第三單元 五大湖
Lesson 9 1 Read and act
第九單元 讀和表演
Hey Kevin, where did you say you were born?
嗨,Kevin,你說你在哪里出生的?
I was born in Michigan, USA.
我出生在美國的密歇根州.
There are a lot of lakes up there,aren't there?
那里有許多湖是嗎?
Yeah, I lived on Lake Superior.
是的,我住在蘇必利爾湖邊.
Have you ever swum it?
你游過蘇必利爾湖嗎?
No.It's one of the Great Lakes.
沒有.它是一個最大的湖.
It's so big that when you sail on it,you can't see the land.
它很大,當你在湖上航行的時候,你看不到岸.
It's like being on an ocean.Well, do you swim?
它像個海洋.是的,你會游泳嗎?
Yes,I like to swim.Why?
會,我喜歡游泳.干嘛!
We need another member for our swimming team.
我們的游泳隊需要一些成員.
How well do you swim?
你游泳游得怎么樣?
I can swim far though I'm not very fast.
我可以游很遠,但不是很快.
When I lived in Michigan,I swam as far as 2 kilometres at one time.
我住在密歇根州的時候,曾經一次游過兩公里.
You can swim in the 800-metre race.
你能游800米的比賽.
Then you don't have to be so fast.
然而你不必如此的快.
Maybe I will come and swim on your team.When do you practise?
也許我會加入你們的游泳隊.你們什么時候練習?
We start tomorrow after school.I'll see you then,OK?
明天下課后開始那時見,好嗎?
OK.
好的.
Lesson 10 2 Read and act THE GREAT LAKES
第十課 讀和表演 五大湖
The Great Lakes are the lagest bodies of fresh water in the world.
五大湖是世界上最大的淡水湖群.
They are between the US and Canada.
位于美國和加拿大之間.
There are five lakes:Superior,Michigan,Huron,Erie and Ontario.
共有五個大湖泊:蘇必利爾湖,密歇根湖,休倫湖,伊利湖和安大略湖.
When the earth was still in the Ice Age,
當地球還處在冰河時代,
there was a glacier that covered the land in this area.
在這個區域里面,冰河覆蓋陸地.
Then when the earth started to warm up,
當地球蘇曖的時候,
the glacier melted and formed the Great Lakes.
冰河融化從而成了五大湖泊.
Ever since then,people have lived beside the Lakes,hunting,fishing,
從那時到現在,人們住在湖邊,打獵,捉魚.
washing clothes,ice-skating and doing many other things.
洗衣服,滑冰和做其它的事情.
When Canada and America started building factories along the shores of the Lakes,
當加拿大和美國開始創建工廠的時候,都是建在湖邊,
they became polluted.
使得五大湖受污染.
The factories would put their waste into the Lakes.
工廠把一些廢物倒進湖里面.
Pretty soon the Lakes ecosystem was not right any more.
很快湖區的生態系統不正常了.
When fish and plants began to die,
當這些魚和植物開始死亡的時候,
a group of people and scientists knew something had to be done.
一群人們和科學家們意識到該采取一些行動了.
They asked the government for a special program to help them clean up the Lakes
他們請政府實施一個特殊的方案來幫助他們澄清湖水,
and make them healthy again.
并讓湖泊重新恢復健康.
These people set up a lab called the Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory.
這些人組織了一個實驗室叫做五大湖環境研究工作實驗室.
After they had studied the Lakes ecosystem,
他們在研究過五大湖的生態系統之后,
they found that the pollution was killing the Lakes.
發現污染正在吞噬著五大湖.
They still study the ecosystem of the Great Lakes today.
今天他們還在研究五大湖的生態系統.
They have found out how the Lakes influence the weather in the world
他們發現湖泊究竟是怎樣來影響天氣的

and how different ecological events,
與生態學有多么的不同.
like warm waters in the seas,influence the Great Lakes.
像曖和的海水,影響著五大湖.
If the Great Lakes dried up,the whole world would feel it.
如果五大湖干涸了,全世界都會受到影響.
Many areas would become deserts
許多地方都會變成沙漠
and many animals would lose their homes and maybe die out.
許多動物都會失去棲息地,或許還會滅絕.
People who live around the Great Lakes have learnt
住在五大湖周圍的人認識到這一點的重要性.
that it is very important to keep the ecosystem of the Great Lakes healthy
去保持五大湖健康又牢固的生態系統.
Lesson 12 3 Read and write
第十二課 讀和寫
Give the passage a title and write an ending to it.
給這段話題個題目然后接著寫完它.
Phillip,Cecily and I were going to the cinema.
我和Phillip,Cecily去看電影.
We wanted to watch a scary film.
我們想去看恐懼片.
I told them that I would meet them at the cinema at :
我告訴他們:分在電影院碰面.
I arrived late,so they had already gone in and found their seats.
我遲到了,所以他們已進去并且找了位置.
The film had started when I walked in.I couldn't find them right away.
當我進去的時候,電影已開始了.我沒有馬上找到他們.
The picture had many dark parts.
銀幕上大部分是黑暗的畫面.
I waited and waited until finally a bright scene came on.
我等了又等,最后總算等到銀幕上出現了明亮的畫面.
Then I thought I saw my friends sitting in the front.
然后我估計我的朋友就坐在前面.
I walked carefully down to the front and sat beside them.
我小必翼翼地走到前面坐在了他們的旁邊.
I hadn't had dinner because I was already late.
我沒有吃晚飯因為我已經遲到了.
My friends had bought a large bag of popcorn.
我的朋友帶了一大袋爆米花.
I reached over and grabbed some.
我伸出手去搶奪了一些.
Cecily said,"Hey,what are you doing?"
Cecily說,"嗨,你干嘛?"
It didn't exactly sound like her,but then she was eating some popcorn.
這聲音聽著不太像是她,但那時她正吃著爆米花.
I said, "I'm hungry.I didn't have any dinner.
我說道,"我餓了,我沒有吃過任何東西."
"Then I grabbed some more.Cecily then gave the popcorn to Phillip
然后我又拿了一些,然后Cecily把爆米花給了Phillip.
Just then a terrible scene appeared in the film and we all screamed.
這時,影片正播放一個可怕的畫面,我們都尖叫了起來.
I grabbed Cecily and she grabbed Phillip.The popcorn spilled all over us.
我抓住Cecily而她又抓住Phillip.爆米花灑了一地.
They both turned to me and said angrily,
他們都轉向了我然后生氣的說,
"What are you doing?"I couldn't understand why my friends were so angry.
"你干嘛?"我不懂我的朋友為什么如此生氣.
I turned to them and looked at both of them closely.I suddenly found ..
我轉向她們,然后靠近地看.我突然發現....
Words And Expressions 3
Michigan Superior melt attention
n.密歇根(湖) n.長者,高手,上級 v.融化;熔解 n.注意
pay attention to ecosystem fresh Huron
對……注意(留意) n.生態系統 adj.新鮮的;清新的 n.休倫(湖)(北美洲)

Erie Ontario area hunt
n.伊利(湖)(北美洲) n.安大略(湖)(北美洲) n.地區;區域 v.打獵;獵取(鳥,獸等)
shore pretty pretty soon government
n.(海,河,湖的)岸 adv.相當 很快 n.政府
research influnce ecological die out
n.研究;調查 v.& n.影響;感化 adj.生態學的 滅絕;逐漸消失
come over scary scene popcorn
從遠處來 adj.可怕的;嚇人的 n.場面;場景 n.爆米花
scream fear heat
n.& v.尖叫 v.& n.恐懼;害怕 v.& n.加熱;熱