長時(shí)間看屏幕會(huì)影響孩子的視力？等2則外刊閱讀訓(xùn)練-高三英語二輪復(fù)習(xí)

外刊精讀精練長時(shí)間看屏幕會(huì)影響孩子的視力？導(dǎo)讀：在多屏幕的現(xiàn)代社會(huì)中，孩子們的日常生活被各種電子屏幕所包圍。他們每天要做的很多事情都涉及長時(shí)間盯著一種電子設(shè)備屏幕，而有越來越多的證據(jù)表明長時(shí)間看屏幕會(huì)使孩子的視力下降，造成近視。本期《外刊精讀》討論兒童長時(shí)間注視電子屏幕對視力的潛在危害。一、語篇泛讀Vocabulary:eyesight詞匯:視力Thesedaysthereissomuchtemptingtechnologytolookat:smartphones,tablets,computergamesandTVscreens.Muchofourentertainmentandeducationcomesfromusingthem,soit'snowonderwespendsomuchtimestaringatthem.Butevenifthesayingthatlookingatascreenfortoolonggivesyou

squareeyes

isn'ttrue,thereisstillsomeconcernthatitcanaffectyoureyesight.So,shouldwebeworried?Certainlyforchildrenwhospendhours

gluedto

ascreenthereisaconcernthattheirhealthmightbeatrisk.Thelackofphysicalactivitycanleadtoanincreaseintheirweight.Butthereisafearthattheireyesightis

deteriorating

too.Althoughthere'snotmuchevidencetoprovethisyet,recentfindingshave

openedoureyes

totheissue.KatherineSellgrenfromBBCNewsspoketoChrisHammond,professorof

ophthalmology

atKing'sCollegeLondonandconsultant

ophthalmic

surgeonatStThomas'Hospital.Hesaid"Weknowthat

myopia,or

short-sightedness,isbecomingmorecommon…Ithasreached

epidemic

levelsinEastAsia,Singapore,Taiwan,SouthKorea,whereapproaching90%of18-year-oldsarenow

short-sighted."Butcanthisbelinkedtochildren'sobsessionwithusingelectronicgadgets?AnnegretDahlmann-Noor,consultant

ophthalmologist

atMoorfieldsEyeHospitalinLondonsayslackof

naturallight

seemstobethekeyissue.She'ssuggestedthatchildreninEastAsiastudyalot,usingcomputers,smartphonesortablets,andtheyaregooutsideless,whichcouldbeacauseofshort-sightedness.Wearing

glasses

isonesolution,butit'snotideal.Thisleadstoadilemma:achievingshort-termacademicsuccessorprotectingyourlong-termeyesight.It'salwaysgoingtobeachallengetodragchildrenawayfromtheirscreensandit'slikelythatmoreandmorestudyingwillbedoneonline,throughascreen.Butdespitethat,ProfessorHammondsays,"incountrieslikeurbanChina,where10%ofchildrenineachclassperyeararebecomingshort-sightedfromabouttheageofsix,there'sanargumentforsayingweshouldbetryingtopreventit."It'sevidencewecan't

turnablindeye

to.So,maybeit'stimetohitthe'off'buttonandgetourchildrenoutside?二、詞匯表squareeyes“眼睛變方了”，看電視上癮

gluedto(something)全神貫注地盯著…看

deteriorate變差

openedone’seyes使某人認(rèn)清、了解（某事）

ophthalmology眼科學(xué)

ophthalmic眼科的

myopia近視

short-sightedness近視

epidemic大范圍擴(kuò)散

short-sighted近視的

ophthalmologist眼科醫(yī)師

naturallight自然光

glasses眼鏡

turnablindeye視而不見三、測試與練習(xí)閱讀課文并回答問題。1.Accordingtoanoldsaying,howdoyougetsquareeyes?2.Whatisthoughttopreventchildrenfrombecomingshort-sighted?3.Trueorfalse?

