课文原文

Dilogue
Language Function:
Expressing Apologies for Being Careless.
A:Do you realize that you gave me the wrong message?
B:Did I?
A:Yes.It should have been 9 o'clock,not 10!
So I didn't see Ms White, our English teacher.
B:How careless of me!I'm sorry!
A:Oh,that's all right,but please be more careful next time.
B:Yes, I will!
aplogy
道歉
realize
认识到；体会到
Ms/miz,maz/
女士
forgetfulness
健忘
okay
行；可以
Listening Comprehension
A.Listen and choose an appropriate sentence for what you're heard.
B.Listen and fill in the blanks.
Journey across the Arctic.
Men do not cross the Arctic(1)__very often.
It is (2)__.
It is dark in winter and (3)__. The ice is dangerous,too.
In (4)__the ice melts and moves(5)__.
In February 1968 Wally Herbert started his(6)__across the Arctic.
He went with (7)__and some dogs.
The men (8)_slowly for five months.
In the summer(9)__melted so they stopped(10)__journey.
A plane(11)__food and equipment(12)__1969,they reached the North Pole .
(13)__they travelled(14)__.
They moved quickly and(15)__land on May 29th.
Text:The Atlantic Ocean
For centuries the Atlantic Ocean prevented the people of Europe from discovering America.
The Atlantic Ocean is only half as big as the Pacific,
but it is still very large.
It is more than 6 400 km wide where Columbus crossed it.
Even at its narrowest it is about 3 200 kmwide.
Two things make the Atlantic Ocean rather unusual.
For so large an ocean it has very few islands.
Also,it is the world's saltiest ocean.
There is so much water in the Atlantic that it is hard to imagine how much there is.
But suppose no more rain fell into itand no more water was brought to it byrivers,
it would take the ocean about 4 000 years to dry up.
In most places the water is little more than 3.2 km deep,
but in some places it is much deeper.
The deepest spot is almost 9.6 km deep.
Today the Atlantic is a great highway.
It isnot, however, always a smooth and safe one.
We now have such fast ways of travelling
that this big ocean seems to have grown smaller.
Columbus sailed for more than two months to cross it.
A fast modern steamship can make the trip in less than four days now.

词语解释
New Words and Expressions
prevent/pri'vent/
阻止
Europe
欧洲
half/ha:f/
一半
pacific
太平洋
km = kilometre(s)
千米，公里
wide/waid/
阔；宽
Columbus
哥伦布
island
岛
salty
含盐的
suppose
假定；猜想
highway/'haiwei/
公路；交通干线
smooth
平稳
seem/si:m/
好像
sail/sell/
航行
steamship
汽船