Hoover Dam
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents A Mighty Dam.
万能水坝目录.
4 Dry Desert.
4干沙漠.
5 Strong Dam, Huge Lake.
5 强坝,大湖.
6 Solving a Problem.
6 解决问题。
9 Building the Dam.
9 建坝.
10 Seeing the Dam.
10 见"大坝".
14 Hoover Dam Today.
14胡佛坝今日.
15 Glossary.
15 词汇。
16 More than five million barrels of cement were used to build Hoover Dam.
16 超过500万桶水泥用于建造胡佛水坝。
A Mighty Dam When Hoover Dam was built in the 1930s, it was the tallest dam in the world.
一个强大的水坝 胡佛水坝建于1930年代,是世界上最高的水坝.
The dam is as tall as a sixty- story building!
大坝高得像六十层楼!
Hoover Dam is on the Colorado River.
胡佛水坝位于科罗拉多河上.
The dam controls the flow of the river’s water.
大坝控制了河水流.
The dam’s power plant uses the water to make electricity.
大坝电站用水发电.
Colorado New Mexico Nevada Arizona California Las Vegas Utah Colorado River Dry Desert Hoover Dam is on the border between Arizona and Nevada.
科罗拉多州 新墨西哥州 内华达州 亚利桑那州 加利福尼亚州 拉斯维加斯 犹他州 科罗拉多河 干沙漠 胡佛 大坝位于亚利桑那州与内华达州接壤.
It is about 30 miles (48 km) from the city of Las Vegas.
距离拉斯维加斯市区约30英里(48公里).
Hoover Dam is in a very dry desert.
胡佛坝地处干燥的沙漠中.
The dam is in a deep, narrow valley between mountains.
大坝地处山地相间地势深而狭窄的山谷.
PACIFIC OCEAN GULF OF CALIFORNIA Lake Mead Lake Mead Colorado River Strong Dam, Huge Lake The Colorado River flows downhill to Hoover Dam.
加利福尼亚的太平洋海岸 密德湖 密德湖 科罗拉多河强坝 大湖 科罗拉多河下行至胡佛水坝.
The dam stops the water from flowing quickly.
大坝会阻止水流迅速流出.
Water collects above the dam to form Lake Mead.
取出水在水坝上方形成米德湖.
It is the biggest lake in the United States made by people.
这是美国最大的湖泊 人们制造。
Hoover Dam’s shape and size help hold the water back.
胡佛水坝的形状和大小有助于挡住水面。
Water has a lot of force when it flows downhill.
下坡时水有很强的力量.
Hoover Dam is very heavy so it can stay strong when the water hits it.
胡佛大坝非常重,因此在被水击中时可以保持坚固.
The dam is curved to move the water to the two sides of the canyon.
大坝被曲折地移动到峡谷两侧的水上.
A power plant near the dam changes the force of the moving water into electricity.
大坝附近的一电站会改变水向电力移动的动力.
Weight: more than 6,600,000 tons (5,987,419 mt) Width: 1,244 feet (379 m) across Black Canyon at the top Height: 726.
重量:6,600,000多吨(5,987,419mt) 威德:1,244英尺(379米)高地上穿黑峡谷:726.
4 feet (221.
4英尺(221.
4 m) from foundation rock to crest Base is 660 feet (201 m) thick Top is 45 feet (13.
4米) 从地基岩到峰地地基有660英尺(201米)厚地顶有45英尺(13.
7 m) thick Four intake towers, each 395 feet (120.
7米)厚 四座摄取塔,每座395英尺(120.
4 m) tall, control the power plant’s water supply.
高4米,控制发电厂的供水。
Hoover Dam helped farmers have a steady supply of water for their crops.
胡佛大坝帮助农民稳定地提供农作物用水.
Solving a Problem People have been growing crops along the Colorado River for many years.
解决问题 人们在科罗拉多河沿岸种植了多年农作物.
The river used to flood in spring and wash away the crops.
河道曾于春季被洪水淹没并冲走农作物.
People built dams on the river to stop the flooding.
