閱讀：英語六級四十天突破—講義與筆記（3）

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　　作者態(tài)度題(attitude)——正負態(tài)度

　　凡是文章探討新事物——正態(tài)度

　　凡是文章探討老事物——負態(tài)度

　　例外：中立題

　　25. The writer’s attitude towards the use of the telephone is ______.

　　A) affectionate

　　B) disapproving

　　C) approving

　　D) neutral

　　●例子：例子必出題。文章有論點-論據(jù)-論證，例子是論證，用來支持論點，所以簡而言之，例子本身不重要，但前后論點極其重要。

　　例子開始的標志：for example，后面跟著大寫、時間、年代，依然是舉例內(nèi)容。

　　例子含義的標志：show, tell, prove, demonstrate, find, clearly

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　　In the United States, the need to protect plant and animal species has become a highly controversial and sharply political issue since the passage of the Endangered Species Act in 1973. The act, designed to protect species' living areas, and policies that preserve land and forests compete with economic interests. In the 1990's, for example, the woodcutters in the Western United States were challenged legally in their attempt to cut trees for timber in the Cascade Mountains. The challenge was mounted to protect the endangered spotted owl(貓頭鷹), whose remaining population occupies these forests and requires the intact, ancient forest for survival. The problematic situation set the interests of environmentalists against those of corporations and of individuals who stood to lose jobs. After months of debate and legal battles, the fate of the woodcutters-and the owls-was still undecided in mid-1992.

　　注：1. controversial的意思是受爭議的，同“sharply political issue”，contro表示“反”

　　2. for example前句子是重點

　　3. problematic懸而未決的

　　Similar tensions exist between the developed and the developing nations. Many people in industrialized nations, for example, believe that developing nations in tropical regions should do more to protect their rain forests and other natural areas. But the developing countries may be impoverished (使窮困), with populations growing so rapidly that using the land is a means to temporarily avoid worsening poverty and starvation.