外刊精读 Tips on saving energy 节约能源小贴士学案+教案-2024届高三英语一轮复习

2024届高考备考 外刊精读 Day 63 Tips on saving energy 节约能源小贴士 学案 文本导读： 英国物价大幅上涨，推高生活成本，英国人认为精打细算比以往任何时候都重要。本文浅议提高能源效率和减少开支的方法。 Step 1:词汇温习 save 节省，节约 cost of living 生活费用 spend 花（钱） expenditure 支出 shell out （通常指不情愿地）支付（一大笔钱） bill 账单 unaffordable 支付不起的 money pit 大钱坑，需要不断投钱的无底洞 low-budget 低成本的 invest 投资（购买） costly 昂贵的 cost a fortune 极其昂贵，花大价钱 measure 方法 reduce 降低，减少 financial 经济上的 cost the Earth 让地球付出代价 (cost the earth 的原意是 “花费一大笔钱”) Step 2: 原文精听+精读 We all want to save money, and with the cost of living on the rise in the UK, it’s become more important than ever to watch what we spend. The biggest increase in our expenditure at the moment is on energy – the oil, gas and electricity we use to power and heat our homes. That’s why many of us are looking at ways to save energy so we don’t have to shell out on huge fuel bills. Making our home more energy efficient is the obvious way to save money. To try to achieve this, new homes in the UK will be banned from installing new gas and oil boilers by 2025. Having a heat pump instead can help save energy, but they’re unaffordable for many people, unless they’ve got spare cash stashed away. If your home feels like a money pit, there are some low-budget solutions you can turn to to lower your energy usage. Warm air escapes our homes easily, so adding draught excluders or a rolled-up towel to block these gaps will help. Investing in new double glazing will certainly insulate your home better, but if it is too costly, it might be worth using some heavy curtains to stop the heat escaping. Switching off lights is also a good idea. But there are lots of other little things we can do around the home that will help save energy, don’t cost a fortune and that just require tweaks to our behaviour. They could be as good as installing, fitting or making anything. Put lids on pots and pans when cooking – the food will be ready quicker. Use a microwave to reheat food rather than the oven. Don’t overfill your kettle when boiling water, and don’t leave