课前想一想
1. Do you know how hard it is to film the golden eagles?
2. If someone tells you that his/her leg has gone dead, what does he/she mean?
词汇装备库
1.aerial/'erial/(adj.)(尤指从飞机上的)空中的;空气中的
2.stoop/stu:p/(v./n.)俯身,弯腰;向楼,驼背
He is a tall man with a slight stoop.他是个高个子,有点儿驼背。
3. paraglider /'paereglarder/
(n.)滑翔伞运动员
*滑翔伞运动是paragliding
4.mimic/'mimik/(v.)(为逗乐而)模仿,学...的样子
5.thermal/'03:rml/
(adj.)热的,热量的,热力的
6.notoriously/nou'to:riesli/
(adv.)臭名昭著地,声名狼藉地
7.scavenge/'skaevind3/
(v.)(从废弃物中)觅食;捡破烂
*后面常加介词 for
8.bird of prey(n.)猛禽,食肉的鸟
词句兵工厂
Wearing a specially designed helmet camera, Aaron's aim is to film the per-spective of a diving eagle.
戴上特制的头盗式摄像机,亚伦希望拍出金雕俯冲时的景观。
Note:
1.specially designed专门设计的,特殊定制的
a specially designed software 一个专门设计的软件
a specially designed postcard for New Year一个专门为新年设计的明信片
2.helmet/'helmit/(n.)头盔,安全帽
3.film/film/(v.)拍摄(电影)
to film a film 拍电影
Most of the scenes were filmed in
a studio.
大多数场景是在摄影棚里拍摄的。
4.perspective/per'spektrv/
(n.)角度,观点,远景
a global perspective全球的视角historical perspective历史角度
a new perspective on life 对于生活的新看法
from somebody's perspective 以某人的视角
The novel is written from a child's perspective.
这部小说是以一个孩子的视角写的。
5.diving/'daivin/
(n.)(运动)跳水;潜水
*这里指金雕向下俯冲
词句兵工厂
Thick cloud makes it hard to avoid the mountains, let alone film them. Thank-fully, they make it down in one piece,much to Emma's relief.
云层非常浓厚,他们要避开山都很难,更不要说拍摄了。谢天谢地,他们平安到达山脚,艾玛终于舒了一口气。
Note:
1.let alone当然不会,更不用说
*一般用在否定句后面表示强调
Some people never even read a newspaper,let alone a book
有些人从不看报纸,更不用说读书了
The baby can't even sit up yet, let alone walk!
宝宝现在连坐起来都很困难,更别说走路了。
2.thankfully/'Oaenkfali/(adv.)(常用于句首,表示高兴或感激)幸好,幸亏
3.make it 事情做成,获得成功;准时赶到,赶上;挺过来
I want to be a professor by the time I'm 30. Do you think I'll make it?
我想在三十岁前当上教授,你觉得我能成功吗?
4.in one piece整个地,完整地,表示经历危险后安然无羡
Cheer up. At least you're still in one piece.振作点,至少你还平平安安的。
*in pieces 指散碎的
The china dish lay in pieces on the floor.瓷盘碎片散落在地上。
5.to one's relief 令人宽心的是,让人松了一口气的是
To my relief, they spoke English.
令我宽心的是他们说英语。
词句兵工厂
Aaron's decided that the best way to keep safe and get stable shots is to fly tandem with a cameraman.
亚伦想到,要安全地拍到稳定画面的最好方式是一前一后和摄影师一起飞行。
Note:
1.shot/fa:t/(n.)照片,镜头,片段
We hired a photographer to take some good shots
我们雇了个摄影师来拍些美丽的照片。
*拓展:
a shot in the dark 指瞎猜,乱猜
My answer to the last question was
a complete shot in the dark.
我最后一道题的答案完全是瞎猜的。
a bit shot 指要人,权势人物
a big shot in the record business唱片业大腕
2.tandem/teendem/(n.)双人自行车in tandem 协同合作,联合工作
The two companies often work in tandem.两家公司经常合作。
in tandem with sb/sth 同行,并驾齐驱,同时实行
Clearly, wealth has recently moved in tandem with the savings ratio.
很显然最近财富与储蓄率同步发展
词句兵工厂
They might not be as majestic as a golden eagle, but they do capture a unique perspective that conveys an eagle's life as never before.
或许他们没有金雕那么雄伟,但确实捕捉到了独特的景观,以前所未有的方式展现了金雕的生活。
Note:
1.majestic/ma'dgestik/
(adj.)雄伟的;壮丽的;威严的
*名词形式majesty指庄严,壮丽
2.capture/kaeptfer/(v.)拍摄,摄制
A passer-by captured the whole in-cident on film.
