新英語讀寫譯教程 第2冊(cè)第二版 課件 unit 7 A Special Gift

ASpecialGiftUnit7新實(shí)用英語讀寫譯教程（第2冊(cè)）第二版Man'swisdomholdsthreekeys,onetoopennumbers,onetoopenletters,andonetoopennotes.Thefantasyofknowledgeandthoughtisinit.—VictorHugo(1802–1885,Frenchwriter)人的智慧掌握著三把鑰匙，一把開啟數(shù)字，一把開啟字母，一把開啟音符。知識(shí)和思想的幻想就在其中?！S克多·雨果（1802年—1885年，法國作家）CONTENTSPARTⅠIntegratedCourseTextASeaHarvestTextBForecastandCloudsPARTⅡReadingTrainingIn-classReadingNewWords&ExpressionsQuestionsReadingExercisesPassage1ReadingExercisesPassage2PARTⅢWorkplaceContextReadingPassageNewWordsandExpressionsComprehensionoftheReadingPassageDiscussingTopicsPARTⅣWritingWorkLettersofDeclininganInvitationandRefusalWritingExercisesPARTⅤTranslationSkills英漢翻譯基本技巧（7）Exercises中國人民大學(xué)出版社新實(shí)用英語讀寫譯教程（第2冊(cè)）第二版PARTⅠINTEGRATEDCOURSE新實(shí)用英語讀寫譯教程（第2冊(cè)）第二版中國人民大學(xué)出版社TextAInformationRelatedtoTextAPassageofTextANewWordsandExpressionsComprehensionofTextASeaHarvestBACK新實(shí)用英語讀寫譯教程（第2冊(cè)）第二版中國人民大學(xué)出版社一、海洋資源海洋資源是包括海洋生物、海底礦產(chǎn)、海水、海洋能源、港口等多種類型的綜合性資源。海洋生物資源是生物資源的組成部分。海底礦產(chǎn)資源首推石油和天然氣，海底石油的可能儲(chǔ)量估計(jì)約占全球石油可能儲(chǔ)量的1/3。已探明海底石油和天然氣的儲(chǔ)量，均已占到世界探明總儲(chǔ)量的1/4左右。濱海砂礦是目前在重要性上僅次于石油、天然氣的海洋礦產(chǎn)資源，它們是大陸上的巖石風(fēng)化產(chǎn)生的碎屑，經(jīng)河流沖運(yùn)至河口、海濱堆積而成的。濱海砂礦易于開采，具有重要的經(jīng)濟(jì)價(jià)值，世界上約96%的金紅石、80%的獨(dú)居石、75%的錫石、30%的鈦鐵礦都產(chǎn)自濱海砂礦。另外，濱海砂礦中還有磷鈣土、金、鉑、金剛石等；那些普通的砂和礫石，也是不可缺少而且用量很大的建筑材料資源。近幾十年NEXTBACKInformationRelatedtoTextA來遠(yuǎn)離海岸的洋底上的多金屬結(jié)核和天然氣水合物（也稱甲烷水合物）的發(fā)現(xiàn)，可能成為本世紀(jì)人類錳、鐵、銅、鋁、鎳、鈦、鉬等多種金屬和能源的主要來源。海水中溶有多種有用的成分，最為人所熟悉的是一日三餐不可缺少的鹽，我國沿海海岸線很長，可供曬鹽的灘涂地約有84萬公頃，所產(chǎn)海鹽滿足了全國近半數(shù)人口和80%的工業(yè)用鹽的需要。海水還可直接使用，如作為工業(yè)用的冷卻水。日本有40%~50%的工業(yè)用水是海水。海洋蘊(yùn)藏著巨大的能源，包括潮汐能、波浪能、海流能等。據(jù)聯(lián)合國教科文組織估計(jì)，全球海洋中蘊(yùn)藏的發(fā)電能力達(dá)到766億千瓦，技術(shù)上有可能利用的為64億千瓦，約為目前世界發(fā)電裝機(jī)總?cè)萘康?倍。我國海洋能源的理論蘊(yùn)藏量約為6.3億千瓦。海洋能源的開發(fā)正受到全世界的關(guān)注。InformationRelatedtoTextANEXTPREV.UPInformationRelatedtoTextA二、中國與鄰國的海洋爭端據(jù)權(quán)威部門的數(shù)據(jù)，中國海洋面積是299.7萬平方公里，約為陸地面積的1/3。我國海岸線長度為1.8萬公里，居世界第四位；大陸架面積居世界第五位，200海里專屬經(jīng)濟(jì)區(qū)面積居世界第十位。但是，中國面臨著激烈的海域劃界爭端，要按照《聯(lián)合國海洋法公約》爭得300萬平方公里的管轄海域，還有相當(dāng)大的困難。我國的海洋國土由黃海、渤海、東海和南海組成，除渤海屬于內(nèi)水不存在爭議外，其他3個(gè)海區(qū)都需要按1982年制定的《聯(lián)合國海洋法公約》與鄰國合理劃分。在黃海，總面積38萬平方公里的海域中應(yīng)劃歸我國管轄的有25萬平方公里。可是在海域劃界問題上，韓國主張等距線為界，如果按此劃分，朝、韓可以多劃18萬平方公里。也就是說，我國與朝鮮和NEXTPREV.UP韓國存在著18萬平方公里的爭議海區(qū)。在東海，我國固有領(lǐng)土釣魚列島被日本非法侵占；東海大陸架是我國陸地的自然延伸，因此面積77萬平方公里的海區(qū)中應(yīng)歸我管轄的為54萬平方公里，但是日本卻提出中日兩國是共架國，要求按中間線劃分海域。按日本的無理要求，日本與我國有16萬平方公里的爭議地區(qū)。在南海，我海洋權(quán)益受到的侵犯更加嚴(yán)重。面對(duì)爭端，我國提出了“擱置爭議，共同開發(fā)”的建議。應(yīng)當(dāng)說，“擱置爭議，共同開發(fā)”的提出，充分反映了中國政府和人民的善良愿望，但遺憾的是，我們等待共同開發(fā)，別人卻在搶先開發(fā)，雖然簽署了南海地區(qū)行為準(zhǔn)則，但形勢(shì)依然嚴(yán)峻。InformationRelatedtoTextABACKPREV.Inthemoderntechnologicalworld,theseaoffersmany

