教学课件：《新编实用英语2》(高职).ppt

Detailed Study of the Text (A) 3. On the other hand, places such as deserts… 另一方面，诸如沙漠一样的地方…… ◆ on the one hand… on the other hand… 是一方面，另一方面的意思 On the on hand they’d love to have kids, but on the other hand, they don’t want to give up their freedom. 一方面，他们想要孩子，但另一方面，他们又不想放弃自由自在的生活。 Detailed Study of Text B PART III Maintaining a Sharp Eye The EL Nino Phenomenon Text C Detailed Study of the Text (C) Detailed Study of the Text (A) 厄尔尼诺现象又称厄尔尼诺海流，是太平洋赤道带大范围内海洋和大气相互作用后失去平衡而产生的一种气候现象。正常情况下，热带太平洋区域的季风洋流是从美洲走向亚洲，使太平洋表面保持温暖，给印尼周围带来热带降雨。但这种模式每2—7年被打乱一次，使风向和洋流发生逆转，太平洋表层的热流就转而向东走向美洲，随之便带走了热带降雨，出现所谓的“厄尔尼诺现象”。“厄尔尼诺”一词来源于西班牙语，原意为“圣婴”。19世纪初，在南美洲的厄瓜多尔、秘鲁等西班牙语系的国家，渔民们发现，每隔几年，从10月至第二年的3月便会出现一股沿海岸南移的暖流，使表层海水温度明显升高。南美洲的太平洋东岸本来盛行的是秘鲁寒流，随着寒流移动的鱼群使秘鲁渔场成为世界三大渔场之一，但这股暖流一出现，性喜冷水的鱼类就会大量死亡，使渔民们遭受灭顶之灾。由于这种现象最严重时往往在圣诞节前后，于是遭受天灾而又无可奈何的渔民将其称为上帝之子－－圣婴。后来，在科学上此词语用于表示在秘鲁和厄瓜多尔附近几千公里的东太平洋海面温度的异常增暖现象。当这种现象发生时，大范围的海水温度可比常年高出3－6摄氏度。太平洋广大水域的水温升高，改变了传统的赤道洋流和东南信风，导致全球性的气候反常。 Detailed Study of Text C PART Ⅳ Trying Your Hand Applied Writing Grammar An E-mail to a Travel Agent Nowadays more and more people would like to go on a trip on holiday，and if we have decided on the destination，most of us may contact a travel agent to enquire about the sample routes，schedule，cost and so on．E-mail is convenient for us to realize this goal because it is cheaper and faster．Generally，you need to do the following when writing an E-mail：  Decide on your destination．  Decide how many days you can set aside for traveling．  Identify a travel agent with good reputation．  Enquire about the best sample route．  Discuss the cost of your trip．  Find out the clauses(条款)of the trip contract． Read the following E-mail written by Kendall to a travel agent for his planned trip for a five-day holiday． Applied Writing Sample Sir， I heard that you’re offering a special package holiday which includes two days in Qingdao and three days in Dalian．It sounds lovely in the brochure(资料手册)