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Book 1 Unit 3 Travel JournalJOURNEY DOWN THE MEKONGPART 1 THE DREAM AND THE PLANMy name is Wang Kun. Ever since middle school, my sister Wang Wei and I have dream ed about taking a great bike trip. Two years ago she bought an expensive mountain bike and then she persuad ed me to buy one. Last year, she visited our cousins, Dao Wei and Yu Hang at their college in Kunming. They are Dai and grew up in western Yunnan Province near the Lancang River, the Chinese part of the river that is call ed the Mekong River in other countries. Wang Wei soon got them interested in cycling too. After graduating from college.we finally got the chance to take a bike trip.I asked my sister, "Where are we going?" It was my sister who first had the idea to cycle along the entire Mekong River from where it begins to where it ends. Now she is plan ning our schedule for the trip.I am fond of my sister but she has one serious shortcoming. She can be really stubborn. Although she didn’t know the best way of getting to places, she insist ed that she organize the trip properly. Now, I know that the proper way is always her way. I kept asking her, “When are we leaving and when are we coming back?” I asked her whether she had looked at a map yet. Of course, she hadn’t; my sister doesn’t care about detail s. So I told her that the source of the Mekong is in Qinghai Province. She gave me a determined look — the kind that said she would not change her mind. When I told her that our journey would begin at an altitude of more than 5,000 metres, she seemed to be excited about it. When I told her the air would be hard to breathe and it would be very cold, she said it would be an interesting experience. I know my sister well. Once she has made up her mind, nothing can change it. Finally, I had to give in.Several months before our trip, Wang Wei and I went to the library. We found a large atlas with good maps that showed detail s of world geography. From the atlas we could see that the Mekong River begins in a glacier on a Tibetan mountain. At first the river is small and the water is clear and cold. Then it begins to move quickly. It becomes rapids as it pass es through deep valley s, travel ling across western Yunnan Province. Sometimes the river becomes a waterfall and enter s wide valleys. We were both surprised to learn that half of the river is in China. After it leave s China and the high altitude, the Mekong becomes wide，brown and warm. As it enters Southeast Asia, its pace slows. It makes wide bend s or meanders through low valleys to the plains where rice grows. At last, the river delta enters the South China Sea.PART 2 A NIGHT IN THE MOUNTAINSAlthough it was autumn, the snow was already beginning to fall in Tibet. Our legs were so heavy and cold that they felt like block s of ice. Have you ever seen snowmen ride bicycles? That’s what we looked like! Along the way children dressed in long wool coats stop ped to look at us. In the late afternoon we found it was so cold that our water bottles froze. However, the lakes shone like glass in the setting sun and looked wonderful. Wang Wei rode in front of me as usual. She is very reliable and I knew I didn’t need to encourage her. To climb the mountains was hard work but as we looked around us, we were surprised by the view. We seemed to be able to see for mile s. At one point we were so high that we found ourselves cycling through clouds. Then we began going down the hills. It was great fun especially as it gradually became much warmer. In the valleys colourful butterflies flew around us and we saw many yaks and sheep eating green grass. At this point we had to change our caps, coats, gloves and trousers for T-shirts and shorts.In the early evening we always stop to make camp. We put up our tent and then we eat. After supper Wang Wei put her head down on her pillow and went to sleep but I stayed awake. At midnight the sky became clear er and the stars grew bright er. It was so quiet. There was almost no wind —only the flame s of our fire for company. As I lay beneath the stars I thought about how far we had already travelled.We will reach Dali in Yunnan Province soon, where our cousins Dao Wei and Yu Hang will join us. We can hardly wait to see them!。

