As is vividly depicted by the drawing above, a boy is sleeping soundly① and comfortably in the sofa, with the television on, when his mother comes and turns off the television for him, blaming the boy for not having turned off the television again②。
This phenomenon can easily be found anywhere in our daily life. Many people are used to doing③ everything with the television on, not actually watching it at all. Such a habit can cause waste of much electricity and energy, and result in the emission of carbon. This deviates from the popular concept of “low carbon life” — to reduce the emission of carbon, especially carbon dioxide, to protect our environment and realize sustainable development. According to statistics, if we can decrease the time for having the television on by one hour each day, we can deduce the amount of carbon emission by 4. 71 kilogram each month。
To serve as responsible stewards of the planet④, we must promote and popularize a low carbon life among the public from every detail in our daily life. We must change the past practice of sacrificing long-term environmental health for short-term rapid economic development, and shift to developing green economy, circular economy and low carbon economy. All these effective measures can help us to reach harmony between development of the society and health of the nature。
① is sleeping soundly: 熟睡,也可以表達為 A boy is fast asleep。“soundly and comfortably”這類副詞的加入,使得描述更生動活潑,而不是單調的主謂賓。
② A boy is sleeping soundly and comfortably in the sofa, with the television on, when his mother comes and turns off the television for him, blaming the boy for not having turned off the television again。
該句主干結構是:A boy is sleeping, when his mother comes and turns off the television。
這個句型的含義是:一件事情正在發生(正在睡覺),突然發生了另一件事(媽媽來關電視)。
“with the television on”: with 引導的伴隨結構,即A boy is sleeping, while the television is on. 也可以寫成伴隨狀語A boy is sleeping, forgetting to turn off the television。
“blaming the boy for not having turned off the television again”,這句是媽媽關電視的伴隨動作,一邊關電視,一邊責怪孩子忘記關電視。
圖畫描述這句,寫得越精彩越好,這句是先入為主的句子,也是閱卷老師重點看的句子。
③ are used to doing: 習慣于做某事,使用短語表達,地道準確。
④ to serve as responsible stewards of the planet:這是2005年真題閱讀中的原句,的文章里面的句型,引用的標準到位。