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1、到乌蒙山区的昭通;从甘肃中部的定西，到内蒙古边陲的阿尔山，看真贫、知真贫，真扶贫、扶真贫，成为“花的精力最多”的事;“扶贫先扶志”“扶贫必扶智”“实施精准扶贫”Unit4AstronomythescienceofthestarsⅠ.阅读理解Environmentalistssaidourplanetwasdoomedtodie.Nowonemansaystheyarewrong.“Everyoneknowstheplanetisinbadshape,”thunderedamagazinearticlelastye
2、ar.Speciesarebeingdriventodieoutatrecordrates,andtheriversaresopoisonousthatfisharefloatingonthesurface,dead.Butthere’sagrowingbeliefthatwhateveryonetakesforgrantediswrong:thingsareactuallygettingbetter.Anewbookisabouttooverturnourmostbasicassumptionsaboutthe
3、world’senvironment.Rivers,seas,rainandtheatmosphereareallgettingcleaner.Thetotalamountofforestsintheworldisnotdeclining.TheSkepticalEnvironmentalistbyBjornLomborg,professorofstatisticsattheUniversityofAarhusinDenmark,isanattackonthemisleadingclaimsofenvironme
4、ntalgroups,andthe“badnews”culturethatmakespeoplebelieveeverythingisgettingworse.Nowtheattacksareincreasinglycoiningfromleft-wingenvironmentalistssuchasLomborg,aformermemberofGreenpeace.Theaccusationisthat,althoughtheenvironmentisimproving,greengroups——withpro
5、fitsofhundredsofmillionsofpoundsayear——areusingscaretactics(谋略)togaindonations.Lomborg’sbookdoesn’tdenyglobalwarming——probablythebiggestenvironmentalthreat——butdestroysalmosteveryotherenvironmentalclaimwithmanyofficialstatistics.TheWorldwatchInstituteclaimsth
6、at“deforestationhasbeenacceleratingoverthelast30years”.ButLomborgsaysthatissimplyrubbish.Sincethedawnofagriculturetheworldhaslostabout20percentofitsforestcover,butinrecentdecadestheforestarea’sdepletinghascometoastop.AccordingtoUNfigures,theareaofforestshasre
7、mainedalmoststeady,atabout30percentoftotallandarea,sincethe1940s.ForestsincountriessuchastheUS,theUKandCanadahaveactuallybeenexpandingoverthepast40years.DespiteallthewarningstheAmazonrainforesthasonlyshrunk（缩小）byabout15percent.Norareallourspeciesdyingout.Some
8、campaignersclaimthat50percentofallspecieswillhavediedoutwithin50years.Butotherstudiesshowonly0.08percentofspeciesaredyingouteachyear.Conservationeffortshavebeensuccessful.Whalesarenolonge
