Where We Get Energy
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents Introduction.
导言表。
4 Energy from Food Sources.
4 来自粮食来源的能源。
6 Energy from Gasoline.
6 从汽油。
7 Electricity.
7 电.
8 Making Electricity.
8 制造电力。
9 Energy from Coal.
9 从煤取出能.
10 Energy from Wind.
10 从风能.
12 Energy from Water.
12 从水取能.
13 Energy from the Earth.
13 来自地球的能源。
14 Energy from the Sun.
14 来自太阳的能量。
15 Saving Energy.
15 节省能源。
16 Glossary.
16 词汇表。
18 Index.
18 指数。
18 Introduction We use energy for many of the things we do every day.
导言 我们每天用能量做很多事情。
Energy lights, heats, and cools our homes and schools.
能源灯光,热能, 冷却我们的家庭和学校。
It allows things to move around.
它可以让东西移动。
You need energy to run and play.
你需要能量来运行和游戏。
You need energy to think and sleep.
你需要精力思考和睡眠。
Where does this energy come from?
这种能量从哪里来?
All the lights in this house use energy.
这所房子里所有的灯光都使用了能量.
Energy comes from many kinds of important natural resources.
能源来自多种重要的自然资源.
Sunlight is our most important natural resource.
阳光是我们最重要的自然资源。
Coal, natural gas, and oil are natural resources, too.
煤炭、天然气和石油也是自然资源。
So are things like plants, wind, and water.
植物、风和水也是一样
Energy from Food Sources You get energy from foods you eat.
粮食能源 你从吃的食物中获得能量
Animals you eat may get energy from the plants they eat.
你吃的动物可能会从它们吃的植物中获取能量.
Plants use energy from the Sun to make their own food.
植物利用来自太阳的能量制作出自己的食物.
Plants can store the food they make in roots, stems, and leaves.
植物可以将所制作的食物储存入根,茎和叶.
Energy sources Water Solar Biofuel Wind Cows get their energy from eating grass.
能源 太阳能生物燃料 牛从吃草得到能量.
Energy from Gasoline Most cars, trucks, planes, and trains get energy from gasoline.
来自汽油的能源 大多数汽车,卡车,飞机,火车都从汽油中取出能量.
Gasoline is made from oil.
汽油由石油制成.
Oil is a natural resource found deep underground.
石油是一种在地下深处发现的自然资源.
Wells pump oil up from the ground.
井将油从地上泵出.
Factories change the oil into gasoline.
工厂把油换成汽油
Electricity Electricity is a kind of energy.
电力 电力是一种能量。
We use electricity to run many things that we use every day.
我们每天用电运行许多东西。
How do we get electricity?
我们怎么用电?
Oil pump Oil refinery All these things run on electricity.
油泵 炼油厂 所有这些东西都靠电力运转。
Making Electricity We can get electricity from a generator.
制造电力 我们可以从发电机取电。
A generator is a machine with huge blades that spin to make energy.
发电机是一款由巨大的刀片旋转来制造能量的机器.
A large power plant near your town may have many generators.
你镇附近的大型发电厂可能有很多发电机
Many kinds of fuel are used to run the generators.
使用多种燃料来运行发电机.
Energy from Coal About half the energy used to run generators comes from burning coal.
来自煤炭的能源 大约一半用于运行发电机的能源来自燃烧的煤炭。
Coal is a natural rock resource that is usually mined under the ground.
煤是一种天然岩石资源,通常由地下开采.
Power plants can burn coal to make energy to heat water.
发电厂可以烧煤来制造能取出热水的能量.
When water becomes hot enough, it changes to steam.
当水变得足够热后会变成蒸汽.
Flowing steam makes the fan blades inside a steam generator spin fast.
起伏的蒸汽使风扇叶片在蒸汽发电机内迅速旋转.
Generators use energy made by the spinning blades to make electricity.
发电机利用旋转叶片所制造的能能发电.
Energy from Wind Wind can be used to make electricity.
由"风能"产生的能能能用于发电.
Blowing wind turns the large blades of a wind generator.
吹出风能使风力发电机的大片叶片转动.
The generator uses energy from the spinning blades to make electricity.
发电机利用旋转叶片产生的能量来发电.
Steam leaves a power plant.
蒸汽离开发电厂.
Energy from Water Moving water can be used to make electricity.
取自"水上移动"水的能能用于发电.
People build dams to block rivers.
人们建造水坝来堵住河流.
Water from a river moves through large pipes in the dam.
从一道河中取出的水会穿过大坝中的大管.
The moving water spins the blades of the dam’s generators.
移动的水会旋转水坝发电机的叶片。
Energy from the Earth Some places under the earth are very hot.
地球上有些地方很热
They have layers of hot rock and hot water deep underground.
它们有层层的热岩和地底深处的热水.
Hot steam rises out of openings in the ground.
热蒸从地上开出.
The steam is trapped in pipes and used to spin the blades of a generator.
蒸汽被困于管子中并用来旋转发电机的叶片.
Energy from the Sun People can use the Sun’s energy to make electricity.
来自太阳人民的能源可以使用太阳的能源来发电.
Solar cells and solar panels can change sunlight into electricity.
太阳能电池和太阳能电池板可以将阳光转化为电力.
Solar cells make this car move!
太阳能电池让这辆车动起来!
Saving Energy People use more energy each year.
节省能源 人们每年使用更多的能量。
We use lots of coal, oil, and natural gas to run our cars, homes, and businesses.
我们用大量的煤,石油,天然气来经营我们的汽车,住宅,和企业.
Our natural resources are limited.
我们的自然资源有限。
They can’t last forever.
他们不能永远坚持下去。
Solar-powered car Some people ride their bikes to help save natural resources.
太阳能汽车 有些人骑自行车是为了帮助拯救自然资源.
Solar panels can help heat water and air in houses.
太阳能电池板可以帮助给房屋取热水和空气.
It is important not to waste resources like coal, oil, and natural gas.
决不能浪费煤炭、石油和天然气等资源。
When they are gone, they can’t be replaced.
他们消失后,
Sun and wind are good energy resources to use instead.
取而代之,太阳和风是很好的能源。
Sun and wind cannot be used up.
太阳与风不能用.
Glossary electricity a form of energy we use (n.)
词汇电是我们使用的能源形式(n.
to run lights, computers, and machines (p.
运行灯光、计算机和机器(p.
8) energy (n.)
8)能 (n.
power that helps us do work and run our bodies and our machines (p.
能够帮助我们工作和运行我们的身体和机器的力量(p.
4) fuel (n.)
4) 燃料(n.)
any material used to make energy in the form of heat or power (p.
用于以热能或电能形式制造能量的任何材料(p.
9) generator a machine that turns (n.)
9) 生成一个转动的机器(n.
motion into electricity (p.
电动(p.
9) solar cells cells used to turn sunlight (n.)
9) 太阳能电池用来转光(n.
into electricity (p.
输入电(p.
15) Index coal, 5, 10, 16, 17 dam, 13 electricity, 8, 9, 11–13, 15 gasoline, 7 Wind generators and solar panels use energy resources that cannot be used up.
15) 指数煤,5,10,16,17个大坝,13个电力,8,9,11-13,15个汽油,7个风力发电机和太阳能板使用不能用完的能源.