高三英语培优外刊阅读学案：经济话题

高三英语培优外刊阅读
班级：____________学号：____________姓名：____________
外刊精选｜经济恢复了吗？看看牙医就知道了
【背景介绍】牙医工作稳定且收入不菲，一直都被认为是一门好生意。

然而疫情之下，牙医行业受到了巨大的冲击。

近日，经济学家开始利用牙医行业复工的情况来对经济复苏进行评估。

但是，病人是否会如往常一样就医呢？他们会有怎样的顾虑呢？
How’s the Economy Doing? Watch the Dentists
By Sarah Kliff
If n ot for coronavirus, you’d expect your local dentist office to be doing just fine.
Dentist offices tend to be stable businesses that stick around for decades, unlike restaurants that open and close frequently. Dentists earn a healthy salary —a median of $159,000 —and offer services with no clear substitute.
This makes them, in the eyes of some economists, the perfect barometer for gauging the country’s recovery from the shock of the pandemic.
The dental industry has weathered an exaggerated version of the pandemic’s economic impact, experiencing both a steeper decline and a faster recovery than other sectors.
As dentists head back to work, it’s unclear whether patients will follow. While most states have given dentist offices the go-ahead to reopen, patient volumes remain half of what they were before the pandemic.
That suggests it isn’t just stay-at-home orders that have caused patients to cancel appointments. Some may have lost the dental insurance they used to get at work. Others may fear contracting the virus; they may feel safer putting off preventive care that has already waited months. Or they may question the value of regular cleanings altogether.
【词汇过关】
请写出下面文单词在文章中的中文意思。

1.frequently [ˈfriːkwəntli] adv. _____________________________
2.median [ˈmiːdiən] n. _____________________________
3.substitute [ˈsʌbstɪtʃuːt] n. _____________________________
4.barometer [bəˈrɒmɪtə] n. _____________________________
5.gauge [ɡeɪdʒ] vt._____________________________；n. _____________________________
6.weather [ˈweðə] vt. _____________________________；n. _____________________________
7.impact [ˈɪmpækt] n. _____________________________
8.steep [stiːp] adj. _____________________________
9.suggest [səˈdʒest] vt. _____________________________
10.contract [kənˈtrækt] vt. _____________________________
【词块学习】
请从文章中找到下面中文相对应的文词块。

1.经济形势怎么样？_____________________________
2.若不是……_____________________________
3.你会期待/觉得……_____________________________
4.牙科诊所_____________________________
5.很好，还不错_____________________________
6.常常，通常；倾向于_____________________________
7.待着不动_____________________________
8.收入可观_____________________________
9.复工_____________________________
10.病人的数量_____________________________
11.预防性护理保健_____________________________
拓展练习
阅读理解
Do you care about what you wear? Some people are very particular about fashion, carefully selecting the clothes they buy and how they dress. But this trend (趋势) is changing as retro or vintage clothing is becoming a popular and often cheaper choice.
Vintage clothing is really second-hand clothing, worn before but given a better quality of life. The fashion industry has made it look trendy with a higher price. In the UK, one supermarket chain has started selling second-hand clothes in some of its stores under the brand, Preloved Vintage Wholesale. Its managing director Steve Lynam said, “The more people who buy into the recycling economy and buy vintage, the bigger impact we will have on climate change.”
Certainly, buying vintage does make the life of clothing last longer. It cuts down on waste and helps to reduce the environmental damage caused by the mass production of new clothes. It’s also led to the rise of retro-fashion—items that your mum or dad wore decades ago that now look “cool” again! It’s a big thing with younger people and has been helped by the rise of platforms like Depop, which sell “worn” clothes online. Ianina Lucca from Depop said, “The new generation is trying to make choices that alleviate their effect on the environment. 77% of the new generation say their biggest c oncern is that they want their choices to reduce waste.”
Another popular way of buying old clothes is in a vintage kilo sale. People pick what they want and then pay according to weight rather than per item. Some items are reworked by adding patterns and other additions. But however these second-hand clothes are worn or re-designed, the sustainability (可持续发展) of vintage fashion means it is likely to last for a long time.
27.What does the underlined word “ alleviate ” in paragraph 3 most probably mean?
A.Produce.
B.Worsen.
C.Reduce.
D.Illustrate.
28.What does the last paragraph suggest?
A.The age of vintage fashion is coming.
B.There’s still a long way to retro fashion.
C.Vintage fashion have little impact on nature.
D.More people will not choose second-hand clothing.
29.Which word best describes the author’s attitude to vintage fashion?
A.Confused.
B.Positive.
C.Passive.
D.Doubtful.
30.Where is this text most likely from?
A.A short story.
B.A fashion magazine.
C.A book review.
D.A news report.
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.frequently [ˈfriːkwəntli] adv. 经常地，高频率地
2.median [ˈmiːdiən] n. 中位数
3.substitute [ˈsʌbstɪtʃuːt] n. 替代品
4.barometer [bəˈrɒmɪtə] n. 晴雨表
5.gauge [ɡeɪdʒ] vt.测量；n. 测量仪器
6.weather [ˈweðə] vt. 扛住，经受住风雨/困难；n. 天气
7.impact [ˈɪmpækt] n. 影响，冲击
8.s teep [stiːp] adj. 陡峭的，急剧的
9.suggest [səˈdʒest] vt. 表明
10.contract [kənˈtrækt] vt. 感染
【词块学习】
请从文章中找到下面中文相对应的文词块。

1.How’s the economy doing?经济形势怎么样？
2.If not for…若不是……
3.you’d expect sth.你会期待/觉得……
4.dentist office牙科诊所
5.be doing just fine很好，还不错
6.tend to be常常，通常；倾向于
7.stick around待着不动
8.earn a healthy salary收入可观
9.head back to work复工
10.patient volumes病人的数量
11.preventive care预防性护理保健
【全文翻译】
经济怎么样？看牙医就知道了
如果不是因为疫情，你会觉得当地的牙科诊所生意一定不错。

牙科诊所通常是那种一开就是几十年的稳定生意，不像餐厅那样频繁地开张和倒闭。

牙医的薪水很可观，中位年收入为15万9千美元（约等于113万人民币），他们提供的服务几乎是不可替代的。

这使得牙医行业在一些经济学家的眼中，成为了评估疫情后经济复苏程度的最佳晴雨表。

牙医行业经受了一场放大版的疫情经济影响。

比起其他行业，这个行业经历了更急剧的骤降，以及更迅速的复苏。

牙医已经复工，但病人是否会就医仍然是个未知数。

大多数州已经批准牙科诊所重新开始营业，然而病人的数量仅仅是疫情之前的一半。

这意味着病人取消预约不光是因为居家限制令。

有的人可能因为失业而失去了牙科保险；有的人可能害怕感染病毒，推迟已经等了好几个月的预防性护理会让他们更有安全感；有的人或许开始质疑牙齿日常清洁的价值了。

拓展练习阅读理解参考答案
27.C 28.A 29.B 30.B。