新概念英语2-Lesson67

蓝如晴空asblueasthesky像鸟儿一样自由asfreeasabird像头蠢驴asstupidasadonkey轻如鸿毛aslightasafeather重如泰山AsheavyasMoutaniTai慢如蜗牛asslowasasnail美艳如花asfairasroseRevision穷乡僻壤aremotevillage没有收到破坏Remainundisturbed状态良好Inreasonable/perfectcondition状态不好Inpoorcondition地方政权Localauthority一群热心人士Agroupofenthusiast一群蜜蜂AcolonyofbeeLesson67VolcanoesListening：1.WhoisHarounTazieff?2.WhendidhegotoLakeKivo?3.WherewasTazieffabletosetupcamp?4.Whatdidhenoticecomingtowardshim?Thelargestvolcano:WhatisthetallestmountainonEarth?AndIbelievemostofyouwillsaytheanswerisMountEverestneartheborderbetweenNepalandTibet.Thereissomethingthatisthree-hundred-fourmeterstallerthanMountEverest.However,itismainlyunderwater.ItbeginsatthebottomofthePacificOcean,andrisesmorethanseventeenkilometersfromtheoceanfloor.ItsnameisMaunaLoa莫纳罗亚山(夏威夷岛的活火山).IntheHawaiianlanguage,MaunaLoameans“LongMountain.”MaunaLoaismorethanhalfoftheislandofHawaii,thelargestoftheHawaiianIslands.ItisalsotheliquidlargestandmostactivevolcanoonEarth.IthasproducedrockcalledlavamorethanthirtytimessincerecordswerefirstkeptinEighteen-Forty-Three.Today,MaunaLoaisquiet.Itisnotproducinglava.Howevervolcanoexpertssayitisonlyamatteroftimebeforethishappensonceagain.volcanon.火山anactivevolcano活火山adormantvolcano休眠火山anextinctvolcano死火山danceonavolcano在火山上跳舞----大难将至犹自取乐Otherdisaster:earthquake/flood/typhoon/hurricanestorm/tornado/tsunami基伍湖东非大裂谷中大湖之一，位于大裂谷带西支、卢旺达和扎伊尔两国交界处，由断层陷落而成。其南北长约88千米，东西宽约48千米，湖面积达2699多平方千米，湖面海拔约1460米，平均水深大概在220米，最大水深489米。火不相容，这是妇孺皆知的简单道理。倘若说湖水点火就会自己燃烧起来，恐怕有人听后会捧腹大笑。且慢！这并不是天方夜谭式的笑话，而是在位于刚果（金）与卢旺达两国交界处的基伍湖里所存在着的奇特而真实的现象。基伍湖底蕴藏着大量的沼气，沼气是可以燃烧的，这也是人人尽知的事实。TheCongo:anAfricancountrynamedaftertheRiverCongoWordseruptv.（火山）喷发e.g.Thevolcanoeruptedafteryearsofdormancy.那座火山在沉睡多年后剧烈活动起来突然发生，爆发(breakoutsuddenlyandviolently)Violenceeruptedafterthefootballmatch.(喻)足球赛后发生了暴力行为。Violencehaseruptedonthestreet.大街上突然发生了暴乱。violentlyadv.猛烈地，剧烈地e.g.Notafewviolentsceneswerecutfromthefilmbeforeitcametoshow.这部影片在放映前剪去了不少暴力镜头。violencen.暴力e.g.Heslammedthedoorwithviolence.他砰的一声猛地把门关上。useviolence用暴力家庭暴力familyviolencebrilliantadj.精彩的；卓越的；令人羡慕的abrilliantspeaker一位卓越的演说家abrilliantartist一位有才华的艺术家同义单词：splendid/excellent/marvelous/terrificalive,live&livingaliveadj.活着的，在世的着重状态，表语形容词，只能放在系动词和它所修饰的名词后。e.g.Theywerecaughtalive.他们被活捉了。Heisthehappiestmanalive.他是当今最幸福的人。Isthereanyonealiveintheoffice?办公室有没活人？(怎们没人应答呢？人都死到哪去了？)Howareyou?-----Stillaliveandkicking.还好吗？还活蹦乱跳呢。翻译练习：他被活埋。参考答案：Hewasburiedalive.live只用于物，“活的”e.g.aliverat实况的，现场的e.g.liveentertainment.