【时文阅读训练】Eco anxiety -2024-2025学年沪教牛津版九年级英语上册

Eco-anxiety More and more children are suffering from "eco-anxiety". This is a condition that causes people to worry a lot about the future of Earth and the life on it. People worry about climate change, pollution and the loss of biodiversity. This has led education experts to call for more teaching in schools about climate change, wildlife and the environment. Many teachers say very little is taught in schools about climate change. Some teachers believe climate change should be taught to all year groups. The Teach the Future campaign group found that only four per cent of schoolchildren felt they knew enough about the climate crisis. The group said this is leading to more children suffering from eco-anxiety. Another campaign group, Earth Rangers, has taken action to address the problem of eco-anxiety. It said: "Eco-anxiety is not an official diagnosable disorder. However, it does affect children in very real ways. This includes feelings of fear, hopelessness and despair." It added: "It is important to research and understand the ways in which we can help children find effective strategies to cope with these feelings." Earth Rangers said schools should create conservation activities and help children to teach their parents about how to protect nature. The Earth Rangers president said more needed to be done to help children. She said: "Children are on the front lines of climate change." 1. Vocabulary Matching Paragraph 1 1. suffering 2. condition 3. pollution 4. biodiversity 5. expert 6. campaign group 7. crisis a. Feeling pain, distress, or hardship. b. A number of people who get together to change something in our world. c. An illness or other medical problem. d. A person who has a lot of knowledge of or skill in a particular area. e. The dirt, waste or poison in our rivers, seas, the air and the environment. f. The many different kinds of animals, fish, birds, insects, etc. in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem. g. A time of great difficulty, trouble, or danger. Paragraph 2 8. address 9. official 10. diagnosable 11. despair 12. effective 13. conservation 14. front line h. Successful in created a good result. i. The complete loss of hope. j. Think about and begin to deal with an issue or problem. k. The saving or protection of the natural environment and of wildlife. l. Having the approval of an important group of people. m. The area or place that is closest to danger or to an important fight against something. n. Being able to say something is a medical problem. Keys：acefdbg jlnihkm 2. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if “a-h” below are true (T) or false (F). 1. The article says most children suffer from eco-anxiety. T / F 2. Teachers want climate change to be taught more in schools. T / F 3. Teachers believe climate change should only be taught to teenagers. T / F 4. A group found only 40% of school children knew about climate change. T / F 5. Eco-anxiety is an official medical condition. T / F 6. Children feel fear and hopelessness because with eco-anxiety. T / F 7. A campaign group wants children to teach parents about climate change. T / F 8. The group said children are on the front lines of climate change. T / F Keys: FTFF FTTT 3. SYNONYM MATCH: (The words in bold are from the news article.) 1. condition 2. loss 3. experts 4. taught 5. crisis 6. address 7. affect 8. effective 9. protect 10. help a. deal with b. instructed c. support d. specialists e. successful f. illness g. emergency h. safeguard i. disappearance j. impact keys：fidbg ajehc 4. PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.) 1. This is a condition that causes 2. pollution and the loss 3. education 4. teachers say very little 5. leading to more children suffering 6. address the 7. Eco-anxiety is not an official 8. feelings of fear, hopelessness 9. find effective strategies to cope 10. more needed to a. problem of eco-anxiety b. is taught in schools c. with these feelings d. and despair e. people to worry a lot f. be done to help children g. of biodiversity h. diagnosable disorder i. from eco-anxiety j. experts Keys: egjbi ahdcf 5. READING COMPREHENSION: MULTIPLE CHOICE 1) What does eco-anxiety cause people to worry about the future of? a) worms b) animals c) Earth d) whales 2) Who has asked for climate change to be taught more in schools? a) teachers b) parents c) governments d) scientists 3) What do teachers want to be taught in schools besides climate change? a) physics and biology b) wildlife and the environment c) relationships and nutrition d) recycling and alternative living 4) Which children do teachers believe climate change should be taught to? a) high schoolers b) early years c) all teenagers d) all year groups 5) How many children believe they know enough about climate change? a) 40% b) 14% c) 4% d) 44% 6) What does the group Earth Rangers say is not an official disorder? a) climate change b) eco-anxiety c) diagnosis d) despair 7) What feelings might children have besides hopelessness? a) confusion and loss b) depression and sadness c) hopefulness and optimism d) fear and despair 8) What do teachers want so children can cope with negative feelings? a) medicines b) effective strategies c) counselling d) more money 9) Who do the group Earth Rangers want children to teach? a) each other b) their parents c) scientists d) people who don't recycle 10) Where did the Earth Rangers' president say children are? a) the front lines of climate change b) under grey skies c) between a rock and a hard place d) an environmental nightmare keys：cabdc bdbba 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$