2019年英語新必修四講義Unit2SectionⅠWarmingUpReading-Pre-reading

EstablishingahumancolonyontheMoonandtravellingtoMarshasbeenthestuffofdreamssincethedawnofthespaceage.Butthesevisionsfacemanyhurdles(障礙).Howcanhumanssurviveformonthsoryearsintheultra-hostile(極端惡劣的)environmentofspace?What,forinstance,willtheyeat?AgriculturalresearchersataDutchuniversitysaytheyaretakingthefirststepstowardsprovidingananswer.TheyaregrowingvegetablesinsoilssimilartothosefoundontheMoonandMars,lookingforwaysofhelpingspacepioneersgrowtheirowncrops.“WhenpeoplegototheMoonandMarstheyalsohavetoeat,andit’seasiestforthemtogrowtheirownfood，”saidWiegerWamelink,surroundedbyseveraldozenplantsinaspecialgreenhouseatWageningen,anagriculturaluniversityincentralNetherlands.“WewantedtouserealMartianandlunarsoil,toseeifplantswouldactuallygrowinit，”Wamelinktoldreporters.Ofcourse,gettingreallunarandMartianpottingsoilisanimpossibletask.ButanInternetsearchrevealedanunlikelysupplier:NASA.“TheUSspaceagencymakesgroundsimilartothatontheMoonfromsandfoundinanArizonadesert,whileMars’crimson’soil’isscooped(舀；掏)fromavolcanoinHawaii，”Wamelinktoldreporters.Thefirstexperimentsstartedin2013afterWageningenreceivedanorderof100kilograms(220pounds)ofNASA’simitation“spacesoil”—ataheftypriceof2,000euros(D|S2,285).“Toworkinthissoilwasveryspecial.Nobody,notevenNASA,couldtelluswhatwouldhappen,evenjustbysimplyaddingwater，”hesaid.Theimitationgroundatfirstwasalittle“reluctant”toabsorbwater,butsoonturnedouttobegoodpottingsoil.“EspeciallyintheMartiansoil,plantsweregrowingveryfastandverygood.Theyevenstartedtoflower,somethingthatweneveranticipated(預料，預見)，”Wamelinksaid.Section_ⅠWarmingUp&Reading—Pre-readingeq\a\vs4\al([原文呈現(xiàn)])APIONEER①FORALLPEOPLEAlthoughheisoneofChina’smostfamousscientists,YuanLongpingconsidershimselfafarmer,forheworkstheland②todohisresearch.Indeed,hissunburnt③faceandarmsandhisslim,strongbodyarejustlikethoseofmillionsofChinesefarmers,④forwhomhehasstruggled⑤forthepastfivedecades⑥.YuanLongpinggrowswhatiscalledsuper⑦hybrid⑧rice⑨.In1973,hebecamethefirstagriculturalpioneerintheworldtogrowrice⑩thathasahighoutput?.Thisspecialstrain?ofricemakesitpossibletoproduce20%moreofthecrop?inthesamefields?.Nowmorethan60%ofthericeproducedinChina?eachyearisfromthishybridstrain.Bornin1930,YuanLongpinggraduatedfromSouthwestAgriculturalCollegein1953.Sincethen,findingwaystogrowmorerice?hasbeenhislifegoal.Asayoungman,hesawthegreatneedforincreasingthericeoutput.Atthattime,hunger?wasadisturbing?probleminmanypartsofthecountryside.YuanLongpingsearchedforawaytoincreasericeharvestswithoutexpanding?theareaofthefields.In1950,Chinesefarmerscouldproduceaboutfifty-sixmilliontonsofrice.Inarecentharvest,however,nearlytwohundredmilliontonsofricewasproduced.Theseincreasedharvests?meanthat22%oftheworld’speoplearefedfromjust7%ofthefarmlandintheworld.YuanLongpingisnowcirculatingeq\o(○,\s\up1(21))hisknowledgeinIndia,Vietnameq\o(○,\s\up1(22))andmanyotherlessdevelopedcountriestoincreasetheirriceharvests.Thankstoeq\o(○,\s\up1(23))hisresearch,theUNhasmoretoolsinthebattleeq\o(○,\s\up1(24))toridtheworldofeq\o(○,\s\up1(25))hunger.Usinghishybridriceeq\o(○,\s\up1(26))，farmersareproducingharveststwiceaslargeaseq\o(○,\s\up1(27))before.eq\a\vs4\al([讀文清障])①pioneern．開拓者；先鋒；先驅(qū)②worktheland耕種土地work在此處意為“管理，經(jīng)營，耕種”，是及物動詞。③sunburnt/’s?nb??nt/adj.曬黑的④forwhomhehasstruggled＝whomhehasstruggledfor。⑤struggle/’str?ɡl/vi.&n.斗爭；拼搏；努力⑥decade/’dekeId/n.十年；十年期forthepastfivedecades在過去的50年里，與現(xiàn)在完成時連用。⑦super/’sju?p?/adj.特級的；超級的常用來構(gòu)成合成名詞，如：supermarket“超市”，superman“超人”。⑧hybrid/’haIbrId/adj.混合的；雜種的n．雜交種；混血兒⑨whatiscalledsuperhybridrice是what引導的賓語從句，what意為“……的東西；……的事情”。⑩動詞不定式togrowrice作定語，修飾pioneer。當詞前有序數(shù)詞或最高級修飾時，多用動詞不定式而非分詞短語作定語。?output/’a?tp?t/n.產(chǎn)量；輸出(反義詞：input)?strain/streIn/n.(植物的)品種；種類?crop/kr?p/n.莊稼；農(nóng)作物；產(chǎn)量?makesitpossible是“make＋賓語＋賓補”結(jié)構(gòu)，其中，it是形式賓語，真正的賓語是toproduce20%moreofthecropinthesamefields。?過去分詞短語producedinChina作后置定語，修飾rice。?動名詞短語findingwaystogrowmorerice在句中作主語，動詞不定式短語togrowmorerice作定語，修飾ways。?hunger/’h??ɡ?/n.饑餓；欲望vt.&vi.(使)饑餓haveastronghungerforsth.有得到某物的強烈欲望?disturbing/dI’st??bI?/adj.引起煩惱的；令人不安的?expand/Ik’sp?nd/vt.&vi.使變大；伸展?過去分詞increased作定語，修飾harvests。eq\o(○,\s\up1(21))circulate/’s??kj?leIt/vt.&vi.循環(huán)；流傳circulateknowledge傳播知識eq\o(○,\s\up1(22))Vietnam/?vjet’n?m/n.越南(東南亞國家)eq\o(○,\s\up1(23))thanksto幸虧；由于；因為eq\o(○,\s\up1(24))battle/’b?tl/n.戰(zhàn)役；戰(zhàn)斗；較量；斗爭vt.&vi.搏斗；奮斗eq\o(○,\s\up1(25))rid...of使……擺脫或除去rid/rId/vt.擺脫；除去eq\o(○,\s\up1(26))現(xiàn)在分詞短語usinghishybridrice作原因狀語。eq\o(○,\s\up1(27))twiceaslargeas……的兩倍大造福全人類的先驅(qū)[第1～2段譯文]盡管他是中國最著名的科學家之一，袁隆平認為自己是個農(nóng)民，因為他在田間耕作，進行科學研究。的確，他那被太陽曬得黝黑的臉龐和手臂，以及他那瘦削而又結(jié)實的身軀，就跟其他千百萬中國農(nóng)民一樣。過去50年來，他一直在努力幫助他們。袁隆平種植的是被稱為“超級雜交水稻”的稻種。1973年，他成為世界上第一位種植高產(chǎn)水稻的農(nóng)業(yè)先驅(qū)。這種特殊的稻種使得同樣的田地多收獲20%的產(chǎn)量成為可能。如今中國每年生產(chǎn)的稻米有60%以上出自這種雜交稻種。袁隆平于1930年出生，1953年畢業(yè)于西南農(nóng)學院。從那時起，找到水稻高產(chǎn)的方法就成為他一生的目標。年輕時，他就看到了對水稻增產(chǎn)的巨大需求。當時，饑餓是許多農(nóng)村地區(qū)面臨的一個嚴重問題。袁隆平要在不增加土地面積的基礎(chǔ)上尋求增加稻谷產(chǎn)量的途徑。1950年，中國農(nóng)民能生產(chǎn)大約五千六百萬噸稻米，而近來卻生產(chǎn)了將近兩億噸稻米。這一糧食產(chǎn)量的增加意味著中國僅用世界7%的耕地養(yǎng)活了世界22%的人口。袁隆平現(xiàn)在在印度、越南和很多其他欠發(fā)達國家傳播提高水稻產(chǎn)量的知識。由于他的研究，聯(lián)合國在消除世界饑餓的戰(zhàn)斗中有了更多的方法。用他的雜交水稻種子，農(nóng)民們種出的糧食比以前多了一倍。