人们在河上建造水坝来阻止洪水.
Hoover Dam was the first of those dams.
胡佛水坝是这些水坝中的第一个.
Workers used dynamite to dig the tunnels.
工人用炸药来挖地道.
The work was hot and unsafe.
工作既热又不安全。
Building the Dam The project began in 1931.
建坝 项目从1931年开始.
Workers had to make the river go around where Hoover Dam would be built.
工人们不得不让这条河绕过胡佛水坝建造的地方.
They dug four tunnels, and they also built huge walls above and below where the dam would be.
他们挖了4个地道,他们还在大坝所在的地方上下建造了巨大的城墙.
After they finished, the water flowed into the tunnels and out lower down.
完成后,水流入地道并下出地道.
Then workers moved rocks and mud away to make room for the dam.
然后工人将石头和泥地搬走,为大坝腾出空间.
Hoover Dam was built in small sections.
胡佛坝建于小段.
It was like building with a giant Lego set.
这就像建筑 一个巨大的乐高集。
Workers used giant molds to build the dam.
工人用巨型模具来建造大坝.
They dumped huge buckets of concrete into each mold.
他们把一桶巨大的混凝土倒入了每个模具中.
Cold water ran through small pipes so each block of concrete would cool quickly.
冷水流出小管子 使每块混凝土迅速冷却
After each block was cool, workers built another block on top of it.
每个街区凉爽后,工人再在上面建了另一个街区.
Later, they sealed the stacks of blocks with grout.
后来,他们用地沟封住一堆地块.
Colorado River towers towers spillway spillway spillway tunnel spillway tunnel power plant If the river ever flooded, the water would ruin the power plant.
科罗拉多州 溢出道 溢出道 隧道溢出道 隧道发电厂 如果河流被淹,水会摧毁发电厂.
Workers built two places for the water to go if it got very high.
工人建造了两个地方,如果水变得非常高的话,可以去取水.
Those places are called spillways.
这些地方被称为"出道".
Finally, workers built the power plant and four towers.
最后,工人建造了发电厂和四座塔.
The towers control how much water goes to the power plant at a time.
塔能控制一次电站的出水量.
President Roosevelt gave a speech at the dam after it was finished.
罗斯福总统在大坝完工后在大坝上发表了演讲.
He said it was “the greatest dam in the world.”
他说,这是“世界上最大的水坝。 “
All the work was finished in 1936.
所有工作于1936年完成.
The project took about five years.
项目耗时约5年.
Building Hoover Dam was hard, unsafe work.
建造胡佛大坝是艰苦,不安全的工作.
Many workers lost their lives during the project.
许多工人在该项目期间丧生.
From inside the visitor center, visitors get a great view of Hoover Dam.
从参观中心内部,参观者获得了胡佛大坝的好景.
They can also take a tour to see how the power plant works.
他们也可以去参观,看看发电厂的运行情况.
Seeing the Dam Millions of people see Hoover Dam every year.
每年看到数百万人看到胡佛水坝.
The visitor center has displays about the area and how the dam was built.
游客中心展出景区和大坝建设方式.
People can go inside the dam and power plant.
人们可以进入大坝和发电厂内部.
At Lake Mead, they can go fishing and boating.
在米德湖,他们可以去钓鱼和划船.
Take a camera if you go.
你走的话就拿相机
There’s a lot to see!
也有很多事情要做。
Lights come on in the evening, making Hoover Dam even more beautiful.
晚上灯光照亮,使胡佛大坝更美丽.
Hoover Dam Today Hoover Dam changed many people’s lives.
今日胡佛坝改变了许多人的生活.
The river’s water helps crops grow in dry areas of the United States.
河流的水能帮助美国干旱地区的农作物生长.
The power plant makes electricity for over a million people.
电站发电量突破一百万.
Other dams have been built on the Colorado River since the 1930s.
自1930年代起,科罗拉多河上还兴建了其他水坝.
But Hoover Dam was the first, and it’s still the biggest!
但胡佛水坝是第一个,