1. Know about the writer:罗维纳·阿金耶米(Akinyemi, Rowena)是英国人。曾在非洲居住和工作了多年。现在她在剑桥工作和生活。
2. Short description of the story:It is the year 2522, and the planet Earth is dying. The Artificial Ozone Layer is only 300 years old, but it is breaking up fast.Now the sun is burning down on Earth. There is no water. Without water, nothing can live. Trees die, plants die, animals die, people die ...In a colony under the moon, people wait for news - news from home, news from the planet Earth. And in a spaceship high above Earth, a young man watches numbers on a computer screen. The numbers tell a story, and the young man is afraid. The planet Earth is burning, burning, burning ...
太阳是一个巨大的燃烧着的火球。没有来自太阳的光和热,我们就不能在地球这颗行星上生存。在这颗行星周围有臭氧层(ozone layer)保护着我们免受太阳之火的伤害。但是如果臭氧层破裂,将会怎样呢?现在臭氧层上已经有了小洞,有人说那些小洞会变得越来越大——直到有一天没有任何东西挡在我们和太阳的火焰之间。事情发生在 2222 年。地球人制造了 AOL——人工臭氧层(Artificial Ozone Layer)。美丽的地球又有了 1000 年的生命。树又发芽了,下雨了,河里有了水……但现在是 2522 年,人工臭氧层已经破裂。幼嫩的树林开始枯萎,河流也逐渐干涸。凯(Kiah)和瑞拉(Rilla)从他们的宇宙飞船(spaceship)里看到了这危险的情景,可他们又能做些什么呢?月亮下面的部族里住着他们的朋友,可是路途遥远,而地球首领高格(Earth commander Gog )又不肯听从他们的指挥。3. Genres(故事类型)
short story 短篇故事
science fiction 科幻小说
What do you do for the better environment?What do you think is the biggest reason of global warming?Do you want to go to the Moon?
Original resource:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcCScwTtXJ8
背景词汇——天文相关词汇(了解即可,基础阶段不用识记):
Europe 欧洲
Australia 澳大利亚
Antarctic 南极
satellite 卫星
Mars 火星
the moon 月球
artificial 【,a:ti'fiəl】 adj. 人工的,人造的
ozone ['auzeun] n. 臭氧
layer 【'leiə】n.层
Artificial Ozone Layer人工臭氧层(简写AOL)
break up 破裂
guard 护卫
commander 【kə'məndə】 n.指挥官,司令官
short-sighted adj.目光短浅的
spaceship ['speis]ip] n.宇宙飞船
ignore [ig'no:] vt.不顾,不理会
dissatisfied【dis'sætisfaid】 adj.不满的
set fire to 放火
environmental awareness 环保意识
impulsive 冲动的
character 品格,人品
bless 保佑
主要人物:
kiah 飞船ship OM-45的雇员
Rilla 飞船ship OM-45的雇员
Captain Sera 飞船船长
Commander of Moon colony Adai 月球殖民地司令
Earth commander Gog 地球司令高格
Australia commander Zadak 扎达克司令
Read carefully and analyse the storyline, take notes if you need.
https://m.hujiang.com/zx/p223251/
Try to retell the story with your partners or write a short summary about this book.You can use the following graphs to help to set the scene(介绍背景): Who? What? When? Where? Why?
How does the main character (主角) change?

Try to build your vocabulary bank.

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