晚练册 第1周-【晨读晚记】2023-2024学年高二上学期英语阅读强化训练

Week One 第1周 晚练 的阅读理解A 原创 On my fourth birthday,my father found me at the bottom of the pool,sharing air supply,or"buddy breath- ing",with a family friend;I was having my first scuba experience.I've been diving ever since,and on expedi- tions to some of the most remote parts of the globe,since age 7.As an adult,I've led teams to dive with orcas and great white sharks,to the North Pole and to the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea,and to live underwater for 31 days.The journey has been full of gratifying experiences as well as challenges-some of them painful. My grandfather was a pioneer of ocean exploration.He contributed to the invention of many of the tools he needed-scuba,underwater cameras and more-because he saw the need for innovation to learn and ex- plore.He would frequently cite a quotation,"In the end we will conserve only what we love;we will love only what we understand;and we will understand only what we are taught."That belief fueled his insatiable drive to explore the unknown,and to push the boundaries of comfort and routine. In all of modern-day ocean exploration we've barely scratched the surface-far less than 10 percent of the salty deep-in any significant way.This should not come as a surprise,considering that the ocean totals 99 percent of our planet's living space.Add to this the complexities of exploration below the surface like increasing pressures,the density of seawater,the corrosive nature of saltwater on equipment,strong currents,extreme tem- peratures,a vast unknown geography,lack of light,unpredictable(or unknown)wildlife and man-made risks like entanglement in fishing nets. Ocean exploration remains critical.Our planet faces dire challenges,and the seas are stressed,perhaps almost to a breaking point.We must stay in the water and pursue knowledge and answers as quickly and as wisely as we can,using safe means to do it.Mistakes will inevitably be made.The Titan submersible tragedy is just one such example.Let's not make the mistake of not