英语财经报刊阅读课件吴立高 ISBN9787811348644 PPT财经报刊选读 U10.pptVIP

Unit 6 英语财经报刊选读 Unit 10  Climate Change and Economy Overview Comprehension questions for Text A What’s new in Text A Looking from China’s perspective Unit 10  Climate Change and Economy Comprehension Questions 1. What does the title mean? 2. Why does China stand out with the US in coping with the world climate change? 3. How do Chinese people respond to the climate change issue? 4. What do American critics of China think of the climate change issue? 5. What is the present picture of China concerning the climate change issue? 6. What does the Sichuan Tengzhong story show? Pun （双关语）in the title When we talk about climate change, we know the climate may heat up or cool down. Here the major meaning is about the talk between China and the US. Not much details have been revealed, but from the article, it shows that the talk is difficult. It may heat up because of conflicts or cool down because nobody wants to talk. Why G2? America’s most senior climate-change officials were meeting their Chinese counterparts while thousands of officials from all over the world this week neared the end of two weeks of difficult talks in Bonn under the United Nations’ climate convention. In 2007 China overtook America as the world’s leading carbon emitter, with an estimated 1.8 billion tonnes of fossil-fuel emissions. How do Chinese people respond? The world’s original big polluters should be the first to pay for cleaning things up. It is another stick in a relentless campaign to bash China besides trade and human rights. What do American critics of China think? China is the biggest carbon emitter and should control its carbon emission. America will curb its carbon emission but won’t mean much if China tries with limited efforts. China’s present picture Improving energy efficiency coal-plant cleanliness in recent years. Not accepting unrealistic targets put forward by Americans. Searching for workable goals. Needing cu