2022届高三英语培优外刊阅读学案：生育话题.docx

1、高三英语培优外刊阅读班级：_学号：_姓名：_外刊精选韩国敲响“催生”警钟：不愿生娃的年轻人韩国统计局近期发布的数据显示，2018年韩国的生育率仅为0.98，再创历史新低，并成为了目前世界上唯一步入出生率“零时代”的国家。按照当前趋势预测，2028年后韩国就将迎来人口负增长。为什么韩国年轻人不愿意生孩子？低生育率将对韩国社会造成哪些影响？Birth rate in South Korea hit rock bottom South Koreas fertility rate - the number of births per woman - plummeted to an unpreceden

2、ted low of 0.98 in 2018, as revealed by the latest government data.The decline made South Korea again the lowest in birth rates among developed countries, while even Japan, a country that has grappled with this issue for years, had a higher rate of 1.42 in 2018. The tumbling fertility rate has led t

3、o a host of predicaments including a slowing economy, growing debt and underfunded pensions. Billions have been poured into a number of initiatives, such as free day-care services and cash incentives for mums-to-be, yet the governments efforts bear little fruit. One principal factor driving the tren

4、d is the status of women in this deeply patriarchal nation, where many women are marrying and starting families later in life amid concerns about workplace discrimination. Spiralling housing prices and worsening career prospects for young people are not helping matters either. Quite a reversal from

5、the current scenario, South Korea had wrestled with the demographic challenge of too many babies around 50 years ago, when the rate was as high as six babies per woman in 1960, and the military government was subsidising sterilization and pushing for smaller families.【词汇过关】请写出下面文单词在文章中的中文意思。1.declin

6、e dklan n. _2.tumbling tmbl adj._3.predicament prdkmnt n._4.spiral sparl vi. _5.prospect prspekt n. _6.reversal rvsl n. _7.subsidize sbsdaz vt. _【词块学习】请从文章中找到下面中文相对应的文词块。1.生育率_2.创新低；跌入、陷入谷底_3.生育率_4.跌到历史最低_5.艰难地应对_6.导致_7.许多_8.经济放缓_9.不断增长的债务_10.养老金不足_11豪掷_12.许多_13.没有成果；收效甚微_14.推动某个趋势_15.父权国家_16.出于对的顾虑

7、/担忧_17.艰难应对_18.人口的挑战_拓展练习阅读理解This is an excerpt from a speech at the United Nations headquarters given by Emma Watson, who starred in Harry Potter series. Today we are launching a campaign (called “He For She”). I am reaching out to you because we need your help. We want to end gender inequality, an

8、d to do this, we need everyone involved. This is the first campaign of this kind in the UN. We want to try to involve as many men and boys as possible to be advocates for change. I started questioning gender-based assumption a long time ago. When I was 8, I was confused being called bossy because I

9、wanted to direct a play that we put on for our parents, but the boys were not. When I was 14, I started to be sexualized by certain elements of the media. At 15, my girlfriends started dropping out of a lot of sports teams because they didnt want to appear masculine(男性化的). At 18, my male friends wer

10、e unable to express their feelings. I decided that I was a feminist (女权主义者). This seemed uncomplicated to me. But my recent research has shown me that feminism has become an unpopular word. Women are choosing not to identify as feminists. Why has the word become such an uncomfortable one? Im from Br

11、itain and I think it is right that I am paid the same as my male counterparts. I think it is right that I should make decisions about my own body. I think it is right that women be involved on my behalf in the policies and decisions that will affect my life. I think it is right that socially, I am a

12、fforded the same respect as men. But sadly, I can say that there is no one country in the world where all women can expect to receive these rights. No country in the world can yet say that they have achieved gender equality. These rights, I considered to be human rights, but I am one of the lucky on

13、es. My life is a sheer privilege because my parents didnt love me less because I was born a daughter. My school did not limit me because I was a girl. My tutors didnt assume that I would end up nowhere because I might give birth to a child one day. These influences were the gender equality ambassado

14、rs that made me who I am today. They may not know it but they are the unintentional feminists who are changing the world today. We need more of those. Men, I would like to take this opportunity to extend you a formal invitation. Gender equality is your issue, too. Because to date, Ive seen young men

15、 suffering from mental illness, unable to ask for help for fear it will make them less of a man, or less of men. Ive seen men made fragile and insecure by false sense of male success. Men dont have the benefits of equality, either. Both men and women should feel free to be sensitive; both men and wo

