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1.defeat /di′fiːt/ vt.打败;战胜;使受挫;n.失败
2.attend /ə′tend/ vt.照顾;护理;出席;参加
3.expose /ik′spəʊz/ vt.暴露;揭露;使曝光
4.cure /kjʊə/ n.治愈;痊愈;vt.治愈;治疗
5.challenge /′tʃælindʒ/ n.挑战;vt.向……挑战
6.absorb /əb′zɔːb/ vt.吸收;吸引;使专心
7.suspect /sə′spekt/ vt.认为;怀疑;/′sʌspekt/ n.嫌疑犯
8.blame /bleim/ vt.责备;谴责;n.过失;责备
9.pollute /pə′luːt/ vt.污染;弄脏
10.handle /′hændl/ n.柄;把手;vt.处理;操纵
11.link /liŋk/ vt.& n.连接;联系
12.positive /′pɒzətiv/ adj.积极的;肯定的;确实的
13.reject /ri′dʒekt/ vt.拒绝;不接受;抛弃
14.scientific /ˌsaiən′tifik/ adj.科学的→science n.科学
15.conclude /kən′kluːd/ vt.& vi.结束;推断出→conclusion n.结论;结束
16.analyse /′ænəlaiz/ vt.分析→analysis n.分析
17.announce /ə′naʊns/ vt.宣布;通告→announcement n.通告
18.instruct /in′strʌkt/ vt.命令;指示;教导→instruction n.说明;指示
19.contribute /kən′tribjuːt/ vt.& vi.捐献;贡献;捐助→contribution n.贡献
20.enthusiastic /inˌθjuːzi′æstik/ adj.热情的;热心的→enthusiasm n.热情
ⅱ.重点短语识记
1.put forward提出
2.draw a conclusion得出结论
3.expose...to使显露;暴露
4.be to blame for该为……受责备;应为……承担责任
5.link...to...将……和……连接或联系起来
6.apart from除……之外;此外
7.(be) strict with...对……严格的
8.make sense讲得通;有意义
ⅲ.经典原句默写与背诵
1.neither its cause nor its cure was understood.
人们不知它的病源,也不了解它的治疗方法。
2.so many thousands of terrified people died every time there was an outbreak.
每次暴发(霍乱)时,都有大批惊恐的百姓病死。
3.to prevent this from happening again,john snow suggested that the source of all the water supplies be examined.
为防止这种情况再度发生,约翰·斯诺建议所有水源都要经过检测。
4.only if you put the sun there did the movements of the other planets in the sky make sense.
只有当你把太阳放在中心位置上,天空中其他行星的运动才能说得清楚。
5.he placed a fixed sun at the centre of the solar system with the planets going round it and only the moon still going round the earth.
他把固定着的太阳放在太阳系的中心位置上,行星都围绕着太阳转,只有月球仍然绕着地球转。
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1.astronomy is the scientific(science) study of the sun,moon,stars and other heaven bodies.共12页,当前第1页123456789101112
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2.your information is inaccurate and your conclusion(conclude) is therefore wrong.
3.we agreed with his acute analysis(analyse) of the political situation.
4.nothing is more valuable(value) than time,but nothing is less valued.
5.our cook’s sudden announcement(announce) that she was leaving took us quite by surprise.
6.he became a construction(construct) worker after he left school.
7.the chinese people have made a great contribution(contribute) to the whole world.
8.i put forward a plan but he did not appear enthusiastic(enthusiasm) about it.
9.the leadership of the movement(move) are in agreement on this issue.
10.that painful experience makes them cautious(caution) in the future.
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book5-unit1 <wbr>great <wbr>ssientistsconclude sth.with...就某事与某人达成协议;以……结束
conclude sth.from...从……推断出……
to conclude最后
arrive at/reach/come to/draw a conclusion得出结论
make a conclusion下结论
in conclusion总之;最后
so what can we conclude from this debate?
那么从这场辩论中我们能得出什么结论?
in conclusion,people around the world should be aware of the real situation of water shortage.
总之,全世界的人都应该意识到水短缺的真正形势。 (·福建·书面表达)
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(1)语法填空
①he concluded his speech with a famous saying.
②what can we conclude from stafford’s research?
③in conclusion,i would like to say how much i have enjoyed myself today.
(2)when the group discussion is nearing its end,make sure to conclude it with important points(用几条要点作为结束).
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book5-unit1 <wbr>great <wbr>ssientistsattend school/class/church上学/上课/做礼拜
attend on/upon伺候某人;照顾某人
attend to sb./sth.处理;倾听;照料;专心;注意
it (suddenly) occurred to him that he had an important conference to attend the next morning.
