Unit+2+Reading+课件-2023-2024学年高中英语牛津译林版(2020)选修第二册

高中英语译林版选修二课文翻译（原文+中文翻译）

Unit 2 Building the future

构建未来

Reading

Renewable energy: a gift for the future可再生能源:给未来的礼物

There was once a village surrounded by fertile fields with farmers tending their crops and

farm animals grazing lazily below a mighty mountain. Then coal was discovered, and soon titanic

sized earth-digging machines circled the village. Villagers eagerly accepted the high-paid jobs the

mining company provided, bringing a temporary economic boom. Meanwhile, the machines cut

through everything in their path to access the coal buried beneath. Many years later, all that

remained was a deserted village and an enormous hole.

从前有一个村庄，四周都是肥沃的田地，农民们在那里照料着他们的庄稼，家畜在巍峨的山下懒洋洋地吃草。后来，人们发现了煤，很快，巨型挖土机就环绕了整个村子。村民们急切地接受了矿业公司提供的高薪工作，带来了短暂的经济繁荣。与此同时，采煤机穿过路上的一切障碍物来开采埋在地下的煤炭。许多年后，只剩下一个废弃的村庄和一个巨大的洞。

The scenario is tragic, but it only partly describes the damaging effects fossil fuels have on

Unit 2 Building the future

Reading

Renewable energy: a gift for the future

There was once a village surrounded by fertile fields with farmers tending their crops

and farm animals grazing lazily below a mighty mountain. Then coal was discovered,

and soon titanic-sized earth-digging machines circled the village. Villagers eagerly

accepted the high-paid jobs the mining company provided, bringing a temporary

economic boom. Meanwhile, the machines cut through everything in their path to

access the coal buried beneath. Many years later, all that remained was a deserted

village and an enormous hole.

The scenario is tragic, but it only partly describes the damaging effects fossil fuels

have on the environment when they are mined. Actually, once burnt, they produce a

large quantity of carbon dioxide, which in turn traps heat and causes global warming.

Unit2Buildingthefuture构建未来

Reading

Renewableenergy:agiftforthefuture可再生能源:给未来的礼物

Therewasonceavillagesurroundedbyfertilefieldswithfarmerstendingtheir

cropsandfarmanimalsgrazinglazilybelowamightymountain.Thencoalwas

discovered,andsoontitanic-sizedearth-diggingmachinescircledthevillage.

Villagerseagerlyacceptedthehigh-paidjobstheminingcompanyprovided,bringing

atemporaryeconomicboom.Meanwhile,themachinescutthrougheverythingin

theirpathtoaccessthecoalburiedbeneath.Manyyearslater,allthatremainedwasa

desertedvillageandanenormoushole.

从前有一个村庄，四周都是肥沃的田地，农民们在那里照料着他们的庄稼，

家畜在巍峨的山下懒洋洋地吃草。后来，人们发现了煤，很快，巨型挖土机就环

绕了整个村子。村民们急切地接受了矿业公司提供的高薪工作，带来了短暂的经

济繁荣。与此同时，采煤机穿过路上的一切障碍物来开采埋在地下的煤炭。许多

年后，只剩下一个废弃的村庄和一个巨大的洞。Thescenarioistragic,butitonlypartlydescribesthedamagingeffectsfossil

fuelshaveontheenvironmentwhentheyaremined.Actually,onceburnt,they

新教材高中英语牛津译林版选择性必修第二册：

单元知识滚动练

【Unit 1 复习强化】

Ⅰ.单词拼写

1. Becoming your own person （释放） your creativity.

2. As we all know, it is very expensive to （登广告） on TV at peak time.

3. I would like to extend my warmest congratulations to you on receiving the _____（奖学金） to the university.

4. The police appealed for （目击者） to come forward and tell them the factual details.

5. She screamed, upset that the boss a her of not being absorbed in her work.

6. They help us understand science subjects better and boost our （好奇心） about

scientific discoveries.

7. A（批判的） eye is valuable, and the media should investigate information and release

it in such an accurate way.

8. People can also post their own dozens of comments on the latest news easily, making

online （互动） more active.

9. The foreign travelers decided to （延长） their visit to see more about the beautiful