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第三十五课：拯救地球

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　课文翻译

　　1. Reading comprehension阅读理解………………

　ANIMALS IN DANGER

　濒危动物

　　Three billion years after life began, the earth is now the home to many

　　生命开始30亿年以后，如今地球仍是许多不同

　　different kinds of living things—perhaps five to ten million kinds. However,

　　种类的生物——也许有500万到1，000万种——生息的地方。然而，

　　many of these are dying out. It is thought that between the years 1550 and

　　其中有许多濒临绝种。人们认为，在1550年到

　　1950 an average of one kind of living thing died out each year.By 1985 this

　　1950年之间，平均每年有一种生物绝种。到1985年，

　　had risen to one per day.Between 1980 and 2010 we may lose another half a

　　这个数字上升到每天一种。在1980年到2010年之间，我们还可能

　　million different kinds of living things.

　　失去50万种不同种类的生物。

　　There are many reasons for animals dying out, but the most important one

　　动物的绝种有许多原因，而最重要的原因在于人

　　is the part that humans have played. First, many animals have been killed for

　　类所起的作用。首先，许多动物被捕杀以供

　　food. Second, many of the placesswheresthese animals used to live have been

　　食用。其次，动物过去栖息的许多地方现在已被

　　destroyed. Dry lands have been watered. Wet lands have been turned /into/ fields.

　　破坏。旱地灌了水，湿地变成了田野，

　　Forests have been cleared. Much land has either been changed to farmland

　　森林被砍光，大量土地或者改成了农田，

　　or used for building. Polluted rivers and lakes have also been a cause of death.

　　或者盖上了房屋。江河湖泊被污染，也是动物死亡的一个原因。

　　One example of an animal in danger is the tiger. There are three types of

　　老虎就是濒危动物的一个例子。中国的老虎有

　　tiger living in China: the South China, the Northeastern, and the Bengal. In

　　三种：华南虎东北虎和孟加拉虎。

　　all there are probably no more than a total of 400 tigers left in China. Many of

　　目前在中国留存的老虎总数很可能不超过400只。它们

　　the forestsswheresthey lived were destroyed. Also, tigers were hunted and kill

　　曾经栖息过的森林，许多已被破坏。而且，老虎遭到捕杀，

　　ed until in many areas the entire population had disappeared.

　　以至在许多地区完全绝迹。

　　In 1900 there were about 100,000 tigers in Asia. In 1970 when the shoot

　　在1900年，亚洲还有大约10万只老虎。到1970禁止射杀老虎

　　ing of tigers was stopped there were just 5,000 left. In India, however, the

　　的时候，却只剩下5，000只了。然而，在印度，老虎的

　　population of tigers has increased, from 2,000 in 1972 to about 5,000 in

　　数量增加了，1972年有2，000只，1989年增加到了5，000只。

　　1989. Perhaps the same progress can be made in China.

　　在中国，也可能取得同样的进展。

　　3. Reading comprehension阅读理解………………

　A DAY IN THE FOREST

森林里的一天

　　Last Monday our class went on an organized trip to a forest to study the

　　上星期一，我们班进行了一次有组织的旅行，到森林里去研究

　　wildlife. We travelled by bus. It took us two and a half hours to get to the for

　　野生动物。我们是坐公共汽车去的，花了两个半小时才到达森林。

　　est. When we arrived, we were given printed question papers. We had to fill

　　当我们到达的时候，人们发给我们一些印制好的问卷纸。我们

　　in the answers in our notebooks.

　　必须把答案写在笔记本里。

　　The purpose of the trip was to record all the wildlife and plants that we

　　这次旅行的目的是把我们在森林里所发现的野生动物和植物

　　could find in the forest. Whenever we found an unknown plant, we had to de

　　都一一作好记录。每当我们发现一种不认识的植物时，我们就必须

　　scribe it in our notebooks. If none of us knew the name of the plant, we wrote

　　在笔记本里加以描绘。如果我们中间没有一个人知道这种植物的名称，

　　“unknown”in our notebooks.

