【正文】 spill 210,000 gallons a day contaminating the Gulf of Mexico has many people worried about the short and longterm environmental harm it is causing (2) 英國石油公司原油泄漏事件之后，奧巴馬總統(tǒng)的一次公開講話表達出了無數(shù)科學家、環(huán)保主義者以及墨西哥灣居民的心聲。由于這些濕地面積遠遠大于海灘的面積，所以它們面臨破壞的風險就大大增加了。may pay a slight premium for some ecofriendly electronics, but .many prices will be parable with traditional offerings. 目前，電腦生產(chǎn)商、芯片制造者和軟件公司都紛紛開發(fā)“綠色”產(chǎn)品來滿足那些環(huán)保意識強烈的消費者的需求。s personal desktop laser printers in 2009. Attention to manufacturing materials is a priority. HP introduced an inkjet printer that is made of 83% recycled plastics. 計算機工業(yè)多年來一直致力于減少能源消耗，新焦點已經(jīng)放到了毒性和循環(huán)利用上來了。閱讀理解Why are puter manufacturers considering developing greener products?答案：Because they want to meet the requirements of environmentally conscious consumers. to the old puter, the price ofthe greener machine is____.答案：A little／slightly／a little bit more expensive. the three examples, Lenovo, Intel and HP, we can know that____.答案：Companies want to stay ahead of environmental legislation and to get good impression from (gamer favor with) green investors. On the other hand they are trying to appeal to people who want to save their expenses because of high energy price(或With energy prices high, they are trying to appeal to people who are looking for ways to chip away at expenses). is the function ofAutoOn /AutoOff?答案：It can put inactiVe printers into a sleep mode and can quickly powerback up once used again. does the last sentence in the last paragraph mean? 答案：Don39。這些開發(fā)產(chǎn)品結(jié)合了一種讓使用者可以在手機瀏覽器上定制體育比賽得分或新聞等服務(wù)的軟件，可以代替PDA（掌上電腦）和其它裝置。蘋果公司的電話產(chǎn)品使移動電話行業(yè)產(chǎn)生了突破性變革，其便利的觸摸屏技術(shù)可以便于用戶瀏覽網(wǎng)絡(luò)、發(fā)送短信或者掌控許多新穎應(yīng)用軟件。但是多觸點開發(fā)人員主要以開發(fā)游戲為主。閱讀理解 Why do we say Apple39。所以，盡管人們在研制開發(fā)替代燃料，在可預測的將來，能夠確保人們出行便利的重要能源仍然是石油。), which produces more carbon dioxide than oil or natural gas. 將燃料燃燒排放出的二氧化碳注入地下而不是排放到空氣中這項任務(wù)對于任何一種燃料的碳排放處理都是一件艱巨的工作。這將意味著人們對石油和天氣制成的交通燃料、電力以及其它消費產(chǎn)品需求的大量增加閱讀理解 According to the text, how important is oil to our life?答案：Oil and gas give us mobility, they heat and cool our homes and provide electricity. They can also be made into many products that we use every day. What is a disadvantage ofelectric batteries used in automobiles?答案：They must be charged and the fuel to generate the electricity could be oilor gas. 3. Can altemate energy pletely replace oil and gas in the foreseeablefuture? Why?答案：No, it can39。雖然汽車制造商們正在研制使用像電、氫氣和乙醇這樣的替代能源作為燃料的汽車，但是，汽車電池需要充電而且電池發(fā)電所用的燃料仍可能是石油或天然氣。 For now, at least many mobile users prefer the accuracy of a physical keyboard rather than a touch screen. A new technology is being designed to allow the best of both worlds: a keyboard that can also respond to touch mands. 目前看來，至少還有許多手機用戶仍然偏愛物理鍵盤的準確性，他們對觸摸屏并不十分感興趣。 Software developers set to work on multitouch applications. Some, for instance, allow users to play virtual musical instruments on the phone. But multitouch developers have largely focused on games. 軟件開發(fā)人員開始研發(fā)多觸點應(yīng)用軟件。s only the beginning. Apple Inc.39。