他突然想到第二天早晨他有个重要会议要参加。
the main thing is to attend to the injured.
首要任务是照顾伤者。
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(1)用attend短语的适当形式填空
①i always have so many things to attend to when i come back to the company after a trip abroad.
②i’m staying home tonight to attend on my father.
(2)翻译句子
数千人参加了庆典。
thousands of people attended the ceremony.
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be exposed to暴露于;经受……
expose sb.to...让某人接触某物;使某人暴露于……
they had not been exposed to most diseases common to urban populations.
城市人口中多数常见的疾病他们都没有接触到。
these units exposed children to many viewpoints of a given issue.
这些单元让孩子们接触到有关某一特定问题的多种观点。
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同义句改写
the newspaper exposed his secret to the public.
(1)the newspaper let out his secret to the public.(用let out改写句子)
(2)the newspaper gave away his secret to the public.(用give away改写句子)
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book5-unit1 <wbr>great <wbr>ssientistscure sb.of...治愈某人的……;矫正某人的……
a cure for...针对……的治疗
an operation finally cured his shin injury.
手术最终治好了他颈部的伤。
we need to cure our environmental problems.
我们需要解决我们的环境问题。
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(1)who was it that cured the old professor of his cancer(把教授的癌症治好了)?
(2)i hope the doctor can cure the pain in my shoulder(治好我肩膀的疼痛),but they haven’t found an effective cure.
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book5-unit1 <wbr>great <wbr>ssientistsbeyond one’s control超过某人控制范围
be under control处于控制之下
be in control (of sth.)控制着
in the control of受……的管理
out of control失控;无法管理
lose control of无法控制
you must learn how to control yourself.
你必须学会控制自己的情绪。
who’s in control of that house?谁掌管那所房子?
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同义句改写
(1)he is in control of the club.(用club作主语改写句子)
the club is in the control of him.
(2)he lost control of his motorbike.(用motorbike作主语改写句子)
his motorbike was out of control.
book5-unit1 <wbr>great <wbr>ssientists6 absorb v.吸收(液体、气体等)(take in);吸引全部注意力(attract);使全神贯注(interest sb.very much);使并入,吞并
book5-unit1 <wbr>great <wbr>ssientistsabsorb one’s attention吸引某人的注意
absorb...from...从……中吸收……
be absorbed in全神贯注于
be absorbed by/into被……吞并(吸引)
plants absorb carbon dioxide from the air and moisture from the soil.
植物从空气中吸收二氧化碳并从土壤中汲取水分。
思考 表示“全神贯注”的常见短语还有:be lost in,be buried in,fix/focus one’s attention on,devote...to,concentrate one’s mind on,apply oneself to,be addicted to等。
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(1)用absorb的适当形式填空
①when deeply absorbed in work,which he often was,he would forget all about eating or sleeping.
②he had an absorbed look on his face.
(2)翻译句子
她专心于这本书。
she was absorbed in the book.
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book5-unit1 <wbr>great <wbr>ssientistssuspect sb.to be+n./adj.怀疑某人……
suspect sb.of (doing) sth.怀疑某人(做了)某事
be suspicious of/about...对……怀疑
the above complaints are,i suspect,just the tip of the iceberg.我想,以上的抱怨只是冰山一角。
he resigned after being suspected of theft.
他被怀疑有偷窃行为,随后就辞职了。
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(1)—what happened to him?
—he was suspected of stealing the ring(他被怀疑偷了戒指) at the party last night,and the police were looking into the matter.
(2)同义句改写
i suspect that he is the pickpocket.(用suspect sb.to be...改为简单句)
i suspect him to be the pickpocket.
(3)翻译句子
我开始怀疑他邀请我的动机。
i began to suspect his motives in inviting me.
book5-unit1 <wbr>great <wbr>ssientists8 blame v.把……归咎于,责怪,指责(say or think sb. is responsible for);n.过失;责任(responsibility);责备,指责
book5-unit1 <wbr>great <wbr>ssientistsblame sb.for...因……而指责某人;把……归咎于某人
blame sth.on sb.把某事归咎于某人
be to blame (for sth.)应承担责任;该受责备(主动形式表被动意义
accept/bear/take the blame for...对……负责;为……承担责任
put/lay the blame for sth.on sb.把某事的责任推到某人身上
to be honest, it was su’s fault,but li was also to blame.
实话实说,这件事怪苏,但是李也应受指责。 (·江苏·书面表达)
everybody knows that he is supposed to be to blame for this.人人皆知他应该为此受到责备。
the president put the blame completely on his opponent.总统把责任完全推给了他的对手。
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(1)it is obvious that you are to blame for the accident(你该为这起事故负责).