YuanLongpingisquitesatisfiedwitheq\o(○,\s\up1(28))hislife.However,hedoesn’tcareaboutbeingfamous.Hefeelsitgiveshimlessfreedomeq\o(○,\s\up1(29))todohisresearch.Hewouldmuchrathereq\o(○,\s\up1(30))keeptimeforhishobbies.Heenjoyslisteningtoviolinmusic,playingmah-jong,swimmingandreadingeq\o(○,\s\up1(31)).Spendingmoneyonhimselforleadingacomfortablelifealsomeanseq\o(○,\s\up1(32))verylittletohimeq\o(○,\s\up1(33)).Indeed,hebelievesthatapersonwithtoomuchmoneyhasmoreratherthanfewertroubles.Hethereforeeq\o(○,\s\up1(34))givesmillionsofyuantoequipeq\o(○,\s\up1(35))othersfortheirresearchinagriculture.Justdreamingforthings,however,costsnothing.LongagoYuanLongpinghadadreamaboutriceplantsastallassorghumeq\o(○,\s\up1(36)).Eachearofriceeq\o(○,\s\up1(37))wasasbigasanearofcornandeachgraineq\o(○,\s\up1(38))ofricewasashugeasapeanuteq\o(○,\s\up1(39)).Heawokefromhisdreamwiththehopeofproducingakindofricethatcouldfeedmorepeopleeq\o(○,\s\up1(40)).Now,manyyearslater,YuanLongpinghasanotherdream:toexporteq\o(○,\s\up1(41))hisricesothatitcanbegrownaroundtheglobeeq\o(○,\s\up1(42)).Onedreamisnotalwaysenough,especiallyforapersonwholovesandcaresforhispeople.eq\o(○,\s\up1(28))besatisfiedwith對……感到滿意eq\o(○,\s\up1(29))freedom/’fri?d?m/n.自由；自主eq\o(○,\s\up1(30))wouldrather寧愿；寧可eq\o(○,\s\up1(31))此處listeningto...,playing...,swimming和reading均為enjoys的賓語。eq\o(○,\s\up1(32))動名詞短語spendingmoney...在句中作主語，謂語動詞mean用第三人稱單數(shù)形式。eq\o(○,\s\up1(33))meansverylittletohim對他來說意義不大eq\o(○,\s\up1(34))therefore/’ee?f??/adv.因此；所以；因而eq\o(○,\s\up1(35))equip/I’kwIp/vt.&vi.配備；裝備eq\o(○,\s\up1(36))sorghum/’s??ɡ?m/n.高粱eq\o(○,\s\up1(37))earofrice稻穗earofcorn玉米穗eq\o(○,\s\up1(38))grain/ɡreIn/n.谷物；糧食；顆粒eq\o(○,\s\up1(39))peanut/’pi?n?t/n.花生eq\o(○,\s\up1(40))thatcouldfeedmorepeople是that引導的定語從句，修飾akindofrice。eq\o(○,\s\up1(41))export/Ik’sp??t/vt.&vi.輸出；出口eq\o(○,\s\up1(42))sothatitcan...中，sothat引導目的狀語從句。[第3～4段譯文]袁隆平很滿意他的生活。但是，他對成名并不在意。他覺得出名后搞科研就不那么自由了。他寧愿把時間花在自己的業(yè)余愛好上。他喜歡聽小提琴樂曲、搓麻將、游泳和讀書。在自己身上花錢或者享受舒適的生活對他來說意義也不大。事實上，他認為一個人有了太多錢，他的麻煩事只會更多，而不是更少。于是，他拿出數(shù)百萬元幫助其他人進行農(nóng)業(yè)研究。然而，夢想是不花本錢的。很久以前，袁隆平曾夢見水稻長得像高粱一樣高，稻穗跟玉米穗一樣大，而每粒稻米像花生米一般大。他從夢中醒來，希望能培育出一種能養(yǎng)活更多人的水稻。許多年后的今天，袁隆平還有另外一個夢想，那就是他的稻米可以出口以便長遍全球。一個夢想總是不夠的，尤其對一個熱愛和關(guān)心人民的人來說更是如此。Pre-readingPleasematchthewordswiththeirpropermeanings.1．sunburntA．toprovidewiththingsnecessaryforacertainpurpose2．decade B．extremelygood3．expandC．totryextremelyhardtoachievesomething4．therefore D．toremovesth.thatiscausingaproblemfromaplace,group,etc5．equipE．brown(skin)fromspendingtoomuchtimeinthesun6．exportF．makingyoufeelanxiousandupsetorshocked7．ridG．tobecomelargerinsize,numberoramount8．superH．tosendthingstoforeigncountriesforsale9．disturbingI．a(chǎn)saresult10．struggleJ．a(chǎn)periodoftenyears11．statisticK．a(chǎn)joborprofession12．occupationL．a(chǎn)pieceofinformationshowninnumbers1～5________6～10________11～12________答案：1～5EJGIA6～10HDBFC11～12LKLead-in1．Whatdoyouknowaboutfarming?(1)plant(2)weed(3)water(4)harvest2．Whatkindofcropsdoyouknow?