河北省邢台市第七中学高中英语 Lesson 67 Volcanoes阅读教材.doc

lesson 67 volcanoes 火山 read the text and then answer the question.读课文，然后回答以下问题。why does tazieff risk his life like this?haroun tazieff, the polish scientist, has spent his lifetime studying active volcanoes and deep caves in all parts of the world. in 1948, he went to lake kivu in the congo to observe a new volcano which he later named kituro. tazieff was able to set up his camp very close to the volcano while it was erupting violently. though he managed to take a number of brilliant photographs, he could not stay near the volcano for very long. he noticed that a river of liquid rock was coming towards him. it threatened to surround him completely, but tazieff managed to escape just in time. he waited until the volcano became quiet and be was able to return two days later. this time, he managed to climb into the mouth of kituro so that he could take photographs and measure temperatures. tazieff has often risked his life in this way. he has been able to tell us more about active volcanoes than any man alive. new words and expressions生词和短语violently adv. 猛烈地，剧烈地kivu n.基伍湖brilliant adj.精彩的congo n.(the)刚果liquid adj.液态的kituro n. 基图罗notes on the text 课文注释1 has spent his lifetime studying,把毕生的精力都用于研究。动词spend后面常加in doing sth.,其中in可以省 略。2 in all parts of the world,这个介词短语用来修饰前面两个名词，意思是“世界各地的（活火山和深洞)”3 a river of liquid rock,一股岩浆，这是一种修辞方法，被称为暗喻。参考译文波兰科学家哈罗恩塔捷耶夫花了毕生的精力来研究世界各地的活火山和深洞。1948年他去了刚果的基伍湖，对一座后来被他命名为基图罗的新火山进行观察。当火山正在猛烈地喷发时，塔捷耶夫有办法把帐篷搭在离它非常近的地方。尽管他设法拍了一些十分精彩的照片，但他却不能在火山附近停留太长的时间。他发现有一股岩浆正向他流过来，眼看就要将他团团围住，但塔捷耶夫还是设法及时逃离了。他等到火山平静下来，两天以后又返回去。这次他设法爬进了基图罗火山口，以便能拍摄照片和测试温度。塔捷耶夫经常冒这样的生命危险。他能告诉我们的有关活火山的情况比任何在世的人都要多。comprehension理解1 tazieff went to the congo _.(a) to observe lake kivu (b) to take photographs(c) to name a new volcano (d) to investigate a new volcano2 kituro erupted violently _. (a) and tazieff had to leave but he returned later (b) so tazieff had to leave and couldnt return (c) so tazieff couldnt take photographs (d) so tazieff couldnt measure temperaturesstructure 结构3 he managed to take a number of photographs. this means he _them.(a) might have taken (b) could have taken (c) should have taken (d) succeeded in taking 4 he escaped just in time. he_ escaped. 3(a)just only (b)only (c)soon (d) only just5 he waited until the volcano became quiet. he waited _quiet.(a) to the volcano to become (b) the volcano to become (c) the volcano became (d) for the volcano to become6 he was able to return. this means he _.(a) could if he wanted to (b) might (c) could have (d) did7 he has been able to tell us a lot _volcanoes.(a) considering (b) on the subject of (c) in relation (d) referring vocabulary 词汇8 tazieff is a polish scientist. he comes from _. (a) pole (b) poland (c) polish (d) the pole9 he name it kituro. thats what he _it. (a) called (b) shouted (c) cried (d) screamed 10 the rock was in a liquid state. it wasnt _.(a) firm (b) stable (c) whole (d) solid11 he wante