(2)they blamed the failure on george(把失败推到george身上).actually,he is not to blame(不该受责备).
book5-unit1 <wbr>great <wbr>ssientistsit is announced that...据称;据宣布……
announce to sb.sth./that...向某人宣布……
make an announcement下通知;宣布
she was planning to announce her engagement to peter.
她正计划宣布她和彼得订婚一事。
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据宣布,将有新的限速规定出台。
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announce后不跟双宾语,即不能说announce sb.sth.,可以说announce to sb.sth.。类似不接双宾语的动词还有:explain,say,report,describe,suggest,mention,express等。
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(1)it was announced(据宣布) that the sports meeting would be put off till the next monday.
(2)everybody stopped talking and became quiet,for the footsteps announced the return of the boss(预示着老板的归来).
book5-unit1 <wbr>great <wbr>ssientists contribute vt.& vi.捐献;捐助(give money or goods to...);是……的原因之一(be one of the causes of sth.);贡献;投稿(write...for...
book5-unit1 <wbr>great <wbr>ssientistscontribute...to...把……贡献给……
contribute to有助于;导致(=result in/lead to);把时间投入到……
make a contribution/contributions to对……作出贡献/捐款
he contributed a lot of good ideas to the discussion.
他在这次讨论中提出很多好的想法。
would you like to make a contribution to the hospital building fund?
你愿意为医院建设基金捐款吗?
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(1)his profound learning and sharp eyes contributed to this new discovery(是这项新发现的原因).
(2)同义句改写
various factors contributed to his downfall.
various factors resulted in/led to/were responsible for/caused his downfall.
(3)翻译句子
适度的运动有益于健康。
a proper amount of exercise contributes to good health.
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lead to make sense put forward draw a conclusion,apart from
1.it does not make any sense to buy that expensive coat when these are cheaper.
2.we have put forward the date of our wedding by one week.
3.it is said that a cigarette end led to the forest fire.
4.he is easy to get along with.apart from that,he is a determined boy.
5.from what is said above,we can draw a conclusion that computers are more a blessing than a disaster.
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book5-unit1 <wbr>great <wbr>ssientistsput away将……收起;把……放回原处;积蓄
put aside忽视;不理睬;储存
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put out扑灭
put in放入;把……写进(信函、故事等
may i put your name forward as a possible chairman of the committee?我可否提名你为该委员会主席的人选?
the meeting was put forward half an hour.
会议提前了半小时。
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(1)用put短语的适当形式填空
①far water doesn’t put out near fire.
②encourage children to put aside some of their pocketmoney to buy christmas presents.
③the association has put the event off until october.
④her bed was neatly made,her clothes put away.
(2)at the last moment,tom decided to put in a new character(添加一个新的角色) to make the story seem more likely.
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book5-unit1 <wbr>great <wbr>ssientists表示“除……之外”的短语:,apart from/aside from除……之外,根据上下文的不同,可以分别相当于besides,except或except for。
besides=in addition to除……之外(还,也),常与also,more,other等连用。
except除……外(都)……,常与all,every,no,none,nothing等含有整体肯定或否定意义的词连用。
except for除……以外,其后所跟的词往往与前面的不是同一类的,是指整体中除去的一个细节或某一方面。
apart from the cost,the dress doesn’t suit me.
姑且不论价格,这件衣服也不适合我。
it is a good book,apart from the torn cover.
除了封面破了,它是本好书。
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(1)用besides,except,except for,apart from填空
①all the students took part in the sports meeting except/apart from tom.
②we need three more chairs besides/apart from these two.
③apart from/except for the ending,it’s a really good film.
(2)apart from good service(除了良好的服务以外),the restaurant offers different kinds of traditional fujian dishes.
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book5-unit1 <wbr>great <wbr>ssientistsin a sense在某种意义上;在某种程度上
in no sense决不;无论如何
make sense of弄懂……的意思;理解
have a sense of有……感
there is no sense in doing...做某事是不明智的。
i thought what he said made sense and i got in touch with him.我认为他所说的有道理,并与他取得了联系。
do you have a good sense of direction?
你的方向感好不好?
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(1)用sense的相关短语填空
①in a sense,i can’t agree with what you said.
②in no sense is that statement correct.
(2)in my opinion,the answer to the question you gave us just now doesn’t make any sense(没有任何意义).
