2024届浙江省新高考高三英语作文“内容概要”
模拟练习(十九)写作指导
一、概写原文
阅读下面短文,根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要
With limited space for parks and gardens, architects and city planners often find it challenging to include greenery in neighborhoods in cities. One creative solution is to grow plants on unused areas like walls and rooftops. It's a popular idea, and now rooftop gardens and green walls have been sprouting up (大量冒出) in cities around the world.
There are many benefits of having green spaces to the urban landscape. Adding gardens to rooftops or walls can create a pleasant environment—what was once a gray cement(水泥) wall can become a colorful, blooming garden. The Caxiaforum art gallery in Madrid, Spain, is a famous example—one of its walls is covered with 15,000 plants from over 250 different species. In other cities, green walls are being used more functionally, to cover up construction sites and empty buildings and to decorate the lobbies of office buildings. Using plants to cover walls and rooftops can also keep cities cooler in the summer. Buildings and roads absorb the sun's heat and hold it, causing a building or neighborhood to stay warmer longer. Plants, on the other hand, provide an enormous amount of shade. There is
evidence that growing a roof or wall garden can lower a building's energy costs.
In New York City, public schools plant rooftop gardens that can reduce heating and cooling costs. In addition to saving the school money, teachers and parents love the gardens because of their educational value —it's a fun and healthy way for their kids to investigate the world around them. \the children, it's exciting when you grow something edible (可食用的),\said Lauren Fontana, principal of a New York public school.
二、词汇学习
1. challenging adj. 艰巨的,具有挑战性的
--A challenging task or job requires great effort and determination. Mike found a challenging job as a computer programmer. 迈克找到一份做计算机程序员的富有挑战性的工作。
It is an enormous challenge but we hope to meet it within a year or 18 months
这是一个巨大的挑战,但是我们希望在1年或18个月之内能够战胜它。
2. greenery n. 绿色植物
--plants that make a place look attractive are referred to as greenery
The little village is covered with greenery. 小山村掩隐在绿树丛中。
Greenery has sprouted out in the waste land behind the factory. 在工厂后面的荒地上突然长出了草木。
3. a solution to... 解决办法;处理手段
--a way of solving a problem or dealing with a difficult situation Attempts to find a solution have failed. 试图找到解决办法的种种努力全都失败了。
I had already taken steps to speed up a solution to the problem. 我已经采取措施加快解决该问题。
We ought to be able to find a solution to the problem. 我们应该能够努力找出解决问题的办法。
4. benefit n 优势;益处;成效
--an advantage that sth gives you; a helpful and useful effect that sth has
I've had the benefit of a good education. 我得益于受过良好教育。
It's technology that bring benefit to human beings. 科学技术确实带给了人类益处。
5. an enormous amount of...大量的,后不用复数名词 He spent a large amount of time in New York. 他在纽约呆了好长时间。
Worldwide, an enormous amount of research effort goes into technology.
在世界范围内,大量的研究精力都投入到技术上。
三、关键词句
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...include
greenery
in
neighborhoods
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cities...grow
plants...rooftop gardens and green walls have been sprouting up (大量冒出) in cities around the world.
--Nowadays, rooftop gardens and green walls have been used worldwide to fill cities with greenery.
? ...benefits...create a pleasant environment...to decorate the lobbies of office buildings
--One advantage is that they can beautify the city environment and decorate office buildings.
? ...provide shade...growing a roof or wall garden can lower a building's energy costs.
--Another is that they can even help cut energy costs by providing shade for us.
? ...schools...In addition to saving the school money, teachers and parents love the gardens because of their educational value...kids to investigate the world around them
--Additionally, they are of educational value to schools because kids are excited to explore the green world around them.
四、参考范文
Nowadays, rooftop gardens and green walls have been used worldwide to fill cities with greenery.(要点1)One advantage is that they can beautify the city environment and decorate office buildings. (要点2) Another is that they can even help cut energy costs by providing shade for us. (要点3)Additionally, they are of educational value to schools because kids are excited to explore the green world around them. (要点4) (63字)