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2021-22学年度第3期总第841期(4版)

Climate change inspires new genre of writing (Page 4)

 

I. Decide whether the following sentences are true or false.

1. Margaret Atwood was the first to use the term “cli-fi”.                     (   )

2. Our environmental awareness and love for cli-fi boost each other.            (   )

3. Cli-fi books are more popular among children than among adults.            (   )

4. Cli-fi books inspire students to pursue science majors.                      (   )

 

II. Answer the following questions.

1. What is climate fiction?

____________________________________________________

 

2. What can climate fiction help us imagine?

____________________________________________________

 

3. Why is cli-fi popular with high school and college students?

____________________________________________________

 

III. Fill in the blanks with proper conjunctions.

1. _______ the name suggests, climate fiction refers to stories with a central theme of climate change or global warming.

2. These kinds of books can help us imagine _______ the world might be like in the future _______ major climate change events.

3. The genre is also gaining popularity with high school and college students _______ it looks at topics that are relevant to _______ is really happening today.

 

参考答案：

I. 1. F  2. T  3. F  4. T

 

II. 1. Climate fiction refers to stories with a central theme of climate change or global warming.

2. The future world affected by climate change events.

2. Because it looks at topics that are relevant to what’s really happening today and reconnects young readers with their environment, which helps them appreciate it more. Also, many cli-fi novels tend to have dystopian themes, which are very popular in young adult novels.

 

III. 1. As  2. what; because of/due to 3. because/as, what

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