Module2 Unit1 Tales of the unexplained
Phrases
1.tales of the unexplained不解之谜
2.conduct an interview进行一次采访
3.tell a mysterious story讲述一个神秘的故事
4.a sunken ship沉船
5.run into a Yeti in the Himalayas偶然遇见喜马拉雅山的雪人
6.step up one’s search for sb. 加紧对某人的搜索
7.go missing失踪
8.show up 露面
9.multi-colored lights 各种各样颜色的灯
10.do research on对……做研究
11.put on his favorite CD 播放他最喜爱的CD
12. according to 根据,依据
13.pull back 把…往后拉,撤退
14.rule out the possibility 排除可能性
15.look into 调查
16.look at 考虑,看
17.give up 放弃
18.find convincing evidence 找到令人信服的证据
19.make up such amazing stories编造如此惊人的新闻
20.take charge of the case 负责这个案子
21.make much progress 取得很大进步
22.search for 寻找
23.very disappointed with them对他们非常失望
24.outer space 太空
25.begin with 以…开始
26.be launched into space 被发射到太空
27.the first human being to travel in space 太空旅行第一人
28.so far 到目前为止
29.dream of becoming an astronaut梦想成为一名宇航员
30.carry out 执行,实施
31.come true 实现,成真
32.separate… from 使分离
33.pick up 捡起,拾起,自然习得
34.take off 脱掉,起飞,事业成功
35.stand for 代表
36.in return 作为…回报
37.intend to do sth 打算做某事
38.draw conclusions 得出结论
39.ran after 追赶
40.play a joke 开玩笑
41.make one’s way to 到… 地方去, 前往
42.live on 继续活下去,以…为主食,靠…生活
43.on average 平均而言
44. show great interest in 对… 表示很大的兴趣
45. due to/ because of 由于,因为
Sentences
1.我们居住的世界充满了当今的先进科学技术也无法解释的神秘事物。
The world we live in is full of mysteries unsolved even by today’s advanced science and technology.
2.人们对他的失踪表现出极大的兴趣,原因是在其失踪前后有人声称看到天空中出现了让人迷惑不解的光亮,媒体也刊发了有关外星人造访地球的报道。
People have shown great interest in his disappearance due to sightings of puzzling lights in the sky and reports of alien visits around the time of his appearance.
3.然而,警方发现贾斯廷星期五晚上11点左右肯定回过家。
However, police found that Justin did in fact return home on Friday night at about 11 pm.
4. Kelly 说,当晚大约11点她听到哥哥从外面回家。
Kelly says she heard her brother return home at about 11p.m.
5.目击者也都说,当晚10点45分他们看到贾斯廷往回家的方向走。
Witnesses also say they saw Justin walking towards his home at 10:45 p.m.
6.我掀起窗帘,看到一只巨大的飞船在窗外飞行。
I pulled back the curtains and saw a large spaceship flying outside.
7.里面站着许多白皮肤、怪模样的动物,一个个都长着又大又黑的眼睛。
Standing inside were lots of white-skinned, strange-looking creatures with large black eyes.
8. 我现在甚至听到飞机飞过时都感到恐惧。
I even get frightened when I hear a plane fly over.
9.警方还没有排除贾斯廷是被外星人劫持的可能性,但同时也在调查其他的可能性。
Police have not ruled out the possibility that Justin was taken by aliens, but are also looking into other possibilities.
10.不找到令人信服的证据我们是不会放弃的。
We will not give up until we find convincing evidence.
11.外星人将我劫持走了,好拿我来做研究。
The aliens took me away so that they could do research on me.
12. 所以,我们也一直在考虑其他的可能性,比如谋杀。
So we’ve been looking at other possibilities too, such as murder.
13.工程师们追赶野人,野人却以惊人的速度和体力奔跑起来。
The engineers ran after the creature, which ran with amazing speed and strength.
14.脚印是目前支持野人存在的为数不多的实证之一。
Footprints are one of the few pieces of hard evidence supporting the existence of Yeti.
15.他在研究这些脚印的过程中越发坚信野人的存在。
He became convinced that they exist while studying the footprints.
16.美国的警察加紧了对那个两天前在New Hampshire的Dover失踪的男孩的调查。
Police in America have stepped up their search for a fifteen-year-old boy who went missing two days ago in Dover, New Hampshire.