resourcestohelpmankindsurvive.Resourcesonlandarebeginningtobeusedup.Thesea,however,stillcanbehopedtosupplymanyofman’sneeds.Thelistofrichesoftheseayettobedevelopedbyman’stechnologyisimpressive.Oilandgasexplorationshavebeencarriedoutfornearly30years.ValuableamountsofmineralsexistonSeaHarvestManisalandanimal,butheisalsocloselytiedtothesea.Throughouthistorytheseahasservedtheneedsofman.Theseahasprovidedmanwithfoodandaconvenientwaytotraveltomanypartsoftheworld.Today,nearlytwo-thirdsoftheworld’spopulationlivewithin80kilometersoftheseacoast.NEXTBACKTranslationtemperatureoftheoceancanbeusedinawaysimilartothesteaminasteamship.Oceancurrentsandwavesofferpossibleuseasasourceofenergy.Technologyisenablingmantoexploreevermoredeeplyunderthesea.Thedevelopmentofstrong,newmaterialshasmadethispossible.theoceanfloorreadytobemined.Fishfarmingpromisestobeagoodwaytoproducelargequantitiesoffood.ThecultureoffishandshellfishisanancientskillpractisedinthepastmainlybyOrientalpeople.Besidesoilandgas,theseamayoffernewsourcesofenergy.ExpertsbelievethatthewarmTranslationNEXTPREV.UPSeaHarvestThetechnologytoharvesttheseacontinuestoimprove.Expertsbelievethattheproblemsthatpreventusfromexploitingfullythefood,minerals,andenergysourcesoftheseawillbelargelysolvedsoon.TranslationBACKPREV.SeaHarvestTranslationofTextA人是生活在陸地上的動(dòng)物，但同樣非常依賴海洋。過去大海滿足了人類的需要。它為人類提供了食物和周游世界各地的便利條件。今天，世界上有將近2/3的人口居住在離海岸80公里的范圍內(nèi)。在這個(gè)現(xiàn)代科技的世界，大海為人類的生存提供了多種多樣的資源。陸地上的資源即將耗盡，然而我們?nèi)钥善诖Ｑ髞頋M足我們的需要。這些海洋財(cái)富相當(dāng)可觀，不過仍有待人類的科技去開發(fā)。石油和天然氣的勘探已經(jīng)進(jìn)行了約30年。開發(fā)海洋BACKTranslationofTextA埋藏在海底的寶貴的礦藏等著人類去開采。漁業(yè)捕撈將是一個(gè)生產(chǎn)大量食品的好方法。在過去，魚類和貝類的捕撈文化主要存在于古老的東方民族。除了石油和天然氣，海洋也許還能提供新型能源。專家認(rèn)為可以用與輪船蒸汽相似的原理來利用海水的熱度。同樣，洋流和海浪也可成為一種能源。人類依靠科技能探測(cè)到海洋的更深處。新型的堅(jiān)固材料的發(fā)展使之變得可能。BACKTranslationofTextA開發(fā)海洋的技術(shù)在不斷改進(jìn)。專家們相信，那些阻礙我們充分開發(fā)海產(chǎn)品、海底礦物和海洋能源的難題大部分都會(huì)很快得到解決。BACKNewWordsandExpressionsriches/5rItFIz/

n.suitedorfavorabletoone’scomfort,purpose,orneeds方便的relatingtoorinvolvingtechnology,especiallyscientifictechnology技術(shù)的valuableorpreciouspossessions財(cái)富；財(cái)產(chǎn)convenient

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/maIn/v.toextract(oreorminerals)fromtheearth開采；挖掘shellfish

/5FelfIF/n.anaquaticanimal,suchasamollusk(軟體動(dòng)物)orcrustacean(甲殼綱動(dòng)物),thathasashellorshell-likeexoskeleton貝類動(dòng)物NewWordsandExpressionsalargevesselpropelledbyoneormoresteamdrivenscrews,propellers,orpaddles輪船thepartofabodyofliquidthathasacontinuousonwardmovement水流steamship/5sti:mFIp/n.current/5kQrEnt/n.prevent

