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课文翻译 2Read阅读………………………………… A VISIT TO THE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 参观自然历史博物馆 Last Saturday afternoon, Wei Hua and her classmates were visiting the 上个星期六下午，魏华和她的同学们正在参观 Museum of Natural History. They were very interested in dinosaurs. 自然历史博物馆。他们对恐龙很感兴趣。 “Can we see dinosaurs here?”Wei Hua asked Miss Li, their guide. “在这儿我们能看见恐龙吗?”魏华问她们的向导李小姐。 “Yes, of course. There is an underground Dinosaur World. There you “当然可以。有一个地下恐龙世界。在那儿你 can see the fossils of many kinds of dinosaurs. Shall we go to visit the dino- 能看到许多种类的恐龙(化石)。我们先去看一下 saurs first?” 恐龙好吗?” “Yes! Let's go!”All the students cheered. Then they went to the Dino- “好哇，咱们走吧。”同学们齐声欢呼。然后他们去了 saur World. 恐龙世界。 “Oh, look! These must be dinosaur eggs. They are so big!”Lucy shouted. “瞧!那些一定是恐龙蛋。他们那么大!”露茜喊到。 “Yes. These eggs were found in the Gobi Desert by asgroupsof scientists “是的，这些恐龙蛋是在二十世纪二十年代被一批科学家在戈壁滩 in the 1920s，”Miss Li said. 发现的。”李小姐说。“So these eggs were laid long long ago by dinosaurs!”Lily said. “那么就是说这些蛋是很久以前由恐龙产下的!”莉莉说。 Miss Li smiled,“These eggs were laid about 95 million years ago.” 李小姐微笑着说：“这些蛋产于九千五百万年前。” “95 million years ago? That means dinosaurs lived long before human be- “九千五百万年前?那就是说在人类出现以前恐龙就 ings appeared! But we can't see any dinosaurs today. That's a pity!”said 生存很久了!但是我们现在看不到恐龙了。真遗憾!” Lin Tao. 林涛说。 “Yes. Dinosaurs lived on the earth for more than 150 million years, and “是的。恐龙在地球上生存了一亿五千多万年，然后 then disappeared about 65 million years ago. Scientists try to explain their dis- 消失于大约六千五百万年前。科学家们试图解释它们消失 appearance, but theyve got more questions than answers,”said Miss Li. 的原因，但是他们发现问题多于答案。”李小姐说。 “And now there is a very special dinosaur on display. It was discovered in“现在有一个很特殊的恐龙在展览。它是在辽宁省 Liaoning Province. I say it is special because the dinosaur was covered with 被发现的。我说它特殊是因为这种恐龙身上长满了 feathers!” 羽毛!” “With feathers? Like birds?”The students could not believe their ears. “长着羽毛?就像鸟一样?”同学们都不相信自己的耳朵。 “Look!”Miss Li showed them a picture of the feathered dinosaur,“You “瞧!”李小姐给他们看了一张身上长着羽毛的恐龙的照片，“你们 see, it looks like a big bird. Some scientists believe that dinosaurs have not 看，它看上去像一只大鸟。有些科学家认为恐龙并没有消失， disappeared, but they have become birds.” 而是变成了鸟类。” “That's very interesting. I want to be a scientist in the future and study “那太有趣了。将来我想当科学家来研究 dinosaurs!”said Song Dan. 恐龙。”宋丹说。 “Good. Then we can see many dinosaurs discovered by you in this muse- “好啊，那么我们就可以在博物馆里看见你发现的许多恐龙了。” um,”said Miss Li, and all the students laughed. 李小姐说道。所有的同学都笑了起来。 |
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| 第三十八课：它是什么时候建成的？ |
重点·难点·考点及疑点注释 短语纵横 1be interested in ...对……感兴趣 We are all interested in English.我们都对英语感兴趣。 2the Dinosaur World恐龙世界 We saw many kinds of fossils of dinosaurs in the Dinosaur World. 在恐龙世界我们看到许多种类的恐龙化石。 3asgroupsof一组、一群 Asgroupsof little girls were playing in the park at that time. 那时，一群小女孩正在公园里玩。 4human being人类 I don't believe there are any human beings on other planets. 我不相信其他的行星上会有人。 5on display展出、陈列 The studentsworks are on display in the reading room. 学生们的作品正在阅览室展出。 6in the future在将来 I want to be a soldier in the future.将来我想当名战士。 点击句型 1Shall we ...?我们……好吗? Shall we meet outside the school gate?我们可以在校门外见面吗? Shall we say“Hello”to our new English teacher? 我们去问候我们的新英语老师好吗? 2be covered with ...“被……覆盖”；cover..with...“用……把……盖上”。 After the heavy snow, the ground was covered with white snow. 大雪过后，地面为白雪覆盖。 Please cover this table with a piece of cloth. 请用一块布盖上桌子。 3can't believe one's ears/eyes不相信自己的耳朵/眼睛 “What? I failed in the maths exam?”Wei Hua couldn't believe her ears. “什么?我数学不及格?”魏华简直不能相信自己的耳朵。 4look like ...看起来像…… The baby looks like a doll.这个婴儿看起来像个洋娃娃。 注意look意为“看起来”，后面跟形容词；look like意为“看起来像……”，后面跟名词。 语法天地 一般过去时的被动语态的疑问结构 1.一般疑问句：Was/Were+主语+Ved...? Was it made in China?这是在中国制造的吗? 2.特殊疑问句：特殊疑问词+was/were+主语+Ved? 特殊疑问词+was/were+Ved? What were they used for? 它们的用途是什么? What was found in the forest? 在森林里发现了什么? |
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