s fickle buying behavior than the emotional response that the shape, color or look ofa phone evokes （2) 制造商相信手機的成功取決于高速網(wǎng)絡(luò)的構(gòu)建和開發(fā)以提供如影像或視頻、音樂、高速互聯(lián)網(wǎng)的服務(wù)。惠普公司還將注意力優(yōu)先放在了制造材料上，他們生產(chǎn)的一款噴墨打印機就是由83%的回收塑料制造的。同時，隨著能源價格上漲，他們正嘗試吸引那些設(shè)法節(jié)省費用的消費者。閱讀理解1. In the first sentence President Obama voiced the concems ofcountless scientists... what does the word voice mean?答案：Voice here means“to express an idea of…”2． How long could the damage to the ecosystem last?答案：The damage to the ecosystem could last decades. important are the wetlands to the wildlife?答案：The wetlands are a vital habitat and breeding ground for many species of wildlife. are estuaries dependent on wetlands?答案：Estuaries are dependant on wetlands for their water quality and to provide a basis for aquatic food chains. will the oil spill affect the seafood in the Gulf of Mexico?答案：Many fish will die and the seafood will be too contaminated for consumption.第六篇 Green Computers“綠色’’電腦 Computer manufacturers, chipmakers and software panies are developinggreener39。 Even worse is the effect the oil spill could have on sensitive salt marshes and mangrove coastlines, which would be practically impossible to clean and that some fear might be permanently destroyed (3) These wetlands are considered the nurseries for the fishing and seafood industry and are a vital habitat and breeding ground for many species of wildlife. Because they cover much more land area than beaches, the risk oftheir exposure to damage is greatly increased. 還有更糟的事情，石油污染還可能影響敏感的濕地和紅樹林海岸，而這將是幾乎不可能被清理干凈的，有些人甚至擔心這將是永久性的毀壞。 is the author39。但近幾年來已有跡象表明地震預測是可能的。自從有記載以來，估計由地震造成的死亡達數(shù)百萬以上，地震造成的破壞更是不計其數(shù)。 Obviously, with so little land to support us, we should be taking great care not to reduce it further. But we are not! Instead, we are consuming its capital its nonrenewable fossil fuels and other mineral deposits that took millions of years to form but which are now being destroyed in decades(3). We are also doing the same with other vital resources not usually thought of as being nonrenewable, such as fertile soils, groundwater and the millions of other species that share the earth with us. 顯然，能夠養(yǎng)活我們的耕地如此之少，我們就應(yīng)該想方設(shè)法不要讓耕地繼續(xù)減少下去。而這些絕癥在不久之前還是不可治愈的。為了避免這場災難，我們最好開始設(shè)計可持續(xù)發(fā)展的城市。 Now govemment planners everywhere are experimenting, seeking ways to design cities for people not cars. Cars promise mobility. But in an urbanizing world there is an inherent conflict between the automobile and the city. After a point, as their numbers multiply, automobiles provide not mobility but immobility. 現(xiàn)在，各地政府的規(guī)劃者們都在嘗試尋找為了人而不是為汽車設(shè)計城市的方法。t help but note the overwhelming presence of cars and parking lots. The world39。 A cruelly conflictual relationship with a partner or lover leaves us feeling betrayed and abandoned. A relationship with our parents or children which is not based on passionate, unconditional regard creates isolation and misery . 與搭檔或者愛人的關(guān)系陷入激烈的沖突中，會讓我們產(chǎn)生遭到背叛和遺棄的感覺。海迪在他的優(yōu)秀著作《幸福假說》當中提到，研究調(diào)查顯示，我們不可能完全適應(yīng)噪音污染，無論是新近的還是長期的。s Growth and the Clean E