　　就在笔记本里写上“名称不详”。

　　The gate /into/ the forest was open, so we entered it. We all started looking

　　森林入口处的大门开着，我们走了进去。大家开始寻找新

　　for new types of plant. Sun Yao, our monitor and I remembered a programme

　　品种的植物。我们的班长孙尧和我记起了一位著名的电影

　　that a wellknown film director had made about the forest. She had shown pic

　　导演所制作的一个有关森林的节目。她让我们

　　tures of a plant that had recently been discovered. She had not said, however,

　　看了一种新近发现的植物图片，但是她没有说这种植物

　　where it could be found. She said it was a wellkept secret. We decided to try

　　可以在哪里找到。她说这是严格保密的。我们决定努力去

　　and find this plant.

　　找到这种植物。

　　We had our picnic lunch in the forest next to a fallen tree. After lunch we

　　中午我们在森林里一棵倒下的大树旁野餐。饭后，我们把

　　put some water /into/ a bottle and did tests to see if it was polluted. We were all

　　水装入瓶子，检验水是否被污染了。我们大家都饶有

　　very interested to see the results. In fact, the water was not at all polluted. In

　　兴趣地看到了检验的结果。实际上，这儿的水一点也没有受到污染。

　　the afternoon, we all went off separately to look for new plants. At five o'clock

　　下午，我们分头去找新的植物。五点钟

　　we started walking back to the entrance to the forest. Suddenly someone said,

　　我们开始步行回到森林的入口处。突然有人说：

　　“Has anyone seen Sun Yao? He must be lost.”

　　“有没有人看见孙尧?他准是迷路了。”

　　Three of us walked back about one kilometre and found Sun Yao. He was

　　我们中有三人往回走了大约一公里才发现孙尧。他正在

　　busy measuring a plant and taking photographs of it. Pointing to the young

　　给一棵植物量尺寸，拍照片。他指着那株

　　plant, he asked me if that was the type of plant we had seen in the film. To

　　小树苗问我，那是否就是我们在电影里看到过的那种植物。使我极为

　　my great joy,the plant did look exactly like what we were looking for. All of us

　　高兴的是，这种植物和我们所要找的那种的确是一模一样的。我们大家

　　felt very happy.

　　都感到极为高兴。

第三十五课：拯救地球

　重点·难点·考点及疑点注释

　　1.die out死光；灭绝

　　Many animals have died out for the cause of much killing and hunting.

　　很多动物已经由于过度捕杀而灭绝。

　　短语链接：die of死于(内因)；die from死于(外因)；die for牺牲，渴望得到；die by被(某种凶器)致死；die away(声音等)消失

　　2.It is thought that...是一个由形式主语it引导的句型，真正的主语是that从句。意思是“据认为”，相当于People think that (人们认为)。

　　It is thought SARS spreads easily.

　　人们认为非典型性肺炎容易传播。

　　句型链接：It is said that...据说；It is believed that...据相信，据认为；It is announced that...据宣称；It is reported that...据报导

　　3.an average of平均有……

　　The Whites earn an average of 80 thousand dollars each year.

　　怀特一家平均每年挣8万美元。

　　短语链接：on (the) average平均

　　4.play the part/role扮演角色；起到作用

　　Which part do you play?你演哪一个角色?

　　5.in danger处于危险中；濒危

　　When someone is in danger, we must try to help him/her.

　　有人处于危险中时，我们必须尽力去帮忙。

　　6.make progress取得进步；取得进展

　　该短语为动宾结构，宾语可被形容词much，rapid, little, no等修饰。

　　She has made rapid progress in her study.

　　她已经在学习上取得了很快的进步。

　　7. fill in填写；填入

　　Fill in the form, please.请填写这张表格。

　　8.the purpose of ...……的目的

　　She went to America with the purpose of looking for a new job.

　　她为了找一个新工作而去了美国。

　　9.Pointing to the young plant, he asked me if that was the type of plant we had seen in the film.这是个复合句，主句为he asked me;后面跟if引导的宾语从句。在宾语从句中，又有一个定语从句，即we had seen in

　　the film，修饰先行词plant。此外，pointing to the young plant

　　是现在分词短语，作伴随状语。

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