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第二十七课：加拿大

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　课文翻译

　　1Reading comprehension阅读理解………………

　CANADA(2)

加拿大(二)

　　North American Indians have lived in southern Canada for over 20,000

　　北美印第安人在加拿大南部生活了两万多年。

　　years. In the early days, some lived in tents, moved from place to place and

　　在早期，有些印第安人住帐篷，到处迁移，

　　hunted wild animals. Others remained in one place and started farms of their

　　捕猎野兽。另一些人定居下来，开办自己的农场。

　　own. Today many of them live in special areasswheresthey can continue their

　　今天，许多印第安人住在特定的区域里，在那里他们可以继续保留他们

　　way of life.

　　自己的方式生活。

　　The people of northern Canada are called Inuit, who came from Asia and

　　加拿大北部的人称为因纽特人，他们来自亚洲，

　　settled in Canada about 4,000 years ago. They used to travel around from

　　大约在4，000年前就定居在加拿大了。他们以往总是用一群群的

　　place to place with teams of dogs which pulled their baggage. In summer they

　　狗拉着行李从一个地方走到另一个地方。夏天他们

　　hunted a type of deer and in winter built small round houses with blocks of

　　捕杀一种鹿，冬天，他们用雪块建造小小的圆形房子。

　　snow. They lived on fish and meat and used to make holes in the ice and catch

　　他们以鱼和肉为主食，常在冰上挖洞，捕捉

　　fish and seals. They made clothes and shoes from furs and from skins of seals.

　　鱼和海豹。他们用兽皮和海豹皮做衣服和鞋子。

　　They made use of animal bones, which they carved /into/ basic tools.

　　他们还用兽骨雕成基本的工具。

　　There are about 25,000 Inuit in all. They live in settlements. The gov

　　因纽特人总共约有25，000人。他们已定居下来了。政府

　　ernment has started a new school project in which Inuit teach their own young

　　已经开始实施一项新的办学计划，由因纽特人来教育他们自己

　　children. School children visit Inuit villages and have classesswheresthey learn

　　的小孩。学校里的儿童参观因纽特人的村庄，上课时学习

　　how to fish, how to carve bones and how to make clothes. So, it is hoped that

　　如何钓鱼，如何雕刻骨头，如何缝制衣服。这样，人们希望

　　the way of Inuit life will be kept alive for many more centuries.

　　因纽特人的生活方式将会保存更多世纪。

第二十七课：加拿大

　重点·难点·考点及疑点注释

　　1.North American Indians (北美印第安人)是美洲的土著居民。Indians

　　这个名称是由意大利航海家哥伦布于15世纪末所起，他误以美洲为印度，因而将美洲土著居民称为“印度人”。

　　2.from place to place从一个地方到一个地方，各地，到处

　　He wandered from place to place.他到处漫游。

　　3.of one's own某人自己的

　　This is a car of his own.这是他自己的小汽车。

　　4.live on靠……生存

　　The southerners live on rice while the northerners live on wheat.

　　南方人靠水稻生存而北方人靠小麦生存。

　　短语链接：feed on以……为主食；live by靠……谋生；make a living by靠……谋生

　　5.carve /into/把……雕成

　　She carrved the root of a tree /into/ a dog.她把树根雕成狗。

　　6.live in settlement作“定居”解，settlement的意思是“定居点”。

　　There are a few settlements on the edge of the desert.

　　在这沙漠的边缘有几个小村落。

　　7.be happy about/at因某事而感到高兴

　　She is happy about her promotion.她因得到晋升而感到很高兴。

　　8.somebody, anybody, nobody, no one, everybody等不定式代词作主语时，与之对应的代词是he/she, his/her, him/her, himself/herself，在非正式文体中可以用they, their, them, themselves

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