16、men should be free to be strong. This is what “He For She” is about. Its about freedom. You might be thinking: who is this Harry Potter girl? What is she doing at the UN? Ive been asking myself at the same thing. All I know is that I care about this problem and I want to make it better. And having s

17、een what Ive seen and given the chance, I feel my responsibility to say something. Statesman Edmund Burke said all that is needed for the forces of evil to triumph is for good men and women to do nothing.In my nervousness for this speech and in my moment of doubt, I told myself firmly: if not me, wh

18、o? If not now, when? If you have similar doubts when opportunities are presented to you, I hope those words would be helpful. Because the reality is that if we do nothing, it will take 75 years, or for me it will be nearly 100 before women can be expected to be paid as same as men for the same work.

19、 15.5 million girls will be married in the 16 years as children. At current rate, it will be until 2086 before all rural African girls can have secondary education. We are struggling for a uniting world, but the good news is that we have a uniting movement. It is called “He For She”. I am inviting y

20、ou to step forward, to be seen and to ask yourself: if not me, who? If not now, when? Thank you.5.The campaign “He For She” aims to _.A.give women more freedom than beforeB.give men more freedom than womenC.involve as many men and boys as possible to live a free lifeD.involve everyone to struggle fo

21、r the end of gender inequality6.We can know from Emma Watsons personal experience that _.A.feminism has become an unpopular wordB.her parents didnt love her because she was born a daughterC.her tutors treated her the same way they treated boy studentsD.she was called bossy because she didnt want to

22、appear masculine7.What does the underlined part in the last but one paragraph mean?A.Good men and women doing nothing lead to the growth of evil forces.B.If evil forces do nothing, good men and women can win the victory.C.When evil forces dominate, theres nothing good men and women can do.D.All that

23、 is necessary for good men and women to do is nothing compared to evil forces.8.In the speech, Emma calls on people to _.A.participate in the campaign actively and take actionB.admit that men and women should be equally paidC.believe in her as the spokesperson of Harry Potter seriesD.pay more attent

24、ion to both genders suffering from mental illnesses外刊精选答案【词汇过关】请写出下面文单词在文章中的中文意思。1.decline dklan n. 下降；下跌2.tumbling tmbl adj. 持续暴跌的3.predicament prdkmnt n. 困境4.spiral sparl vi. 螺旋式上升5.prospect prspekt n. 前景；未来6.reversal rvsl n. 彻底转变、反转7.subsidize sbsdaz vt. 补贴【词块学习】请从文章中找到下面中文相对应的文词块。1.birth rate生育率

25、2.hit rock bottom创新低；跌入、陷入谷底3.fertility rate生育率4.plummet to an unprecedented low跌到历史最低5.grapple with艰难地应对6.lead to导致7.a host of许多8.a slowing economy经济放缓9.growing debt不断增长的债务10.underfunded pensions养老金不足11.pour into豪掷（把钱像流水一般倒入某个地方）12.a number of许多13.bear little fruit没有成果；收效甚微14.drive a trend推动某个趋势15.

26、patriarchal nation父权国家16.amid concerns about sth.出于对的顾虑/担忧17.wrestle with艰难应对18.demographic challenge人口的挑战【全文翻译】韩国生育率创新低据最新政府数据显示，韩国的生育率，即每名妇女的平均生育数量，在2018年降至0.98，可谓前所未有之低。此次下滑让韩国再次垫底发达国家出生率排行榜，就连长期深受该问题困扰的日本去年都以1.42的生育率高于韩国。生育率的暴跌让韩国陷入诸多窘境，如经济放缓、债务增加以及养老金不足等。韩国政府豪掷数亿，出台了一系列措施，包括免费的日托服务和给准妈妈的现金激励，但收效甚微。加剧该趋势的一个主要因素为韩国女性的社会地位。在这个高度父权化的国度，许多女性因顾虑工作场所的性别歧视问题选择晚婚晚育。不断攀升的房价和日益低迷的年轻人就业前景也无助于问题的解决。与当下情形截然不同的是，大概50年前，韩国还在努力应对人口过多的挑战。1960年，韩国女性的生育率高达6，彼时的韩国军政府通过推行绝育补贴和家庭计生政策来控制人口数量。拓展练习阅读理解参考答案 5.D 6.C 7.A 8.A