(3)翻译句子
①读读这篇文章,告诉我通不通。
read this passage and tell me if it makes sense.共12页,当前第6页123456789101112
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②现在没有必要为失败苦恼。
there’s no sense in getting upset about failure.
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1.the cleaner gets paid by the hour(按小时领取报酬).
2.she has water delivered from the pump to her house(从水泵打水运到家里来) every day.
3.he got/became interested in(产生兴趣) two theories explaining how cholera killed people.
4.science can not develop unless people publish their ideas(除非人们公布他们的观点).
5.she’ll have a chance to get well only if she has a strong will(唯有她有坚强的意志) to live.
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book5-unit1 <wbr>great <wbr>ssientists he did not want to be attacked by the christian church,so he only published it as he lay dying in 1543.他不想遭到基督教会的攻击,所以他直到1543年临终前才公布了这一观点。
book5-unit1 <wbr>great <wbr>ssientists(1)形容词dying在句中作状语,说明谓语动词lay发生时,主语所处的状态。
(2)形容词(短语)作状语在句中还可以表示行为方式、伴随状况、原因、时间或条件等。
one woman was lying in bed,awake,listening to the rushing wind.
有一个女人躺在床上,毫无睡意,听着疾驰而过的大风。
he approached us,full of apologies.
他连声道歉地朝我们走来。
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(1)happy and satisfied (既高兴又满意),she suddenly appeared.
(2)the boy ran home,full of fear (满怀恐惧的).
(3)lighthearted and optimistic(豁达而乐观),she is the sort of woman to spread sunshine to people through her smile.
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根据句意补全句子
(1)the united states is a country which has developed.
→the united states is a developed country.
(2)he told us of the great wrong which had been done to him.
→he told us of the great wrong done to him.
(3)the children are excited (excite) about going to the zoo.
(4)everybody was shocked (shock) to hear the death of the famous film star.
(5)there are four used (use) stamps.
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ⅰ.语法填空——根据课文内容完成下面的短文
john snow,a wellknown doctor in london,became 1.inspired(inspire) when he thought about helping ordinary people who 2.were exposed(expose) to cholera,a 3.deadly (dead) disease of his day.many thousands of people died every time there was an outbreak 4.because no one knew the cause of it.john wanted to help solve 5.the problem.
he got interested in two theories 6.explaining (explain) how cholera killed people.he believed in the second theory 7.that suggested that people absorbed the disease with their meals.in 1854,8.when another outbreak hit london,he was ready to test the two theories.9.with the help of the map 10.he made,he got a valuable clue about the cause of the disease and was able to announce that the water was to blame.共12页,当前第7页123456789101112
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ⅱ.读写任务——用约30个词概括课文内容
john snow,a famous doctor and expert,succeeded in defeating “king cholera” in a scientific way.cholera was a deadly disease of its day and had attacked london twice in the 1850s.
ⅲ.写作素材——关于医学
1.布莱克因为接触了致命的病毒而患了重病。
2.专家通过各种尝试给他治疗。
3.各种尝试之后他们宣布病毒被打败了。
4.但是在完全康复之前他还需要护理一段时间。
5.人们说这种病毒该受责备。
提示:黑体部分用本单元词汇表达,并且请使用宾语从句,need doing等表达。
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black was severely ill because of being exposed to a deadly virus.after all the attempts to cure him,the experts announced that the virus was defeated but he needed attending before he was fully recovered.people said that the virus was to blame.
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ⅰ.完形填空
have you ever watched an artist paint a picture?he or she works close to the canvas(画布)— 1 small sections at a time in the process of completing the whole painting.
but every once in a while,the 2 must step back from their work and look at the whole picture.only by stepping away from what they’re working on can they 3 the proper perspective(角度).the proper point of view is 4 to the end result.
it’s no difference for any other creation.whether it’s a business,a project or your life,you need to step back 5 in order to get it right.from a 6 ,you can see things you can’t see when you’re close.the difference is in working on your project instead of working in it.it’s all too easy to focus on something but 7 the important parts needed to create a satisfying result.
stephen covey calls it“ 8 the saw(锯)”.it would be foolish to keep sawing away without stopping from time to time to make your 9 more sharp.but unfortunately,that’s what too many of us 10 .
just as in music—we need spaces between the notes in order to create the lovely melody(曲调).a continuous collection of notes with no spaces is not good—it’s 11 .
you may need to take a vacation—to get away from work or study.at other times,it’s best to take a course or attend a meeting to 12 some new ideas.sometimes,it may be better to take a complete break,to go away and just do something totally 13 —do a voluntary work,build a house for habitat,for humanity or some other worthy cause.共12页,当前第8页123456789101112
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the important thing is to take the breaks.without them,we are not 14 and we don’t enjoy our work or our life as much.our pressure 15 and both our work and our health suffer.
