2024届高三英语培优外刊阅读学案 旅游话题

高三英语培优外刊阅读 班级：____________学号：____________姓名：____________ 外刊精选｜“南极旅游”火热升温，只考虑“有没有钱”就够了吗？ 随着旅游业快速复苏，不少人已经不再满足于去著名景点旅游光观，而选择前往极地、沙漠等地探险，越来越多人把“去南极旅行”加入了“心愿清单”，社交媒体上相关的帖子也多了起来。一场南极之旅的价格从几万元到数十万元不等，网友纷纷表示“想存钱去一次南极”。数据显示，中国已是南极旅游的第二大客源国，仅次于美国。去南极旅游固然是一件浪漫的事，但也引发了一些担忧。旅游业正如何影响南极？我们是否应该“叫停”南极旅游？一起来看今天的讲解。 Antarctic tourism: Should we just say no? By Ute Junker It was an arresting image: a Boeing 787 Dreamliner parked on the Antarctic ice, smiling flight attendants in knee-length dresses posing in front of it. Fortunately the flight was delivering personnel and supplies for research rather than tourism – but travel to Earth's southernmost continent has nonetheless reached a new milestone. The number of visitors will hit 100,000 for the first time this tourist season and has brought a new urgency to the question of how much, if any, tourism should be allowed on the icy continent. "The industry is expanding and there is a big diversification of activities including kayaking, submersibles and helicopters," said Elizabeth Leane, professor of Antarctic Studies at the University of Tasmania. "At some point it's going to get too big – but we don't know what that number is." Many IAATO members say promoting Antarctic conservation is part of their mission, including removing all waste from the continent and adhering to sterilization protocols to avoid inadvertently introducing non-native species. Nonetheless a number of biosecurity studies found a large number of non-native species present. The sheer distance most visitors travel to reach Antarctica makes carbon emissions a serious problem. Studies have shown that on the Antarctic Peninsula, the snow has a higher concentration of black carbon from ship exhaust, which soaks up more heat and speeds up snow melt. Researchers recommend that anyone thinking about visiting Antarctica should take a hard look at their motivation and the impacts of their choice. "As a researcher, it's a moral decision that I make every time I go, whether wh