Big Dreams
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents Choosing the Biggest.
内容列表 选择最大。
4 Channel Tunnel.
4频道隧道.
6 Netherlands North Sea Protection Works.
6 荷兰北海保护工程。
8 Canadian National Tower.
8 加拿大国家塔.
10 Panama Canal.
10 巴拿马运河。
11 Golden Gate Bridge.
11号金门桥.
12 Burj Khalifa Tower.
12 布尔吉·哈利法塔.
14 The South-to-North Water Transfer Project.
14,南调北调水工程.
16 Conclusion.
16 结论。
19 Glossary.
19 词汇表。
20 Choosing The Biggest Long ago, writers in ancient Greece chose seven great works built by creative human beings.
20 选择 古希腊的作家们选择了由有创造力的人所建造的七部伟大的作品。
We call these unique structures the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
我们把这些独特的结构称为"古代世界的七大奇迹".
These amazing buildings and statues seemed impossible to build for their time and with the simple tools then available.
这些令人惊叹的建筑和雕像似乎无法在他们的时间和当时可用的简单工具下建造.
Today, there seem to be few limits to what humans can create.
今天,人类能够创造的东西似乎没有多少限制.
The Great Pyramids of Egypt are the only remaining Wonders of the Ancient World.
埃及大金字塔是古代世界中仅存的奇迹.
They were built along the Nile River over a period of eighty years.
它们沿尼罗河而建,持续了80年.
The largest pyramid used 2.
最大的金字塔使用了2.
3 million blocks of stone.
300万块石头
Recently, a group of engineers asked modern building experts to select seven new projects that seemed almost too big to imagine.
最近,一群工程师要求现代建筑专家选择七个似乎太大,难以想象的新项目.
These massive projects are engineering feats.
这些庞大的项目都是工程成就.
Each is known for overcoming former limits of size, length, height, or natural conditions.
每个都以克服原先的大小,长度,高度,或自然条件的限制而出名.
Channel Tunnel The United Kingdom, or the UK, sits about thirty-one miles across the English Channel from the coast of France.
频道隧道 英国或称英国,从法国海岸起,在英吉利海峡对面约31英里处坐落.
The Channel seas can be stormy and dangerous.
海峡海域可能风暴多而危险.
They have often helped to keep foreign armies away.
他们经常帮助外国军队远离。
In 1802, French general Napoleon dreamed of digging a tunnel under the English Channel—to walk his troops across.
1802年,法国将领拿破仑梦想在英吉利海峡下开挖一条地道——走着他的部队走过.
Everyone laughed at the idea.
每个人都嘲笑这个想法。
Today, you can easily cross under the Channel by taking the Channel Tunnel train.
今天,您可以通过搭乘"海峡隧道"列车,轻松地在"海峡"下穿行.
Trains run through this underwater tunnel system at speeds of 100 to 200 miles per hour!
列车以每小时100至200英里的速度通过这个水下隧道系统!
The Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lampur, Malaysia.
马来西亚首都吉隆坡的Petronas双塔.
The walkway of the skybridge between the two buildings is not attached to either tower.
两座建筑之间的天桥行走道均不附属于任何一座塔.
It can slide in and out of the buildings as the wind moves the tall towers back and forth.
它可以随着风向移动高高的塔来回移动而滑出建筑物.
Before Napoleon signed a treaty with the United Kingdom he had plans to attack it.
在拿破仑同英国签订条约之前,他有计划进攻.
One idea was to build a tunnel under the English Channel.
一个想法是在英吉利海峡下建造地道.
His army would cross the Channel in the tunnel.
他的军队会在隧道里穿过海峡
Other soldiers in hot air balloons would attack from the air.
其他身穿热气球的士兵会从空中出击.
Some trains carry only cars, buses, and trucks.
一些列车只载有汽车,公交车和卡车.
Drivers sit inside their vehicles during the trip.
旅途中,司机坐在车上。
Other trains carry only passengers, who sit in comfortable train cars.
其它列车只载有乘客,他们坐着舒适的列车车厢.
This massive project took about 13,000 people seven years to complete.
这个庞大的项目花了大约13000人完成了7年的时间.