(1)wheat(2)corn(3)rice(4)carrotWhile-readingFast-reading1．What’sthemainideaofthepassage?Yuan_Longping’s_achievements_in_farming.2．Readthepassageandmatcheachparagraphwithitsmainidea.(1)Paragraph1A．YuanLongping’sbrieflifeexperiences.(2)Paragraph2 B．YuanLongping’sdreams.(3)Paragraph3C．YuanLongping’sattitudestowardlife.(4)Paragraph4 D．YuanLongping’sachievementsintheimprovementsonriceproduction.答案：(1)～(4)DACBCareful-readingReadthetextandchoosethebestanswers.1．Fromthefirstparagraph,weknowthatYuanLongping________.A．isafarmerB．lookslikeafarmerC．hasaweakbodyD．isChina’smostfamousscientist2．Thesentence“Justdreamingforthings,however,costsnothing”inthelastparagraphmeansthat________.A．oneshouldhavedreamsB．oneshouldn’thavedreamsC．one’swishesareeasytorealizeD．onewishesforthingsthatcostnothing3．Fromthetext,wecanconcludethat________.A．60%ofthericegrownintheworldisfromsuperhybridriceB．YuanLongpingmadeagreatcontributiontotheworldinsolvingthehungerproblemC．YuanLongpingleadsaverycomfortablelifewithhishighincomeD．YuanLongpinghasthehabitofhavingdreamswhensleeping4．ThefollowingareallDrYuan’shobbiesEXCEPT________.A．listeningtoviolinmusicB．swimmingandreadingC．playingmah-jongD．smokinganddrinking5．Thewholepassagemainlytalksabout________.A．howtosolvetheworld’shungerproblemB．howtoincreasericeharvestsC．YuanLongping’sachievementsinfarmingD．YuanLongping’sdailylife答案：1～5BABDCStudy-readingAnalyzethefollowingdifficultsentencesinthetext.1．Indeed,hissunburntfaceandarmsandhisslim,strongbodyarejustlikethoseofmillionsofChinesefarmers,forwhomhehasstruggledforthepastfivedecades.[句式分析]本句是一個主從復合句，句子主語為“hissunburntfaceandarmsandhisslim,strongbody”，those指代“sunburntfaceandarmsandslim,strongbody”，forwhom為“介詞＋關(guān)系代詞”引導非限制性定語從句，修飾Chinesefarmers。[嘗試翻譯]的確，他那被太陽曬得黝黑的臉龐和手臂，以及他那瘦削而又結(jié)實的身軀，就跟其他千百萬中國農(nóng)民一樣。過去50年來，他一直在努力幫助他們。2．In1973,hebecamethefirstagriculturalpioneerintheworldtogrowricethathasahighoutput.[句式分析][嘗試翻譯]1973年，他成為世界上第一位種植高產(chǎn)水稻的農(nóng)業(yè)先驅(qū)。3．Heawokefromhisdreamwiththehopeofproducingakindofricethatcouldfeedmorepeople.[句式分析][嘗試翻譯]他從夢中醒來，希望能培育一種能養(yǎng)活更多人的水稻。Ⅰ.閱讀理解AAnaverage30-year-oldpersonwhohaseatenthreemealsadaysincebirthhaseatenmorethan30,000mealstodate.Evenifyou'veonlyeatenhalfthatmuchhavetoadmitthis:you'veletsomeofthatbreakfast,lunchordinnergotowaste.Anditturnsoutwe'realltoblameforthisshamingfact:30%ofallfoodproducedintheworldeachyeariswastedorlost.That'sabout1.3billiontons,accordingtoanewreportbytheU．