Module 5 A Trip Along the Three Gorges

詞匯短語園地

1. surround vt. 圍繞；環繞；包圍

A lot of trees surrounded the lake.

湖邊上有許多樹。

Police surrounded the house.

警察包圍了這個屋子。

be surrounded with/by（使）包圍；圍住

The village was surrounded on all sides by mountains.

這座村莊四面環山。

surround...with 圍繞；環繞

The leader surrounded himself with armed men.

這位領導人四周都是武裝人員。

surroundings n. 環境；周圍的事物

We work in pleasant surroundings.

我們在愉快的環境中工作。

surrounding adj. 周圍的；附近的

Its pleasant to live in this village and the surrounding area.

在這個村莊及其附近居住是很愜意的。

2. trade v. 做生意；從事貿易

Our products are now traded worldwide.

我們的產品現在銷往世界各地。

trade in sth 做……買賣

The company openly traded in arms.

這家公司公開買賣軍火。

trade with sb 與……進行貿易/做買賣

Businessmen from all over the world are here to trade with China.

來自世界各地的商人在這里與中國進行貿易。

trade n. 貿易；買賣；行業

international trade 國際貿易

foreign trade 對外貿易

Trade between the two countries has increased.

兩國之間的貿易增長了。

3. narrow v. 變狹窄

This is where the lake narrows.

這個湖就是在這里變小的。

narrow down 把……縮小

We should try our best to narrow down the difference between town and countryside.

我們應盡最大努力縮小城鄉差別。

narrows n. 海峽；（江河的）峽谷

narrow adj. 狹窄的；窄小的；勉強的；剛剛好的

The gate is too narrow for a car； well have to walk through.

這門太窄，車進不去，我們只好走過去。

a narrow victory 險勝

a narrow escape 死里逃生

a narrow path 羊腸小道

a narrow circle of friends 交際不廣

narrowly adv. 勉強地；以毫厘之差

The car narrowly missed a cyclist.

汽車差點撞上一位騎自行車的人。

4. forbid v. 禁止

forbid sb to do sth 禁止某人做某事

My father forbade my sister to play with her friends after school.

我父親禁止姐姐在放學后和她的朋友一起玩耍。

forbid doing sth 禁止做某事

The new law forbids smoking in public places.

新法律禁止在公共場合抽煙。

forbidding adj. 不友好的；讓人望而生畏的

When I saw that forbidding watchdog， I went no farther.

當我看見那只兇惡的看門狗時，我一步也不敢向前。

5. wood n. 木頭；木材

woods 樹林

All the furniture in my office was made of wood.

我辦公室里所有的家具都是用木材制作的。

I had a talk with my sister in the woods that we often visited when we were young.

我和妹妹在我們小時候常去的樹林里聊了一會兒。

6. distant adj. 遙遠的；遠離的；關系不密切的；遠房的

Id like to travel to distant places.

我喜歡到遙遠的地方旅游。

The center of the city is about 10 miles distant from the station.

市中心距離車站約有十英里遠。

Two boys who are playing basketball there are distant

relations.

那兩個正在那邊打籃球的男孩是遠親。

distance n. 距離；一段路

The distance from my house to school is about 3km.

我家到學校的距離大約是三千米。

at a distance 在一定距離的地方

in the distance 在遠處/遠方的

keep at a distance 保持一定距離；不很親密

7. at the edge of 在……的邊緣

Something strange happened in the big house at the edge of the town.

城邊的大房子里發生了一些怪事。

At the edge of the woods， Frankie was talking to himself.

在樹林邊上，弗蘭基正在自言自語。

8. be heavy with 有大量的……

The air was heavy with the scent of flowers.

空氣中彌漫著花香。

These big trees are heavy with apples.

這些大樹上掛滿了蘋果。

heavy traffic 交通繁忙

heavy meal 豐盛的飯；難消化的飯食

heavy fog/snow 大霧/雪

a heavy smoker 一個煙癮很重的人

9. at least 至少

All these things cost me at least 300 dollars.

這些東西至少花了我三百美元。

I swim at least once a week in summer.

夏天我一周至少要游一次泳。

at most 最多，至多

It will take two hours at most to get there.

