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9 Yosemite One of the Most Famous National Parks in the US 约塞米蒂 美国最著名的国家公园之一

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仔细听

Yosemite National Park is a place of extremes.It has high mountains.It has valleys formed by ancient ice that cut deep into the Earth millions of years ago.Water from high in the mountains falls in many places to the green valley far below.There are thirteen beautiful waterfalls in Yosemite Valley.One of these waterfalls,Yosemite Falls,is the fifth highest on Earth.

约塞米蒂国家公园是一个充满极致的地方。这里有高耸的山峰,有数百万年前、由远古时期的冰河切割而成的幽深山谷。高山上的水流飞驰而下,落入群山深处的绿色山谷。在约塞米蒂山谷中有13处美丽的瀑布,其中有一处叫约塞米蒂瀑布,是地球上第五高的瀑布。

听力破解:播音员重读了extremes,可知这段新闻主要讲约塞米蒂公园为什么是极不寻常的。

词汇宝典:cut into在这里是“切入”的意思,我们可以说cut one's name into the bark“将某人的名字刻入树干”;此外,这个短语还可以表示“插嘴”,如:cut into our conversation“打断我们的谈话”。

仔细听

Up in the mountains are clear lakes,quick-moving small rivers,and huge formations of rock.One huge rock is called Half Dome.It rises more than two thousand seven hundred meters into the air.

山上有清澈的湖泊、欢快的小溪,还有巨大的岩石群。其中的一个巨石叫半圆丘,它高达2700多米,直冲云霄。

听力破解:我们来区分下rise和raise的发音:rise读作[raiz],而raise是[reiz],在听力和发音时需要注意分辨。

仔细听

Yosemite has a beautiful slow-moving river and large grassy areas where you can see wild animals.More than sixty kinds of animals live in the park.Deer are very common.You can see them almost everywhere.They have little fear of humans.You might even see a large black bear.You can also see two hundred different kinds of birds.

约塞米蒂还有一条缓慢流动的河流和大片活跃着野生动物的草地。公园中生活着60多种野生动物。其中鹿是很常见的,几乎在任何地方都可以看到。它们一点也不惧怕人类。你甚至还可能看到大黑熊和两百种不同的鸟类。

词汇宝典:fear在这里是名词,意思是“害怕”,固定用法有:out of fear“出于恐惧”,in fear of“怕……”等;此外fear也可以做动词,如:He fears nothing.他什么都不怕。

仔细听

In a place called the Mariposa Grove,visitors can see some of the largest,tallest and oldest living things on Earth.These are the giant Sequoia Trees.One of these trees is called Grizzly Giant.It is more than one thousand eight hundred years old.One tree is almost ninety meters tall.Another is more than ten meters around.The huge old trees can make you feel very,very small.

在一个叫玛莉波莎丛林的地方,游客可以看到一些地球上最大、最高、最古老的树木,这些树是巨大的美洲杉,其中有一棵叫“灰巨人”,它已经有1800多年的树龄了。有一棵有将近90米高。还有一棵树周长超过10米。这些巨树会让你感觉自己非常、非常渺小。

听力破解:播音员重读了largest,tallest and oldest,强调了这些树木的独到之处。

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学着说一说

1.mill ions of数百万……

▶million表示“百万”,而 hundred表示“百”,thousand表示“千”,

billion表示“十亿”,所以hundreds of的意思就是“数以百计”,以此类推,thousands of“数以千计”,billions of“数十亿”。

▶与million相关的口语句子有:

You look like a million dollars.你看上去帅呆了。

I feel like a million dollars.我感觉好极了。

2.more than非常

▶more than 在口语中常表示“非常,十分”,如:

She talks more than I can listen.她总是在我旁边碎碎念!(talk more than I can listen字面意思是“说的话超过了自己能听的极限”,即引申为“唠叨”。)

I would be more than happy to go with you.我很愿意和你一起去。

3.kinds of各种各样的

▶口语中常会用到 kinds of 的各种变形,如:

some kind of...某种……

a kind of...一种……

many kinds of...许多种……

如:

A:Dude,what's Krav Maga?兄弟,以色列马加术是什么?

B:I have no idea.Some kind of yoga?不知道,瑜伽的一种?