/prI5vent/v.tokeep(someone)fromdoingsomething阻礙；阻撓BACKPREV.DetailedStudyofTextABACK1.Manisalandanimal,butheisalsocloselytiedtothesea.人是生活在陸地上的動(dòng)物，但同樣非常依賴海洋。betiedtosomething:toberelatedtosomethinganddependentonit依賴，依靠例如：Marywashuntingforajob,becauseshedidn’twanttobetiedtoherfamily.瑪麗正在找工作，因?yàn)樗幌胍蕾嚰依锶?。Manylonelyoldpeoplearetiedtotheirpets.很多寂寞老人都把感情寄托在寵物上。DetailedStudyofTextABACK2.Throughouthistorytheseahasservedtheneedsofman.過去大海都滿足了人類的需要。throughout:allorrightthrough貫穿，遍及；整個(gè)，完全例如：Thenewswasspreadthroughoutthecountry.消息傳遍了整個(gè)國家。Sheworkedhardlikethisthroughoutherlife.她一生都像現(xiàn)在這樣努力工作。DetailedStudyofTextABACK3.Theseahasprovidedmanwithfoodandaconvenientwaytotraveltomanypartsoftheworld.海洋為人類提供了食物和周游世界各地的便利條件。providesomebody(withsomething):makesomethingavailableforsomebodytousebygivingorsupplyingit供給，供應(yīng)例如：Theteacherprovideseachstudentwithananswersheet.老師給每個(gè)學(xué)生發(fā)了一張答題紙。Canthefirmprovidethestaffwithaccommodation?公司能為員工提供住宿嗎？DetailedStudyofTextABACK4.Today,nearlytwo-thirdsoftheworld’spopulationlivewithin80kilometersoftheseacoast.今天，世界上有將近2/3的人口居住在離海岸80公里的范圍內(nèi)。two-thirds:2/3，1/3的表達(dá)為one-third。DetailedStudyofTextAInthemoderntechnologicalworld,theseaoffersmanyresourcestohelpmankindsurvive.在這個(gè)現(xiàn)代科技的世界，大海為人類的生存提供了多種多樣的資源。offersomebodysomething=offersomethingtosomebody:為某人提供某物例如：Youhaven’tofferedGrandmaanyicecream.你沒給奶奶端冰激凌來。Thehostessofferedusacupofcoffee.女主人給了我們一杯咖啡。Theyofferedaverygoodjobtohimbutheturneditdown.他們給他提供了一份很好的工作但他拒絕了。BACKDetailedStudyofTextABACK6.Resourcesonlandarebeginningtobeusedup.Thesea,however,stillcanbehopedtosupply

manyofman’sneeds.陸地上的資源即將耗盡，然而我們?nèi)钥善诖Ｑ髞頋M足我們的需要。somethingbeusedup：用盡，用光例如：I’veusedallmyeggsuptomakeacake.我為了做蛋糕用完了所有的雞蛋。Theoilwasusedupandthecarwasstoppedontheroad.汽油用光了，車停在了路上。supplysomebodywithsomething：為某人提供某物例如：Theschoolsuppliesthechildrenwithbooks.學(xué)校給孩子們提供書籍。Cowssupplyuswithmilk.奶牛給我們提供牛奶。DetailedStudyofTextA7.Thelistofrichesoftheseayettobedevelopedbyman’stechnologyisimpressive.這些海洋財(cái)富相當(dāng)可觀，不過仍有待人類的科技去開發(fā)。impressive:makingastrongorvividimpression;strikingorremarkable（尤指因巨大、壯觀或重要）給人印象深刻的例如：The2004OlympicGameswasimpressive.2004年的奧林匹克運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì)給人印象深刻。Amongtheguestswasanimpressivearrayofauthorsandcritics.來賓中著名的作家和評(píng)論家為數(shù)眾多。BACKDetailedStudyofTextA8.Oilandgasexplorationshavebeencarriedoutfornearly30years.石油和天然氣的勘探已經(jīng)進(jìn)行了約30年。carryout:todosomethingthatneedstobeorganizedandplanned實(shí)現(xiàn)，實(shí)行例如：Thecentersentthreeengineerstocarryouttheresearch.該中心派了三名工程師去做調(diào)查研究。Thepresident’sorderwascarriedoutatonce.總統(tǒng)的命令立刻得到執(zhí)行。BACKDetailedStudyofTextA9.Valuableamountsofmineralsexistontheoceanfloorreadytobemined.埋藏在海底的寶貴的礦藏等著人類去開采。BACKDetailedStudyofTextABACK10.Fishfarmingpromisestobeagoodwaytoproducelargequantitiesoffood.漁業(yè)捕撈將是一個(gè)生產(chǎn)大量食品的好方法。promiseto:toshowsignsofsomething使（某事）有可能例如：Itpromisestoberainythisevening.今晚有可能下雨。Thisfootballgamepromisestobeanexcitingone.這場(chǎng)足球賽很有可能十分刺激。DetailedStudyofTextA11.ThecultureoffishandshellfishisanancientskillpractisedinthepastmainlybyOrientalpeople.在過去，魚類和貝類的捕撈文化主要存在于古老的東方民族。BACKDetailedStudyofTextA12.Besidesoilandgas,theseamayoffernewsourcesofenergy.

