Saving the earth（Reference for Teaching）
reference for teaching
i.异域风情
1. agencies at work
news agencies(通讯社) usually work in the background. as the major news providers, news agencies provide reports, photos or graphics to newspapers, television stations, websites and magazines worldwide. though their names are often hidden, they are everywhere,
reuters (路透社)
founded in 1851 in the uk, reuters bills(用海报宣传) itself as the world's largest international multimedia news agency. reuters supplies news text, graphics, video and pictures--to media organizations and websites around the world. it operates in 200 cities in 94 countries and has staff at 197 news bureaus.
founded in 1848 in the us. the associated press is another of the biggest and
claims that it is a source of news, photos, graphics, audio and video for more than l billion people a day. in the us, ap serves 5 000 radio and television stations and 1 700 newspapers. in addition, there are 8 500 newspaper, radio and television subscribers(订户) in 121 countries overseas. it has 3 700 employees working in 242 bureaus. ap has received 47 pulitzer prizes (普利策奖) and has 28 photo pulitzers.
afp(法新社)
agence france--press is a worldwide multimedia news agency, founded in 1835 in france. it has more than 2 000 employees, 900 working outside france. it says it produces 400 000～600 000 words of text, 700 photos and 50 news graphics every day. afp is present in 165 countries, with 110 bureaus.
dpa(德新社)
deutsche presse—agentur is germany's leading news agency. it has a network of correspondents around the globe, providing news stories, photos, graphics and radio reports. that includes offices and staff in 100 countries.
xinhua(新华社)
xinhua news agency is china's largest news and information gatherer. it puts out 400 000 characters of various types of news every day to newspapers, radio stations and tv stations at the country. overseas, it releases 400 000 words daily in chinese, english, french, spanish, russian, arabian and portuguese.
2. the origin of coffee
there is a legend from the 15th century. a shepherd in africa noticed his herd remained awake, jumping and leaping around the whole night after consuming the red cherries of a nearby shrub, having tasted the fruit himself, he was delighted by its invigorating effects. the new discovery even impressed a group of nearby monks, who soon began to boil the bean themselves and use the liquid to stay awake during all-night ceremonies.
