Sandstorms in Asia

module 4 sandstorms in asia
learning paper 3 extensive reading
learning aims: to practice learning skills and revise words and expressions in this module.
activity1 read the passage on page 39.
1.t or f
(1)germans put their garbage into different bags.  (   )
(2)people can burn too much coal.              (   )
(3)in the 1970s, the “green” movement began.    (   )
(4)the “green ” movement tries to be against the government. (   )
2.answer the questions:
(1)how do countries in europe try to improve the environment?

(2)when and why did the “green ”movement begin ?
  
(3)what does the “green” movement try to do?
activity2  read the passage on page 87
1.the dust bowl lasted nearly ten years in america.     (   ).
2.people were forced to leave the southern plains.       (   )
3.the lack of rainfall caused the dust bowl disaster.     (   )
4.the chinese government is fighting desertification by moving people to the cities.  (   )
5.the most serious situation is africa.   (   )
6.the climate is largely responsible for desertification in africa.
7.it is important to save the forests to stop the desert advancing.    (   )
2.answer the questions:
(1)what was the worst agricultural disaster in the history of the united states?

(2)what caused the disaster ?`
 
(3)what is the chinese government doing to fight desertification?

(4)in which continent are dust and sandstorms worse than anywhere else?

  
              撿垃圾的老外
路乞，英文名k.l.rothey，今年65歲，現在武漢新東方學校任教。這位美國老頭給自己起的中文名叫“路乞”，意思就是“路邊的乞丐”。路乞和志愿者所到之處，煙頭、廢紙等各種垃圾立刻被“請進”垃圾桶，少了它們的“點綴”，道路轉眼間變得整潔起來。行走中，一些行人也被他們感染。來市區辦事的郭婕，毫不猶豫地加入了撿垃圾的行列……她說：“我真后悔沒把女兒帶來受受教育。”
　　路乞說：“我認為撿垃圾的乞丐做的是愛護環境的工作，是很高尚、很重要的工作。”當然，乞丐并不是路乞的職業。退休前，他是一位法律工作者，現在的名片上印著“法學博士”。1984年他第一次因公來到中國，從此對中國文化產生濃厚興趣，先后來華50余次。去年9月他來到湖北省黃石市，與該市女書法家孟順波共結連理，定居中國。
　　居住黃石期間，他走在路上看到垃圾就撿，讓夫人十分不解。路乞說：“我重視我的‘環境’。黃石是我的生活環境，我只是希望它更干凈、更美好。”路乞也許不懂“身體力行”、“潛移默化”等中國成語，卻用實際行動感動著他身邊的人。在黃石，已有數百名志愿者跟他一起，不定期地做著撿拾垃圾、宣傳環保的工作。路乞把它稱作“五意工程”（義務、意識、意志、意氣、毅力）。