海洋清洁机器人：守护蔚蓝的希望
Nowadays, the amount of sea rubbish is increasing. And the sea environment is seriously polluted. Traditional methods of cleaning sea rubbish have high costs and may harm fish. These problems can be successfully solved by a sea rubbish cleaning robot. It is called Sea Sweeper 1000 and looks like a lantern fish from the outside.
The robot has two “stomachs” for storing, recycling, and burning rubbish. The left stomach is used to burn down rubbish and create energy for the robot to keep running. The remaining ash(灰烬) after burning will be divided into small parts and placed into bags on the robot's back, rather than being thrown into the sea. And the right stomach can store rubbish that can be recycled. When it gets full, rubbish will be placed in the bag on the robot's tail. Once the bag is full, the robot will return to a designated location to offload the collected rubbish.
The lantern above its head has a sensor(传感器) and a camera. The sensor is used to avoid taking in fish. But if the robot fish does take in small fish, don't worry, because the space between its teeth is big enough for them to swim out. And the ▲ is used to take photos. These photos will be sent to its user when there is rubbish, allowing the user to make sure if the rubbish needs to be recycled or burned.
Although there are still some parts that need to be improved, with the robot's assistance, we can protect the sea environment and create a better future for human beings.
阅读短文,填空并回答问题。
1. What does Sea Sweeper 1000 look like?
It looks like from the outside.
2. 新考法 图片理解 Look at the picture on the right. In which part will the rubbish be placed when the right stomach gets full? The rubbish will be placed in Part .
3. 推理判断 What word can you put in the “ ▲ ”?
I can put “” there.
4. Which English word in the passage has the same meaning as “help”? It is “”.
5. 新考法 评判思维 How do you like Sea Sweeper 1000?
I think .
外刊精读 口语朗读
语篇类型: 新闻报道
难度星级: ★★★★★
建议用时: /10 min
参考答案: P32

1. a lantern fish 根据第一段“looks like a lantern fish from the outside”可知，“海上清道夫 1000”外观像灯笼鱼。
2. c 根据第二段“And the right stomach ... When it gets full, rubbish will be placed in the bag on the robot's tail.”可知，机器人的右胃存满垃圾后，垃圾将被放置在尾部袋子里，图中尾部袋子标记为 c。
3. camera 根据上文“The lantern above its head has a sensor and a camera.”可知，机器人头上的灯笼有传感器和照相机。根据语境可知，take photos 意为“拍照”，所以这里表示照相机用于拍照。
4. assistance 根据最后一段中“with the robot's assistance”及语境可以猜测，assistance 意为“帮助”，与 help 同义，故填 assistance。
知识归纳 assistance 和 assist
assistance 是一个名词，通常指提供帮助或支持。如：
Miss Wang offered her assistance to the new students. 王老师向新学生提供了帮助。
assist 是 assistance 的动词形式，意思是帮助或协助。如：
We'll do all we can to assist you.
我们将尽量帮助你。
Can you assist with the project?
你能协助这个项目吗？
We will assist you in finding somewhere to live.
我们将帮你找个住的地方。
5. 答案不唯一，参考表达：I think it looks cool and it's also very useful.