除了石油和天然氣，海洋也許還能提供新型能源。besides：除了……之外，尚具有……；除了……之外，不再有……例如：BesidesEnglish,hehastostudyGerman.除了英語,他還要學(xué)德語。Besidesabookandapen,hegavemesomemoney.他給了我一本書、一支鋼筆，此外還給了我一些錢。Hehadfewfriendsbesidesus.除我們之外他沒有什么朋友。Wehavenootherdictionariesbesidesthese.除了這些辭典外,我們沒有別的辭典了。BACK13.Expertsbelievethatthewarmtemperatureoftheoceancanbeusedinawaysimilartothesteaminasteamship.專家認(rèn)為可以用與輪船蒸汽相似的原理來利用海水的熱度。DetailedStudyofTextAbelieve+that:認(rèn)為或設(shè)想某事例如：Peopleusedtobelievethathumanwascreatedbygod.人們過去認(rèn)為人是由上帝制造出來的。NobodybelievedthatMr.Greenwasthemurderer.沒人相信格林先生是兇手。similarto:almostthesameas,alike與……相似例如：Lucy’svoiceisverysimilartohermother’s.露西的聲音和她媽媽的聲音十分相似。Yourideasaresimilartomine.你的想法和我的想法相似。BACK14.Oceancurrentsandwavesofferpossibleuseasasourceofenergy.同樣，洋流和海浪也可成為一種能源。DetailedStudyofTextABACK15.Technologyisenablingmantoexploreevermoredeeplyunderthesea.人類依靠科技能探測(cè)到海洋的更深處。DetailedStudyofTextAenablesomebodytodosomething:makeitpossibleforsomeonetodosomething使某人能夠做某事etherwith和……一起例如：Thespaceshipenablesmankindtoflytothemoon.宇宙飛船使人類能夠登上月球。Mycomputerenablesmetoreadnewsonline.電腦使我能在線看新聞。BACKDetailedStudyofTextA16.Thedevelopmentofstrong,newmaterialshasmadethispossible.新型的堅(jiān)固材料的發(fā)展使之變得可能。BACK17.Thetechnologytoharvesttheseacontinuestoimprove.開發(fā)海洋的技術(shù)在不斷改進(jìn)。DetailedStudyofTextAcontinuetodosomething:notstopdoingsomething繼續(xù)做某事例如：Hecontinuedtoworkinthenoisyworkshop.他繼續(xù)在嘈雜的工廠里工作。Ifyoucontinuetomakethesamemistake,youwillbefired.你如果繼續(xù)犯同樣的錯(cuò)誤，你就會(huì)被“炒魷魚”。Themothercontinuedtoworkaftershehadhadherbaby.那位母親有了孩子后繼續(xù)工作。BACK18.Expertsbelievethattheproblemsthatpreventusfromexploitingfullythefood,minerals,andenergysourcesoftheseawillbelargelysolvedsoon.專家們相信，那些阻礙我們充分開發(fā)海產(chǎn)品、

海底礦物和海洋能源的難題大部分都會(huì)很快得到解決。DetailedStudyofTextApreventsomebodyfromdoingsomething:stopsomeone(from)doingsomething阻止或阻礙某人做某事BACK例如：Peoplewithoutticketsarepreventedfromgettingonthetrain.沒有票的人是上不了火車的。Nothingcanpreventthemfromgettingmarried.沒有任何事能阻止他們結(jié)婚。1.Directions:AnswerthefollowingquestionstoTextA.ComprehensionofTextA(1)Whatarethemajorthingsthattheseaoffersman?(2)Whatisthepopulationthatliveswithin80kilometersoftheseacoast?Theseaoffersmanthefood,energysourcesandmineralsNearly2/3oftheworld’spopulationlivewithin80kilometersoftheseacoast.(3)Whydoesmanhopetheseawillsupplyhisneeds?Resourcesonlandarebeginningtobeusedup.NEXTBACK1.Directions:AnswerthefollowingquestionstoTextA.ComprehensionofTextA(4)Whatkindofoceanexplorationhasbeencarriedoutforyears?(5)Whichpeopleintheworldhavealonghistoryoffishfarming?Oilandgasexplorationshavebeencarriedoutforyears.PeopleinAsiahavealonghistoryoffishfarming.NEXTPREV.UP2.Directions:Summarizethegeneralideaofthetextusingoneortwosentences.ComprehensionofTextATheseaprovidesmankindwiththefood,energysourcesandminerals.Theimprovementoftechnologywillenablemantofullyexploitthesea.BACKPREV.ForecastandCloudsTextBInformationRelatedtoTextBPassageofTextBNewWordsandExpressionsComprehensionofTextBBACK新實(shí)用英語讀寫譯教程（第2冊(cè)）第二版中國人民大學(xué)出版社天氣預(yù)報(bào)是根據(jù)氣象觀測(cè)資料，應(yīng)用天氣學(xué)、動(dòng)力學(xué)、統(tǒng)計(jì)學(xué)的原理和方法，對(duì)某區(qū)域或某地點(diǎn)未來一定時(shí)段的天氣狀況作出定性或定量的預(yù)測(cè)。準(zhǔn)確地預(yù)報(bào)天氣一直是大氣科學(xué)研究力求實(shí)現(xiàn)的一個(gè)重要目標(biāo)。天氣預(yù)報(bào)的歷史從最早的看云識(shí)天氣和根據(jù)物像來推測(cè)天氣開始，經(jīng)歷了單站預(yù)報(bào)、天氣圖預(yù)報(bào)等階段，到目前應(yīng)用氣象衛(wèi)星、天氣雷達(dá)等探測(cè)工具和計(jì)算機(jī)進(jìn)行天氣預(yù)報(bào)。伴隨著科技的不斷進(jìn)步，天氣預(yù)報(bào)得到了快速的發(fā)展。天氣預(yù)報(bào)的種類按預(yù)報(bào)時(shí)效可大致分為臨近預(yù)報(bào)(1小時(shí)~2小時(shí))、甚短期預(yù)報(bào)(2小?時(shí)~12小時(shí))、短期預(yù)報(bào)(12小時(shí)~48小時(shí))、中期預(yù)報(bào)(3天~10天)、長期預(yù)報(bào)(10天以上)等；按服務(wù)對(duì)象可劃分為日常天氣預(yù)報(bào)和專業(yè)天氣預(yù)報(bào)（如航空天氣預(yù)報(bào)等）；按預(yù)報(bào)范圍可大致劃分為區(qū)域預(yù)報(bào)和站點(diǎn)預(yù)報(bào)等。由于服務(wù)對(duì)象不同，各種預(yù)報(bào)在預(yù)報(bào)項(xiàng)目、預(yù)報(bào)時(shí)效、預(yù)報(bào)用語等方面都存在著一定的差異。NEXT

