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必修 第一册
1. During autumn, these same mountains are gold, and in winter they are covered in sheets of white frost.
秋收,满山金黄;而隆冬,它们又披上了冰霜做成的雪白毛毯。
cover v.
① Much of the country is covered by forest.
森林覆盖了这个国家的大片土地。
②Snow covered the ground.
大雪覆盖了大地。
to lie or spread over the surface of sth 盖,覆盖
2. These terraces were built by the local Zhuang and Yao people, to whom Guangxi is home.
龙脊梯田的建造者是广西当地的壮族和瑶族居民。
be home to...
① Jamaica is home to over two million people.
牙买加是两百多万人的家乡。
②The wetlands are home to a large variety of wildlife.
湿地是多种野生动物的栖息地。
是......的居住地
3. So why did these people go to so much trouble to turn the entire mountains into terraces?
为什么当地人要如此大费周章,将整片山地变成梯田呢?
①Please don't go to so much trouble to help me, or I'll feel I'm being treated as a stranger.
你费这么大力气帮我,倒有点见外了。
②Why did the Egyptians go to so much trouble to create this sky map?
为什么埃及人费大力气绘制这个天空图?
go to so much trouble to do sth
费大力气去做某事
turn…into…
把……变成……
①The sun heats the water and turns it into vapour.
太阳把水加热,使它变成水蒸气。
②Water turns into ice when it freezes.
天气极冷时水能变成冰。
③The farmers are turning waste land into rice fields.
农民们正在把荒地变成稻田。
1. Please don't go to so much trouble, I don't want to put you out (给你添麻烦).
请不要费那么大力气,我不想给你添麻烦。
2. 十年艰苦生活使他变成了一个老头。
Ten years of hard life had turned him into an old man.
4. Secondly, although the region has plenty of rain, the mountains are steep and the soil is shallow.
其次,尽管该地区多雨,但山地坡度大、土层浅薄。
plenty of
① There is plenty of work to be done in the garden.
花园里有很多活要干。
②The city has plenty of open space.
这座城市有很多开阔的空地。
a large amount of, usually more than enough 很多
5. The flat terraces catch the rainwater and prevent the soil from being washed away.
水平的梯田能够储存雨水,防止土壤流失。
prevent…from…
①Further treatment will prevent cancer from developing.
进一步的治疗将阻止癌症恶化。
②Who prevents the plans from being carried out?
谁阻止了这个计划的实施?
to stop sb from doing sth; to stop sth from happening 阻止……做……
wash away
①Flood waters washed away one of the main bridges in Pusan.
洪水冲垮了釜山的一座主要桥梁。
② Part of the path had been washed away by the sea.
部分小路已被海浪冲坏。
If rain or floods wash away sth, they destroy it and carry it away. 冲垮;冲走
6. But perhaps what is most significant is the way in which people have worked in harmony with nature to make these terraces and grow rice.
但也许最令人惊叹的还是人与自然和谐相处建造梯田并种植水稻的方式。
①With better education, people will be able to build a better society in harmony with nature.
有了更好的教育,人们能够建立一个与自然和谐相处的更美好的社会。
②We must try to live in peace and harmony with ourselves and those around us.
我们必须努力和我们自己及周围的人和睦相处。
in harmony with
in a state of peaceful existence and agreement 与…...和谐相处
7. The terraces are cleverly designed, with hundreds of waterways that connect with each other.
这些梯田设计巧妙,其间有几百条相互连通的水渠。
①The program designed to help jobless people just didn’t work out as planned.
这个旨在帮助失业人员的项目没有按计划奏效。
②The house is specially designed for the old people.
这类房子是专为老人设计的。
design v.
be specially designed for 专为……设计
to make, plan or intend sth for a particular purpose or use 制造;设计;意欲
8. Although modern technology could help produce more crops, these terraces still mean a lot to the local people for whom traditions hold much value.
尽管现代科技有助于提高农作物的产量,但对珍视传统的当地人来说,这些梯田依然具有重要的意义。
①Many past research methodologies still hold much value.
过去的许多研究方法仍然具有很大的价值。
②If Mr Bruce is right, then that thesis no longer holds much value.
