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DIVINGDEEP
Lyingunderwatersacrosstheglobearean
estimatedthreemilionshipwrecks(沉船).Alof
themrepresentatemptsoverthecenturiestoexplore
Earths furthestcorners. Among these is the
Esmeralda,theearliestwreckfrom theageofthe
EuropeanexplorationofAsia.Today,some500years
aftertheEsmeraldasetsail,thereislitle—ifany—
landonourplanetleftunexplored.Wehavemore
detailedmapsoftheMoon,andevenofVenusand
Mars,thanwedoofEarthsownseabed.
Explorationoftheoceanscontinuestoleadto
discoveries in various scientific fields. These
discoveriesmaysometimesincludewholecitiesburied
beneaththewaves.Onesuchfindistheancient
RomancityofNeápolis,discoveredofthecoastof
Tunisia.Believedtohavebeenburiedunderwaterbya
tsunami(海啸)inthefourthcenturyAD,theruinsof
Neápolisarealmost2,000yearsold.Theremaining
streetsandbuildingsoferawindowintoafascinating
(迷人的)periodinourhistory.
Furthermore,theoceansareavaluablesourceof
naturalresources,someofwhicharecompletelynewto
us.MostnotableoftheseisChinasdiscoveryofan
icelikesubstance,knownas“fireice”,underthe
SouthChinaSea.Inaddition,Chinasunderwater
vessels,suchastheJiaolongandShenhaiYongshi,
havebeenexploringwatersatdepthsofthousandsof
metres.TheJiaolongevenholdstherecordforthe
deepestdivebyamannedsubmarine,at7,062
metres,givingChinaitsplacealongsidetheworldstop
oceanexplorers.Theresearchconductedbythese
vesselsisgivingscientistsagreaterunderstandingof
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Unit3 SeaExploration
howtheseabedwasformed,aswelashelping
identifyareasfordeepseadriling,takingdeepsea
explorationintoawholenewera.
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[语块积累]
1.exploreEarthsfurthestcorners探索地球最远
的角落
2.ifany若有的话
3.invariousscientificfields在各个科学领域
4.beneaththewaves在波浪下
5.ancientRomancity古罗马城市
6.theremainingstreetsandbuildings留下的街
道和建筑
7.inaddition另外;此外
8.atdepthsofthousandsofmetres在几千米
深处
[亮句积累]
1.WehavemoredetailedmapsoftheMoon,and
evenofVenusandMars,thanwedoofEarthsownsea
bed.
亮点:此处 more为 many的比较级,表示数
量,后接名词,意为 “比……更多”。
句意:
2.Furthermore,theoceansareavaluablesour