Unit 8 Go Traveling

1、Unit 8 Go TravelingText A In the JunglePost-readingWhile-readingPre-readingText A In the JungleText AnalysisCultural backgroundWarm-up QuestionsText A In the JungleWarm-up Questions 1.What are some distinctive features of an out-of-the-way, inaccessible place such as a jungle, desert, or remote moun

2、tainous area? 2.Why would such a place appeal to many people today? 3.What are the characteristics of those people who are attracted to such places? 4.If you have both time and money, what places would you like to visit most? Why? Cultural Background Amazon river Amazon river in northern South Ameri

3、ca, largely in Brazil, ranked as the largest in the world in terms of watershed area. It is second in length only to the Nile among the rivers of the world. Ecuador Cultural BackgroundEcuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the eas

4、t and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border with Brazil. Part Division of the TextParts Para(s)Main Ideas 21 15Description of the Napo River and surrounding jungle scenery at night, together with the

5、 authors reflections on it.68Recalling what happened to her at their arrival at the village and what others felt about the Napo River and the people there.PartsPara(s)Main Ideas3918Detailed description of journeying in the jungle and her feelings about it.Blank Filling What happens in part one.in th

6、e middle of the night; It was February, the middle of summer.the Napo River in the Ecuadorian jungle; on the headwaters of the Amazon three North Americans, four EcuadoriansLike any out-of-the-way place, the Napo River in the Ecuadorian jungle seems real enough when you are there, even central.Out o

7、f the way of what?When:Where:Who:What:Why:SkimmingMake a list of at least eight things that the author finds so attractive about life in the jungle.1)2)3)4)5)6)7)8)Birds, insects and animals of all descriptions The sweet airVarious kinds of trees and other plantsRiver abundant in fish_Little girls w

8、ho liked to play with the writers hairChildren singing lovely songsTreating guests with wonderful foods_People and nature in harmony_While-readingText A In the JungleWhile-ReadingAnnie Dillard tells of her visit to the Napo River in the heart of the Ecuadorian jungle (introductory ,intrdktri paragra

9、ph, L1)in the heart of In the center of 在在中心中心 1)The thirst after happiness is never extinguished in the heart of man.幸福之后的渴望是從來不會在人類的心里消失的。2)I think its in the heart of our traditions.我認(rèn)為它是我們傳統(tǒng)的核心所在。While-Reading Out of the way of what? Out of the way of human life, tenderness, or the glance of hea

10、ven?(Para1, L1) Out of the way adj. 1.not causing a problem已被處置的，已解決的 Now that the main problems are out of the way, we can start working on the details. 2. remote from populous or much-traveled regions遠(yuǎn)離人煙的，人跡罕至的，偏僻的 The restaurant is top-notch tapntapnt t ( ( 一流的；拔尖的), but a little out of the way.

11、 3. improper or even offensive荒謬的；不適當(dāng)?shù)?，不成體統(tǒng)的 What made my mood so down is that my son knocked me out of the way.While-Reading What does the author intend to by asking this question? The author asks a question to arouse the readers interest and point out the main idea of the whole essay. This is a go

12、od way to begin and to develop an essay.While-Reading I was sitting on a stump at the edge of a bankside palm-thatch village, on the headwaters of the Amazon.(Para1, L4) at the edge of at the furthest point or boundary of (a place)在邊緣 It would test flight conditions at the edge of Earths atmosphere.

13、 它將試驗在地球大氣層邊緣的飛行狀況。 headwater The origin of a river水源While-Reading Green fireflies spattered lights across the air and illumined for seconds, now here, now there, the pale trunks of enormous, solitary trees.(Para2, L3) nownow at one time.at another time.忽而忽而 1)What mixed weather, now sunny, now clou

14、dy. 2)The market is very unstable, with the price now rising, now falling. the ring of the little girls who were alternately staring at me and smiling at their toes.(Para7, L4) =Alternatelyand一會兒一會兒一會兒一會兒While-Reading Beneath us the brown Napo River was rising, in all silence; it coiled up the sandy

15、 bank and tangled its foam in vines that trailed from the forest and roots that looped the shore.（Para3, L4） in (all) silence（完全）不出聲地（完全）不出聲地 with (complete) absence of sound or noise We should not pass over this unfair thing in silence. 我們不能對這件不公平的事不聞不問。 Translate the sentence and enjoy the aesthet

16、ic side of English. 在我們下方，褐黃色的納波河水正在漲潮。萬籟俱寂：惟見河水沿著沙岸蜿蜒流過，水沫裹挾在蔓生在森林里的藤蔓間以及盤繞岸邊的樹根上。While-Reading All at once, in the thatch house across the clearing behind us came the sound of a recorder, playing a tune that twined over the village clearing, muted our talk on the bankside, and wandered over the ri

17、ver, dissolving downstream.(Para4, L2) mute v. reduce or stop the sound of使聲音減弱或停止 1)We muted our voices at the sight of the national flag. 2)He muted but stared at his father to protest.） 他不語但瞪著他的父親以表示抗議。While-Reading dissolve: v. fade away, disappear消失 1)His strength dissolved. 2)The view dissolve

