新概念英语第三册+Lesson56+Our+neighbor,+the+river+课件+

Lesson56Ourneighbour,theriverPart1:Vocabularyboundary [ˈbaʊndri]

n.界限，边界pump [pʌmp] v.用泵抽overtake

[ˌəʊvəˈteɪk] v.突然降临backwater [ˈbækwɔːtə(r)] n.回水河汊predecessor [ˈpriːdəsesə(r)] n.前任，前辈meadow [ˈmedəʊ] n.草地，草场crown [kraʊn] v.给…戴花环holly [ˈhɒli] n.一种冬青植物wreath [riːθ] n.花环occurrence [əˈkʌrəns] n.偶发事件proportion

[prəˈpɔːʃn] n.部分site [saɪt]

v.使位于spell [spel] v.招致Newwordsandexpressions

stall [stɔːl] n.

牲口棚attic [ˈætɪk] n.顶楼sweeping [ˈswiːpɪŋ] adj.范围广大的critical [ˈkrɪtɪkl] adj.危急的juncture

[ˈdʒʌŋktʃə(r)] n.时刻，关头raft [rɑːft] n.木筏unduly

[ˌʌnˈdjuːli] adv.过度地foundation [faʊnˈdeɪʃn] n.地基stoutly [staʊtli] adv.牢固地，粗壮地submerge [səbˈmɜːdʒ] v.浸没grapple [ˈɡræpl] v.抓住whichTheriver________formstheeasternboundaryofourfarmhasalwaysplayedanimportant________inourlives.Withoutitwecouldnotmakea________（live）.Thereisonlyenoughspringwatertosupplytheneedsofthehouse,sowehavetopump________theriverforfarmuse.Wetelltheriveralloursecrets.Weknow________(instinctive),justasbeekeeperswiththeirbees,________misfortunemightovertakeusiftheimportanteventsofourliveswerenotrelated________it.partlivingfrominstinctivelythatto虚拟语气playedanimportant

part扮演重要角色makea

living生活instinctively本能地misfortunemightovertakeus大祸临头berelatedto

it和…有关（不告诉河流我们的秘密）

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overtakev.突然降临

It'sdangeroustoovertakeonabend.在弯道强行超车是危险的。Wemustn'tletourselvesbeovertakenbyourcompetitors.我们决不能让竞争对手超过我们。Suddenpanicovertookher.她突然感到一阵恐慌。

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instinctivelyadv.本能地

Myinstinctivereactionwastodenyeverything.我的本能反应是否认一切。Hisfirstinstinctwastorunaway.他的本能反应就是逃跑。Herinstinctshadbeenright.她当时的直觉是对的。n.instinct本能；直觉

whichWehavespecialriverbirthdaypartiesinthesummer.Sometimeswegoupstreamtoafavouritebackwater,sometimeswehaveourpartyattheboathouse,________apredecessorofoursatthefarmbuiltinthemeadowhardbythedeepestpoolforswimminganddiving.Inaheatwavewechooseamidnightbirthdaypartyandthatisthe________(excite)ofall.Wewelcometheseasonsbytheriverside,crowningtheyoungestgirlwithflowersinthespring,________(hold)asummerfestivalonMidsummerEve,givingthanks________theharvestintheautumn,andthrowingahollywreath________thecurrentinthewinter.most

excitingholdingforintogoupstream去上游boathousen.船坞predecessorn.祖先hardby在…旁heatwave大热天crowning戴皇冠onMidsummerEve仲夏的前夜ahollywreath冬青花环currentn.河流

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wreathn.花环TheQueenlaidawreathatthewarmemorial.女王向阵亡将士纪念碑献了花圈。ahollywreath圣诞冬青花环alaurelwreath桂冠

thatAfteralongperiodofraintherivermayoverflowitsbanks.Thisisarareoccurrenceasourclimateseldomgoestoextremes.Weareluckyin________onlythelowerfields,whichmakeupaverysmallproportionofourfarm,are________(affect)byflooding,butotherfarmsare________（little）favourablysited,andfloodingcansometimesspelldisasterfortheirowners.affectedlessarareoccurrence很少发生goestoextremes发生异常less

favourablysited地势欠佳spelldisaster带来灾难

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proportionn.部分Watercoversalargeproportionoftheearth'ssurface.水覆盖了地球表面的大部分。Thebasicingredientsarelimestoneandclayintheproportion2:1.基本成分是石灰石和黏土，比例为2:1。Theyearnsalariesoutofallproportiontotheirability.他们挣的工资与其能力不相称。outof(all)proportion(tosth)不相称；不谐调

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spellv.招致Thecropfailurespeltdisasterformanyfarmers.对许多农民来说，庄稼歉收就意味着灾难。

aboutOnebadwinterwewatchedtherivercreepupthelowermeadows.Allthecattlehadbeenmovedintostallsandwestoodtoloselittle.Wewere,however,worried________ournearestneighbours,________farmwaslowlyingandwhowerenewcomerstothedistrict.Asthefloodshadputthetelephoneoutof________(order),wecouldnotfindouthowtheyweremanaging.Fromanatticwindowwecouldgeta________(sweep)viewoftheriverwheretheirlandjoinedours,andatthemostcriticaljuncturewetookturnsinwatchingthatpoint.whoseordersweepingcreepup浸没stallsn.牲口棚stoodtoloselittle损失很小put…outof

order使…出故障howtheyweremanaging情况怎么样getasweepingview一览无余join连接criticaljuncture紧急时刻tookturns轮流

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sweepingadj.范围广大的sweepingreforms/changes

全面改革；彻底变化asweepingstaircase弧形楼梯弧形的

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criticaladj.紧急的Yourdecisioniscriticaltoourfuture.你的决定对我们的将来至关重要。acriticalmomentinourcountry'shistory我国历史上的危急关头重要的

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juncturen.时刻，关头Thebattlehadreachedacrucialjuncture.战斗已到了关键时刻。Atthisjuncture,Iwouldliketomakeanimportantannouncement.此时此刻我要宣布一项重要的事情。floatingThefirstsignofdisasterwasadeadsheep________(float)down.Nextcameahorse,swimmingbravely,butwewereafraidthatthestrengthofthecurrentwouldpreventitslandinganywhere________itbecameexhausted.Suddenlyaraftappeared,lookingratherlikeNoah'sark,________(carry)thewholefamily,afewhens,thedogs,acat,andabirdinacage.Werealized________theymusthavebecomeundulyfrightenedbytherisingflood,fortheirhouse,whichhadsoundfoundations,wouldhavestoodstoutlyevenifithadbeenalmostsubmerged.Themenofourfamilywadeddownthroughourfloodedmeadowswithboathooks,________thehopeofbeingabletograppleacorneroftheraftandpullitoutofthecurrenttowardsourbank.Westillthink________amiraclethattheywereabletodoso.

beforecarryingthatinitexhaustedadj.筋疲力尽的undulyadv.过度地soundfoundations地基牢固stoodstoutly不会倒塌submerged淹没的wadedv.蹚水in

thehopeof希望grapplev.抓住miraclen.奇迹grapplev.抓住

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undulyadv.过度地Thelevelsofpollutioninthisareaareundulyhigh