Unit 8 Lesson 2 Highway of Dreams(课件)-2023-2024学年剑桥少儿英语三级下册

HIGHWAY OF DREAMS Reading Explorer 3-8B @PDD 小牛教辅 This road is part of the 2,600-kilometer Transoceanic Highway. The highway stretches from the Pacific Ocean in Peru and connects with Brazil's already existing highways, which extend to the Atlantic Ocean. Before You Read 1. The highway would provide easier and more affordable transportation for people and goods. 2. The pristine environment in the Amazon will be threatened. HIGHWAY OF DREAMS A new road that connects the Pacific with the Atlantic could bring riches - and environmental ruin. Mary Luz Guerra remembers a trip she took in 2003 from the city of Cusco, high in the Peruvian Andes, to her home in Puerto Maldonado, a city in the Amazon rain forest. By plane, this 320-kilometer journey would have taken only 37 minutes, but Mary had traveled by truck along narrow mountain roads, across rushing rivers, and through dense jungle. It took her three days to reach home. During the long trip, she remembers thinking, "I can't wait till they build that highway!" Almost 10 years after that long journey, Mary's wish came true. ruin v.破坏; 毁灭 truck n. 卡车 dense adj.密集的 ; 稠密的 HIGHWAY OF DREAMS Bridging a Continent In early 2012, the Transoceanic Highway opened to public vehicles for the first time. A dream of Peru's political leaders since the 1950s, work on the vast network of roads and bridges began in 2006 and was completed in 2011. Today, the east-west passageway spans 2,600 kilometers. From Peru's Pacific Ocean coastline, it continues across the Andes Mountains and through a large part of Peru's Amazon rain forest. It then travels into Brazil, where it connects with a network of existing highways to the Atlantic. Bridging a Continent 跨越一片大陆 passageway n.通道 coastline n.海岸线 Amazon rain forest 亚马逊雨林 HIGHWAY OF DREAMS The Transoceanic Highway has been celebrated as one of South America's greatest engineering feats, and supporters say it will greatly improve people's lives. Until recently, travel between the cities of Cusco and Puerto Maldonado in Peru took days by bus or truck - as Mary's story ilustrates - and drivers had to use narrow, partially unpaved mountain roads. Now the trip only takes a few hours, and is much safer. ilustrates 说明，探讨 partially adv.部分地; 不完全地 unpave 未铺砌 If a road is unpaved, it is mostly dirt. HIGHWAY OF DREAMS Improving People's Lives In addition to making travel faster and easier, supporters say the highway will be good for business. There is enormous demand in North America and Asia for Brazilian and Peruvian products, including soybeans, beef, and gold. A number of companies in Cusco and Puerto Maldonado also sell wood to different corners of the world. Many of these companies transport their lumber to the Pacific, where it travels by ship to other countries. Thanks to the highway, wood can now reach the Pacific in days, in the past, it could take a week or more. This lowers costs and allows the wood to reach customers sooner, and in better condition. In the long run, say many business owners, this will mean more profit. enormous adj.巨大的 lumber n. 木材 Lumber is wood that has been cut into boards. profit n.利润 HIGHWAY OF DREAMS The highway will also open up areas of the Peruvian Amazon that were not accessible just a few years ago. This may increase activity in these areas and give people new places to live in and travel to. This, in turn, could mean more jobs and money for Peruvians. accessible adj.可使用的;可进入的 This, in turn 这反过来... HIGHWAY OF DREAMS Environmental Challenges Despite the highway's many potential benefits, environmentalists are concerned. The Transoceanic passes directly through a large part of the Amazon rain forest, in the state of Madre de Dios in Peru. According to a Peruvian government study, the forested area in the western mountains of this state has the greatest biodiversity of any place on Earth, and until recently, large parts of the forest were in pristine condition. As more people move into the region, environmentalists worry about the impact this will have on the Amazon's plants and animals, many of which are found nowhere else. biodiversity n.生物多样性 Biodiversity is the existence of a wide variety of living things (plants, animals, insects, etc.) in a certain place. pristine adj.清新的 ; 崭新的 If something is pristine, it is in its original condition or is unspoiled. impact v.影响 ; 撞击 ; 冲击力 HIGHWAY OF DREAMS Shortly after the highway opened, large numbers of people began coming into Puerto Maldonado from all over Peru - and the world - to mine gold. There's a lot of money to be made in mining, as well as in farming, says environmental photographer Gabby Salazar. "I think we're going to see a big increase in farming," she says. "Right across the border in Brazil, you see soybean farms all over the place." Studies show that 95 percent of the deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon occurs within 50 kilometers of a highway, and environmentalists like Salazar are concerned that the same thing is happening in Peru. "It's having an impact on the environment," she explains. "It's having an impact on the people as well." border n.边界 ; 边境 ; 国界 deforestation n.毁林 ; 森林砍伐 ; 滥伐森林 Deforestation is the destruction or cutting down of all the trees in an area. occurs v.发生; 出现 HIGHWAY OF DREAMS Faced with these risks, many Peruvians talk about the importance of being practical. "In rural Peru, a lot of people are living in poverty, so it's very dificult to say don't build the highway," explains Roger Mustalish, president of the Amazon Center for Environmental Education and Research. "But every time you see a road like this going through, you soon see major changes." Will these changes be mostly positive or negative? Many Peruvians are hopeful, but only time will tell. practical adj.实际的; 适用的 rural adj.农村的 ; 乡村的 Rural places are in the country, far away from cities. Post -Reading Reading Comprehension Reading Comprehension Reading Comprehension Reading Comprehension faster live jobs biodiversity pristine farming Reading Skill Reading Skill Reading Skill I think Mary feels negative about the old highway because she says that it was a long and uncomfortable journey. She couldn't wait for the new highway to be built. I think the author feels neutral about the new highway right now because the passage is organized into facts about the positive and negative aspects of the highway. The writer ends the passage saying that only time will tell if it will bring good or bad changes. Reading Skill The Grand Canal and the Transoceanic Highway are similar because they were both built to help people transport goods and travel more easily across vast distances. I think the Transoceanic Highway will be as successful as the Grand Canal because it serves as a way to transport people and goods across difficult terrain. Now that the highway is open, people will not want to go back to being as isolated as they were before. 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