18、d in mist. become liquid 變成液體 1)Water dissolves salt. 水溶解鹽。 2)Salt dissolves in water. 鹽溶解于水中。 3)Heat dissolved the candle into a pool of wax in a few minutes.While-ReadingPay attention to the structure of the sentence.If the prepositional phrase（介詞短語） is at the beginning of a sentence, the followin

19、g subject and the predicate should be of inverted order（倒裝）. Note the parallel construction of three verbs: twined, muted and wandered. Translate the sentence into Chinese.突然，我們身后空地旁的茅屋里，傳出了錄音機(jī)的聲音，一首樂曲在村子空地之上繚繞，減弱了我們在河畔談話的聲音，然后又傳至河面，隨流飄去。While-Reading 倒裝包括全部倒裝和部分倒裝。 一、一、 部分倒裝部分倒裝 部分倒裝是將謂語的一部分，如助動詞或情

20、態(tài)動詞提到主語之前。如果句子的謂語部分沒有助動詞或情態(tài)動詞，則需添加助動詞do, does或did，并將其置于主語之前。 1.句首為否定或半否定的詞語。句首為否定或半否定的詞語。如：not, never, seldom, rarely, at no time, not . until ., not only ., hardly/ . when .等。 2.用于用于so, neither, nor 開頭的句子開頭的句子，重復(fù)前句中的部分內(nèi)容, 表示“也(不)這樣”。其結(jié)構(gòu)為：so / neither / nor + be /have / 助動詞 / 情態(tài)動詞 + 主語。While-Reading

21、 3. “only + 狀語狀語”位于句首時位于句首時，后面的主句要用部分倒裝。 4.在虛擬條件句中，當(dāng)從句謂語動詞有在虛擬條件句中，當(dāng)從句謂語動詞有were, had, should等等詞時詞時，可將if 省略，而把 were, had, should 移到主語之前。如： Were it to snow tomorrow, many crops will die. Had you come yesterday, you would have seen him. Should I be free tomorrow, I will come. 5.在以在以often, many a time,

22、now and then等表示方式或頻度的等表示方式或頻度的副詞（短語）開頭的句子副詞（短語）開頭的句子，有時也有倒裝現(xiàn)象。如： Now and then do our teachers donate some money and clothes to the poor students. While-Reading 二、二、 完全倒裝完全倒裝 完全倒裝是將句子中的謂語動詞全部置于主語之前。此結(jié)構(gòu)通常用于一般現(xiàn)在時和一般過去時。出現(xiàn)較多的是：地出現(xiàn)較多的是：地點狀語提前。點狀語提前。 1. 為了保持句子平衡且謂語是be, stand, sit, lie 等動詞時。 In front of th

23、e lecture hall sat the speaker. 2. 在there, here 引導(dǎo)的句子中，謂語是be, exist, live, lie 等表示狀態(tài)的不及物動詞時。 There lived a cruel queen long ago. 3. 在there, here 引起的句子中, 謂語動詞用come, go, follow, enter, rush, occur等時。如： There comes Yao Ming, a famous basketball superstar.While-Reading This will do, I thought. This will

24、 do, for a weekend, or a season, or a home.(Para5) What does this sentence mean? I feel happy to live here for a weekend or a season, or even to make my home here. Translate the sentence into Chinese. 人生遇此情景足矣，我暗想。在此度過周末足矣，在此小住數(shù)月足矣，在此安家足矣While-Reading I spoke anyway, and fooled with my hair, which t

25、hey were obviously dying to get their hands on (Para7, L7) be dying to do sth./for sth. urgently want to do/get sth非常想做某事情（或得到某物） She was dying to tell them that she had won first prize in the speech contest. 她迫不急待想告訴他們自己獲得了演講比賽一等獎。 Having worked for hours, I am dying for a break. 工作了這么長時間，我很想休息一會兒。

26、While-Reading get their hands on catch hold of, find or get (sth)抓到；得到 =lay ones hands on 1)The old woman keeps everything she can get her hands on. 2)I have the book, but now cant get my hands on it. 我是有這本書的，就是現(xiàn)在找不到。While-Reading And they took it apart and did it again, laughing, and teaching me Sp

27、anish nouns, and meeting my eyes and each others with open delight(Para7, L9) took apart separate into its different parts拆開，分開 1）He took the clock apart to repair it. 2）When I was little boy, I liked to take the toys apart and put them together again and again. Translate “meeting my eyes and each o

28、thers with open delight” 望望我，又相互對望，個個喜形于色。望望我，又相互對望，個個喜形于色。While-Reading “It makes me wonder,” he said, “what Im doing in a tent under a tree in the village of Pompeya, on the Napo River, in the jungle of Ecuador.” After a pause he added, “It makes me wonder why Im going back.” (Para8, L5) 我不由得納悶我不由

