高中人教英语UNIT 3　Section A　Reading and Thinking.pptx

;内容索引;素养导航;;如果将气候行动比作一场比赛,那么气候变化的速度现在比我们快,我们需要更大的决心来应对这一挑战,因为这是一场我们能够而且必须获胜的比赛。

ClimateChange:ARaceWeMustWin;Theclockisticking.AccordingtotheIntergovernmentalPanelonClimateChange(联合国政府间气候变化专门委员会),weneedtocollectivelyensurethattheglobaltemperaturerisedoesnotgobeyond1.5degrees.Thismeanswemustreduceemissions(排放)by45percentby2030andachievecarbonneutrality(中立)by2050.;Facedwiththisreality,itisimpossibletoignore②thathumandevelopmentcanflourish③onlyifthenaturalworldflourishes.Thisisthepremise(前提)oftheUN’sSustainableDevelopmentGoalsthathavebecomemoreurgentlookingforwardtothenextdecade.Howcanweastheglobalcommunityworktogetherasone?

Asthesecondlargesteconomyintheworld,Chinahasplayedacriticalpartincommitting④totheParisAgreementanditsleadershipandcommitmentarecrucialinachievingthegoals.Thecountryhasmaderemarkable⑤progressindevelopingitsgreeneconomy,withmorethan125billiondollars’investmentinrenewableenergyin2017.NewrenewableenergyjobsinChinanowoutnumberthosecreatedintheoilandgasindustries.;Asaglobalchallengethattranscends(超越)nationalborders,climatechangeisanissuethatrequiressolutionstobecoordinatedattheinternationallevel,withademandforalldevelopedcountriestakingupgreaterresponsibilities,andfordevelopingcountriesmovingtowardlow-carboneconomy.Inthemeantime,astheworld’smostpopulouscountryandoneofthelargestcarbonemitters,Chinacanplayanevenmorevitalroleintacklingglobalclimatechangebymaximisingitsenormouspotentialforemissionreductionandaccelerating⑥thecurrentpositive.?

Climatechangeisrunningfasterthanweareandweneedtohaveamuchmoreambitiousapproachinwhatwedoinordertodefeatclimatechange—asthisisaracethatwecanandmustwin.;词海拾贝

①individualn.个人

②ignorev.忽视

③flourishv.繁荣

④commitv.承诺

⑤remarkableadj.显著的

⑥acceleratev.加速;典