ChildreninEastAsiawhowearglassesarebecomingmoreshort-sighted.4.Whichwordusedinthearticlemeans'tomakesomeonedosomethingtheydonotwanttodo'?5.Whymightchildrenhavetolookatscreensforlongperiodsoftime?2.請?jiān)诓粎⒖颊n文的情況下完成下列練習(xí)。選擇一個(gè)意思合適的單詞填入句子的空格處。1.Myhusband'salways______theTVwhenthefootballison!gluedon

gluedto

gluedwith

glueto2.There'san______ofchickenpoxatschoolsothey'vedecidedtocloseit.myopia

deterioration

epidemic

ophthalmic3.Thenewextensiontothebackofourhousemeanswenowgetlotsof______.naturallight

nightlight

naturelight

naturallights4.Weatherconditionsare

______sowehavedecidedtoturnaroundandsailbacktotheharbour.decorating

deteriorated

deteriorate

deteriorating5.MyholidaytoVietnamreally

______tothebeautyofthecountry.turnedablindeye

openedmyeyes

squareeyes

myopia【參考答案】閱讀課文并回答問題。1.Accordingtoanoldsaying,howdoyougetsquareeyes?

Bylookingatascreenfortoolong.2.

Whatisthoughttopreventchildrenfrombecomingshort-sighted?

Goingoutsideandgettingnaturaldaylight.3.Trueorfalse?

ChildreninEastAsiawhowearglassesarebecomingmoreshort-sighted.

False.Short-sightednesshasreachedepidemiclevelsinEastAsia,Singapore,Taiwan,SouthKoreabutwearingglassesisonesolutiontotheproblem.4.Whichwordusedinthearticlemeans'tomakesomeonedosomethingtheydonotwanttodo'?

Drag.(It'salwaysgoingtobeachallengetodragchildrenawayfromtheirscreens.)5.Whymightchildrenhavetolookatscreensforlongperiodsoftime?

Tostudy.請?jiān)诓粎⒖颊n文的情況下完成下列練習(xí)。選擇一個(gè)意思合適的單詞填入句子的空格處。1.Myhusband'salways

gluedto

theTVwhenthefootballison!2.There'san

epidemic

ofchickenpoxatschoolsothey'vedecidedtocloseit.3.Thenewextensiontothebackofourhousemeanswenowgetlotsof

naturallight.4.Weatherconditionsare

deteriorating

sowehavedecidedtoturnaroundandsailbacktotheharbour.5.MyholidaytoVietnamreally

openedmyeyes

tothebeautyofthecountry.付高價(jià)喝一杯“道德”咖啡導(dǎo)讀：你會(huì)付高價(jià)喝一杯“道德”咖啡嗎？你知道什么是“道德”咖啡嗎？它在原來“公平貿(mào)易”咖啡的基礎(chǔ)上更重視咖啡豆的來源以及種植者的收入。根據(jù)聯(lián)合國統(tǒng)計(jì)的數(shù)據(jù)顯示，目前在很多西方國家，匠人咖啡十分流行，這也證明越來越多的人們愿意為“道德”咖啡買單。本集《外刊精讀》帶你了解“道德”咖啡。一、語篇泛讀Vocabulary:coffee詞匯:咖啡Doyouliketostartyourdaywith

acupofjoe?Well,youwouldn’tbealone.Millionsofpeoplefromallovertheworld

brew

acupofcoffeefirstthinginthemorning,oratanytimeofday,forthatmatter.Doyoumakeityourself,using

instantcoffee?Or,ifyouareacoffee

connoisseur,perhapsyouusefreshly

groundbeans.Doyoutakeit

straight?With

adashofmilk?Ormaybeevensome

chocolatesprinkles?Or,failingallofthat,maybeyou’dratherpaya

barista

inacafeto

whip

one

up

foryou.Cafesareeverywherethesedays,offeringasmanyvarietiesofcoffeeastherearewaystohaveitserved.Andthisleadstoarangeofprices,fromcheap

grab-and-go

coffee,totheultra-expensive

artisanal

coffee.However,anincreasingnumberofWesternconsumersarehappytopayalittleovertheoddsfortheircupinordertoensurethatitcomesfroman

ethically

producedand

sustainable

source.AtTheAttendant,acafeineastLondon,staffattempttomakecustomersawareofthestoryofthebeansthattheyaredrinkingandtheimpacttheyarehavingbychoosingtodrinkethically.Forastart,itcanmake