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InformationRelatedtoTextB天氣預(yù)報(bào)的原理目前制作天氣預(yù)報(bào)主要采用天氣學(xué)預(yù)報(bào)方法、動(dòng)力學(xué)預(yù)報(bào)方法和統(tǒng)計(jì)學(xué)預(yù)報(bào)方法，以及由這三種基本預(yù)報(bào)方法相互結(jié)合形成的天氣—統(tǒng)計(jì)預(yù)報(bào)方法、動(dòng)力統(tǒng)計(jì)預(yù)報(bào)方法和天氣—?jiǎng)恿︻A(yù)報(bào)方法等。天氣學(xué)預(yù)報(bào)方法（又稱天氣圖方法）是以天氣圖為主要工具，配合衛(wèi)星云圖、雷達(dá)圖等，用天氣學(xué)的原理來分析和研究天氣的變化規(guī)律，從而制作天氣預(yù)報(bào)的方法。這種方法主要用于制作短期預(yù)報(bào)。動(dòng)力學(xué)預(yù)報(bào)方法（又稱數(shù)值預(yù)報(bào)方法）是利用大型、快速的電子計(jì)算機(jī)求解描述大氣運(yùn)動(dòng)的動(dòng)力學(xué)方程組來制作天氣預(yù)報(bào)的方法。這種方法可用于制作短期預(yù)報(bào)，也可做中、長期預(yù)報(bào)。近幾年還開始用來做氣候預(yù)報(bào)。統(tǒng)計(jì)學(xué)預(yù)報(bào)方法是采用大量的、長期的氣象觀測(cè)資料，根據(jù)概率統(tǒng)計(jì)學(xué)的原理，尋找出天氣變化的統(tǒng)計(jì)規(guī)律，建立天氣變化的統(tǒng)計(jì)學(xué)模型來制作天氣預(yù)報(bào)的方法。這種方法主要用于制作中、長期預(yù)報(bào)和氣象要素預(yù)報(bào)。InformationRelatedtoTextBBACKPREV.Meteorologistsusemuchmoreinformationthanjusttheappearanceofthecloudstomaketheirforecast.Theycollectdatafromallovertheworld.Thentheyputitintopowerful,high-speedcomputers.Thisdoesgivemeteorologistsanadvantage,becausetheycantrackweatherpatternsastheymovefromwesttoeastacrossthecountry.Wouldn’titbegreatifyoucouldjustlookupattheskyandreadtheweatherforecastrightaway?Well,youcan.Theforecastiswritteninclouds.Ifyoucanreadthatwriting,youcantellsomethingabouttheatmosphere.Withsomepractice,youcanbecomeaprettygoodweatherforecaster.Whoknows,youmightevendoaswellasmeteorologists.ForecastandCloudsNEXTBACKTranslationButyouhaveanadvantage,too.Youcanlookattheskyandgetyourdatadirectly.Ameteorologistusesacomputerforecastthattakesseveralhourstomakealocalforecast.Whatwillyouseewhenyoulookatacloud?“Apictureofwhatmoistureisdoingintheatmosphere,”saysmeteorologistPeterLeavitt.There’smoisturethroughouttheatmosphere.Mostofthetimeyoudon’tseeit,becauseit’sintheformofanunseengascalledwatervapor.Sometimes,thetemperatureoftheairgetscoldenoughtocausethewatervaportochangeintoliquidwater.That’scalledcondensation,andweseeithappenallthetime(forexample,whendampairhitsthecoldglassofamirror).Whenenoughwatervaporcondenses,tinydropsformintheair.Thesedropsspreadlight.Acloudisseen.NEXTPREV.UPTranslationForecastandCloudsWatchingcloudsoveradayortwotellsyoualotmorethanasinglecloudabouttheweathertocome.Changesincloudsshowchangesintheatmosphere.Youshouldbegintonoticepatterns.Certainclouds,followingeachotherinorder,cansignalacomingstorm.Butdon’ttakeourwordforit;seeforyourself.TranslationForecastandCloudsBACKPREV.TranslationofTextB如果你抬頭看看天空就馬上能預(yù)知天氣那該有多好??！其實(shí)這可以做到。天氣預(yù)報(bào)都寫在云朵上了。如果你能看出其中的奧妙，你就能知道大氣層的情況。加以練習(xí)，你將會(huì)成為一位相當(dāng)不錯(cuò)的天氣預(yù)報(bào)員。說不定你會(huì)干得跟氣象學(xué)家一樣好。氣象學(xué)家要預(yù)報(bào)天氣，并不僅僅是利用云層表面的信息。他們收集世界各地的數(shù)據(jù)，然后將數(shù)據(jù)輸入計(jì)算能力強(qiáng)大的高速計(jì)算機(jī)。這一點(diǎn)為氣象學(xué)者們帶來優(yōu)勢(shì)，因?yàn)樗麄兛梢宰粉檹膰业奈鞑康綎|部的天氣模式。天氣預(yù)報(bào)與云BACKTranslationofTextB不過你也有一個(gè)優(yōu)勢(shì)。你可以觀察天空直接得到數(shù)據(jù)。氣象學(xué)家使用電腦預(yù)報(bào)，往往要花上數(shù)小時(shí)才能得出當(dāng)?shù)氐奶鞖忸A(yù)報(bào)。當(dāng)你注視一朵云彩時(shí)，你會(huì)看到什么呢？氣象學(xué)者彼得·利維特說：“這是大氣層中水汽變化的圖像?！贝髿鈱永锏教幎际撬４蟛糠謺r(shí)間你都看不到它，因?yàn)樗且砸环N看不見的水蒸氣的形態(tài)存在的。有時(shí)候，空氣溫度降低到一定程度，水蒸氣就轉(zhuǎn)變?yōu)橐簯B(tài)水。這種現(xiàn)象稱為凝結(jié)，而且到處可見（例如，當(dāng)濕潤空氣碰到冷鏡面）。當(dāng)足夠多的水蒸氣凝結(jié)成水，空氣中的小水滴就形成了。這些小水滴折射光線，于是一朵白云就出現(xiàn)了。BACKTranslationofTextB花上一兩天仔細(xì)觀察云朵變化要比只看一朵云更能讓你了解將到來的天氣。云的變化會(huì)顯示大氣層的變化。你要開始去留意云的形態(tài)。如果云朵一個(gè)接一個(gè)地排列，可能預(yù)示著一場(chǎng)暴風(fēng)雨。不過不要完全相信我們的話，用你自己的眼睛去看。BACKNewWordsandExpressionsthegaseousmassorenvelopesurroundingacelestialbody,especiallytheonesurroundingEarth,andretainedbythecelestialbody’sgravitationalfield大氣；空氣onewhostudiesmeteorology氣象學(xué)者atmosphere/5AtmEsfIE/n.meteorologist

