英语 英语 日语 日语 韩语 韩语 法语 法语 德语 德语 西班牙语 西班牙语 意大利语 意大利语 阿拉伯语 阿拉伯语 葡萄牙语 葡萄牙语 越南语 越南语 俄语 俄语 芬兰语 芬兰语 泰语 泰语 泰语 丹麦语 泰语 对外汉语

高中英语人教版必修第三册04

时间:2010-04-21 06:02来源:互联网 提供网友:huoshiyou   字体: [ ]
特别声明:本栏目内容均从网络收集或者网友提供,供仅参考试用,我们无法保证内容完整和正确。如果资料损害了您的权益,请与站长联系,我们将及时删除并致以歉意。
    (单词翻译:双击或拖选)

[00:07.78]Reading
[00:09.14]THE UNKNOWN SOUTHERN LAND
[00:12.75]The “unknown southern land”was in imaginary1 continent,
[00:17.11]appearing on European maps from the fifteenth to the eighteenth century.
[00:22.13]It was first put there by a Greek map maker2 in the first century AD.
[00:28.00]He believed that south of the Indian Ocean a continent existed with a mild climate,
[00:35.06]where the people were very wealthy.
[00:37.83]However, he warned that it could not be reached because it was surrounded by a ring of fire.
[00:44.36]In the Middle Ages Western people rejected that theory because they believed that the world was flat,
[00:52.56]so there could not be continent on the other side of the world.
[00:56.61]If you were to sail across the ocean,
[00:59.77]you would fall off the earth.
[01:02.12]Besides, they argued that there could not be people beyond the ring of fire if all people came from Adam and Eve.
[01:11.16]Later European map makers3 copied this continent onto their maps again although nobody had every seen it.
[01:20.72]Scientists argued for its existence saying that there should be a continent in the south to balance that known continents in the north.
[01:30.04]Usually the land was shown as a continent around the South Pole,
[01:35.01]but much larger than Antarctica, as we know it now.
[01:38.77]Tasman sailed past Australia without seeing the continent,
[01:43.92]but discovered Tasmania and the west coast of New Zealand,
[01:47.76]which he thought was part of the southern continent.
[01:51.10]Around this time, the other European nations lost their interest in the search for “the unknown southern land” and concentrated on the Asian continent instead.
[02:02.88]For some time there were no voyages of to the region4.
[02:07.61]The French were very active in the eighteenth century.
[02:12.05]One of the French sea captains reported that he had seen very short people.
[02:17.56]What he needed was a new pair of glasses,
[02:21.11]because what he had seen were not people but penguins5.
[02:25.24]Another Frenchman reported that he that discovered paradise6,
[02:29.79]but he was hanged for telling lies when he came back home.
[02:33.73]As late as 1767 an English scientist published a survey of all discoveries in the southern part of the Pacific Ocean up till then.
[02:44.68]He was positive about the existence of a large unknown continent,
[02:49.67]and believed its northern coast to be lying somewhere in the Pacific Ocean.
[02:54.50]Based on this report the English government decided7 to ask Captain Cook to go and look for this continent.
[03:02.57]James Cook traveled around the world making maps between 1768 and 1771 on his ship, the Endeavour.
[03:13.33]The English government also gave him secret instructions to search for the mysterious continent.
[03:20.78]After visiting Tahiti, Cook set sail to the south,
[03:24.62]where he expected to find land.
[03:26.97]Unable to find it, he decided to set sail for New Zealand, which had already been discovered by the Dutch.
[03:34.80]Passing between the North and the South Island Cook discovered the east coast of Australia more or less by accident.
[03:43.06]When Cook arrived back in England in 1771,
[03:47.79]he still could not answer the question whether there was an unknown southern continent or not.
[03:54.63]So, in 1772 the British government sent him on a second expedition to solve the problem of the southern continent once and for all.
[04:06.49]Cook sailed as far south as possible.
[04:10.12]On 10 December, 1772 he saw the first iceberg8.
[04:16.08]For the next to summers,
[04:18.72]Cook sailed between icebergs9 searching for land, which he found at last.
[04:24.25]Naturally, he thought it was the southern continent,
[04:28.36]but he was very disappointed when it turned out to be just a small inland covered with snow.
[04:34.99]James Cook did not discover Antarctica,
[04:38.73]but when he came home in 1775 he was sure that there was no great southern continent with a mild climate, as scientists had believed for hundreds of years

 


点击收听单词发音收听单词发音  

1 imaginary Aazxr     
adj.想象中的,假想的,虚构的,幻想的;虚数的
参考例句:
  • All the characters in this book are imaginary.此书中的所有人物都是虚构的。
  • The boy's fears were only imaginary.这小孩的恐惧只是一种想象。
2 maker DALxN     
n.制造者,制造商
参考例句:
  • He is a trouble maker,You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼,你不要跟他在一起。
  • A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。
3 makers 22a4efff03ac42c1785d09a48313d352     
n.制造者,制造商(maker的复数形式)
参考例句:
  • The makers of the product assured us that there had been no sacrifice of quality. 这一产品的制造商向我们保证说他们没有牺牲质量。
  • The makers are about to launch out a new product. 制造商们马上要生产一种新产品。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 region RUtxZ     
n.地区,地带,区域;范围,幅度
参考例句:
  • The students went to study the geology of that region.学生们去研究那个地区的地质情况。
  • It is unusual to see snow in this region.这个地区难得见到雪。
5 penguins fc5bf5a50fd6b440a35d113f324c5e75     
n.企鹅( penguin的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • Why can penguins live in cold environment? 为什么企鹅能生活在寒冷的环境中? 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Whales, seals, penguins, and turtles have flippers. 鲸、海豹,企鹅和海龟均有鳍形肢。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
6 paradise KKJxT     
n.伊甸乐园,天堂
参考例句:
  • My house had a small backyard,the paradise of children.我那幢房子有一个小后院,那是孩子们玩耍的乐园。
  • On a hot day a dip in the sea is sheer paradise.热天洗个海水澡是十分令人惬意的事。
7 decided lvqzZd     
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
参考例句:
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
8 iceberg CbKx0     
n.冰山,流冰,冷冰冰的人
参考例句:
  • The ship hit an iceberg and went under.船撞上一座冰山而沉没了。
  • The glacier calved a large iceberg.冰河崩解而形成一个大冰山。
9 icebergs 71cdbb120fe8de8e449c16eaeca8d8a8     
n.冰山,流冰( iceberg的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • The drift of the icebergs in the sea endangers the ships. 海上冰山的漂流危及船只的安全。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The icebergs towered above them. 冰山高耸于他们上方。 来自辞典例句
本文本内容来源于互联网抓取和网友提交,仅供参考,部分栏目没有内容,如果您有更合适的内容,欢迎点击提交分享给大家。
------分隔线----------------------------
顶一下
(1)
50%
踩一下
(1)
50%
最新评论 查看所有评论
发表评论 查看所有评论
请自觉遵守互联网相关的政策法规,严禁发布色情、暴力、反动的言论。
评价:
表情:
验证码:
听力搜索
推荐频道
论坛新贴