Thank you for joining CCTV9’s Around China show! Now it's 8:45 p.m. Today we are talking about Earth Hour. Earth Hour started in Sydney on March31,2007. More than 2,2 million homes and businesses turned off their lights for an hour. A year later, on March29, Earth Hour became a global activity and was supported by 50 million people from 35 countries. On March 28, 2009, over 2,100 cities in 88 countries took part in it, in the same year, Earth Hour came to China. This year, many people in China turned off their lights for one hour.

This activity aims to save energy and improve climate. We have different ways to spend the dark hour such as having dinner with our family in the candlelight or sharing stories with our friends. ….

题目分析：本文的写作首先地球一小时活动的发源背景进行介绍Earth Hour started in Sydney on March31,2007.通过时间的顺序，进而描写2008,2009年的情况，点明地球一小时于2009年来到了中国Earth Hour came to China.然后对活动的目的如This activity aims to save energy and improve climate.及如何度过的进行陈述如与家人共进烛光晚餐与朋友一起分享故事such as having dinner with our family in the candlelight or sharing stories with our friends.最后给出2条建议，说明我们必须有这种环保低碳生活的意识，同时我们应该尽我们的所能从不同的行为中去实现低碳节能的生活。

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