现场娱乐活动alivetelevisionprogram.现场直播的电视节目living用于生物时，指“活着”主要做定语，也可做表语放在名词前e.g.livingthings生物Reading1.WhatdidHarounTazieffspendhislifetime?2.WhydidhegotoLakeKivu?3.Whatcouldhemanagetodo?4.Whatcouldhenotice?5.Whenwasheabletoreturn?6.Whatdidhemanagetodothistime?7.Whatwasheabletotellus?Languagepoints1.lifetimen.终生，寿命e.g.alifetimeguarantee终身保障Inmyfather'slifetimetherehavebeenmanychangesinthevillage.在我父亲的一生中，这个村庄发生了许多变化。Hehaslovedthreewomeninhislifetime.HehopestovisitBeijingoncemoreinhislifetime.(有生之年)spenthislifetimestudying….=devoteallhislife(hiswholelife,thewholeofhislife)tothestudyof2.manageto(=succeedin)oftenreplacesbeableto,especiallywithreferencetoapastactionwhichwassuccessfullycompleted,butwithdifficulty.Compare:HeleftEuropebeforethewarbegan.(=statementoffact)HewasabletoleaveEuropebeforethewarbegan.(=itwaspossibleforhimtoleave)HemanagedtoleaveEuropebeforethewarbegan.(=hesucceededinleaving,thoughitwasdifficultforhimtodoso.)3.…hasoftenriskedhislife/neck…=oftendoesthisattheriskofhislifee.g.Youareriskingyourcareerbyshoutingatyourbosslikethat!Heriskedallhisfortuneforthenewbusiness.grammar1.beableto和can/could用法区别在英语中,can与beableto在用法上既有相同的一方面,又有不同的地方,这是应该引起注意的。当它们表示能力的时候，是同义的。如：Hecanspeaktwoforeignlanguages.Heisabletospeaktwoforeignlanguages.它们用法上的不同主要体现在以下几方面:1)can只有两种时态,即can和could,而beableto有多种时态,如was/wereableto,will/shallbeableto,have/hasbeenableto等:I’llbeabletodrivethecarinaweek.Throughhisdiligentwork,thedeaf-mutehasbeenabletoreadandwriteinasignlanguage.2)表示过去通过努力终于做成了某事要用beableto，而不能用can。如：Iwasabletoswimtothebankaftertheboatturnedover.3)can能表猜测，beableto不能。can的这种用法主要用于疑问句和否定句。Somebodyisknockingatthedoor.Whocanitbe?Itcan’tbeourteacherwhoisknockingatthedoor.其肯定形式是mustbe。如:Itmustbeourteacherwhoisknockingatthedoor.musthavedonesomething表示对现在完成或过去动作的猜测，其否定形式是can’thavedone。如:“Hisparentsmusthavegoneabroad.”“No,Idon’tthinkso.Theycan’thavegone,forIsawthemthismorning.”4)can可以表“允许”,与may可以互换,此时不能用beableto代替。如：“Can/MayIsithere？”“Yes,please.”由于maynot有两个意思,即“不可能”和“不许可”,因此使用时要特别注意。如：Hemaynotgohomethisweekend.而在书面表达时不可能使用句重音的手段,所以最好用can’t代替maynot来表示“不可能”：Hecan’tgohomethisweekend.5)can是情态动词，只能用作谓语成分，beableto是普通动词短语，既可以作谓语，也可以作非谓语。如：BeingabletospeakEnglishfluently,hehasnodifficultyincommunicatingwiththeAmericansattheparty.HowIwishtobeabletocommunicatewiththeforeignersinfluentEnglish!6)beableto后边接动词不定式表示一种实际情况时，其否定形式不是benotableto，而是cannot。如：Wereyouabletocatchthefirstbusyesterdaymorning?No,Icouldn’t.7)一般说来,be