常春藤解析英语【67】Human Footprint人类足迹(在线收听) |
Human Footprint 人类足迹 by Matthew Brown This month, National Geographic Channel presents a special variety of programs inspired by Earth Day. One of these programs, Human Footprint, looks at environmental issues from a fascinating perspective.Instead of focusing on the planet as a whole, it goes all the way down to the level of a single person. Imagine that you could see in front of you all the milk you will drink in your entire life. Well, you'd be facing a whopping 15,951 pints of milk. That's a pretty serious job for a bunch of cows. And what if you could look at the amount of water you will have used by taking 7,163 baths, the average for a person over a lifetime? It would be almost one million liters of water. Now how about seeing all the medicine you will take in your life, all in one place? With about 30,000 pills, you could probably fill a pretty big medicine cabinet. Or maybe you'd like to stroll through a small forest made up of the 24 trees that will produce all the books and newspapers you'll ever read. We've all heard facts and figures about how much energy a country uses, how much pollution a city will produce, and so on. But Human Footprint actually shows an individual's impact on the world in ways that will make you think about the way you live. The sight of the 74,802 cups of tea that an average person will drink is sure to make an impression. The program also looks at other interesting subjects aside from the environment. Did you know that the average total time spent watching television over a lifetime is 2,944 days—or 8 full years? While watching television or doing other things, you will blink your eyes about 415 million times. And you will experience about 104,390 dreams if you live up to 78.5 years old. Tune in to Human Footprint on NGC to find out more! 单字小铺 1. footprint n. 脚印,足迹 词组小铺 1. focus on... 将焦点放在…… 精解字词词组 1. perspective n. 角度,观点 2. as a whole 整体的,整个来看 3. whopping a. 极大的 4. What if...? 要是……会怎样∕怎么办? 5. fill vt. 填满,装满 6. stroll vi. & n. 漫步,散步 7. ..., and so on ……等等 8. impression n. 印象 9. aside from... 除了……之外 10. blink vi. & n. 眨眼 11. be concerned with... 关于……,与……有关;关心…… 12. be worried about... 担忧∕担心…… 中文翻译 这个月,国家地理频道将献上一连串与地球日有关的特别节目。其中,《人类足迹》节目从一个很有意思的角度来看环境议题。这个节目并非着重在地球整体,而是将重点放在个人层面上。 1. 《人类足迹》 节目有何不同? 2. 下列何者与第一段中的词组 focusing on the planet as a whole 意思最相近? 3. 100 万公升的水 _____。 4. 根据本文,收看这个节目可能会对你有何影响? 标准答案: 1. (C) 2. (C) 3. (A) 4. (D) |
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