, and try to reduce harmful effects? Is climate change a concern for you? UNSV.COM 英语辅导杂志 Issue No.249, Vol. 2010, March 23rd ,

2010 http://www.unsv.com DEVELOPMENT REPORT COne-Hour Blackout go to Green Page

3 第二部分、英语词汇句型 『符号说明』在以下词汇讲解中 noun 表示名词,verb 表示动词,adj 表示形容词,adv 表示副词,pron 表示代词.[C]表示名词是可数的,[U]表示名词是不可数的.OALD 表示 引用自 牛津高阶英语词典 Oxford Advanced Learner'

s Dictionary 英语原版的词条解释. e.g.表示例句,sth 表示 something(某事) ,sb 表示 somebody(某人) . 【知识百科】Earth Hour 地球一小时 地球一小时(Earth Hour)是一个全球性节能活动,提倡 于当地时间三月的最后一个星期六晚上,家庭及商界用户关上 不必要的电灯及耗电产品一小时. 希望借此活动推动电源管理, 减少能源消耗,唤起人们以实际行动应对全球变暖的意识.该 活动最初由环保团体世界自然基金会澳大利亚及悉尼晨锋报合 作发起,并于澳大利亚悉尼当地时间