自然地理专业英语教案.docVIP

Lesson 1 WORDS 1.sleet n.冻雨，雨夹雪 2. depend vi.依赖,取决于 3. hail n.雹 4. form vt.,vi.形成 5. low a.低的 6. temperature n.温度 7. molecule n.分子 8. cling vi.粘着 9. droplet n.小水滴 10. dust n.灰尘 11. particle n.粒子,微粒 12. nucleus n.核,原子核 13.dew n.露水 14.crystal n.晶体 15.condensation n.冷凝,凝结 16. rapid a.快的 17.moisture n.湿气,水分 18. freeze vi.结冰 19.raindrop n.雨点 20.instead ad.代替,替换 21.snowflake n.雪片 22.shape n.形状 23. flake n.薄片 24.hexagonal a.六角形的 25.lens n.透镜 26.strike vt.,vi.打击击中,撞 27.thunderstorm n.雷雨 28.swift a.迅速的 29.current n.气流,潮流 30.toss vt.,vi.抛,扔,颠簸 31.acquire vt.取得,获得 32.hailstone n.冰雹 33.stick vi.粘住 34.theory n.理论 35.explain vt.说明,解释,阐明 PHRASES AND EXPRESSIONS The more the more越… 越… So that 如此… 以致… Take place 发生 As soon as 一 … 就… High above 大大高于 Well below 远远低于 Take on 呈现 A bit of 一点 A mass of 一块 Start out 出发,着手进行 layer of 一层 TEXT RAIN, SNOW, SLEET, AND HAIL The forming of rain in a cloud depends upon temperature. The lower the temperature, the more the molecules of water vapor in the cloud cling together. Then they form droplets of water. Usually droplets form around dust or other particles in the air when the dew point is reached. If ice crystals are in the cloud, even more droplets may form. In clouds, condensation may be so rapid that millions of droplets of water are formed. As these droplets collect more molecules and therefore become heavier, their weight makes them fall to the earth. If the temperature of the air is above freezing the drops will fall as rain. When the air high above the earth is well below freezing, the moisture in the air does not form raindrops. Instead, it forms snow. Snowflakes take on many interesting shapes. They seem to be formed around a center. Snow is made up of millions of these flakes, each a bit of water vapor that in freezing temperatures was changed into a flake of snow. Snowflakes are really crystals; they are water molecules grouped in a hexagonal pattern. It is interesting to study snowflake c