N.FoodandAgricultureOrganization.That'stheweightofmorethan8.6millionfull-grownbluewhales,thelargestcreaturesonearth.That'stheweightofmorethan2.3millionAirbusA380s,thelargestplanesinexistence.That'sasifeachpersoninChina,theworld'smostpopulouscountrywithmorethan1.3billionpeople,hadonetonmassoffoodthrownintothedustbin.It'salmostunfathomable,_isn'tit?Settingasidethatbignumber,wefindthepeoplewiththemostmoneyaretheoneswhowastethemost.Onaverage,apersoninEuropeanandNorthAmericancountrieswastesbetween95and115kilogramsoffood.Sub-SaharanAfrican,SouthAsianandSoutheastAsiancountrieswastemuch,muchless—between6and11kilogramsperperson.Here'sanotherstatistic:allthefoodthattheworld'srichestcountrieswasteisaboutequaltoallthefoodthatsub-SaharanAfricaproduces.Thenumbers:222milliontonsand230milliontons,respectively(分別地).Basically,thewastedfoodoftherichcouldfeedmuchoftheAfricancontinent.Andthesenumberscomeaswe'vejustbeenreportingaboutrisingfoodpricesaroundtheworldinthepastweek.Andmyownpersonaltip:ifIeatatarestaurantandcan'tfinishitall,Iaskforadoggiebag.IusedtobeawaiteryearsagoandwillneverforgettheamountsoffoodIsawleftonthetableafterthebillwaspaid.There'snoreasontowastefood.It'suptoallofustouseourcommonsensetoeatandshopjustabitmorewisely.語篇解讀：本文為一篇說明文。根據(jù)聯(lián)合國糧農(nóng)組織的一份報告，目前全球生產(chǎn)出來的30%的食物在消費過程中被浪費。1．Whatdoestheunderlinedword“unfathomable”inParagraph2mean?A．Possibletoimagine.B．Impossibletochange.C．Impossibletounderstand.D．Possibletounderstand.解析：選C詞義猜測題。根據(jù)第二段可知，每年浪費的食物的重量超過了860萬頭地球上最大的動物——藍鯨的重量，也超過了230萬架世界上現(xiàn)有的最大的飛機——空中客車A380的重量。這也好比在世界擁有超過13億人的人口最多的國家——中國，人均向垃圾桶里傾倒一噸的食物。由此可推知這種現(xiàn)象使人難以理解。unfathomable意為“難以理解的；深不可測的”。2．Itcanbelearnedthatthefoodtherichwastecansupport________.A．halfthepeopleinEuropeB．mostpeopleofAmericaC．mostpeopleofAsiaD．mostpeopleofAfrica解析：選D細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段倒數(shù)第二句“Basically,thewastedfoodoftherichcouldfeedmuchoftheAfricancontinent.”可推知，富有的國家浪費的食物可以養(yǎng)活非洲大陸大部分地區(qū)的人。3．Theauthorgavehispersonaltipbasedonthefactthat________.A．hewasonceverypoorB．hewasonceafarmerC．heonceworkedinarestaurantD．thepriceoffoodisveryhigh解析：選C細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段第二句“IusedtobeawaiteryearsagoandwillneverforgettheamountsoffoodIsawleftonthetableafterthebillwaspaid.”可知，作者的建議是根據(jù)他曾是一個餐館服務(wù)員的工作經(jīng)歷而給出的。4．Whatisthepurposeofthisarticle?A．Toshowtheauthor'sopinionoffood.B．Toletuslivemorewiselyandnotwastefood.C．Toshowtheamountofwastedfoodayear.D．ToasktherichestcountriestohelpAfricanpeople.解析：選B寫作意圖題。根據(jù)第一段倒數(shù)第二句“Anditturnsoutwe'realltoblameforthisshamingfact:30%ofallfoodproducedintheworldeachyeariswastedorlost.”和最后一段最后兩句“There'snoreasontowastefood.It'suptoallofustouseourcommonsensetoeatandshopjustabitmorewisely.”可推知，文章的寫作目的在于讓人們不要浪費食物，要更明智地生活。BLookingforafewextraworkhoursoranewjob?Manylocalbusinessesareonthelookoutforhelp:justtakealookalongDivisaderostreetandyou'llnoticemany“HelpWanted”signspostedinwindows.Hereareafewofthejobsnowhiringinthene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