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Saving Blood, Saving Lives
This month, National Geographic
Channel presents a special variety of programs inspired
by Earth Day. One of these programs, Human Footprint,
looks at environmental issues from a fascinating
perspective. Instead of
focusing on the planet as a whole,
it goes all the way down to the level of a single
person.
Imagine that you could see in front of you all
the milk you will drink in your entire life. Well, you'd
be facing a whopping 15,951
pints of milk. That's a pretty serious job for a bunch
of cows. And what if you
could look at the amount of water you will have used by
taking 7,163 baths, the average for a person over a
lifetime? It would be almost one million liters of
water. Now how about seeing all the medicine you will
take in your life, all in one place? With about 30,000
pills, you could probably fill
a pretty big medicine cabinet. Or maybe you'd like to
stroll through a small forest made up of the 24 trees
that will produce all the books and newspapers you'll
ever read.
We've all heard facts and figures about how much
energy a country uses, how much pollution a city will
produce, and so on. But
Human Footprint actually shows an individual's impact on
the world in ways that will make you think about the way
you live. The sight of the 74,802 cups of tea that an
average person will drink is sure to make an
impression. The program also
looks at other interesting subjects
aside from the environment. Did you know that the
average total time spent watching television over a
lifetime is 2,944 days—or 8 full years? While watching
television or doing other things, you will
blink your eyes about 415
million times. And you will experience about 104,390
dreams if you live up to 78.5 years old. Tune in to
Human Footprint on NGC to find out more! |
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1. |
What is different
about Human Footprint? |
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It mostly talks about lots of food and drink. |
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It says that cities do not actually create much pollution. |
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It is concerned with the impact of one person rather than big groups.
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It is all about a person who drinks and eats a lot. |
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2. |
What is closest in meaning
to the phrase focusing on the planet as a whole in the
first paragraph? |
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(A) |
Showing the whole planet in pictures or on TV. |
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Being very worried about the planet. |
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Being on the subject of the whole planet.
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Trying hard to protect the planet. |
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3. |
One million liters of water
is _____. |
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about the amount one person will use for baths in his/her entire life
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the highest amount anyone will ever use for a bath |
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much more than it takes for 7,163 baths |
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the amount you use for baths, drinking, and brushing teeth |
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4. |
According to the article,
what effect might this program have on you if you watch
it? |
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(A) |
You will not want to look at pictures of so much garbage and waste
again. |
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You will find out how much money you are
spending on all the food you eat. |
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You will read less books and newspapers, and you will also stop drinking
milk. |
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You might think more about the things you do, and not just about the
whole city or country.
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enormous, exceptionally
large |
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Answers : 1) C 2) C
3) A 4) D |
