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1、Unit4 GlobalwarmingⅠ.阅读Whenwethinkofhowcitieswilllookinthefuture,weprobablypicturetallgraybuildingsandskiesfilledwithflyingcars.OnecityinAustralia,however,istryingtochangethatimage.Earlierthismonth,itwasreportedthatthecityofMelbourneplanstobuildapairoftalltowers,whichlookmorelikemassive(巨大的
2、)treehousesthanskyscrapers(摩天大楼).Theproject,knownastheGreenSpine,willturnMelbourne’sskylinefromgraytogreenoncethetwotowersarecompleted,withoneofthebuildingsbecomingthetallestintheSouthernHemisphere,at356.2meterstall.Bothtowerswillhavebalconiesrunningdownoneside,filledwithplantsandtrees.Mean
3、while,onthetopofeachtower,abotanicalgardenwillofferarelaxingspacewherevisitorscanenjoynature,awayfromthenoiseofthecity.“Ourgreenspacesareourcity’slungs,itsshadefromthesun,”buildingarchitectPhilRowesaidinanewsrelease.Inspiteoftheirproposed(计划的)size,thesebuildingsarejustasmallpartofawidertren
4、dforgreenerandmoreeco-friendlystructures.Plansarealreadyunderwayinseveralcitiesaroundtheworldtobuildentireskyscrapersfromwood,withan18-storybuildingmadefrompinealreadyexistinginMinneapolis,US.Indeed,inthismodernageoftechnologyandtallbuildings,itseemsthatpeoplejustwantatouchofnatureintheirli
5、ves.“The20thcenturywastheconcrete(混凝土的)age;itwasallaboutthedominion(统治)ofmanovernature,”BritisharchitectAnthonyThistletontoldtheBBC.“Now,we’retransitioning(转变)towardadifferentattitude,amorenurturing(滋养的)one.”7Themovetowardmakingcitiesgreenerplacesisn’tanewconcept.Onejustneedstolookatplacess
6、uchasNewYork’sCentralParktoseethatnaturalspacesandsprawling(伸展的)citieshavebeenpartnersforhundredsofyears.And,ofcourse,woodenbuildingsthemselveshavebeenaroundfarlongerthanconcreteandsteelones.Infact,China’swoodenFogongTemplePagoda,locatedinShanxiprovince,isstillstandingalmost1,000yearsafteri
7、twasbuilt.So,likemanyothertrendsfromfashiontotechnology,itseemsthathumankindistakingastepbackwardstoasimplertime.Ourfuturemaynotbeaswepicturedit,butit’llcertainlybealotgreener.1.Accordingtothetext,Melbourne’sGreenSpinewillbe . A.thehighestbuildingsinth
