Module 4 The natural elements 自然世界

Unit 1 Electricity today 今日電的作用

本單元的課文主要講的是電的作用，因此有很多電器名稱和用電設(shè)施的單詞，如錄像機(jī)、電車(chē)等生活詞匯。本單元的句型相對(duì)都比較簡(jiǎn)單，所以同學(xué)們?cè)趯W(xué)習(xí)本單元的時(shí)候要多注意詞匯的積累。

Read, learn and think

Electricity is very important to us.
電對(duì)我們相當(dāng)重要。

I'm going to show a video.
我將給你們播放錄像。

It will tell you a lot about electricity.
它會(huì)告訴你許多有關(guān)電的事情。

Great Hurray!
好極了。萬(wàn)歲！

On a dark night, when the lighning flashes, what do you see?
在黑暗的夜里，閃電時(shí)，你看見(jiàn)什么？

On a dark night, when the thunder crashes, what do you see? Electricity!
在黑暗的夜里，打雷時(shí)，你看見(jiàn)什么？電！

When Benjamin Franklin flew a like in the storm, something in the wire gave him a fright.
當(dāng)本杰明富蘭克林在暴風(fēng)雨中放箏時(shí)，在線上的東西給了他一個(gè)驚嚇。

What could it be? Electricity
它能是什么？電！

We need electricity, but we cannot use the lightning to get electricity.
我們需要電，但我們不能利用閃電得到電。

It would be too frightening.
那太嚇人了。

So we boil some water and make some steam to drive a big machine.
所以我們燒水，讓蒸汽推動(dòng)一臺(tái)大機(jī)器。

What do we get? Electricity!
我們得到了什么？電！

Do you see the pylons carrying wires?
你們看見(jiàn)架設(shè)電線的鐵塔了嗎？

What do they bring? Electricity!
他們帶什么？電！

Then electricity comes into our home.
接著電來(lái)到我們家里。

Look at the plugs and lights in every room.
看各個(gè)房間電器插頭和燈。

What do they use? Electricity!
他們用什么？電！

Electricity gives power for lights.
電是照明的能源。

What else does it give power for?
電還能給什么提供能源？

Can you write a list of five electrical appliances at home?
你能寫(xiě)出家里的5種電器設(shè)備嗎？

electrical appliances
a washing machine
an air conditioner
a vacuum cleaner

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1. Some kinds of public transport in Garden City also use electricity.
1. 花園城的一些公共交通設(shè)施也使用電。

What are they? The underground. The trams.
他們是什么？地鐵。電車(chē)。

2. Good. The Airport Railway uses electricity as well.
2. 好的。機(jī)場(chǎng)鐵路也用電。

Have you travelled on it yet? Not yet.
你們乘過(guò)它嗎？還沒(méi)有。

3. Can you find some information about the Airport Railway?
3. 你能找出一些關(guān)于機(jī)場(chǎng)鐵路的信息嗎？

Bring it to class next Tuesday. Then all of us can learn about it.
下周二帶到課堂上來(lái)。然后我們?nèi)w學(xué)習(xí)它。

4. The Airport Railway is also known as the 'Airport Express'.
4. 機(jī)場(chǎng)鐵路也被稱作“機(jī)場(chǎng)快車(chē)”

It links up City Centre with Garden City's new airport.
它連接市中心和花園城新機(jī)場(chǎng)。

It has been operating since mid-1998.
從1998年中期開(kāi)始運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)。

This new, high-speed and air-conditioned Airport Railway is powered by electricity.
這條新型高速帶空調(diào)的機(jī)場(chǎng)鐵路靠電提供動(dòng)力。

Computers are used to give information to the train drivers.
計(jì)算機(jī)被用來(lái)給火車(chē)司機(jī)提供信息。

Electricity makes travelling on the Airport Railway fast, safe and comfortable.
電使得機(jī)場(chǎng)鐵路旅行快捷，安全和舒服。

The Airport Railway runs through tunnels for eight kilometres.
機(jī)場(chǎng)鐵路線在遂道里有8公里長(zhǎng)。

It runs over a bridge for three kilometres.
它在橋上有3公里長(zhǎng)。

It also runs on the ground for fifteen kilometres.
它也在地上運(yùn)行15公里。

The Airport Railway has stations at City Centre on Green Island
機(jī)場(chǎng)鐵路在城市中心的綠島

and at East End in Old Town.
和老城區(qū)的東端有車(chē)站。

The Airport Railway stations are different from the underground stations.
機(jī)場(chǎng)鐵路車(chē)站和地鐵站不同。

None of them is under the ground.
它們沒(méi)有在地下的。

They are all above ground.
它們都在地上。

The station buildings are mainly made of glass, stone and metal.
車(chē)站的建筑物主要是由玻璃、石頭和金屬制成的。

The inside of the stations is grey and white.
車(chē)站內(nèi)部是灰白色。

They are all modern and comfortable.
它們既現(xiàn)代又舒適。

The trains are very comfortable as well.
火車(chē)也很舒適。

All passengers travel on large seats.
所有乘客都乘坐大座椅。

There is a lot of space for suitcases and bags.
有很多空間放手提箱和包裹。

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