1、 Dangerous Sunshine to ChildrenTwo United Nations1agencies warned on Tuesday that children are most at risk of developing skincancers as a result of the long-term decline in the earth’s protective ozonelayer. The agencies, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the UNEnvironmental Programme (UNEP) 2,issued the warning as they launched a globalprogramme aimed at alerting schools to the dangers of exposure to the sun.“As ozone depletion becomes more marked, and as peoplearound the world engage more in sun seeking behaviour, the risk of healthcomplications from over-exposure to ultra-violet radiation is becoming asubstantial public health concern,” said WHO Director-genera3 Lee Jong-wook. Byreducing the time children and adolescents are exposed to direct sunlight, hesaid: “We can substantially reduce the risk of contracting skin cancers,cataracts and other conditions4 which might only appear much later in life.”In its 2002 WorldHealth Report, the WHO said around the world an average of 66,000 people diedevery year from melanoma or other types of skin cancer. Independent scientificresearch shows that every year there are between two to three million new casesof non- malignant melanoma and around 130,000 malignant—and normally fatal—newfull blown skin cancer cases.Although most knownskin cancers seemed to occur in the industrialized world, WHO radiation andenvironmental health specialist Mike Repacholi told a news conference5, therewere many cases believed to be unreported in poorer countries. Although peoplewith darker skins were less susceptible to6; skin cancers, they were just aslikely to contract eye cataracts as fairer-skinned populations, and peopleliving close to the equator were even more likely to develop them.As for theprotection method, the WHO said that under the school plan, dubbed the Intersun Project7, the two agencies will distribute packages showing teachers how todevelop their own sun education programrnes, the WHO said. In a joint statementfrom the two agencies which also marked the International Day for thePreservation of the Ozone Layer, UNEP Executive Director8 Klaus Toepfer saidlatest studies showed the protective shield was on the road to9 recovery. Thiswas the result of international agreements over the past two decades to phaseout10 use of various chemicals—like those used in some pesticides,refrigerators and aerosols.“But we must remain vigilant and more needs to be donebefore we can say that the problem is solved for goodH ,” said Toepfer. Thisincluded stopping illegal trade in banned chemicals and enforcing theagreements in developing countries.“Only then can we say that the sky above ourheads will be safe for our children and their children to come,” the formerGerman environment minister said.词汇：protecnve/pro''tektlved/adj．保护的，防护的ozone/5EuzEun,Eu5z-/n．臭氧alert/E5lE:t/向…发出警报；使警觉depletion/di5pli:FEn/n．耗尽(精力或资源等)complication/7kCmpli5keiF(E)n/n．并发症，并发病ultra-violet/5QltrE5vaiElit/adj．紫外(线)的n．紫外线radiation/7reidi5eiFEn/n.放射，辐射substantial/sEb5stAnFEl/adj.重大的contract/5kCntrAkt/vt．患(病)；感染(恶习等)cataract/5kAtErAkt/n.白内障melanoma/7melE5nEumE/n.黑素瘤non-malignant/nJNmalignant/adj恶性的malignant/mE5li^nEnt/adj．恶性的full-blown/adj．成熟的fairer-skinned/fZE5skind]/adj．肤色较浅的equator/i5kweitE/n.赤道dub/dQb/(dubbed；dubbing)vt．给……起外号preservation/7prezE(:)5veiFEn/n.保护shield/Fi:ld/n．屏，障；防护物，护罩pesticide/5pestisaid/n．杀虫剂，农药aerosol/5ZErEsCl/a．烟，雾；烟雾剂vigilant/5vidVilEnt/adj．警惕的，警醒的enforce/in5fC:s/实施，执行注释：1．United Nations(UN)；联合国2.World HealthOrganization(WHO)：世界卫生组织 UN Environmental Programme(UNEP)：联合国环境规划署3．WHO Director-general：世界卫生组织总干事4．condition在医学文献中常常用来指“疾病”。5．anews/pressconference：记者招待会6．susceptible to：对……易感的，容易受到……的7．the Inter sun Project：(世界卫生组织)保护儿童免受紫外线辐射的规划8．UNEP ExecutiveDirector：联合国环境规划署执行主任9．on the road to：在去……的旅途中10．Phase out：分阶段(逐步)结束11．for good(and all)：永久地；决定性地练习:
1Why does therisk of developing skin cancers in children become greater and greater?
2 How manypeople die from skin cancers including melanoma all over the world every year?
3What peopleare more likely to develop eye cataracts?
4 All of thefollowing articles may use some chemicals unfavorable for the preservation ofthe ozone layer EXCEPT______.
5The phrase“for good” in the last paragraph can be best replaced by______.