最多兩小時便可到達那里。

10. be impressed by/with 留下……印象

He was deeply impressed by her sincerity.

她的真誠給他留下了深刻的印象。

impress on 使牢牢記住/明白（重要性或嚴重性等）

My father impressed on me the importance of hard work.

我的父親使我明白了努力工作的重要性。

impression n. 印象；感想；影響

to get a good/bad impression of sb/sth

對某人/某事物的印象好/不好

a big/deep/strong impression

巨大的/深刻的/強烈的影響

11. be allowed to do sth 被允許做某事

I was not allowed to go out at night.

我父母不允許我晚上出門。

allow （doing） sth 允許（做）某事

I cant allow such a thing.

我不允許這樣的事發生。

The teacher doesnt allow eating in the classroom.

老師不允許在教室里吃東西。

allow sb to do sth 允許某人做某事

Her father would not allow her to eat sweets.

她的父親不允許她吃糖果。

allow sb sth 給予某人某物（尤指錢或時間）；讓某人有（擁有或帶有）某物

I will allow you 10% off the price if you pay now.

如果你現在付款，我可以給你打九折。

跟蹤導練（一）

閱讀理解

A

Around the world in 30 seconds—it is not a wild idea of space age but the time it takes to finish that journey at the South Pole （南極）. Visitors to the South Pole like to walk around the world. So there is a well-known path in the snow there. Other visitors like to stand on their heads or have their pictures taken with the flags of the Antarctic （南極的） countries in the background. They think it is interesting and exciting. The United States has a base at the South Pole. The Chinese scientists and technical workers have built an observation station there， too.

If you go from the very pole towards America， you are in one time zone. If you head towards Australia or towards South Africa， you are in other zone. It is Friday if you stand on one side of the pole. And if you walked around the other side， it is Thursday over there.

The air at the South Pole is the cleanest on earth. Scientists from various countries have called for Antarctica to be declared （宣布） as a world park to save it from being polluted by the exploitation of its oil and other mineral resources.

1. How can we go round the world in 30 seconds at the South Pole？

A. By car. B. On foot.

C. By train. D. By spaceship.

2. Why do some visitors to the South Pole like to stand on their heads？

A. They try to see the Pole better.

B. They want to improve their health.

C. They are over excited and do it for fun.

D. They can take good pictures of the South Pole in this way.

3. Why have the scientists called for Antarctica to be declared as a world park？

A. To prevent it from being polluted.

B. To save its oil and other mineral resources.

C. To attract the world tourists to visit the park.

D. To exploit its oil and other mineral resources.

4. Which of the following is TRUE about the South Pole according to the passage？

A. The air at it is the cleanest on earth.

B. Its forbidden to take pictures now at it.

C. It has been polluted by the exploitation.

D. It is impossible for visitors to it to go around the world in 30 seconds.

B

If you ask some people， “How did you learn English so well？” you may get a surprising answer， “In my sleep！”

These are people who have taken part in one of the recent experiments to test the “learn while you sleep” method， which is now being tried in several countries， and with several subjects. English is among them.

Scientists say that this sleep study method greatly speeds language learning. They say that the ordinary person can learn two or three times as much during sleep as in the same period during the day—and this does not affect his rest in any way. However， sleep teaching will only put into your head what you have studied already while you are awake.

In one experiment， ten lessons were broadcast over the radio for two weeks. Each lesson lasted twelve hours—from 8 pm to 8 am. The first three hours of English grammar and vocabulary were given with the students awake. At 11 pm a lullaby （催眠曲） was broadcast to send the student to sleep and for the next three hours the radio in a soft and low voice broadcast the lesson again into his sleeping ears. At 2 am a sharp noise was sent over the radio to wake the sleeping student up for a few minutes to go over the lesson. The soft music sent him back to rest again while the radio went on. At 5 oclock his sleep ended and he had to go through the lesson again for three hours before breakfast.