Workers dug three huge, 32-mile-long tunnels through the chalk and clay at the bottom of the English Channel.
工人在英吉利海峡底部挖出三道巨大的,长32英里的地道,穿过了粉笔和粘土.
The three train tunnels run alongside each other.
三地铁地道相并通.
Trains travel from England to France in one tunnel and return in another.
从英国到法国的列车在一条地道上行驶并返回另一条地道.
The middle tunnel is a service tunnel used for repairs.
中道是用于维修的服务地道.
Netherlands North Sea Protection Works The small country of The Netherlands faces the cold North Sea.
荷兰北海保护 工程 荷兰小国面临寒冷的北海.
Much of the land there lies below sea level.
那里大部分地处海平面下.
During storms, waves and floods used to destroy homes and farmland.
在暴风雨、大浪和洪水中摧毁了家园和农田。
The ruined farmland resulted in food shortages.
被毁坏的农田导致粮食短缺。
The Dutch people dreamed of ways to protect their land, crops, and people from the sea.
荷兰人民梦想着如何保护他们的土地、作物和人民免遭海难。
In 1927, the Dutch began the North Sea Protection Works.
1927年,荷兰人开始北海保护工程.
They dammed some areas along the coast, but they left other areas open to the sea for shipping and wildlife habitat.
他们封锁了海岸一带的一些地区,但是他们留下了其他地区对出海开放去航运和野生动物栖息地.
A high-speed train carrying vehicles exits the Channel Tunnel.
有高速列车运载车辆出海峡隧道.
One of the massive storm surge barriers built in The Netherlands.
荷兰所建的大型风暴潮屏障之一.
The barriers control high tidal flows and stop flood damage to land and crops.
隔离墙控制了高潮汐流量并阻止了对土地和作物的洪水破坏。
To control the flow of water and shipping, the Dutch built a floodwall more massive than any other.
为了控制出水和航运的流量,荷兰人建造了比其他任何建筑都更大规模的防洪墙.
The wall has giant gates that stay open when the sea is calm.
城墙有巨大的城门,在海平时会保持开阔.
The gates allow ships and wildlife to pass through.
大门允许船只和野生动物通过.
During storms, the gates close to prevent flooding.
在风暴来袭期间,城门相近以防止被洪水淹没.
This giant system gave the Dutch over one-half million acres of protected land for farming, livestock, and homes.
这个巨大的系统给了荷兰超过150万英亩的耕地,用于耕作,牲畜和住宅.
Canadian National Tower In Toronto, Canada, visitors can stand on the observation deck of the Canadian National, or CN, Tower—and see Niagara Falls about eighty five miles away.
加拿大国家塔(Canadian National Tower)位于加拿大多伦多,
They can look down through the deck’s glass floor and see the city far below.
他们可以通过甲板的玻璃地上俯瞰并俯瞰下方的城市.
A helicopter was used to assemble the tower’s tall antenna in 44 sections.
一架直升机在44个区组装了塔高的天线。
The finished antenna gave the CN Tower a then-record height of 1,800 feet.
完成的天线给了CN塔当时所记录的高度为1800英尺.
Low-lying farmland is protected by the series of floodwalls and surge barriers throughout The Netherlands.
地势低洼的农田受到一系列防洪墙和防潮屏障的保护 荷兰。
The Canadian National Tower rises high above downtown Toronto, Canada.
加拿大国家塔高起于加拿大多伦多市区.
PANAMA United States Pacific Ocean Panama Canal Panama is a narrow nation that acts like a bridge of land between North and South America.
PANMA 美国太平洋 巴拿马 Canal Panama是一个狭窄的国家,在北美和南美之间充当了一座陆地桥梁.
Until the 1900s, people who traveled from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean had to sail around South America.
直到1900年代,从大西洋到太平洋旅行的人不得不在南美洲一带航行.
They dreamed of a shortcut—digging a canal across Panama to connect the two oceans.
他们梦想着一条捷径,
Work finally started on the Panama Canal in 1904.
1904年巴拿马运河终于开工.
The 51-mile canal includes a series of gated chambers called locks.
51英里长的运河包括一系列叫"锁"的入门室.