一位路人拍摄下了事件的全过程。
Your card has been captured.
你的卡被吞了。
3.convey/ken'veI/
(v.)表达,传达(思想、感情或想法)convey a message 传达信息
I tried to convey in my speech how grateful we all were for his help.
在发言中,我竭力表达我们大家对他所给予帮助的感激之情。
convey sth to sb 向某人传达什么
Please convey my apologies to your parents.请向你的父母转达我的歉意。
4.as never before前所未有地,空前地
Satellite technology offers the op-portunity, as never before, for continu-ous television coverage of major inter-national events
卫星技术为实现重大国际事件的不间断电视报道提供了前所未有的机会。
语法轻知识
Different meanings of "dead"
“dead”的多种不同含义
Marker sentence:
Barry's only reward is a dead leg.
巴里得到的却只是麻木的腿。
dead最常见的意思是“死亡的、去世的”,但这个词还有很多其他的含义:
1.表示(身体局部)失去知觉,麻木的
Leave me alone. My right leg has gone dead .
别碰我,我的右腿麻了。
2.表示(某地)沉寂的,死气沉沉的
The city center is quite lively during the day, but it's totally dead at night.
市中心白天相当热闹,晚上却死气沉沉。
He's eager to leave this dead little town.
他渴望离开这个死气沉沉的小镇。
3.表示坏了的,失灵的,不能用的不运转的
My phone was dead and I couldn't get in touch with her.
我的手机坏了/没电了,我无法联系上她。
4.作为形容词/副词,表示完全的(地)全然的(地),非常
The teacher waited for dead silence before continuing to give the lecture.
老师等学生们完全静下来才继续讲课。
I always try to arrive dead on
time.我总是尽量按时到达。
(dead在这里相当于exactly)
实战练兵场
(2006年考研英语完形填空)
Many others,while not addicted or mentally ill, simply lack the everyday15 skills needed to turn around their lives.
[A] life
[B] existence
[C] survival [D] maintenance
解析:
题目的意思是:其他许多人,虽然没有上瘾或精神疾病,只是缺乏…来扭转他们的生活。填入的词需要能够修饰skills这个单词。前修饰语everyday,日常的,说明这是一种生活技能,后置定语needed to turn their lives也可以提示我们应该填入生存技能。
A选项life skills生活技能,B选项exis-tence表示存在,没有existence skills这种搭配,C选项survival skills表示生存技能,D选项maintenance指维护。符合文意的只有C选项。everyday sur-vival skills表示日常生存技能。
【答案】C
文化加油站
Talk show 小贴士
1.I always find that every mountain I have climbed has taught me at least one important lesson.
我一直认为我攀登过的每座山峰都至少教会过我一个重要的道理。
2. There is never just one way up a mountain, sometimes there are many routes to take or there are something blocking your way .
通往山顶的路永远不只有一条。有时有很多路线可供选择,而有时路上会有障碍阻止你前进。
route/raut/(n.)路线;路途;航线block/bla:k/(v.)堵塞;阻挡;阻碍
3.After seeing what untouched places look like you will want to protect them.当看到未被开发的地方有多美之后,你就会想要保护它们。
untouched/An'tatft/(adj.)未改变的;原封未动的;未受破坏的
4. If you are positive, even if the climb seems impossible for a while, you should continue to try.
如果你保持积极的心态,即使山峰暂时看起来高不可攀,你也应该继续试一试。
for a while 一会儿;暂时
主题打包盒
1.为了展示金雕的生活,摄制组采用了两种不同的方法:传统野生动物摄制组以史无前例的近距离去拍摄野鹰,而航空组在高空捕捉金雕在群山间捕猎飞行的画面。
2.亚伦是一名专业的滑翔伞飞行员。他要从山顶跳下来拍摄金雕的飞行过程,但抵达起飞地点后,由于风向改变了,他和他的搭档不得不在峰顶的庇护所过夜。
但一夜之后,天气更加恶劣了,他们没能拍到金雕,但好在最终平安抵达山脚。等到天气放睛,克服了重重困难后,亚伦终于成功拍到了满意的飞行画面。
3.与此同时,摄影师巴里需要躲在隐匿处拍摄金雕,但经过长达八小时的等待后,金雕仍没有飞来。又经历了漫长的等待,在隐匿处躲了一百小时后,巴里终于等来了金雕,成功拍摄到了满意的照片。