高级英语第一册Unit3ShipsintheDesert.pptVIP

Unit 3 Ships in the Desert Image 1 depicts the Aral Sea on November 16, 1996 and Image 2 depicts that of October 14, 2003. We can readily see that the outline of the lake has drastically changed during the last seven years Image 1 image2  Bleak: 1.without anything to make you feel cheerful or hopeful e.g. a bleak outlook/prospect/future 暗淡的前景 2. Gloomy and somber; dreary 暗淡的和昏暗的；阴郁的 e.g.“Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult”(John Millington Synge) “艾伦群岛的生活一直是困苦不堪的”(约翰·米林顿·辛格) 3.Cold and cutting; 寒冷和刺骨的；阴冷的： e.g.bleak winds of the North Atlantic. 北大西洋的冷风 vocabulary Lap: 1.To wash or slap against with soft liquid sounds: 拍打:伴随着轻柔的液体声音冲洗或击打： e.g.waves lapping the side of the boat. 波浪击打着船的侧面 Divert: 1.to change the direction or purpose of something 使转向 e.g.Traffic was diverted around the scene of the accident. 疏导交通绕过出事现场 2. To entertain someone Ill-considered: decisions, actions, ideas that are ill-considered have not been carefully thought about. e.g.ill-considered actions sure to result in disaster. 必然导致灾难的不明智之举 Cracked: something is cracked has been damaged and has one or more lines on its surface. e.g. His face is cracked and dry. Peel: to lose the outer layer or surface脱皮 Emission: 1.n[c]An amount of gas or other substance that a machine or factory produces and sends into the air e.g. Britain has agreed to cut emissions of nitrogen oxide from power stations. 英国已经同意减少发电站的氧化氮排放量。 2. [u] the sending out of gas, light, heat etc Ice runaway: a strip of paved ice ground for use by airplane in taking-off and landing. Because it’s in the south pole, so it’s an ice runaway. Ski plane: an airplane with skis instead of wheels for landing and taking off in the snow. Ski plane at the south pole Inexorable: an inexorable process can’t be stopped e.g. the inexorable decline of Britain’s manufacturing industry. Pitch: 1.pitched a tent