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第四十二课：植树

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THE GREAT GREEN WALL

绿色长城

　　Forests help to keep water from running away, so drought does not often

　　森林帮助防止水分流失，因此干旱现象不经常

　　happen. The trees in the forests can keep rain drops from hitting the soil directly,

　　发生。林中树木可以避免雨滴直接冲击土壤，

　　so the soil is not easily washed away. The dead leaves on the ground also keep

　　这样土壤也就不容易被冲走。地面上的落叶也能防止

　　the water from running away. The water then stays in one place and is used by

　　水分流失。水保存在一个地方，被森林里的

　　the trees in the forests. In this way, floods are prevented.

　　树木所吸收。这样就避免了洪水泛滥。

　　Chinese people do not want to see more floods and droughts, so they have

　　中国人民不想看到更多的洪涝灾害，因此他们

　　built a new Great Wall across the northern part of the country. This time, it is

　　已经在中国横贯北方的大地上建起了一条新的长城。现在，它已

　　a“Great Wall”of trees, millions of trees.

　　成为树的长城，(由)千百万棵树(组成的绿色长城)。

　　The Great Green Wall is 7,000 kilometres long, and between 400 and

　　绿色长城有7,000公里长，400到

　　1,700 kilometres wide. The Great Green Wall will stop the wind from blowing

　　1,700公里宽。绿色长城将阻止风吹走

　　the earth away. It will stop the sand from moving towards the rich farmland in

　　土壤。它将阻止沙漠侵蚀南方肥沃的农田。

　　the south. It has already saved a lot of land. But more“Great Green Walls”

　　它已挽救了大片的土地。然而，还需要更多的“绿色长城”，

　　are still needed, and not only in China. They must be built all over the world.

　　而且不仅仅是中国需要，全世界也必须营造更多的“绿色长城”。

　　Wang Feng is a worker at Yulin in Shaanxi Province. He works on the Great

　　王锋是陕西省玉林地区的一个工人。他工作在绿色

　　Green Wall with many other people. We visited him at his workplace among

　　长城上，与其他许多人一起。我们在他工作的小树丛中

　　the young trees and asked him about his work.“Many thousands of trees must

　　采访了他，并询问了他的工作情况。“每年必须栽种千万棵

　　be planted every year,”he said.“The more, the better. This year alone,

　　树苗”，他说，“越多越好，就在今年，

　　weve already planted ten thousand trees. You see all those small trees over

　　我们已种了上万株树苗。你们看到了那边山头上的

　　there on that hill? That was sand five years ago. Now it's a young forest! In a

　　那些小树了吗?五年前那里还是荒地，如今已是一片小树林了!

　　few yearstime, those mountains will be covered with trees, too!”He pointed

　　再过几年，也把那些高山全种上树!”他用手

　　to the high mountains far away.

　　指向远处的那些高山。

　　Was it difficult to work on the Great Green Wall?

　　在绿色长城上工作很辛苦吗?

　　“Yes. It's hard work, but it's very important. The only problem is you

　　“是的，工作很辛苦，但极为重要。惟一的难题是你不能

　　can't eat trees! We have to grow our own food, too. But thanks to the Great

　　吃树啊!所以我们也种粮食作物。多亏绿色长城，

　　Green Wall, the land produces more crops. So the more trees there are, the

　　土地(上)产出了更多农作物。因此树越多，我们就有

　　better harvests we have.”

　　越好的收获。”

第四十二课：植树

重点·难点·考点及疑点注释

　　短语纵横

　　1hear of听说

　　Ive heard of her but I have never seen her.我听说过她，但我从未见过她。

　　2keep ... from ...使……避开；使……远离

　　The heavy rain kept us from going out.这场大雨使我们不能外出。

　　注意from是介词，后面应接名词、代词或动词的ing形式。

　　3wash away“冲走；冲出”。wash在此短语中为动词，意为“冲；冲刷；冲走”。

　　The waves washed the boat away.海浪把那条小船冲走了。

　　4in this way用这种方法，用这种方式；in other ways用其他方法

　　You can work out this problem in this way, and you can also work it out in another ways.

　　你可以用这种方法解出这道题，你也可以用另一种方法解出这道题。

　　5millions of几百万的；数以百万计的

　　Millions of trees were planted in the area.

　　在该地区种了数百万棵树。

　　6stop...from...制止……；不使……；阻止……

　　The policeman stopped the thief from stealing money in the shop.

　　警察阻止小偷从商店里偷钱。

　　7in a few yearstime几年之后

　　He'll be back in a few yearstime.他几年后回来。

　　8point to“指向”，近似于point at。

　　“How beautiful they look!”she said, pointing to the flowers over there.

　　“它们看起来多么美啊!”她指向那边的花说。

　　9far away“遥远的”，可作表语或后置定语，而faraway是形容词，常作前置定语。

　　Their school is in a small mountain village far away.

　　他们的学校在一个遥远的小山村。

　　My grandpa lives in a faraway village.我爷爷住在遥远的村庄。

　　10thanks to由于……；幸亏……；多亏……

　　Thanks to the doctor, I am well again.

　　多亏这位医生，我身体又康复了。

　　注意在此短语中，to是一个介词，后面常接名词或代词。

　　点击句型

　　1the+比较级(+主语+谓语) the+比较级(+主语+谓语)。越……越……

　　The earlier we start our work, the sooner we can finish it.

　　我们越早开始工作，任务完成得就越快。

　　2It is+adj. (for sb.) to do sth. (对某人来说)做某事……

　　It is difficult to work on the Great Green Wall.

　　在绿色长城上工作很苦。

　　注意be动词后跟no good, no use时，不定式变为动名词。

　　语法天地

　　1含有情态动词的被动语态

　　The Great Green Wall must be built all over the world.

　　必须在世界各地建起绿色长城。

　　Many more trees must be planted every year.每年还要栽更多的树。

　　2一般将来时的被动语态

　　A new teaching building will be built in our school.

　　我们学校要建一座新教学楼。

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