普通高中课程标准实验教科书 英语必修3 Unit 5 Canada - The Tru

 IQALUIT-- THE FROZEN¹ TOWN

  The reporter, Beth Allen, arrived in a northern community² called Iqaluit  in Nunavut   Nunavut was created in 1999 as a special area for Inuit people. Its name means³ "Our Land" in their language. It is in the farthest northeastern area of Canada, north of the Arctic⁴ Circle (北极圈), and is very cold - the average⁵ winter temperature in Nunavut is 35 degrees below zero.
      Beth said, "I knew it would be cold in January, but not this cold! Maybe there is a dog sled (雪橇) that can take me into town."
      The quiet man who had been on the plane with her said, "I'll take you into town,  but I don't have a dog sled. Most people only use the dogs for competitions. Why are you visiting Iqaluit?"
      Beth answered, "I'm writing a story for my newspaper about Iqaluit - we'd like to advertise⁶ it as a holiday place, but I think it's too cold."
      The man laughed. "My name is Simon and I am Inuit," he said. "I think it's too far north here for holidays but more and more tourists are coming. They like ice fishing and photographing polar⁷ bears. I stay as far away from polar bears as possible. I like my warm office and my warm house."
       Beth asked, "What do you do in an office? Don't you hunt⁸ animals for a living? I thought you lived in ice houses."
       "I'm a business man. My grandfather would live in ice houses when he hunted⁹ in winter, but not so many people do that now. The old men used¹⁰ to make one in a few hours. They used to live in skin tents in summer - the tents were easy to move so the people could follow the animals."
       A few minutes later they arrived in Iqaluit, a town with a population of 6,000, on Simon's snowmobile. It was two o'clock in the afternoon, but it was already dark, and all the houses shone with bright lights. Beth said, "Why is it so dark? It's the middle of the day!"
       Simon replied, "It's dark in the day because we are so far north. You should come in June. The sun shines all night in the north then. That's why it's called 'The Land of the Midnight¹¹ Sun'." There were people on the streets and snowmobiles everywhere. There were even a few dog teams.

1 frozen   

adj.冻结的，冰冻的

参考例句：

• He was frozen to death on a snowing night.在一个风雪的晚上，他被冻死了。
• The weather is cold and the ground is frozen.天寒地冻。

2 community   

n.公社，团体，社会，（政治）共同体，共有，一致，共同体，（生物）群落

参考例句：

• I work in the community school.我在社区学校工作。
• There is a bakery in our community.我们小区有一个面包房。

3 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。

4 Arctic   

adj.北极的；n.北极

参考例句：

• They flew over the unlimited reaches of the Arctic.他们飞过了茫茫无边的北极上空。
• The sort of animal lived in the Arctic Circle.这种动物生活在北极圈里。

5 average   

n.平均数，平均水平；adj.一般的，通常的，平均的；v.取平均值，达到平均水平

参考例句：

• He spends on the average two hours a day on reading.他平均每天用两小时读书。
• The average flow of the river is 200 cubic metres per second.这条河平均流量为每秒二百立方米。

6 advertise   

v.做广告，登广告，发告示；宣传，宣扬

参考例句：

• It pays to advertise.做广告是值得的。
• Are lawyers allowed to advertise?准许律师做广告吗？

7 polar   

adj.两极的，极地的，南辕北辙的，南极的，北极的，极性的；n.极线，极面

参考例句：

• It's very cold in the polar regions.南北极地带是很寒冷的。
• Love and hatred are polar feelings.爱与恨是完全相反的感情。

8 hunt   

vt./vi./n.打猎，猎取；搜寻

参考例句：

• We must hunt out all the facts we can.我们必须尽可能查清全部事实。
• Millions of people hunt and fish for a living.许多人打猎和捕鱼为生。

9 hunted   

v.打猎( hunt的过去式和过去分词 )；猎取；搜寻；寻找

参考例句：

• His eyes had a hunted look. 他双眼透露出一种恐慌的神态。
• We hunted the neighbour's chickens out of our yard. 我们把邻居家的小鸡从我们院子里轰走了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 used   

adj.用旧了的，旧的；习惯于…；过去惯/经常

参考例句：

• I used to work until nearly 6:00 o'clock each day.我过去常常工作到6:00左右。
• He used to walk anywhere from two to five miles an hour.他过去经常一小时走二至五英里。

11 midnight   

n.午夜

参考例句：

• The ship pulled in to the shore at midnight.那船半夜时靠岸。
• He looked at the moon and made the time to be midnight.他看了看月亮，估计时间是半夜了。