Lesson 67
Volcanoes
火山
First listen and then answer the question.
聽錄音,然后回答以下問(wèn)題。
Why does Tazieff risk his life like this?
Haroun Tazieff, the Polish scientist, has spent his lifetime studying active volcanoes and deep caves in all parts of the world. In 1948, he went to Lake Kivu in the Congo to observe a new volcano which he later named Kituro. Tazieff was able to set up his camp very close to the volcano while it was erupting violently. Though he managed to take a number of brilliant photographs, he could not stay near the volcano for very long. He noticed that a river of liquid rock was coming towards him. It threatened to surround him completely, but Tazieff managed to escape just in time. He waited until the volcano became quiet and he was able to return two days later. This time, he managed to climb into the mouth of Kituro so that he could take photographs and measure temperatures. Tazieff has often risked his life in this way. He has been able to tell us more about active volcanoes than any man alive.
New words and expressions 生詞和短語(yǔ)
volcano n. 火山
active adj. 活動(dòng)的
Kivu n. 基伍湖
Congo n. 剛果
Kituro n. 基圖羅
erupt v. (火山)噴發(fā)
violently adv. 猛烈地,劇烈地
manage v. 設(shè)法
brilliant adj. 精彩的
liquid adj. 液態(tài)的
escape v. 逃脫
alive adj. 活著的
參考譯文
火山
波蘭科學(xué)家哈羅恩.塔捷耶夫花了畢生的精力來(lái)研究世界各地的活火山和探洞。1948年他去了剛果的基伍湖,對(duì)一座后來(lái)被他命名為基圖羅的新火山進(jìn)行觀察。當(dāng)火山正在猛烈地噴發(fā)時(shí),塔捷耶夫有辦法把帳篷搭在離它非常近的地方。盡管他設(shè)法拍了一些十分精彩的照片,但他卻不能在火山附近停留太長(zhǎng)的時(shí)間。他發(fā)現(xiàn)有一股巖漿正向他流過(guò)來(lái),眼看就要將他團(tuán)團(tuán)圍住,但塔捷耶夫還是設(shè)法及時(shí)逃離了。他等到火山平靜下來(lái),兩天以后又返回去。這次他設(shè)法爬進(jìn)了基圖羅火山口,以便能拍攝照片和測(cè)試溫度。塔捷耶夫經(jīng)常冒這樣的生命危險(xiǎn)。他能告訴我們的有關(guān)活火山的情況比任何在世的人都要多。
【New words and expressions】 生詞和短語(yǔ)
active : 積極的 / passive : 消極的, 被動(dòng)的
positive:adj.肯定的, 實(shí)際的, 積極的, 絕對(duì)的, 確實(shí)的adj.[數(shù)]正的adj.[電]陽(yáng)的
★erupt n.v. (或山)噴發(fā)
★violently adv 猛烈地, 劇烈地
violent [5vaiElEnt] adj.猛烈的, 激烈的, 暴力引起的, 強(qiáng)暴的
violence [5vaiElEns] n.猛烈, 強(qiáng)烈, 暴力, 暴虐, 暴行, 強(qiáng)暴
★manage v 設(shè)法
manage to do = try to do sth and succeed
I can manage it. / I can manage it myself.
★brilliant adj 精彩的
★liquid adj 液態(tài)的
escape death : 死里逃生
narrow escape : 九死一生 (這里的escape為n名詞)
narrow [5nArEu] n.狹窄部分, 海峽, 隘路
adj.狹窄的, 精密的, 嚴(yán)密的, 有限的, 氣量小的, 勉強(qiáng)的, 眼光短淺的 vi.變窄
vt.使變狹窄, 使縮小
escape doing sth: He escape punishment/being punished.
★alive adj 活著的
alive 做定語(yǔ)時(shí)一定要放在被修飾詞后面, 屬于表語(yǔ)形容詞, 又如: light ahead 前面的燈光
living sth / elephant alive / living elephant 表示活著的象
live(adj) : 現(xiàn)場(chǎng)的; 表 “活著的” 永遠(yuǎn)不和人連用
live [lIv] v 和 [laIv] adj 的讀音不同
live concert 現(xiàn)場(chǎng)演唱會(huì) / live fish 活魚, 但不能和人連
spend some time doing sth
lifetime : 畢生精力
用不定式做目的狀語(yǔ): to abserve a new... 仔細(xì)觀察,一般科學(xué)家用 “observe”
close to : 離......很近
for long=for a long time
notice that + 賓語(yǔ)從句
notice sth
notice sb do/doing : 注意到某人做某事/正在做某事
notice that: 文中可改為—He notice a river of liquid rock coming towards him.
river of...:...形成的河流 / river of soil and stone 泥石流 / river of blood 血流成河
threaten to : 有跡象表明
the mouth of Kituro 火山口
so that : 以便于(目的狀語(yǔ)從句),一定含有情態(tài)動(dòng)詞
take a risk of/at a risk of : 冒險(xiǎn)
risk sth=risk losing sth : 冒著失去......的危險(xiǎn)
risk doing : 冒著做......的危險(xiǎn)
在兩相比較中, 如果前者屬于后者, 那一定要在比較時(shí)用other, else排除前者
than any other man alive.
注意: spend most of his lifetime 與 spend his lifetime的區(qū)別
tell the time 報(bào)時(shí)(固定結(jié)構(gòu))
tell the difference between: 區(qū)分, 區(qū)別
tell (sb) a lie (謊言有很多個(gè))
tell (sb) the truth (真話只有一個(gè),故要特指, 加the)
tell (sb) the difference between
say a good word for sb : 為某人說(shuō)好話
only just(固定短語(yǔ))=almost not : 差點(diǎn)就沒(méi)有
on the subject of=about
(朝向)towards=in the direction of
direction [di5rekFEn, dai5rekFEn] n.方向, 指導(dǎo), 趨勢(shì), (常用復(fù)數(shù))指示, 用法, 說(shuō)明(書), 收件人地址
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