17.人们已经报道说在喜马拉雅山看见人形的生物。他们称之为雪人。每年全世界有许多目击事件。每则报道出来的目击事件对此生物都有相似的描述。据说雪人体格强壮、毛发很重。人们相信他有时候会从山上下来袭击村民。
People have reported seeing a wild man-like creature in the Himalayas. They call it a Yeti. There are many sightings all over the world every year. Each reported sighting produces similar descriptions of the creature. Yetis are said to be heavily built and hairy. People believe that it sometimes comes down from the mountains to attack villagers.
Module2 Unit 2 Wish you were here
Phrases
1.go trekking 远足,徒步旅行
2.see beautiful stars on clear nights在明朗的夜晚看见星星
3.in the dark在黑暗中
4.in case 以防,万一
5.go white-water rafting去激浪漂流
6.get turned upside down 使倾翻
7.go on a trip 去旅行
8.supplies of food and water水和食物的供应
9.get as close as possible to尽可能靠近
10.scare… away 吓跑
11.up close 靠近地
12.look forward to 盼望,期望
13.make discoveries 发现
14.need to make a fire 需要生火
15.lose one’s way 迷路
16.run out (of) 用完
17.be disappointed at the news对这个消息感到失望
18.at dawn 在黎明,在拂晓
19.in total silence 完全沉默
20.look out for 当心,留意
21.leave for 离开去,动身去
22.be tired of 对…感到厌烦
23.discover a place of mystery and beauty发现一个充满神秘和美丽的地方
24.regular flights固定航班
25.reach to the sky 延伸到天空
26.tower over 高于
27.heaven on earth 人间天堂
28.in harmony with 与…和谐一致
29.experience four seasons in one day一天经历四季的变化
30.the best times to do sth. 做某事最好的时节
31.at its mildest在它最温和的时候
32.be surrounded by被……所环绕
33.feed on 以……为主食;靠……为生
Sentences
1. 坐在什么动物上是不舒服的?
What animals is uncomfortable to sit on
2.我们将和当地的导游坐着骆驼旅游,露宿在帐篷里或睡在地上。
We’ll be traveling by camel, with local guides, camping in tents and sleeping on the ground.
3. 自维多利亚湖沿河而下不远,河水就十分湍急了。
A little way down the river from Lake Victoria, the water actually gets quite rough.
4.你得身穿特制的服装,带上头盔,穿上救生衣,以防橡皮筏倾翻或沉入水中。
You have to wear special clothing, a helmet and a life jacket, just in case your raft gets turned upside down or sinks.
5.我们要和当地居民生活在一起,他们吃喝什么我们就吃喝什么,包括喝牛血。
We’ll live with the local people, eat and drink whatever they do, including cow’s blood.
6.白天, 我们将步行穿越陆地,沿着大型动物的脚印前进。
During the day, we’ll walk across the land, following the footprints of big animals.
7.尽管这些动物很危险,我们还是尽可能地靠近他们,这样我们就有可能拍到一些真正的好照片了。
We’ll try to get as close as possible to the animals, even though they’re dangerous, so that I can take some really good photos.
8.导游们会随身带枪用来把动物吓跑,如果他们靠的太近的话。
Our guides will have guns with them to scare the animals away if they come too close.
9.爬山很累人,随着空气变得稀薄很多人感到恶心。
Mount climbing can be tiring, and many people feel sick as the air gets thinner.
10.听起来乏味,但我确信景色一定很迷人。我期待收到你从世界各地寄来的卡片。
It sounds very tiring, but I’m sure the view will be astonishing. I look forward to receiving your postcards from different places all over the world.
11你知道的,我探访一些名胜的日程安排已经满了。
.As you can see, my schedule of exploring some places of interest is full.
12.三座白雪覆盖的高山拔地而起。
Three mountains, which are covered with snow, tower over the land.
13.在这个天堂般的世界里,人们与自然浑然一体(和谐),全然忘了外面的世界。
In this heavenly world, people live in perfect harmony with nature and the outside world is forgotten.
14.大自然为香格里拉提供了无尽的自然宝藏,使得这片土地成为当地人民的幸福家园。
Nature has provided Shangri-la with endless natural treasures, making the land a happy home for the local people.
15.“香格里拉”一词首次出现在英国作家詹姆斯.希尔顿的小说《消失的地平线》中。他描绘了一个美丽的国度,那里三条河流交汇,白雪覆顶的高山直耸云霄,大地绿草如茵。 在这个完美的世界里,住着发现了如何永葆青春的人们。
The word ‘Shangri-la’ first appeared in the 1933 novel Lost Horizon by the British writer James Hilton. He described a beautiful kingdom where three rivers join together, snow-capped mountains reached to the sky, and fields of long grass covered the earth. In this perfect world lived people who had discovered how to stay young forever.
