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听力文本
The Panama Canal Is Opened
The Panama Canal is officially opened after 10 years of construction.
In 1914, the Panama Canal was officially opened.
The canal links the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, allowing ships to sail from one ocean to the other without having to go around South America.
The canal's construction was financed and supervised by the U.S. government and took 10 years to complete.
Over 70,000 people worked on the project, 400 million was spent, and 5,600 deaths were recorded, most caused by malaria or yellow fever.
The U.S. government controlled the canal until a treaty allowing Panama to gradually assume control was signed in 1977.
参考译文
巴拿马运河开通
巴拿马运河历史10年工程完工正式开通。
1914年巴拿马运河正式开通。
这条运河将太平洋和大西洋连接在一起,使得船舶可以在两地直接航行,而不必再经过南美洲。
巴拿马运河由美国政府投资并监督建造，历时10年时间完成。
超过70000人参与这个项目,共花费4亿美元,而且有超过5600人死亡,大多数是疟疾及黄热病造成。
1977年巴拿马签署协议逐步接管之前巴拿马运河的控制权一直归美国政府。
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词语解释
1.malaria 疟疾 瘴气
例句:At present, no widely approved vaccine exists for malaria.
目前，还没有被广泛认可的疟疾疫苗。
2.allow to 允许
例句:They will not allow your more way-out ideas to pass unchallenged.
他们不会放过你这些古怪的念头的。
3.work on 从事
例句:The scientists are still working on new methods of fighting pollution .,
科学家们仍然在研究新的防治污染的办法。
4.from to 从什么到什么
例句:Men from 16 to 30 are to be drafted into the army.
16岁到30岁的男子均应该应征入伍。
课后问题
1.After being built, the Panama Canal was controlled by the U.S. government for
a) ten years
b) around fifty years
c) more than sixty years
2.Most of the 5,600 deaths recorded during the canal's construction were the result of
a) accidents
b) illness
c) overwork
3.A formal agreement between two or more countries, signed by each country's leader or representative, is called
a) a construction
b) a control
c) a treaty
参考答案
参考答案:C B C
