Selfsufficient German village自给自足的德国村庄

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受能源價格上涨的影响，许多欧洲人在冬天通过调低暖气和关灯来节约能源。然而，住在德国东部菲利德海姆村的130人并非如此。

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1 Europeans prepare for the increase inprices of their energy bills in winter. Manyplan to try to save energy in winter by turningdown the heat and turning off lights， butnot the 130 people who live in the east Germanvillage of Feldheim. The little villagehas been energy selfsufficientfor more than ten years.

2 Feldheim built a few wind turbines （涡轮机） to provide it with electricity as an experimentin the 1990s. Then， the village expanded that effort to build a local electrical system，solar panels， batteries， and more turbines.

3 A biogas factory built to keep pigs warm was enlarged. It pumps hot water through avillagewidecentral heating system. A hydrogen production center is also being built. Now，55 wind turbines can be seen on the farmlands around Feldheim. Locals enjoy some of thelowest electricity and natural gas prices in Germany.

4 Kathleen Thompson who works for a local educational organization said thatthe villagers can all sleep well at night.“Theyve got no misgivings because the prices arenot going to change， not in the immediate future anyway，”she said.

5 Thousands of visitors from around the world come to see how Feldheim producesgreen energy. Germany， as a whole， still uses carbonbasedfuel for much of its energyneeds， but the country has invested billions in the growth of renewable energy to reduce itsuse of climatechangingenergy. Even with that investment， carbonbasedfuels and nuclearenergy were responsible for more than half of the countrys total power production in thefirst six months of 2022.

6 It is a lack of sufficient transmission capacity that often leads to shutdowns atwind parks. Carbonbasedfuel plants then increase their production to provide electricityto factories in the south.

7 Michael Knape is the mayor of Treuenbrietzen， the city to which Feldheim belongs.He said letting locals participate in and benefit from the project was key to Feldheims success.

8 The community has approved so many turbines that it makes and exports about 250times more electricity than it uses. Knape admitted that Feldheims effort can not be copiedeverywhere， but he said that such projects can be a big part of a solution.

Reading Check

Detail

1. Why do many Europeans want to save energy in winter？

A. To do some experiments.

B. To cut down their costs.

C. To learn from Germany.

D. To protect the environment.

Vocabulary

2. What does the underlined word“misgivings”mean in paragraph 4？

A. Concerns. B. Methods.

C. Requests. D. Comments.

Detail

3. What played an important role in Feldheims success？

A. The lower price of energy.

B. Peoples joining in the project.

C. The local governments support.

D. The purchase of enough wind turbines.

Inference

4. Whats the authors attitude towards Feldheims project？

A. Active. B. Negative.

C. Objective. D. Uninterested.

Language Study

Ⅰ. Difficult sentences in the text

1. Kathleen Thompson who works for a local educational organization said that the villagers can all sleep well at night. 在當地一个教育组织工作的凯瑟琳·汤普森说，村民们晚上都能睡得很好。

【点石成金】句中的who引导的是定语从句，在从句中作主语，that引导的是宾语从句。

2. It is a lack of sufficient transmission capacity that often leads to shutdowns at wind parks. 由于缺乏足够的输电能力，风电场经常关闭。

【点石成金】本句为强调句，其构成结构为：It is/was+被强调部分+that/who+其他。

Ⅱ. Text?centered chunks

prepare for 为……准备

turn down 调低

as a whole 总的来说

be responsible for 对……负责

participate in 参加；参与

benefit from 从……中受益