内容正文:
大西洋充满着自然的力量,和谐多变。大大小小的生物在海洋深处共存,这给人一种身临其境的感觉!
The Atlantic Ocean
Not all bodies of water are so evidently alive as the Atlantic Ocean,an Sshaped body of water covering 33 million square miles.The Atlantic has,in a sense,replaced the Mediterranean as the inland sea of Western civilization.Unlike real inland seas,which seem strangely still,the Atlantic is rich in oceanic liveliness.It is perhaps not surprising that its vitality has been much written about by ancient poets.“Storm at Sea”,a short poem written around 700,is generally regarded as one of mankind's earliest artistic representations of the Atlantic.
When the wind is from the west
All the waves that cannot rest
To the east must thunder on
Where the bright tree of the sun
Is rooted in the ocean's breast
As the poem suggests,the Atlantic is never dead and dull.It is an ocean that moves,impressively and endlessly.It makes all kinds of noise—it is forever thundering,boiling,crashing,and whistling.
[阅读障碍词]
1.evidently adv.
明显地
2.Mediterranean n.
地中海
3.vitality n.
重要性
4.representation n.
代表
5.impressively adv.
令人难忘地
[诱思导读]
阅读短文,判断正(T)误(F)
1.The Atlantic Ocean covers 33 million square miles.(T)
2.The Atlantic seems still all the time.(F)
3.“Storm at sea” is regarded as one of the earliest artistic representations of the Atlantic.(T)
SectionⅠ Reading(Ⅰ) (Warmup & Lesson 1)
Ⅰ.匹配下列单词的词性及汉语意思
( )1.participate
A.adj.不知道的,未知的
( )2.evaluate
B.adv.最终;终于
( )3.arrange
C.vi.道歉
( )4.spirit
D.n.讲授,演讲
( )5.deed
E.n.祖先,祖宗
( )6.further
F.vt.安排,准备
( )7.journey
G.n.行为,行动
( )8.lecture
H.vt.评估,评价
( )9.ancestor
I.adv.更远,较远
( )10.eventually
J.vi.参加
( )11.unknown
K.n.旅行,旅程
( )12.apologise
L.n.精神
[答案] 1—5 JHFLG 6—10 IKDEB
11—12 AC
Ⅱ.选择下列句中词组的汉语意思
( )1.You're brave and courageous.You can make it.
( )2.He has had to travel the country in search of work.
( )3.You wouldn't have got into trouble if you had taken my advice.
( )4.Long before I ever went there,Africa was alive in my imagination.