29、得尋思 wonder what/why/if/how 不知道，感到疑惑/好奇，想知道 I wonder if you could post this letter for me. 你能幫我寄下這封信嗎？ What can you refer from this sentence? They enjoy the peaceful life here very much and dont want to go back to the modern world.While-Reading The point of going somewhere like the Napo River in Ecua

30、dor is not to see the most spectacular anything. (Para9, L2) spectacular adj. extraordinary; very attractive or impressive與眾不同的；壯觀的，引人入勝的 1)His achievement on science is spectacular . 他在科學(xué)上的成就是很顯著的。 2)We enjoyed a spectacular display of fire works on Tiananmen Square. 我們在天安門廣場觀看了一場精彩的煙火表演。While-Read

31、ing We are here on the planet only once, and might as well get a feel for the place.(Para9, L3) Translate this sentence. 人生在世，唯有一次，我們不妨去感受一下那個地方。人生在世，唯有一次，我們不妨去感受一下那個地方。While-Reading We might a well get a feel for the fringes and hollows in which life is lived, for., and for(Para9, L5) fringe n. the

32、 outer edge or limit of sth.邊緣，邊界 This is an enormous field of which l can here touch only the fringe. 這是一個很廣闊的領(lǐng)域, 我在這里只能談個大概。 hollow n. a space sunk into something 洞穴 More sand is needed to fill the hollow in the driveway. While-Reading What is there is interesting. (Para10, L1) Pay attention to th

33、e structure. Here “what is there” is used as a subjective clause with the meaning: 那里的一切. So we can translate this sentence like this: 那里的一切充滿趣味。While-ReadingParrots in flocks dart in and out of the light.(Para10, L3)in flocksn. a group of certain animals; (informal) a crowd, large number of people1

34、)Many small birds feed in flocks.2)People came in flocks to see the new hydraulic haidr:lik power station. 人們成群結(jié)隊地來參觀新建的水電站。 v. gather or move in large crowds Birds of a feather flock together. 物以類聚，人以群分。 While-Reading He was even more startled, night after night, to hear them walk down to the river

35、 slowly, half asleep, and bathe in the water.(Para12, L5) startle n. a sudden involuntary movement驚愕；驚恐 v. move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm 驚嚇；驚跳；驚奇 She startled when I walked into the room. night after night / day after day for an indefinite number of successive nights / days一夜又一夜，

36、日復(fù)一日 The headache occurs day after day without a specific cause.While-Reading Only later did he learn what they were doing: they were getting warm. (Para12, L7) Analyze this sentence. This is an inverted sentence倒裝句. When “only + adverbial” is used at the beginning of the sentence, the following sub

37、ject and predicate should be partially inverted. Examples: 1）Only in this way can you solve the problem. 2）Only when we had studied the data again did we realized that there was a mistake。While-Reading When you are inside the jungle, away from the river, the trees vault out of sight.(Para13, L2) out

38、 of sight no longer in view在視野以外，看不見 Out of sight, out of mind. 人別情疏；眼不見，心不煩。 Collocation: at first sight 乍看起來，初次看見 in sight 可見，看得見；在望；不遠(yuǎn) lose sight of看不見；失去聯(lián)系；忘記While-Reading There was all the time in the world.(Para15, L4) Translate the sentence into Chinese. 我們毋庸為時間擔(dān)憂，可以從容地欣賞周圍的一切。 What is implie

39、d in this sentence? Life here is quiet, peaceful and happy. There isnt much tension and pressure, so we can enjoy and relax ourselves.While-Reading I saw the shoreline water heave above a thrashing paichi(Para16, L3) heave n. an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling) It took fi

40、ve strong men to heave it up a ramp and lower it into place. 用了5個壯漢把它拉上斜坡并向下放置到位。 v. (cause to) rise up or swell, as if pushed up （使）升起或鼓起 It took only one heave to hurl him into the river. 只是一推，就把他推進(jìn)了河里。While-Reading We would eat chicken that right in the village, togeher with rice, onions and heap

41、s of fruit.(Para17, L2) heap n. plenty of, a lot of (usu. in plural: heaps of 大量，許多) 1）We have heaps of / a heap of work to do. 2）My mother has been there heaps of times, but she would still get lost. 媽媽曾經(jīng)去過那里很多次，但依然會迷路。While-Reading Twilight is short, and the unseen birds of twilight wistful, catch

42、ing the heart.(Para17, L4) wistful adj. showing pensive sadness渴望的；留戀的；沉思的 A child stood looking with wistful eyes at the toys in the shop window. 小孩子一直用渴望的眼神盯著商店窗戶里的那個玩具。 What does this sentence mean? The songs of the birds sound touchingly sad as they sing, hidden from sight in the dim light of th

43、e short period between sunset and nightfall. 黃昏短暫，暮色中，看不見的鳥兒的啼鳴聲發(fā)人幽思，聲聲動人。While-Reading The two nuns in their dazzling white habitsthe beautiful-boned young nun and the warm-faced oldwould glide to the open cane-and-thatch schoolroom in darkness, and start the children singing.(Para17, L5) “start/get/have/