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新版北师大(2019)必修三Unit 8 Lesson1课文语篇填空(含译文)
Roots and Shoots
根与芽
It is by acting together, in this _________(excite) way, _________ we can involve thousands—millions—of people, and this is what is going to change the world.
—Jane Goodall
正是通过这种令人激动的方式共同行动起来,我们可以让成百上千、甚至千百万人参与其中,这将改变世界。
——珍·古道尔
语篇填空1
Most people suffer from 1.________ is known as “Just-me-ism”. What is that? Well, say you leave the tap 2._______(run) while you brush your teeth, leave a light on when you go out or you drop 3._______ piece of litter and can’t be bothered 4.________(pick) it up. You know that all those things are wrong, but so what? “What difference can it 5.________(possible) make?” you say to yourself. “There are millions of people in the world and I’m just me. How can it matter if I leave one little tap running, one little light on 6.________ leave a little piece of litter on the road? And anyway, no one will know.” Of course, it wouldn’t matter 7.________ there were just a few people in the world. But just think of all the millions of people 8.________(say) to themselves: “It doesn’t matter. It’s just me. And, anyway, no one knows.” Millions of gallons of water would be wasted; millions of lights would 9._______(leave) on; millions of pieces of litter would be dropped. And all of this would be very 10.________(harm).
语篇填空2
To inspire young people 1.________(take) action for the environment, animals and their community, Roots & Shoots was established. This institute 2.________(set) up in the early 1990s by Dr. Jane Goodall, a scientist 3.________ is the world’s best-known expert on wild chimpanzees. In 4.________(add) to her research, she has been whole-heartedly committed 5._______ environmental protection. The whole purpose of Roots & Shoots is 6._________(educate) young people, from pre-schoolers to university students, so they can help to build a future that is secure and live together in peace 7._________ nature.
The organisation is called Roots & Shoots because roots move slowly