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1、写在前面的话中考、高考阅读多选自国外外刊。阅读外刊是英语学习不能缺少的一环。阅读原汁原味的英语文章可以帮助学生拓宽词汇量，学习并应用最地道的英语表达，提高英语语感。本系列专辑充分考虑初中、高中各年级学生的平均英语水平，从外国著名青少年英语学习网站以及国外英语教师使用的资源网站（News for Kids, National Geographic Kids, CNN, PBS）选择语篇，主题贴近生活，内容有趣，难度得当，是专为中学不同年级学生打造的外刊阅读资源。一、制作初心1. 拓展学生的阅读范围2. 阅读语料的时效性高，了解当下的世界3. 保证阅读语料的纯正性二、资源内部板块设计每份外刊根据内

2、容设计不同板块原文畅读、词汇/词组精讲、长难句分析、综合练习、参考答案、参考译文。符合学生以及教师使用需求。三、本系列专辑子系列介绍a.八年级外刊精读b.中考外刊精读c.高一外刊精读d.高二外刊精读e.高考外刊精读四、推荐使用场景a. 晨读b. 阅读拓展课c. 自学拓展练习希望大家能充分利用这套资源，不断拓展，不断精进，在增加知识的同时，也逐渐提高对世界、世事、世物的洞见，祝学习愉快！Youth Environmentalists Win Historic Climate Trial in MontanaP1【原文畅读】Youth Environmentalists Win Historic

3、Climate Trial in MontanaDOGOnewsA group of young environmentalists in Montana won alandmarkclimate change ruling on August 14, 2023. In ahistoricfirst, District Court Judge Kathy Seeley sided with the youth activists that the states government was not doing enough to protect them from climate change

4、. Here is a rundown of all the essential details.Who are the activists?The Montanaactivistsare a group of 16 youngsters aged five to 22. Rikki Held, a recent environmental science graduate, led the case against the state government. The 22-year-old believes todays youth will be subjected longer to c

5、limate changesnegativeimpacts, like air and waterpollution. Yet, they have no say in the choices made by officials.“Young people and futuregenerationsdont have a say in a lot of decisions about climate, so thats why we need to go through the courts and have the courts protect our human rights,” she

6、states.Co-plaintiff Grace Gibson-Snyder agrees. The 19-year-old has felt the impacts of the heating planet in her hometown of Missoula. The city is oftenshroudedintoxicsmoke from nearby wildfires. Additionally, the water levels in the areas rivers have droppednoticeablyover the years.Why did the gro

7、up sue Montana?Held v. Montanaallegedthat the stateviolatedthe residentsconstitutionalright to a clean and healthyenvironment. The lawsuit specifically focused on two state laws. The first is a clause in Montanas policy that encourages the use offossil fuels. The second is anamendmentto the states e

8、nvironmental policy that stops officials fromevaluatinghow new fossil fuel projects add to climate change.How did the court rule?Judge Seeleys 100-page rulingconcludedthat the state officialsdecisiontoignorethe climate impact when issuing permits for fossil fueldevelopmentwasunconstitutional. It fur

9、thernotedthat greenhouse gasemissionsand climate change have caused harm to the environment and the plaintiffs.What is next?The Montana government plans toappealthe decision to the states Supreme Court. If it agrees with Judge Seeley, Montana officials will have to consider climate change when decid

10、ing whether toapproveor renew fossil fuel projects.But experts believe the historic decision is a win even if the ruling is overturned. Currently, only five other statesguaranteeconstitutional rights to a clean environment. Nine more are considering adding itviathe Green Amendment Bill in 2023. The

11、Montana ruling couldencouragemore state officials to do the same.P2【词汇短语】environmentalistn. 环境保护主义者lawsuitn. 诉讼landmarkn. 里程碑fossil fuel化石燃料historicadj. 有重大历史意义的amendmentn. 修正案rundownn. 总结，概要evaluatev. 评估activistn. 积极分子rulev. 裁决be subjected to遭受，经历concludev. 得出结论negativeadj. 负面的ignorev. 忽略pollutionn

12、. 污染developmentn. 发展generationn. 一代人unconstitutionaladj. 违宪的plaintiffn. 原告notev. 特别指出be shrouded in被掩盖在中greenhouse gas emission温室气体排放toxicadj. 有毒的appealv. 上诉additionallyadv. 另外approvev. 同意noticeablyadv. 引人注目地overturnv. 推翻allegev. 指称guaranteev. 保证violatev. 违反viaprep. 借助constitutionaladj. 宪法规定的P3【长难句】

13、1. The second is anamendmentto the states environmental policy that stops officials主句（主系表） 定语从句，policy为先行词fromevaluatinghow new fossil fuel projects add to climate change. how引导宾语从句翻译：第二个是对该州环境政策的修订。此政策禁止官员评估新的化石燃料项目是如何加剧气候变化的。2. Judge Seeleys 100-page ruling concluded that the state officials decis

14、ion (to ignore the climate impact主句（主谓） that引导宾语从句，decision为宾语从句的主语when issuing permits for fossil fuel development) was unconstitutional. 全部修饰decision 宾语从句为主系表结构翻译：西利法官长达 100 页的裁决得出的结论是，州官员在发放化石燃料开发许可证时忽视气候影响的决定是违宪的。P4【参考译文】青年环保主义者在蒙大拿州赢得历史性气候审判2023 年 8 月 14 日，蒙大拿州的一群年轻环保主义者赢得了一项具有里程碑意义的气候变化裁决。地区法院

15、法官凯西西利 (Kathy Seeley) 历史性地首次站在青年活动人士一边，认为该州政府在保护他们免受气候变化影响方面做得不够。以下是所有基本细节的概要。谁是积极分子？蒙大拿州的活动人士由 16 名年龄在 5 至 22 岁之间的年轻人组成。刚毕业的环境科学毕业生 Rikki Held 领导了针对州政府的诉讼。这位 22 岁的年轻人认为，当今的年轻人将更长时间地受到气候变化的负面影响，例如空气和水污染。然而，他们对官员的选择没有发言权。“年轻人和子孙后代在许多有关气候的决定中没有发言权，因此我们需要通过法院并让法院保护我们的人权，”她表示。共同原告格蕾丝吉布森-斯奈德对此表示同意。这位 19

16、岁的女孩在她的家乡米苏拉感受到了地球变暖的影响。该城市经常笼罩在附近野火产生的有毒烟雾中。此外，该地区河流的水位多年来显着下降。该组织为何起诉蒙大拿州？赫尔德诉蒙大拿州指控，该州侵犯了居民享有清洁和健康环境的宪法权利。该诉讼特别针对两项州法律。第一个是蒙大拿州政策中鼓励使用化石燃料的条款。第二个是对该州环境政策的修订，禁止官员评估新的化石燃料项目如何加剧气候变化。法院是如何判决的？西利法官长达 100 页的裁决得出的结论是，州官员在发放化石燃料开发许可证时忽视气候影响的决定是违宪的。它还指出，温室气体排放和气候变化对环境和原告造成了损害。 下一步是什么？蒙大拿州政府计划就这一决定向该州最高法院提出上诉。如果同意西利法官的观点，蒙大拿州官员在决定是否批准或更新化石燃料项目时将不得不考虑气候变化。但专家认为，即使裁决被推翻，这一历史性决定也是一场胜利。目前，只有另外五个州保障清洁环境的宪法权利。还有九个州正在考虑在 2023 年通过“绿色修正案”添加这一内容。蒙大拿州的裁决可能会鼓励更多州官员也这样做。9原创精品资源学科网独家享有版权，侵权必究！学科网（北京）股份有限公司