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水汽watervaporBACKPREV.DetailedStudyofTextB1.Wouldn’titbegreatifyoucouldjustlookupattheskyandreadtheweatherforecastrightaway?如果你抬頭看看天空就馬上能預(yù)知天氣情況那該有多好啊!例如：Thegirlsaidhellotoherclassmatewithoutlookingupfromherbook.女孩頭也不抬地和同學(xué)打了聲招呼。lookup還有“情況/形勢(shì)好轉(zhuǎn)、改觀”和“查閱”的意思。例如：Thingsarelookingupasspring’sherenow.春天來了，情況正在好轉(zhuǎn)。Ilookedupthiswordinthedictionary.我翻開詞典查了這個(gè)單詞的解釋。注意：lookupto是“敬仰”、“尊重”的意思。lookup:raiseoneseyes仰視NEXTBACKDetailedStudyofTextB例如：IhavealwayslookeduptoBillforhiscourageanddetermination.我一直很敬重比爾，他既勇敢又果斷。HelookeduptoLuXunverymuchandreadalltheworkshewrote.他很敬仰魯迅，把魯迅的作品通讀了一遍。rightaway:immediately,withoutanydelay立即，毫不猶豫地例如：Youshouldanswerthephonerightaway.你應(yīng)該立刻接電話。BACKPREV.DetailedStudyofTextBBACK

Well,youcan.其實(shí)這可以做到。well是個(gè)語氣詞，意思是“喔”、“噢”、“唔”、“這個(gè)”，用來引起一句話，繼續(xù)講述或填補(bǔ)對(duì)話間的間歇。BACK3.Theforecastiswritteninclouds.天氣預(yù)報(bào)都寫在云朵上了。這句話的意思是天氣的變化可以從云朵的變化看出來。DetailedStudyofTextB4.Ifyoucanreadthatwriting,youcantellsomethingabouttheatmosphere.如果你能看出其中的奧妙，你就能知道大氣層的情況。tellsomethingabout…：講述有關(guān)……的情況例如：Tellussomethingaboutyourself.和我們講一下你的個(gè)人情況。Theteacheraskedthegirltotellsomethingaboutherfamily.老師叫這個(gè)女孩講一下她的家庭情況。BACKDetailedStudyofTextB