coffeefarmers

uptothree-and-a-halftimesbetteroff,accordingtofiguresfromtheUN’sWorldIntellectualPropertyOrganisation(Wipo).RyandeOliveria,TheAttendant'sco-founderandchiefexecutive,saystheextraincomeallowsfarmersandtheirfamiliestohaveabetterqualityoflife.Italsomakesinvestingorreinvestingintheirbusinesspossible.Wipo’sfiguresshowsmarter

processing,brandingandmarketingmakeahugedifferencetothe

growers

andtheircommunities.Technologynowmeansthatthebeanscanbetrackedallthewayfromthefarmtothecup.Theresearchshowsthatfora

pound

(454g)ofbeansgoingtoasupermarket,theexportpriceis$1.45.Mostofthisgoestothefarmer.Thepricealmostdoubleswhenthebeansareheadedforlargewesterncoffeechains.Butfarmersexportingtheirbeanstoartisanalcafesmakeover$5perpound.That'sbecausethecoffee

aficionados

whofrequenttheseplacesarehappytopaymore.Itseemsthatit’sawin-winsituationforthefarmers,cafesandconsumers.Somuchsothatmoreestablishedcoffeebusinessesare

jumpingonthebandwagon

bybuyingupartisanalrivalswhohavealreadyembracedthiswayofdoingthings.Ifthat’sthecase,thenthefutureofcoffeeproductionlooksalittlefairerforall.Andthat’ssomethingthatshouldgetanyoneupontherightsideofbed.

二、詞匯表acupofjoe咖啡

brew煮（咖啡）

instantcoffee速溶咖啡

connoisseur行家

ground（grind的過去式和過去分詞）磨碎

beans（咖啡）豆

straight不摻加其他東西的，純的

adashofmilk一點(diǎn)兒牛奶

chocolatesprinkles（灑在咖啡上的）巧克力粉

barista咖啡廳服務(wù)員

whip(one)up做（一杯咖啡）

grab-and-go“拿上就走”，外帶

artisanalcoffee匠人咖啡

ethically有道德地

sustainable可持續(xù)的，能長期維持的

coffeefarmer咖啡農(nóng)場主

process加工、處理方法

grower種植戶

pound磅（重量單位，1磅約等于454克）

aficionado酷愛…的人

jumponthebandwagon跟風(fēng)，隨大流三、測試與練習(xí)閱讀課文并回答問題。1.WhyareanincreasingnumberofWesterncustomershappytopaymorefortheircoffee?2.WhatdocafeslikeTheAttendanttrytomakecustomersawareof?3.Inwhatwaycanfamersusetheextraincomefromartisanalcafes?4.Howmuchdoesanexportedpoundofcoffeepaythefarmerwhenit'sgoingtoasupermarket,largecoffeechainorartisanalcafe?5.Trueorfalse:

Moreestablishedcoffeebusinessesdonotcareaboutthisnewtrend.請?jiān)诓粎⒖颊n文的情況下完成下列練習(xí)。選擇一個(gè)意思合適的單詞填入句子的空格處。1.Youmustbehungry!Wouldyoulikemeto______asandwichforyou?impact

win-win

whipup

dash2.Youcan’tkeepworkingatthispace.It’snot______.You’llbeillbeforelong.sustainable

artisanal

ethically

aficionado3.Johnisarealwine______.Heknowsregions,datesandflavours.Ineverknewtherewassomuchtoknowaboutit!brew

fuss

connoisseur

impact4.￡600forapairofshoes?!That’sexpensive.Ithinkyoumayhavepaid______there.cheapaschips

ontherightsideofbed

jumponthebandwagon

overtheodds5.Wetakehalfeach.Igetalittleandyougetalittle!It’sa______situation!cheapaschips

ethically

win-win

overtheodds【參考答案】閱讀課文并回答問題。1.WhyareanincreasingnumberofWesterncustomershappytopaymorefortheircoffee?

Theyarehappytopayinordertoensurethatitcomesfromanethicallyproducedandsustainablesource.2.WhatdocafeslikeTheAttendanttrytomakecustomersawareof?

Theyattempttomakecustomersawareofthestoryofthebeansthattheyaredrinkingandtheimpacttheyarehavingbychoosingtodrinkethically.3.Inwhatwaycanfamersusetheextraincomefromartisanalcafes?

Theycanhaveabetterqualityoflifefortheirfamilies,andthepossibilityofinvesting