1.a.picking b.painting
c.losing d.enjoying
答案 b
解析 结合上一句及该空后的“completing the whole painting”可知,此处指艺术家靠近画布画画(paint)。
2.a.scientists b.teachers
c.physicists d.artists
答案 d
解析 结合语境,特别是该空后的the whole picture可知,此处指的是艺术家(artist)。
3.a.turn b.change
c.gain d.give
答案 c
解析 画家走到离画布远一点的地方是为了获得(gain)更合适的创作视角。
4.a.important b.special
c.ordinary d.popular
答案 a
解析 上下文中谈到寻找创作视角的用处,所以合适的视角对作品最后的结果是很重要的(important)。
5.a.finally b.sometimes
c.once d.slowly
答案 b
解析 不时地往后退一些,是为了更好地前行。此处sometimes与第二段第一句中的every once in a while相对应。
6.a.height b.depth
c.distance d.length
答案 c
解析 from a distance表示“在远处”。此处指隔一段距离(distance),你能够看到在近处看不到的东西。
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c.collect d.miss
答案 d
解析 人们很容易将精力只投入某些事情,从而错过(miss)一些重要的部分,而这些部分是创造出令人满意的结果所需的。
8.a.repairing b.sharpening
c.touching d.hiding
答案 b
解析 结合上文中提到的应该时不时地后退以审视自己的工作及本段第二句中的more sharp可知,此处指使锯锋利。sharpen使锋利。
9.a.way b.mind
c.tool d.sense
答案 c
解析 根据上文中提到的saw可知,此处选tool,指做事情时使用的工具。
10.a.notice b.do
c.find d.lose
答案 b
解析 虽然一直工作、不停下来锐化工具是很愚蠢的,但不幸的是,我们多数人都是这么做(do)的。
11.a.music b.noise
c.sound d.pollution
答案 b
解析 此处所填内容与上一句中的the lovely melody相对应。音符间没有空隙的音乐,没有旋律可言,是噪音(noise)。
12.a.obtain b.prove
c.desert d.explain
答案 a
解析 参加课程或参加会议是为了“获取”一些新点子。
13.a.difficult b.necessary
c.common d.different
答案 d
解析 该空后提到的事情是与平时工作不同的事情,因此该空填different。
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c.attractive d.sensitive
答案 b
解析 如果我们不注意休息,我们就不会有创造力。
15.a.reduces b.disappears
c.increases d.improves
答案 c
解析 压力增加(increase),我们就不能尽情地享受工作和生活,我们就会身心俱疲。
ⅱ.语法填空
no one could recognize me after i got my new transistors in the 1960s.there were times when my size was 1.totally (total) changed.i became small and thin but i 2.got (get) cleverer and cleverer,quicker and quicker.and my memory became so large 3.that i couldn’t believe it!but i was always so lonely standing there by myself,until in the early 1960s,they gave me a family 4.connected (connect) by a network.i could share information with 5.others (other) and we could talk to each other.at about 6.the same time we learned to talk to humans using basic.i 7.was brought (bring) into people’s homes in the 1970s.8.since then,my family and i have been used by billions of people to deal with information and communicate with each other 9.around the world by the internet.i love being used to connect people 10.who/that aren’t close enough to speak to each other.i have truly been built to serve the human race since my birth.
ⅲ.阅读理解
for many years,hawaii has been a magic name to people who like to travel.people on both sides of the pacific ocean,in japan and in america,dream of seeing these beautiful islands in the middle of the ocean.their dreams always include at least one scene of a sunset over the ocean.in the tropical(热带的) lands,the sun drops,like a ball of golden fire,into the sea,and it drops so quickly that you can almost see it move.the sun leaves behind a glow that lights the skies and shines in the quiet water.
people often have a quiet,peaceful time—perfect for a leisurely(悠闲的) walk along the water.this scene is not too different from the dramatic(令人神往的) beauty that greeted the first strangers to these islands centuries ago.they were polynesian people who came from tahiti in canoes not much bigger than small boats.
they found the beautiful white sand beaches and the waving palm trees,but there were no giant hotels like the ones we see nowadays.the first people came to hawaii nearly two thousand years ago,but skyscraper hotels were only built in the last 25 years.now jet planes make it possible to fly to it for a weekend from tokyo.wherever the people come from,they really want to see the original beauty of hawaii.they want to see the lovely beaches and the mountain called diamond head which is almost hidden by the tall hotels.共12页,当前第11页123456789101112