英语高考时文阅读材料十二.docx

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英语高考时文阅读材料十二

英语高考时文阅读材料（十一）

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如今的英语高考、模拟考的阅读材料（完形填空、阅读理解、任务型阅读）大都选自中国、欧美等主流媒体的最新时鲜文章，与最新人文科技、政治文化接轨。

作为一名考生，在接触阅读世界最新潮流的同时也应该积累素材，并培养相关英语文章的阅读能力。

下面摘取了最新的来自中国日报网（CHINADAILY）的两篇文章，并做了必要的批注，且于文章末尾增添了几个小习题，可自行按照所附的参考答案检测阅读效果。

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法国“奥斯卡”最佳动画片：

活生生的欧洲名人启示录

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Onefascinatingfilmyoushouldn'tmissisFrenchmasterMichelOcelot'slatestdirectorialoutingDililiinParis,whichscoopedBestAnimatedFilmattheCesarAwards—theFrenchequivalentoftheOscars—earlierthisyear.

The76-year-oldauteurMichelOcelotrecentlyvisitedBeijing,whereChinaDailyhadachancetointerviewtheeasy-goingartist.

Toldfromtheperspectiveofachild,amethodOcelotoftenadopts（采用）,thestoryseesDilili,a6-year-oldgirlfromNewCaledonia,aFrenchterritoryintheSouthPacific,teamupwithadeliveryboytoprobeastringofmysteriouschildkidnappingsintheFrenchcapital.

欧斯洛热衷于从儿童视角展开故事，《迪丽丽的奇幻巴黎》也不例外。

在这部影片里，迪丽丽是一个来自南太平洋法属新喀里多尼亚的6岁女孩，她携手一个快递员小伙儿，在巴黎展开了一场冒险，共同调查一系列离奇的儿童绑架案。

Duringtheirinvestigations,theamateurdetectiveduomeetsmorethan60culturalfiguresandscientistsofthetime,fromNobellaureateMarieCurietonovelistMarcelProusttobiologistLouisPasteur.

Beforewatchingthemovie,it'shelpfultounderstanditsbackdrop,especiallytheperiodknownastheBelleEpoque.AtermcoinedinFrance,itliterallymeans"beautifulage"andreferstotheperiodfromroughlytheendoftheFranco-PrussianWar（1871）tothestartofWorldWarI（1914）.ItwasagoldenandpeacefulerainEuropethatsawtheemergenceofanumberofhouseholdgreats.

在观看这部影片之前，了解点背景，一定能让你更好地欣赏这部影片。

这个故事发生于“美好时代”（BelleEpoque），这个时代大致起始于普法战争结束（1871）到第一次世界大战开始前（1914）。

这也是欧洲的黄金年代，彼时和平繁荣，涌现出一大批家喻户晓的名人。

OfallthefamousnamesinParis,EmmaCalve,theFrenchoperaticsopranofamedforperformingtheleadinGeorgesBizet'sCarmen,playsakeyroleinhelpingDililianddeliveryboyOrelontheirmission.Thescenewheresheaccompaniestheduototakeaswanboatridewassobeautifulthatitnearlytookmybreathaway,whilethelastsequenceshowingherrescueallthekidnappedgirlsinagiant（巨大的）airshipwasspectacular（壮丽的）.

OcelottoldChinaDaily:

"Ichosetheyear1900asthesettingformyfilm,asIbelieveitwasabeautifulerathatsawmanyoftheworld'sfinestandmosttalentedartistsandscientistsgatherinParis.Despitehavingallpassedaway,theirlegacywillbenefithumankindnowandforever."

AstheformerpresidentoftheInternationalAnimatedFilmAssociation,OcelotsayshehaslongheldastronginterestinChineseanimation,especiallyShanghaiAnimationFilmStudio'sclassics,suchasThreeMonksandLittleTadpolesinSearchofTheirMother.

Chineseculturehasalsobecomehisnewsourceofartisticinspiration,revealsthedirector,whoisplanningtomakethe15-minuteanimatedflickADreamLover,inspiredbyhisvisitafewyearsagotoseetheancientarchitectureinHangzhou,capitalofZhejiangprovince.TheChinesestorywillbeaboutthedaughterofapharmacyowner.

