酸雨、沙尘暴、厄尔尼诺都是大量开采地球资源、破坏地球环境造成的自然灾害。保护地球和环境是人类生存和发展的前提。让我们携起手来，为我们共同的家园做出贡献。
常用句子
A: I find that many cities in China arc not as beautiful and clean as before.
B: Yes. Our environment is worsening in some sense.
A: Sure! Can't we do something to protect the environment? I just can't stand the nastyweather.
B: Everybody expects others to do something, but we can do it ourselves from now on.
A: How?
B: For example, we can use less plastic bags to avoid white pollution.
A: If pollution is stopped, our living conditions will soon be much better.
B: Then we will breathe fresh air and have clean vegetables unharmed by chemicals.
A:我发现中国的一些城市不像以前那么漂亮、干净了。
B:是啊。某种意义上说，我们的环境越来越恶化了。
A:对!难道我们不能做点什么来保护我们的环境吗?我都受不了这恶劣的天气了。
B:每个人都希望别人能做点什么，实际上我们现在就可以“从我做起”。
A:怎么做啊?
B:比如，我们可以少用一些塑料袋，这样可以减少白色污染。
A:如果真的能制止污染，我们的生存环境就会好很多。
B:这样我们就可以呼吸到新鲜的空气，吃到未遭化学物质污染的蔬菜了。
情景对话
1 .I subscribed to a lot of periodicals last year.
去年我订了许多期刊。
2. What kind of newspapers do you read?
你读什么样的报纸?
3. Newspapers and periodicals keep me updated on currentaffairs.
报纸和期刊让我了解时事。
4. Which do you like better, the news or the editorial?
新闻和评论你喜欢看哪个?
5. 1 recommend to you Time and Newsweek. They areexcellent.
我向你推荐《时代》和《新闻周刊》，它们很棒。
6. Fashion is a very popular magazine in America.
《时尚》是一种在美国很流行的杂志。
7. There's TV coverage of the NBA tournament.
有个NBA联赛的电视报道。
8. Can this radio receive short-wave?
这个收音机能收短波吗?
9. If you install an outside antenna, you will have betterreception.
如果你安装了室外天线，你的电视接受效果会好点。