Lesson Ten Language英语新闻阅读.ppt

[3] 本文不属于新闻消息报道，而是对事件进行形象化报道的特写，所以文章并没有使用导语把中心思想交代给读者，而是采取对典型人物的经历进行描述性概括的方法，制造悬念来引起读者的兴趣。? [4] Peru（秘鲁）：Peru officially refers to the Republic of Peru（秘鲁共和国）, South America. It borders on the Pacific Ocean in the west, on Ecuador（厄瓜多尔）and Columbia（哥伦比亚）in the north, on Brazil（巴西）and Bolivia（玻利维亚） in the east, and on Chile（智利）in the south. Lima（利玛）is the capital and the largest city. [5] wing it [English idiom]: to engage in something with little or no preparation or experience; improvise [6] Immersion program：沉浸式外语训练班，通常采用把学习者置于必须讲目的语言的生活和学习环境内的语言教学模式。 [7] Guatemala（危地马拉）: It officially refers to the Republic of Guatemala（危地马拉共和国）, Central America. The country is bounded on the north and west by Mexico, on the east by Belize（伯利兹）and the Caribbean Sea（加勒比海）, on the southeast by Honduras（洪都拉斯）and El Salvador（萨尔瓦多）, and on the southwest by the Pacific Ocean. The capital and the largest city is Guatemala City（危地马拉城）. [8] grease the wheels (AmE. Sl.): to make things run smoothly with certain aid. For example: We have to grease the wheels in order to enter the VIP room. [9] Hispanic（西班牙后裔）: A Hispanic is a citizen of the United States of America who originally came from Latin America（拉丁美洲）, or whose family did. [10] Antigua（安提瓜岛, 西印度群岛之一）: Antigua is a town in south central Guatemala. Founded in 1542, Antigua Guatemala became the third capital of Spanish Guatemala. In the 17th century, it flourished as one of the richest capitals of the New World, rivaling Lima and Mexico City; by the 18th century, its population had increased to 60,000. Its university was a center of the arts and learning, and its churches, convents, monasteries, public buildings, and residences were characterized by massive luxury. Antigua was continually subject to disaster from volcanic eruptions, floods, and earthquakes. In 1773 a series of earthquakes leveled the city. The Spanish captain general ordered (1776) the removal of the capital to a plain supposedly free from earthquakes and there