植樹女神

山東 李全忠

主題語境：人物 篇幅：318詞 建議用時：6分鐘

1For many young Canadians,planting trees is more than just a job.It's a way of life and it could be catching on,thanks to a popular video by Leslie.While working for a logging (伐木)company,the 29-year-old filmed herself using the speedy method that allowed her to plant 4545 trees in a single day.

2In Canada,reforestation (重新造林) plans are incredibly important.In fact,the law requires that a certain number of trees be planted per year to make up for those lost to wildfires and the logging industry.Many college students are drawn to tree planting as a summer job,for which they receive 13 to 27 cents per tree.Those who genuinely love the work often end up coming back for years.It's not easy work,according to Leslie.Not only is it physically tiring,but it also exposes laborers to the elements,including bad weather.“It could start out sunny and then minutes later,it will just be raining or snowing.You never know what to expect,”she described.

3Leslie has also had to stand being bitten by mosquitoes while walking through rocky areas.Then,there's the threat of local wildlife becoming aggressive.While Leslie herself has only seen most large animals from afar,a21-year-old woman performing the samejob just survived a bear attack last week.

4So far,Leslie has planted a total of 372,290 in the past few years.However,she's still nowhere near breaking the Guinness World Records.That honor belongs to Kenny Chaplin,who once planted 15,170 trees in 19 hours.After 35 years on the job,he says he'd recommend it to anyone.

5“I think every parent in Canada should send their kids out to plant trees and turn them into a worker,”he explained.“They'll learn how to work,and they'll have responsibility.They'll have money in their pockets.”

Reading Check

Inference

1.What's the function of paragraph 1?

A.To lead in the main topic.

B.To introduce a memorable story.

C.To promote reforestation plans.

D.To explain the importance of planting.

Detail

2.Why is reforestation important in Canada?

A.Planting trees is a highly-paid job.

B.There are wildfires resulting in tree loss.

C.Young people regard it as a trend of fashion.

D.College students can't graduate without planting trees.

Gist

3.What does paragraph 3 mainly talk about?

A.Dangers people can face while doing planting.

B.Methodsof dealing with aggressive wildlife.

C.Teamwork's importance in the wild.

D.Surviving skills for living in the open air.

Detail

4.What's Kenny Chaplin's attitude towards tree planting?

A.Careful.B.Critical.

C.Disapproving.D.Positive.

Language Study

Ⅰ.Difficult sentence in the text

While Leslie herself has only seen most large animals from afar,a 21-year-old woman performing the same job just survived a bear attack last week.雖然萊斯莉本人只從遠處看到了大多數大型動物，但上周一位從事同樣工作的21歲女性勉強在熊的襲擊中幸存下來。

【點石成金】本句是一個主從復合句。句中的While 引導讓步狀語從句，performing the same job是現在分詞短語作后置定語，相當于一個定語從句。

Ⅱ.Fill in the blanks with the words and phrases in the box in proper forms.

1.Some children are much more ________than others.

2.I can't help thinking he knows ________he has told us.

3.________everybody's help,we finished the job on time.

4.________,I am still a bit weak,but my general condition is quite good.

5.Love me,love my dog.If you love someone,you will like all that ________him.

6.If you don't know what you want,you might ________getting something you don't want.