外刊精讀：2022高考英語閱讀課外資料補充 氣候變化挑戰(zhàn)下如何實現(xiàn)“凈零排放”（附音頻）

外刊精讀AchievingnetzeroReading目錄Contents01Presentation02PracticeWeareallawareoftheeffectgreenhousegasemissionsishavingonourplanetandtheeffortsneededtotackleclimatechange.Mostofusaredoingourbittominimiseourimpactontheenvironment,butdespiteourcollectiveeffort,arewedoingenoughtoachievenetzeroby2050?Para.1Netzeromeansnotaddingtotheamountofgreenhousegasesintheatmosphere.Manycountriesaredoingtheirbitbychanginghowtheygenerateandusepower,therebycuttingcarbondioxideoutput.AndtheyannouncedwhatfurtherstepstheyweregoingtotakeattherecentCOP26summitinGlasgow.Para.2IntheUK,thegovernmenthasbeensettingoutitsplanstoachievenetzeroby2050.It’srecentlyannouncedanenddateforthesaleofgasboilers,whichareusedforheatinghomes.Theideaistoreplacethemwithheatpumps.It’sofferinghomeownersgrantsofupto￡5,000togettheminstalled.AnotherinitiativeintheUKisabigpushtowardselectricvehicles.Therearetobefinancialincentivesforcarmanufacturers,andmorechargingpointsaretobeinstalledinstreets.Andthere’stobeabanonthesaleofnewpetrolanddieselcarsby2030.Para.3Butnotallemissionscanbereducedtozero,sothoseremainingwillhavetobecompensatedfor,oroffset.Onewaytodothisistoplantthousandsoftrees,whicharegoodatabsorbingcarbondioxide.TheUKgovernmenthaspledgedtoplant30,000hectaresoftreesayearby2025.Thereareotherideastoo,butwhat’scertainisthiswillcostmoney.TheCBI’sTomThackraytoldtheBBCthat“thosecostshavetobeweighedupagainstthecostofinaction.”Para.4WhethertheUK,oranyoneelse,reachesnetzeroremainstobeseen.Andthere’ssomedoubtabouthowthiscanbeaccuratelymeasuredanyway.Butit’sgenerallyrecognisedthataglobaleffortisneededtotackleclimatechange.Therefore,netzerotargetsonlymakesenseifeveryothercountryismovinginthesamedirection.Para.5PracticePractice閱讀課文并回答問題。1.Inwhichcitydidmanyworldleadersrecentlymeettodiscussreachingnetzero?Glasgow,UK.Practice閱讀課文并回答問題。

2.NameonethingtheUKgovernmentisgoingtoendthesaleof.Itplanstoendthesaleofgasboilers,andpetrolanddieselvehicles.Practice閱讀課文并回答問題。

3.WhatistheUKgovernmenthopingtoplantby2025?TheUKgovernmenthaspledgedtoplant30,000hectaresoftreesayearby2025.Practice閱讀課文并回答問題。

4.Trueorfalse?Afewcountriesneedtotakeactiontotackleclimatechange.False.It’sgenerallyrecognisedthataglobaleffortisneededtotackleclimate

change.Practice閱讀課文并回答問題。

5.Whatdeviceneedstobeinstalledmorecommonlyinstreetsinordertopower

electriccars?Morechargingpointsneedtobeinstalledinstreetstopowerelectriccars.Vocabulary

emission排放

climatechange氣候變化

doone’sbit盡一份力

netzero“凈零排放”（溫室氣體凈排放為零）

greenhousegas溫室氣體

carbondioxi