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精彩三年课程探究与巩固 英语 必修一
Unit 4 Natural Disasters
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The Martian《火星救援》
(1)Every human being has a basic instinct①:
to help each other out. If a hiker gets
lost in the mountains, people will
coordinate② a search. If a train crashes,
people will line up to give blood. If an earthquake levels a city,
people all over the world will send emergency supplies. This is
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so fundamentally human that it's found in every culture
without exception③.
人类都有一个本能:会帮助彼此走出困境。若远足者在山里
迷路了,会有人组织搜救。若火车撞车了,人们会排着队去
献血。若有城市被地震夷为平地,全世界的人都会输送应急
物资。这是基本的人性,全球各地都是这样,无一例外。
(2)It's space. It doesn't cooperate. I guarantee you that at some
point, everything's going to go south on you. You're going to
say, “This is it. This is how I end.” Now you can either accept
that, or you can get to work.
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这里是太空。太空不会主动配合你。我可以很肯定地告诉
你,在某些时刻,发生在你身上的每件事都会很糟糕。你可
能会说:“就这样了,我可能就这样完蛋了。”现在,你要么
接受这个现实等死,要么就开始想办法。
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Farewell Atlantis《2012》
Darling, listen to me. Do you understand
how much strength it gives me knowing
that you will survive? The only thing left
to do now is tell the truth to people. At least
if they know, families can say goodbye to
each other. A mother can comfort④ her children. And a father can ask his daughter for forgiveness⑤.
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亲爱的,听我说。得知你将会幸存下来,你知道这给了我多大的力量吗?现在唯一要做的就是把真相告诉人们。如果他们知道 了,至少家人之间可以互相告别。妈妈可以安慰她的孩子,而爸爸也可以向他的女儿请求原谅。
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The Day After Tomorrow《后天》
(1)These past few weeks have left us
all with a profound⑥ sense of
humility in the face of nature's
destructive power. For years,
we operated under the belief that we could continue
consuming our planet's natural resources without
consequences. We were wrong. I was wrong. The fact that my
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first address to you comes from a consulate⑦ on foreign soil is
a testament⑧ to our changed reality.
过去的数周,在大自然的摧毁力面前,我们深深地感到人类
有多渺小。多年来,我们以为可以无休止地消耗地球资源而
无须付出代价。我们错了。我错了。我在一家位于国外的领
事