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科学家：

纯吃素未必更环保肉类对地球生物至关重要

Meatiscrucialforfeedingtheplanet,andgoingveganisnotmoregreen

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Meatiscrucialforfeedingtheplanet,leadingscientistshavesaid,astheywarneditisnotmoreenvironmentally-friendlytogovegan.

vegan[ˈviːɡən]：

adj.严格的素食主义的

ExpertsfromtheUniversityofEdinburghandScotland’sRuralCollegesaidfarmerswereincreasinglyfeelingdemonisedbytheunsupported‘meatisevil’claimsbeingpromotedbyenvironmentallobbyists（环保游说人士）.

demonise['di:

mənaiz]：

vt.使成为魔鬼

SpeakingatapanelincentralLondon,theyarguedthatmeatwascriticalforthephysicalandmentalhealthofchildren,particularlyindevelopingcountries,andsaidthatmovingawayfromlivestockfarming（畜牧业）wouldnotimprovelanduse.

Prof.GeoffSimm,DirectorofGlobalAcademyAgricultureandFoodSecurityattheUniversityofEdinburgh,said:

“Ithink（livestockfarmers）dofeeltheyarebeingdemonised.

“Oftentheargumentismadethatgoingveganwouldminimiselanduse,andthemodellingstudiesthathavebeendonedemonstratethatthat’snotthecase.

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“Wefeelthatwhilelivestockproductionhasarangeofeconomic,socialandenvironmentalcostsandbenefits,thecostshaveperhapsbeenreceivingfarmoreattentionrecentlythansomeofthebenefits.

“Meathasmassivesocialbenefits.It’sanimportantsourceofdietaryprotein,energy,highlybioavailablemicronutrients,evensmallamountsofanimal-sourcedfoodhaveareallyimportanteffectonthedevelopmentofchildren,inthedevelopingworldontheircognitiveandphysicaldevelopmentandtheyarereallyimportant.”

ProfMikeCoffey,fromScotland’sRuralCollege,added:

“It’scompletelyunnecessarytogovegan.

“IfeverybodywentveganitwouldbedevastatingfortheUKenvironment.Animalsbredforfoodhelpboostbiodiversity（生物多样性）.”

Researchersarecurrentlyattemptingtobreedmoreenvironmentallyfriendlycattle,whichgrowfasterandeatless,whichcouldfurtherreducethesector’scarbonfootprintbyreducingtheamountofmethanereleasedbycows.

ProfCoffeysaidthatthedifferenceinmethaneemissionsfrombestandworstcattlewasabout30percentandthatifallUKfarmersusedthemostefficientanimalsthiscouldreducecarbonemissions（排放量）bynearlyathird.

ButProfCoffeysaidthenextstagewillbetryingtomeasurethemethane（甲烷）givenoffbydifferentbreedsofcattletofindwhicharethelowestemitters.

ProfCoffeysaidthatsoonshopperscouldbeabletocheckmeatlabelstofindouthowmuchenvironmentalimpacttheirfoodhashad.

Headded:

“Myexpectationisthatatsomepointinthenearfuturetherewillbeproductlabelsthatrelatestotheefficiencyorcarbonimpactofthefood.”

ProfessorAndreaWilson,alsoofEdinburghUniversity,saidmoreresearchwasneededintotheimpactofveganism.

Sheadded:

“Weknowalotaboutthelivestocksectorbecausepeoplehavelookedatit.Weactuallyknowverylittleaboutthevegansector.

“Thedangeriswedemoniseoneandjumptooquicklytotheother.”

Questions

Translatetheunderlinedsentence.

1.The76-year-oldauteurMichelOcelotrecentlyvisitedBeijing,whereChinaDailyhadachancetointerviewtheeasy-goingartist.

2.Chineseculturehasalsobecomehisnewsourceofartisticinspiration,revealsthedirector,whoisplanningtomakethe15-minuteanimatedflickADreamLover,inspiredbyhisvisitafewyearsagotoseetheancientarchitectureinHangzhou,capitalofZhejiangprovince.TheChinesestorywillbeaboutthedaughterofapharmacyowner.

3.“Wefeelthatwhilelivestockproductionhasarangeofeconomic,socialandenvironmentalcostsandbenefits,thecostshaveperhapsbeenreceivingfarmoreattentionrecentlythansomeofthebenefits.

Answer

1.最近，现年已76岁的导演到访北京，中国日报也有幸采访了这位和蔼可亲的艺术家。

2.而中国文化也因此成为他的灵感源泉。

因为几年曾到访杭州，在参观时一座古宅给他留下深刻印象，他打算据此制作一部片长约15分钟的短片，名为《梦中情人》，讲一个中国药店老板女儿的故事。

3.他说：

“我们认为，尽管畜牧生产在经济、社会和环境方面有着众多成本及益处，但其成本最近受到的关注可能远超某些益处。

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