牛津译林版（新）八年级下册Unit A green world 全国获奖

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Unit8AgreenworldWelcometoSwissConfederationWhatisSwissConfederation

Inyourmind?THIS?THIS?Orthis?Now,letuswalkintothebeautifulcountry.AGreenSwitzerlandKitty'sonlinefriendMartinaisamiddleschoolstudentinSwitzerland,iswritinginherblogon5June,WorldEnvironmentDay.Hereisherarticle.IloveSwitzerland.Itisacountrywithhighmountainsandcleanbluelakes.Itisbeautiful,andweshouldtrytokeepitthatway.InSwitzerland,thingslikeglass,plasticandpaperareseparatedintodifferentgroupsandthenrecycled.Evenoldclothesandshoescanberecycled.Ilearntaboutanorganizationforrecyclingclothes.Itcollectsoldclothesfromalloverthecountry.Someoftheclothesaresoldincharityshops,somearegiventothepoor,andothersaresenttofactoriesforrecycling.MyfamilyandIoftensendouroldjeansandT-shirtstothisorganization.Ourgovernmenthasmanylawstoprotecttheenvironment.Forexample,wearenotallowedtocutdowntrees.Otherwise,wewillbepunished.Ifwedroplitterinapublicplace,wewillbefinedbythepolice.Therearealsolawstolimitairandwaterpollution.Natureisourgreatesttreasure.Wedependonitsrichresourcestolive,soitisimportantforustoprotectitwisely.Luckily,wearestartingtouseenergyfromthesun,windandwater.Thesenewtypesofenergycostverylittleandwillneverrunout.Moreover,theyproducelittlepollution.Todayis5June,WorldEnvironmentDay.Whathaveyoudonefortheenvironment?Rememberthateveryonecandosomethingtomakeadifference!B1KittyisnotsureaboutthemeaningsofsomewordsinMartina'sarticle.Helphermatchthewordsontheleftwiththemeaningsontheright.Writethecorrectlettersintheblanks.BWhatdopeopleinSwitzerlanddo?1．separate（L5）____2．recycle（L6）____3．allow（L13）____4．fine（L15）____5．runout（L20）____6.produce（L21）____a.

causearesultb.makesbpaymoneybecausehe/shehasdonesthwrongc.beusedupd.putthingsintodifferentgroupse.letsbdosthf.treatsthusedsothatitcanbeusedagaindfebcaB2KittymodesomenotesofMartina'sblogonapieceofpaper,buthermothertoreitupbymistake.Helphermatchthetwohalvesofthesentences.Writethecorrectlettersintheblanks.1．Switzerlandisabeautifulcountry _______2．InSwitzerland,glass,plasticandpaper ____3．Anorganizationwassetup________4．Thegovernmenthaslaws _______5．Weshouldprotectnature ________6．peoplearestartingtouse________a.areseparatedintodifferentgroupsandrecycled.b.energyfromthesun,windandwater.c.toprotecttheenvironment.dwithhighmountainsandclearbluelakes.e.becausewedependonitsrichresourcestolive.f.tocollectoldclothesfromaroundthecountry.1．Switzerlandisabeautifulcountry _______2．InSwitzerland,glass,plasticandpaper ____3．Anorganizationwassetup________4．Thegovernmenthaslaws _______5．Weshouldprotectnature ________6．peoplearestartingtouse________dafcebB3AfterreadingMartina'sarticle,Kittyhaswrittendownthemainpointsoftheparagraphs.Writethecorrectnumbersoftheparagraphsintheboxes.Martinaaskseveryonetodosomethingfortheenvironment.b.Peoplearestartingtousenewenergy.c.PeopleinSwitzerlandrecyclemanythingstoreducepollution.d.Thegovernmenthaslawstoprotecttheenvironment.e.Switzerlandisabeautifulcountry.ecdbaB4KittyistellingSandyaboutMartina'sarticle.Completetheirconversation.Kitty:MyonlinefriendMartinawrotelastweekabouthowtheyprotectthe____________inSwitzerland.Sandy:Really?Whatdotheydotokeeptheircountryclean?Kitty:InSwitzerland,glass,plasticandpaperare_________intodifferentgroupsandthen_________.Sandy:Dotheyrecycleanythingelse?Whatdotheydowitholdclothes?environmentseparatedrecycledKitty:Anorganization_________oldclothes

fromaroundthecountry.Thensomeare

soldin____________,somearegivento___________,andothersaresentto

________forrecycling.Sandy:Thatsoundslikeagoodidea.Kitty:Theyhavemany_____toprotectthe

environmenttoo.Forexample,people

willbe_________iftheycutdowntrees

becauseit'snot_________.collectscharityshopsthepoorfactorieslawspunishedallowedSandy:That'sgreat!Kitty:Yes.Andtheydon'tdrop_____inapublicplace.Otherwise,they'llbe_______bythepolice.litterfinedLanguagepointsItisbeautiful,andweshouldtrytokeepitthatway.瑞士很美，而且我们应该尽力让它一直保持那样。

句中的way可以和this,that等词连用。如：

whydoesheactthisway?

他为何这样做？2．Someoftheclothesaresoldincharityshops,somearegiventothepoor,andothersaresenttofactoriesforrecycling.一些衣服放在慈善店出售，一些送给穷人，还有一些送到工厂循环再生。句中的some…,some…,andothers…表示“一些……,一些……,还有一些……”。如：Somestudentsarereadingquickly,somearetakingnotes,andothersaresearchingforinformationontheinternet.一些学生在安静的看书，一些在做笔记，还有一些在上网查东西。3．Thesenewtypesofenergycostverylittleandwillneverrunout.

这些新型能源不仅成本低廉，而且用之不尽。短语runout意思是“用完，耗尽（供应品）如：

Ourfoodsoonranout.

我们食物很快吃完了。4．Rememberthateveryonecandosomethingtomakeadifference!

记住每个人都可以做点对保护环境有益的事！短语makea/no/some/muchdifference

意思是“有/没有/有些/有很大作用、关系、影响”。如：

Theraindidnotmakemuchdifferencetothegame.

这场雨对比赛没多大影响。那年我参加瑞士巴塞爾博览会，除了接单做貿易，还零售商品，以扩大出口商品的影响。

一天，有位中年妇女领着孩子来参观，那是个非常招人喜欢的小男孩，他趴在我们橱窗前，不愿走开。当时我们出售一款活动式闹钟，图案是鸡啄米，随着秒针走动，鸡群会一下一下啄米吃。看得出小男孩非常喜欢，两眼满是希冀的目光，他多次拖住妈妈的腿，好想妈妈能掏钱买下这款闹钟。我看到后拿出闹钟，想送给小男孩，他妈妈有礼貌但坚决地拒绝了，她十分真诚的对我说，虽然闹钟很漂亮，

但瑞士人从不买自己并不需要的东西，对孩子不能满足他不合理的欲望。有朋友问我知不知道瑞士人煮鸡蛋的故事，瑞士人习惯在平底锅里放一粒米深的水，等水沸腾了就关掉电源，利用余热将鸡蛋煮熟，这样可以节约一半电费。他要我别笑话他们的生活态度。在全球首富国家对一个腰缠万贯的富商，我怎敢？我从心底里钦佩他们富而不奢始终守住节俭的心态。

有位客商買我们好多商品，开了一辆小货车来提货。随车