Withsomepractice,youcanbecomeaprettygoodweatherforecaster.加以練習(xí)，你將會(huì)成為一位相當(dāng)不錯(cuò)的天氣預(yù)報(bào)員。DetailedStudyofTextBBACKDetailedStudyofTextB6.Whoknows,youmightevendoaswellasmeteorologists.說不定你會(huì)干得跟氣象學(xué)家一樣好。as…as:equally…as同……一樣例如：Sheearnsasmuchmoneyasherhusband’s.她賺的錢和她丈夫賺的錢一樣多。Hedoesn’tplayfootballhalfaswellashisfather.他足球踢得不如他父親一半好。BACK7.Meteorologistsusemuchmoreinformationthanjusttheappearanceofthecloudstomaketheirforecast.氣象學(xué)家要預(yù)報(bào)天氣，并不僅僅是利用云層表面的信息。DetailedStudyofTextBBACK8.Theycollectdatafromallovertheworld.Thentheyputitintopowerful,highspeedcomputers.他們收集世界各地的數(shù)據(jù)，然后將數(shù)據(jù)輸入計(jì)算能力強(qiáng)大的高速計(jì)算機(jī)。collect:bringorgathersomethingtogether收集，搜集例如：ShehascollectedalotofBarbietoyssinceshewas13yearsold.從13歲開始，她收集了許多芭比娃娃。Johnmakesalivingbycollectingwastepaperandemptyglasses.約翰以收集廢紙和空玻璃瓶來賣為生。DetailedStudyofTextBBACK9.Thisdoesgivemeteorologistsanadvantage,becausetheycantrackweatherpatternsastheymovefromwesttoeastacrossthecountry.這一點(diǎn)為氣象學(xué)者們帶來優(yōu)勢(shì)，因?yàn)樗麄兛梢宰粉檹?/p>

國家的西部到東部的天氣模式。across:fromonesidetotheothersideofsomething橫過（某物）例如：Theywentacrossthechannelbyair.他們坐飛機(jī)穿越海峽。Peoplehavetowalkacrossthebridge.人們需要走過橋去。DetailedStudyofTextBBACKBACKDetailedStudyofTextB10.Butyouhaveanadvantage,too.不過你也有一個(gè)優(yōu)勢(shì)。等同于Butyoualsohaveanadvantage.11.Youcanlookattheskyandgetyourdatadirectly.你可以觀察天空直接得到數(shù)據(jù)。DetailedStudyofTextBBACK12.Ameteorologistusesacomputerforecastthattakesseveralhourstomakealocalforecast.氣象學(xué)家使用電腦預(yù)報(bào)，往往要花上數(shù)小時(shí)才能得出當(dāng)?shù)氐奶鞖忸A(yù)報(bào)。DetailedStudyofTextBBACK13.Whatwillyouseewhenyoulookatacloud?當(dāng)你注視一朵云彩時(shí)，你會(huì)看到什么呢？DetailedStudyofTextBBACK14.“Apictureofwhatmoistureisdoingintheatmosphere,”saysmeteorologistPeterLeavitt.氣象學(xué)者彼得·利維特說：“這是大氣層中水汽變化的圖像。”DetailedStudyofTextBBACK15.There’smoisturethroughouttheatmosphere.大氣層里到處都是水汽。DetailedStudyofTextBBACK16.Mostofthetimeyoudon’tseeit,becauseit’sintheformofanunseengascalledwatervapor.大部分時(shí)間你都看不到它，因?yàn)樗且砸环N看不見的水蒸氣的形態(tài)存在的。intheformof:inaspecificwaysomethingappearstobe在某種形態(tài)下例如：Youmustlearnhowtoarrangeyourmaterialsintheformofanargument.你必須學(xué)會(huì)如何以辯論文的形式整理你的材料。Inthecoldwinterwaterfallsintheformofsnow.寒冬的時(shí)候水以雪的形態(tài)降落下來。DetailedStudyofTextBBACK17.Sometimes,thetemperatureoftheairgetscoldenoughtocausethewatervaportochangeintoliquidwater.有時(shí)候，空氣溫度降低到一定程度，水蒸氣就轉(zhuǎn)變?yōu)橐簯B(tài)水。causesomething/somebodytodosomething：(某事物)使某人或某物做某事例如：Thisdiseasecausedhisfacetoswell.這種病使他的臉浮腫起來。Adogranintotheroad,causingthecyclisttoswerve.一條狗跑到了公路上，使得那位騎車人突然轉(zhuǎn)向。DetailedStudyofTextBBACK18.That’scalledcondensation,andweseeithappenallthetime（forexample,whendampairhitsthecoldglassofamirror）.這種現(xiàn)象稱為凝結(jié)，而且到處可見（例如，當(dāng)濕潤空氣碰到冷鏡面）。seesomebody/somethingdosomething:看見某人/某物做某事例如：Isawagirldanceintheclassroom.我看見一個(gè)女孩在教室里跳舞。DetailedStudyofTextBBACK19.Whenenoughwatervaporcondenses,tinydropsformintheair.當(dāng)足夠多的水蒸氣凝結(jié)成水，空氣中的小水滴就形成了。DetailedStudyofTextBBACK20.Thesedropsspreadlight.Acloudisseen.這些小水滴折射光線，于是一朵白云就出現(xiàn)了。spread原意為“伸展”、“展開”、“散播”，這里引申為“折射”。DetailedStudyofTextBBACK21.Watchingcloudsoveradayortwotellsyoualotmorethanasinglecloudabouttheweathertocome.花上一兩天仔細(xì)觀察云朵變化要比只看一朵云更能讓你了解將到來的天氣。single:單一的，單獨(dú)的例如：Thereisasingleapplehangingfromthetree.樹上僅掛著一只蘋果。BACKDetailedStudyofTextBtheweathertocome:theimpendingweather即將到來的天氣22.Changesincloudsshowchangesintheatmosphere.云的變化會(huì)顯示大氣層的變化。DetailedStudyofTextBBACK23.Youshouldbegintonoticepatterns.你要開始去留意云的形態(tài)。begintodosomething和begindoingsomething意思相近，譯為“開始做某事”。例如：Webegantowonderifthetrainwouldeverarrived.我們開始懷疑火車到底會(huì)不會(huì)到。Ileftteachingin1990andbeganworkinginmypresentjob.我1990年離開了教學(xué)崗位，開始做現(xiàn)在的工作。DetailedStudyofTextBBACK24.Certainclouds,followingeachotherinorder,cansignalacomingstorm.

