Green industries are energizing China's economic growth 綠色產(chǎn)業(yè)賦能中國經(jīng)濟(jì)增長

朱海燕

主題語境：綠色發(fā)展 篇幅：305詞 建議用時(shí)：6分鐘

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China has made remarkable progress in developinggreen industries during the pastdecade， according to a white paper releasedby the State Council Information Officerecently.

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China has been promoting the sustainabledevelopment and growth of the green industry based on strengthening resource conservationand environmental protection. The continued protection of the ecological environmentand promotion of the green transformation created a huge market demand andgreat opportunities for green industries. In recent years， the output value of the energyconservation and environmental protection industry has increased by more than 10 percenta year， and the production scale of clean energy equipment ranks first in theworld. Besides， production of new energy vehicles have been staying on the top of theworld for eight consecutive years， according to the white paper.

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Policies and regulations also play an incentive and guiding role in the development ofgreen industries. Over the past decade， a total of more than 100 billion yuan （$14.73billion） has been invested from the central budget to support the construction of environmentalinfrastructure， and nearly 200 billion yuan has been allocated for ecologicalprotection compensation at the central level during the 13th Five?Year Plan period.

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Besides， green technology innovation and industrialization also promoted the developmentof green industry. By the end of 2021， there were 49，000 effective invention patentsin Chinas energy conservation and environmental protection industry and 60，000effective invention patents in the new energy industry， which were 1.6 times and 1.7times that of the end of 2017.

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The development of green finance provides financial support for the green industry. Bythe end of 2021， the balance of green credit in Chinas local and foreign currencies was15.9 trillion yuan， and the stock of green bonds exceeded 1.1 trillion yuan， all of whichare among the highest in the world.

Reading Check

Gist

1. What does paragraph 2 mainly focus on？

A. The potential market of green products.

B. The popularity of new energy vehicles.

C. The environmental challenges in China.

D. The booming of green industries in China.

Vocabulary

2. What does the underlined word“incentive”mean in paragraph 3？

A. Reliable.

B. Encouraging.

C. Original.

D. Relative.

Inference

3. What can we infer from paragraph 3？

A. Policies and regulations on green industries need improvement.

B. The Chinese government attaches great importance to green industries.

C. The development of green industries topped the 13th Five?Year Plan.

D. The money for ecological protection compensation is far from enough.

Detail

4. Whats the number of effective invention patents in new energy in 2017？

A. About 35，300.

B. About 37，500.

C. About 30，600.

D. About 28，800.

Language Study

Ⅰ. Difficult sentence in the text

By the end of 2021， there were 49，000 effective invention patents in Chinas energyconservation and environmental protection industry and 60，000 effective invention patentsin the new energy industry， which were 1.6 times and 1.7 times that of the end of 2017. 截至2021年底，我國節(jié)能環(huán)保行業(yè)有效發(fā)明專利4.9萬件，新能源行業(yè)有效發(fā)明專利6萬件，分別是2017年底的1.6倍和1.7倍。

【點(diǎn)石成金】本句是一個(gè)復(fù)合句。which 引導(dǎo)非限制性定語從句，先行詞分別是前面的49，000 effective invention patents和60，000 effective invention patents。

Ⅱ. Text?centered chunks

create an opportunity for 為……創(chuàng)造一個(gè)機(jī)遇

rank first 位居第一

play a role in 在……中起作用；在……中扮演角色

be allocated for 為……撥款