Public Attitudes Toward ScienceStephen Hawking 1 Whether we like it or not, the world welive in has changed a great deal in the last hundred years, and it is likely to change even more in the next hundred. Some people would like to stop these changes and go back to what they see as a purer and simpler age. But as history shows, the past was not that wonderful. It was not so bad for a privileged minority, though even they had to do without modern medicine, and childbirth was highly risky for women. But for the vast majority of the population, life was nasty, brutish, and short.2 Anyway, even if one wanted to, onecouldn't put the clock back to an earlier age. Knowledge and techniques can't just be forgotten. Nor can one prevent further advances in the future. Even if all government money for research were cut off (and the present government is doingits best), the force of competition wouldstill bring about advances in technology. Moreover, one cannot stop inquiring minds from thinking about basic science, whether or not they are paid for it. The only way to prevent further developments would be a global state that suppressed anything new,and human initiative andinventiveness are such that even this wouldn't succeed. All it would do is slow down the rate of change.3 If we accept that we cannot preventscience and technology from changing our world, we can at least try to ensure that the changes they make are in the right directions. In a democratic society, this means that the public needs to have a basic understanding of science, so that it can make informed decisions and not leave them in the hands of experts. At themoment, the public is in two minds about science. It has come to expect the steady increase in the standard of living that new developments in science and technologyhave brought to continue, but it also distrusts science because it doesn't understand it. This distrust is evident in the cartoon figure of the mad scientist working in his laboratory to produce a Frankenstein. It is also an importantelement behind support for the Greenparties. But the public also has a great interest in science, particularly astronomy, as is shown by the large audiences for television series such as The Sky at Night and for science fiction.4 What can be done to harness thisinterest and give the public the scientific background it needs to make informed decisions on subjects like acid rain, the greenhouse effect, nuclear weapons, and genetic engineering? Clearly, the basis must lie in what is taught in schools. Butin schools science is often presented in a dry and uninteresting manner. Children learn it by rote to pass examinations, and they don't see its relevance to the worldaround them. Moreover, science is often taught in terms of equations. Although equations are a brief and accurate way of describing mathematical ideas, they frighten most people. When I wrote a popular book recently, I was advised that each equation I included would halve the sales. I included one equation, Einstein's famous equation, E=mc2. Maybe I wouldhave sold twice as many copies without it.5 Scientists and engineers tend to expresstheir ideas in the form of equations because they need to know the precise values of quantities. But for the rest of us, a qualitative grasp of scientific concepts is sufficient, and this can be conveyed by words and diagrams, without the use of equations.6 The science people learn in school canprovide the basic framework. But the rate of scientific progress is now so rapid that there are always new developments thathave occurred since one was at school or university. I never learned about molecular biology or transistors at school, but genetic engineering and computers are two of the developments most likely to change the way we live in the future. Popular books and magazine articles about science can help to put across new developments, but even the most successful popular book is read by only a small proportion of the population. Onlytelevision can reach a truly mass audience. There are some very good science programmes on TV, but others present scientific wonders simply as magic, without explaining them or showing how they fit into the framework of scientific ideas. Producers of television science programmes should realize that they have a responsibility to educate the public, not just entertain it.7 The world today is filled with dangers,hence the sick joke that the reason wehave not been contacted by an alien civilization is that civilizations tend to destroy themselves when they reach our stage. But I have sufficient faith in the good sense of the public to believe that we might prove this wrong.。

Book 1Unit 3Travel journal词汇积累分层单词▶写作词汇1.vt.更喜欢;选择某事物(而不选择其他事物)2.vt.说服;劝说3.n.时间表;进度表vt.为某事安排时间4.adv.最后;终于5.n.缺点6.n.态度;看法7.n.风景;视野;见解vt.观看;注视;考虑8.adj.喜爱的;慈爱的;宠爱的9.vi.毕业n.大学毕业生10.vt.组织;成立答案 1.prefer 2.persuade 3.schedule 4.finally 5.shortcoming 6.attitude7.view anize▶阅读词汇1.journal n.2.transport n. & vt.3.flow vi. n.4.cycle vi.5.stubborn adj.6.journey n.7.bend n. vt.8.forecast n. & vt.9.parcel n.10.insurance n.11.fare n.12.valley n.13.pace vi. n.14.boil vi.15.wool n.16.midnight n.17.flame n.18.beneath prep.19.temple n.20.cave n.21.reliable adj.答案 1.日记;杂志;定期刊物 2.运送,运输 3.流动流动;流量 4.骑自行车 5.顽固的;固执的 6.旅行;旅程7.弯;拐角(使)弯曲8.预测;预报9.小包;包裹10.保险11.费用12.(山)谷;流域13.缓慢而行,踱步一步,速度,步调14.(指液体)沸腾;(水)开15.羊毛;毛织品16.午夜;子夜17.火焰;光芒;热情18.在……下面19.庙宇;寺庙20.洞穴21.可信赖的;可靠的▶拓展词汇1.n.不利条件;不便之处→n.有利条件;优势2.vi.毕业n.大学毕业生→n.毕业3.vt.组织;成立→n.组织者→n.组织→adj.有组织的4.vt.决定;确定;下定决心→adj.坚决的;有决心的→n.决心5.adj.可信赖的;可靠的→vi.依靠;依赖答案 1.disadvantage;advantage 2.graduate;graduationanize;organizer;organization;organized4.determine;determined;determination5.reliable;rely高频短语1.自从;自……以后2.喜爱;喜欢3.关心;忧虑;惦念4.改变主意5.下决心;决定6.投降;屈服;让步7.照常8.在午夜9.张贴;建造10.使某人对……感兴趣答案 1.ever since 2.be fond of 3.care about 4.change one’s mind 5.make up one’s mind 6.give in7.as usual8.at midnight9.put up10.get sb. interested in...经典句型1.Although she didn’t know the best way of getting to places, she(却坚持她安排这次旅游) properly.2.When I told her the air would(很难呼吸) and it would be very cold, she said it would be an interesting experience.3.(一旦她下了决心), nothing can change it.4.A determined person always tries to finish the job,(无论它有多艰难).5.At one point we were(如此高以至于) we found ourselves cycling through clouds.6.We(迫不及待地想要见到)them!答案 1.insisted that she organize the trip2.be hard to breathe3.Once she has made up her mind4.no matter how hard it is5.so high that6.can hardly wait to seeBook 1Unit 3Travel journal课文与语法填空阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