如果云朵一個(gè)接一個(gè)地排列，可能預(yù)示著一場(chǎng)暴風(fēng)雨。signal:tobeasignthatsomethingisgoingtohappen預(yù)兆，發(fā)信號(hào)例如：Theringingbellsignalstheendofclass.鐘聲響起，該下課了。Thisdramaticeventsignaledachangeinpublicopinion.這個(gè)重大事件預(yù)示著公眾輿論的改變。DetailedStudyofTextBBACK25.Butdon’ttakeourwordforit;seeforyourself.不過不要完全相信我們的話，用你自己的眼睛去看。takesomebody’swordforit:acceptwhatsomeonesaysistrue(=takeitfromsomebody)（口語）相信某人的話例如：Takemywordforit—IwillbetheleadingexpertinthefieldbythetimeI’m40.相信我，我40歲的時(shí)候就會(huì)成為該領(lǐng)域的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)專家了。Thebusinessisdoingverywell.Youcantakemywordforit.生意進(jìn)展順利。你可以相信我的話。DetailedStudyofTextBBACKComprehensionofTextBNEXTBACK1.Directions:AnswerthefollowingquestionstoTextB.(1)Thispassagemainlytellsusabouthowto_________.A.becomeameteorologistB.beaweatherforecasterD.changewatervaportoliquidwaterC.observetheweather(2)Theforecastsmadebymeteorologistsmainlyrelyon_________.A.thedirectinformationofthecloudsC.theintelligenceofthemeteorologistsD.theexperienceofwatchingweatherpatternsB.thehelpofhigh-speedcomputerandthecollecteddataComprehensionofTextB1.Directions:AnswerthefollowingquestionstoTextB.(3)Accordingtothepassage,ordinarypeoplemightdoaswellasmeteorologistsinweatherforecast_________.A.withthehelpofthehigh-speedcomputersB.throughacomplexprocessofcalculationD.byaskingforinformationfromaweatherstationC.withsimplepracticelookingupatthesky(4)Youradvantageinweatherforecastsisthat_________.A.youhavemorepowerfulcomputersathomeB.yourbrainworksaswellasahigh-speedcomputerD.meteorologistsgivetheirdatatoyouassoonastheygetthemC.youobservetheskyandobtainyourdatadirectlyNEXTPREV.UPComprehensionofTextB1.Directions:AnswerthefollowingquestionstoTextB.(5)Whatcausesvaportochangeintowater?_________A.Alotofmoisture.B.Thickclouds.C.Warmatmosphere.D.Coldairtemperature.NEXTPREV.UPComprehensionofTextB2.Directions:Summarizethegeneralideaofthetextusingoneortwosentences.Ordinarypeoplecanforecastweatherthroughlookingupatthesky.Meteorologistsmakeforecastswiththehelpofhigh-speedcomputers,whilecommonpeoplecangetdirectinformationfromwatchingtheclouds.BACKPREV.PARTⅡREADINGTRAINING新實(shí)用英語讀寫譯教程（第2冊(cè)）第二版中國人民大學(xué)出版社Readthefollowingarticleandtrytounderstandthewholetext.In-classReadingNEXTBACKASpecialGiftWhenyou’refarawayandlonely,there’snothinglikethe…TheweatherhadbeenunusuallywarmforMayinBrandom,Mississippi.MywifePatandIwerenursing

aSundaymorningcupofcoffeeonourdeckandwatchingthunderheadsbuildrapidlyintomountainouscloudsonthesouthernhorizon.Therewasbarelyanybreeze,andthe

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wassothickthatyoucouldalmostrollitinyourpalms.Bythetimewefinishedoursecondcup,theskyhadturnedblack.Lightningdancedacrossthehorizon,accompaniedbylow,runningthunder.Onlysecondafterthefirstdropsofrainhaddrivenusinside,thephonerang.WhenPatpickedupthere