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外研版高中英语必修3课文原文及翻译Module6 外研版高中英语必修3课文原文及翻译Module6 外研版高中英语必修3课文原文及翻译Module6 MODULE 6 Old and New 古今鉴赏 The Three Gorges Dam 三峡大坝 “ Walls of stone to hold back clouds and rain 更”“立西江石壁，截断巫山云雨 ” Mao Zedong wrote a poem in which he dreamed of “ Walls of stone to hold back clouds and rain till a smooth lake rises in the narrow gorges 毛泽东写过一首词，在词中，他想象了 “更立西江石壁，截断巫山云雨，高峡出平湖 ”的壮丽景观。  ” . Now his dream has come true . The power of the Y angtze River, which is the worlds third longest river, has been harnessed by the Three Gorges Dam. 现在，他的理想变成了现实，世界第三长河 —— 长江的水力已经被三峡大坝很好地利用了。 The Three Gorges Dam, which is the biggest construction project in China since the building of the Great Wall and the Grand Canal, has been built to control flooding and provide hydro-electric power for the central region of China. 三峡大坝是中国自万里长城和京杭大运河以来最大的建筑工程，它是作为防洪大坝和中国巨型水利枢纽而建的。 The dam is nearly 200 metres high and 1.5 kilometres wide . It is the largest hydro-electric power station and dam in the world and has cost more than any other construction project in history. 大坝高约 200 米，宽约 1.5 千米，是世界上最大的水力发电站和水坝，耗资高出历史上其他所有的建筑工程。 Sun Yat-sen, who was the leader of the 1911 Revolution, first suggested the ides of a dam across the Y angtze River in 1919. 孙中山是 1911 年的革命领袖，他在 1919 年最先提出横跨长江建立大坝的想法。 Three quarters of Chinas energy is produced by burning coal. 中国四分之三的能源是经过燃煤获得的。 In 1993, China used 1.2 billion tons of coal for heating and generating electricity. Unfortunately, burning coal causes serious air pollution and increases global warming. 1993 年，中国燃掉了 12 亿吨煤用于供热和发电。遗憾的是，燃煤造成严重的空气污染并使得全球变暖。 The dam will generate electricity equal to about 40 million tons of coal without causing so much air pollution. 大坝将要生产相当于燃烧 4000 万吨煤所产生的电量，但却不会造成那么严重的空气污染。 The reservoir has flooded 2 cities, 11 counties, 140 towns and more than 4,000 villages. 水库淹没了 2 个城市、 11 个县市、 140 个城镇和 4000 多个农村， More than a million people who lived in the region have moved from their homes. 高出一百万住在这个地区的人们走开了他们的家乡。 Now theyre living a