如果布鲁斯先生是对的,那么这个论点就不再有太大的价值了。
hold much value
十分重要,有价值
9. Today, the Longji Rice Terraces attract thousands of visitors who come to admire this great wonder created by people and nature working together.
今天,成千上万的游客慕名而来,欣赏这由人与自然共同创造的壮丽奇观。
①The Great Wall is one of the seven wonders of the world.
② the wonders of modern technology
wonder n.
长城是世界七大奇观之一。
sth that fills you with surprise and admiration 奇迹;奇观;奇事
现代技术的奇迹
①She wondered at her own stupidity.
她惊讶自己竟会这样愚蠢。
②I don't wonder you're tired. You've had a busy day.
你累了,这我一点儿不诧异。你已经忙了一整天。
wonder v.
①I wonder who she is.
我想弄明白她到底是谁。
②I wonder where we should go next.
我想知道接下来我们应该去哪儿。
(2) to be very surprised by sth 感到诧异
(1) to think about sth and try to decide what is true, what will happen, what you should do, etc.
想知道,想弄明白
1. The Great Wall is a man-made wonder.
长城是人力造就的奇观。
2. 我刚才正想知道你上哪儿了呢。
I was just beginning to wonder where you were.
Let the word fly
“go”在英语中是一个十分常用的单词,我们几乎每天都离不开它,但它与汉语中“去”的意思不完全一致,在许多情况下和不同的词搭配会有不同的意思。
go
Victory won’t come to me unless I go to it.
— M. Moore
胜利是不会向我走来的,我必须自己走向胜利。
—— 穆尔
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试着翻译下面的英文,注意单词 go 的用法。
1. We went by train.
我们坐火车去。
2. They have gone boating.
他们划船去了。
3. The milk went sour.
牛奶变质了。
4. His eyesight is going.
他的视力正在衰退。
5. This paint doesn't go.
这漆的颜色不合适。
6. This clock does not go.
这钟不走了。
7. This luggage won't go in the car.
车子放不下这行李。
8. This paragraph must go.
这段得删去。
9. She is going to have a baby.
她就要生小孩了。
10. How shall we go about the job?
我们该怎样着手做这件工作?
11. Don’t go by what she says.
别听她的。
12. They went for each other in the papers.
他们在报上互相指责。
13. Go on with your work.
继续干你的工作。
Work in groups and make up as many sentences as possible with go, then we’ll check which group is the most productive.
现学现用
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1. be covered in
2. be home to
3. go to so much trouble to do sth
4. turn…into…
5. plenty of
6. prevent… from…
7. wash away
8. in harmony with
9. hold much value
被铺/覆盖上……
是......的居住地
费大力气去做某事
把……变成……
很多
阻止……做……
冲垮;冲走
与…...和谐相处
十分重要,有价值
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wonder prevent…from… cover
design go to so much trouble to
1. The wind blew in from the desert and ________ everything with sand.
2. The method is specifically ________ for use in small groups.
3. I was __________ whether you'd like to come to a party.
4. Why do they ______________________ hide the cars?
5. Do not let making a living ________________making a life.
designed
covered
go to so much trouble to
prevent you from
I. Fill in the blanks with the right forms of the words and phrases given.
wondering
II. Translate the following sentences into English.
1. 一年内,她把一个问题儿童变成了模范学生。(turn...into...)
2. 大雨不仅将冲走土壤,而且可能造成严重的洪水灾害。(wash away)
3. 人们常常心存疑虑,为什么历史学家要费大力气保存数以万计的书籍、文献和记录。(wonder, go to so much trouble to do)
In one year she turned a problem child into a model student.
Heavy rain would not only wash away the soil but would cause serious floods as well.
People often wonder why historians go to so much trouble to preserve millions of books, documents and records.
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4. 有很多仆人服侍她。(plenty of)
5. 我们必须努力和我们自己及周围的人和睦相处。(in harmony with)
6. 澳洲是袋鼠的故乡。(be home to)
There are plenty of servants to wait on her.
We must try to live in peace and harmony with ourselves and those around us.
Australia is the home to kangaroos.
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Self-evaluation
Do you know the meanings of the following words and expressions? Can you use them correctly?
design wonder
be covered in be home to... in harmony with
go to so much trouble to do sth plenty of
turn…into… prevent…from… wash away
hold much value
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