外研版BOO1 Module 3 重点词汇讲解2019 年 7 月第1页/共19页第2页/共19页a police helicopter 警用直升机a helicopter pilot直升机驾驶员第3页/共19页n.a distance of 200 kilometres 200 公里的距离What's the distance between New York City and Boston/from New YorkCity to Boston? 纽约市离波士顿有多远？In the US, distance is measured in miles.在美国，测量距离以英里作单位。

distanceWe saw lights in the distance. 我们看到了远处的点点灯光。

in/into the distance 在远处；在远方Alice stood staring into the distance. 艾丽斯站着凝视远方。

词组keep sb at a distance对…冷淡；同…疏远；与…保持一定距离go the (full) distance（比赛）打完全场，赛满全局Nobody thought he would last 15 rounds, but he went the full distance.谁都以为他坚持不到15 个回合，可是他却打完了全场。

第4页/共19页第5页/共19页leave a thing or place, especially because it is impossible or dangerous to stay （不v.得已而）舍弃，丢弃，离开stop doing sth, especially before it is f inish e d; to stop having sth 中止；放弃；不再有abandon派生词n.sand. [C, U] 沙漠，荒漠，荒原desert leave sb without help or support 抛弃，离弃，遗弃（某人）go away from a place and leave it emptyv.舍弃，离弃（某地方）stop using, buying or supporting sth废弃，放弃，撇下不管第6页/共19页第7页/共19页expertadj.an expert driver inexpert生产，制造product生长，出产，繁育同根词produce制作，拍摄（电影、戏剧等）第8页/共19页n. [’siːnəri] 风景，景色，风光；舞台布景同根词：s ce n ethe natural features of an area, such as mountains, valleys, rivers and forestswhen you are thinking about them being attractive to look at 风景，景色，风光n.舞台布景scenery the place where sth happens, especially sth unpleasant（尤指不愉快事件发生的）地点，现场同根词scene n.an event or a situation that you see, especially one of a particular type 事件；场面；情景a part of a film/movie, play or book in which the action happens in one place oris of one particular type 场面；片段；镜头第9页/共19页v. [ʃuːt] 开（枪或其他武器），射击，发射；打猎，狩猎，打（猎物），猎杀；拍摄，摄影fire a gun or other weapon; to fire sth from a weapon开（枪或其他武器），射击，发射hunt and kill birds and animals with a gun as a sportv.打猎，狩猎，打（猎物），猎杀make a film/movie or photograph of sth拍摄，摄影shootbe/get shot of sth/sb 失去；摆脱；处理积累词组be like shooting fish in a barrel(informal) 易如反掌；探囊取物；手到擒来shoot sb/sth↔down射倒，击毙，击落批驳，驳倒，彻底推翻（观点、意见等）第10页/共19页soiln. [sɔɪl] 土壤poor/dry/acid/sandy/fertile soiln. the top layer of the earth in which plants, trees, etc. grow 土壤贫瘠、干旱、酸性、沙质、肥沃的土壤soil erosion 土壤侵蚀soilfloor 指室内地板、地面词义辨析ground （常作 the ground）指室外地、地面land 指陆地、大地第11页/共19页journeyn. [’dʒɜː(r)ni]（尤指长途）旅行，行程an act of travelling from one place to another, especially when theyn.are far apart（尤指长途）旅行，行程journey trip 通常指往返的旅行。