文科英语尖子培优演示课件.ppt

* Water and its scarcity Watch a video What is it about ? Evaluation only. Created with Aspose.Slides for .NET 3.5 Client Profile 5.2.0.0. Copyright 2004-2011 Aspose Pty Ltd. Listen and answer the following questions. 1. What is it about in this video? 2. In which part of China do the people suffer from this most severely? 3. What has the government done with this problem? Evaluation only. Created with Aspose.Slides for .NET 3.5 Client Profile 5.2.0.0. Copyright 2004-2011 Aspose Pty Ltd. Safe drinking water priority for people in drought Grammar - filling Evaluation only. Created with Aspose.Slides for .NET 3.5 Client Profile 5.2.0.0. Copyright 2004-2011 Aspose Pty Ltd. China has _____1____ (vow) to do everything possible to ensure access to safe drinking water for people ______2_______ (suffer) from severe drought. Officials in Beijing have _____3_____ (brief) the media on the latest situation of the dry spell across Southwestern China. They say ____4____ number of people short of drinking water is rising. Liu Ning, Secretary-general of Statee Flood Control drought Relief HQ, said, Recent rainfall provided some relief to farmland in southwestern China, ____5____ little respite for millions of people struggling for water. Latest figures show that over 24 million people are short of drinking water in China. 80 percent live in the southwestern part of the country. Its expected that the region wont enter into the rainy season until May 20th. That means we need to be prepared for greater challenges in the fight against the disaster. Officials say that more than 15 million head of livestock also lack access to drinking water. As ___6__ Tuesday, over 10 million hectares of farmland in the Southwest had been parched by the drought. Thats nearly 85 percent of the drought _____7_____ (affect) arable land throughout the country. Officials cite a ______8______ (combine) of low rainfall, poor conservation, and inefficient use of resources. 33 groups of experts ________