Module2 Unit 3 Amazing people
Phrases
1.win a Nobel Peace Prize获得诺贝尔和平奖
2.one of the greatest composers of all time有史以来最伟大的作曲家之一
3.have an effect on对……有影响
4.be curious about the world对世界充满好奇
5.set sail for向……方向航行
6.be known as…作为……而为人们所知
7.make one’s most amazing discovery做出了某人最令人震惊的发现
8.at the same time与此同时
9. fall ill with a fever因发烧而病倒
10.shortly after在……之后不久
11.have something to do with与……有关系
12. result in 导致
13. in advance 事先
14.in the early 1920s在20世纪20年代初
pare…with把……和……相比
16.make a great contribution to做出巨大的贡献
17. would rather do sth 宁愿做某事
18. fly across the Atlantic 飞越大西洋
19. a great deal of money 大量的钱
20. set foot on 登上
21.apply for 申请
22.in his thirties 在他三十多岁时
23.make the dream a reality 使梦想成真
24.three out of the l 4 candidates14名候选人中3名
25.be qualified for 能胜任的,具有…资格的
26.in control of 控制
27.go down in history with 载入史册
28. managed to live his dream 设法实现他的梦想
29.look up to 尊敬
30. pay off成功/带来好的结果
31. thanks to 多亏,由于
32.encourage sb to do sth. 鼓励某人做某事
Sentences
1.那个坟墓包含比以往我们任何一个人所看到的更多的财富:金子和珠宝,还有国王的尸体。
The tomb contained more riches, gold and jewels than any of us had ever seen before, as well as the mummy of the king.
2. 我们倾空了坟墓里的一切东西。
We emptied the tomb of everything it contained.
3.到了20世纪20年代他已经成为一名探险家,致力于寻找古埃及国王们的陵墓。
By the 1920s, he had become an explorer, searching for the tombs of the Egyptian Kings.
4.一进入坟墓,卡特的那只把他领到那个地方的幸运宠物鸟被一条蛇吃了。
Upon entering the tomb, Carter’s lucky pet bird, which had led him to the place, was eaten by a snake.
5.卡特的秘书在打开陵墓四个月后死于心脏病。
Carter’s secretary died of heart trouble four months after the tomb was opened.
6.七年间,与陵墓发掘工作有关的人员之中有21人死亡。
Within seven years ,21 people who had something to do with the opening of the tomb died.
7.如果这些病毒被人体吸入,它们就可能导致疾病甚至死亡。
If breathed in, they can result in illness or even death.
8.但是,有一点仍然可以肯定,图坦卡蒙国王陵墓之谜至今还没有人能够完全破解。
What is certain, though, is that the mystery of Tutankhamun’s tomb has never been fully explained.
9.我多年来作为探险家的训练最终获得了回报。
All my years of training as an explorer have finally paid off.
10.文字难以表达我当时是多么的兴奋。
Words can’t express how excited I was!
11.杨利伟生于1965年,从是个孩子起他就一直想飞行。
Born in 1965, Yang has wanted to fly since he war a young boy.
12.他的飞行梦得到了父母以及姐姐和弟弟的鼓励。
His dream was encouraged by his parents as well as his older sister and younger brother.
13.他不但学习所有成为一个宇航员所需的科目,还学习逃生技巧以及宇宙飞船和火箭是如何制造的。
He not only studied all the subjects required to be an astronaut but also learned survival skills and all about how spaceships and rocket are built.
14.他接受了各种测试,证明他是从事此项重任的合格人选。
He took all kinds of tests to prove he was qualified for this important task.
15.正是他心理测试的高分使他获得了中国第一宇航员的位置。
It was his high scores on the psychological tests that finally won him his position as China’s first astronaut.
16.在2l小时23分内你能得到的最大的快乐是什么 2003年10月15日,杨利伟回答了这个问题。他的太空之旅在21个多小时内带他在轨道中前进了600000公里,绕地球14圈。这使他成为中国首位、太空史上第241个宇航员。他已经朝着这个成就努力了很多年。
What’s the most fun you can have in 21 hours and 23 minutes On 15 October 2003, Yang Liwei answered this question. His journey into space took him 600,000 kilometers in orbit, around the earth 14 times, in just over 21 hours. It made him China’s first astronaut and the 241st person in space. He has worked towards this achievement for many years.
17.中国人值得为杨利为骄傲,全世界的年轻人值得将他视为努力实现梦想的榜样。
The people of China can be proud of Yang Liwei and young people all over the world can look up to him as an example of a man who managed to live his dream.