5. Using the “learn while you sleep” method， one ___ .

A. learns how to sleep better

B. starts to learn a new lesson in sleep

C. is made to remember his lesson in sleep

D. can listen to the radio broadcast while lying in bed

6. What is being tried in a few countries according to the passage？

A. A sleep experiment. B. A radio lesson.

C. A sleep study method. D. A teaching method.

7. When were the lessons given in the experiment？

A. During the daytime.

B. All through the twelve hours.

C. While the student was awake.

D. After lullabies were broadcast.

8. What does the student have to do before each lesson finishes？

A. Get up and take breakfast.

B. Be woken up by a loud voice.

C. Review the lesson by himself.

D. Listen to the lesson again in sleep.

跟蹤導練（二）

完形填空

Ralph， Jack and Peter became friends while crossing the Pacific Ocean. During a storm， the ship struck a rock and sank. The three boys were thrown on a small island by the huge waves. They didnt lose 1 ， but explored the island and soon found drinking water. They decided to build a boat and 2 fish in deeper water.

“Look here， boys，” said Jack one morning， “sooner or later we shall be back to England. Im quite sure of that. 3 now we must take the island as our home for some time. Its up to us to 4 our life here as comfortable as possible. I havent lost heart yet.”

Soon the boy picked 5 a thick tree and began cutting it down with the axe， which they found among the debris （碎片） of their 6 on the sea shore. The work was not easy 7 . At last the tree fell down.

After the oars （槳） were 8 out of three thick branches， the boys rolled the log to the shore.

“Now lets try our boat！” said Jack. After some time they 9 to keep balance.

They were some distant from the shore， when Jack suddenly cried， “ 10 moving！ I see a shark behind us！ Now， boys， do 11 I tell you. Try to keep on the log. Our 12 may depend on it.

Peter immediately did what he was 13 to. So did Ralph. They did their best to 14 the boat. But then Ralph turned 15 and he saw the shark quite near the log. The next moment it opened its terrible mouth and Jack immediately 16 his oar into its throat. He did it with such force that the log rolled over and the boys found themselves in the 17 .

“Swim towards the shore！ Quick！” cried Jack.

They did swim fast. Luckily they were not far from the island. When at last they reached the shore， they fell to the ground 18 . It was a long time 19 they could say a word.

“That was really a 20 escape！” said Jack.

1. A. life B. money C. heart D. direction

2. A. raise B. keep C. hold D. catch

3. A. Or B. But C. So D. And

4. A. change B. make C. build D. live

5. A. out B. of C. off D. at

6. A. tree B. rock C. boat D. ship

7. A. at once B. at least C. at all D. at last

8. A. made B. came C. turned D. produced

9. A. succeeded B. failed C. pretended D. managed

10. A. Stop B. Allow C. Continue D. Avoid

11. A. that B. when C. what D. how

12. A. families B. lives C. goals D. friends

13. A. educated B. forbidden C. ordered D. forced

14. A. save B. balance C. control D. move

15. A. in B. up C. around D. back

16. A. pushed B. took C. put D. broke

17. A. dream B. danger C. water D. shore

18. A. luckily B. lively C. tiredly D. excitedly

19. A. after B. until C. before D. since

20. A. hard B. near C. close D. narrow

語法填空

閱讀下面材料，在空白處填入適當的內容（1個單詞）或括號內單詞的正確形式。

Gold in Heaven

There once was a rich man 1 was near death. He was very upset because he had worked so hard for his money and wanted to take it with him to heaven. So he began 2 （pray） that he might be able to take some of his wealth with him.

An angel heard his pray and appeared. “Sorry， but you cant take your wealth with you.” The man 3 （beg） the angel to speak to God to see whether he might break the rule. The angel reappeared and informed the man that God had decided to allow him to take one suitcase with him. 4 （excite）， the man gathered his largest suitcase and filled it 5 pure gold bars.

Afterward， he died and showed up in heaven to greet St. Peter. 6 （see） the suitcase， St. Peter said， “Hold on， you cant bring that in heaven！” The man explained to St. Peter that he had Gods 7 （permit）. St. Peter checked it out， came back and said， “Youre right. You 8 （allow） to carry one carry-on bag， but Im supposed to check its contents 9 letting it through.”

St. Peter opened the suitcase to inspect the 10 （thing） that the man found too precious to leave behind and exclaimed， “You brought pavement？ As you can see， the great street of the city of heaven is made of pure gold！”

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