双碳通识英语教程

Contents Unit 1 Carbon We Live By Phase I First Sight /2 Video l Why ls Carbon the Key to Life? 2 Video ll Keep Up with Carbon 4 Phase ll Getting to Know 7 Warm-up Activity /7 Active Reading The Carbon Cycle /7 Phase lll Engaging Yourself /13 Warm-up Activity /13 Further Reading:A Short History of the Earth's Climate /13 Phase IV Commitment /20 Vocabulary /21 Unit2 Carbon Emissions Phase l First Sight /28 Video l A Simple Explanation of Climate Change /28 Video ll Europe's Climate in 2050 /30 Phase ll Getting to Know /32 Warm-up Activity /32 Active Reading:Green house Effect /32 Phase lll Engaging Yourself /39 Warm-up Activity 39 Further Reading:Are Humans to Blame for Global Warming? 39 Phase IV Commitment /45 Vocabulary /46 Unit3 Carbon Neutrality 50 Phase l First Sight 50 Video l Carbon Neutrality Video ll “Explaining Shanghai”—Carton Reduction 52 Phase l Getting to Know 54 Warm-up Activity 54 Active Reading: Carbon Neutrality and Net Zero 54 Phase ll Engaging Yourself 60 Warm-up Activity 60 Further Reading: Achieve Dual Carbon Goals in a Balanced Way 60 Phase Commitment /66 Vocabulary /67 Unit 4 Carbon Trading 72 Phase I First Sight 72 Video I What Is Carbon Trading? 72 Video ll How Do Carbon Markets Work? Phase ll Getting to Know 76 Warm-up Activity 76 Active Reading: Carbon Trading—What ls lt and How Does It Work?76 Phase lll Engaging Yourself 83 Warm-up Activity 83 Further Reading China's National ETS—A Model 83 Phase Commitment 89 Vocabulary 90 Unit 5 Green Materials Phase I First Sight 94 Video l The Mirade Material—Graphene 94 Video ll Materials Science fora Sustainable World 96 Phase ll Getting to Know 99 Warm-up Activity 99 Active Reading:Materials Science Breakthroughs 99 Phase ll Engaging Yourself 106 Warm-up Activity 106 Further Reading:What's China Doing in Materials Science? 106 Phase IV Commitment 113 Vocabulary 114 Unit 6 Clean Energy Phase I First Sight 122 Video l Advantages and Disadvantages of Renewable Energy 122 Video ll Can100 Percent Renewable Energy Power the World? 124 Phase ll Getting to Know 127 Warm-up Activity 127 Active Reading All We Need to Know About Clean Energy 127 Phase ll Engaging Yourself 133 Warm-up Activity 133 Further Reading:China's Green Transition:A Feasible Way of Ouitting Goal 133 Phase IV Commitment 141 Vocabulary 142 Unit 7 Transport Decarbonization Phase l First Sight 148 Video I The Surprisingly Long History of Electric Cars 148 Video ll Can Flying Go Green? 150 Phase ll Getting to Know 153 Warm-up Activity 153 Active Reading:A Strategy to Decarbonize the Global Transport Sector 153 Phase lll Engaging Yourself 160 Warm-up Activity 160 Further Reading:How Can Airlines Chart a Path to Zero-Carbon Flying? 160 Phase IV Commitment 167 Vocabulary 168 Unit 8 Sustainable Living Phase l First Sight 174 Video I What Is Sustainability? 174 Video ll Top Eco-Friendly Cities in the World 176 Phase ll Getting to Know 179 Warm-up Activity 179 Active Reading:How Cities Are Going Carbon Neutral? 179 Phase lll Engaging Yourself 185 Warm-up Activity 185 Further Reading:Green Living in China 185 Phase IV Commitment 192 Vocabulary 193