Each lock in the series fills with water to raise ships from sea level at one ocean—stair-stepping them up, and then down again—to sea level on the other side of Panama.
系列中的每一道锁都装满了水来将船只从海平面提升到巴拿马另一边的海平面上-上下-。
Today, about 14,000 ships pass through the Panama Canal system each year.
今天,每年约有一万四千艘船只经过巴拿马运河系统.
Golden Gate Bridge The beautiful Golden Gate Bridge is a symbol of San Francisco, California—but for decades it was just a dream.
金门桥 美丽的金门桥是加州旧金山的象征,
Local residents had visualized a bridge across the narrow, windy waterway between San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean.
当地居民将一座跨越旧金山湾和太平洋之间狭窄而多风的水道的桥梁目视.
After sixty-five years of planning, construction finally began in 1933.
经过65年的规划,最终于1933年开工.
The crews worked on towers 746 feet above the water.
船员们在水面746英尺高的塔上工作.
They strung the thick cables in the cold, fog, and wind, with the constant danger of falling.
它们在寒冷,雾和风中将厚厚的电缆接上,不断有倒下的危险.
In fact, eleven workers fell to their deaths while building the bridge.
事实上,有11名工人在建桥时倒地而死。
The 1.
一号
7-mile-long Golden Gate Bridge spans the entrance to San Francisco Bay.
7英里长的金门大桥跨入旧金山湾出入口.
To build it, 83,000 tons of steel was shipped through the Panama Canal.
为了建造它,通过巴拿马运河运出83 000吨钢.
Since the bridge opened in 1937, over a billion and a half vehicles have crossed it, and it draws thousands of tourists a year.
自1937年大桥开通后,超过十亿半的车辆已经过桥,每年吸引上千名游客.
Lanes for walking and cycling offer people a wide view of the bay and the city.
步行和骑行的巷道为人们提供了海湾和城市的广阔视野.
Today, the Golden Gate Bridge is one of the most famous bridges in the world due to its size, its distinctive dark orange color, and its spectacular setting.
如今,金门大桥因其规模,鲜明的暗橙色,以及壮观的布局而成为了世界上最出名的桥梁之一.
During construction, eleven workers lost their lives.
在施工期间,有11名工人丧生.
A net hung under the bridge caught nineteen other workers who fell.
在桥下吊起的一网 抓住了另外19名倒下工人
Burj Khalifa Tower Dubai is a rich coastal resort city in the United Arab Emirates, or UAE, a nation in the Middle East.
布尔吉·哈利法 迪拜塔(Tower Dubai)是阿联酋富饶的沿海度假城市,或称阿联酋,中东的一个国家.
Dubai has built many of the world’s biggest structures, including the Burj Khalifa tower.
迪拜建造了世界上最大的许多建筑,包括Burj Khalifa塔.
When this 160-story, 2,716-foot skyscraper opened in 2010, it became the tallest human-made structure in the world.
当这所160层,2,716英尺高的摩天大楼于2010年开业时,它成为了世界上最高的人造结构.
The area around the Burj Khalifa boasts parks, fountains, and the largest mall in the world.
Burj Khalifa一带有公园,喷泉和世界上最大的商场.
Dubai’s amazing building projects attract business and tourism, and Dubai is still building!
迪拜令人惊奇的建筑项目吸引了商业和旅游业,迪拜仍在建设中!
Dubailand Park will have six different amusement parks in one area.
迪拜乐园将在一个地区有六个不同的游乐园.
When complete, it will be twice the size of Disney World.
完成后,将达到迪士尼世界的两倍.
The South-to-North Water Transfer Project In China, managing the water resources of areas that are either too dry or flood-prone has always been a challenge.
中国的从南到北输水项目,管理太干或易被洪水淹没地区的水资源始终是一个挑战.
Large northern cities, including Beijing, need more water than rain provides.
包括北京在内的北方大城市比起雨水需要更多的水.
The huge South-to-North Water Transfer Project will carry needed water along three different routes.
巨大的从南到北输水项目将沿着三个不同的路线运送需要的水。
Water will be moved from rivers and lakes where it is plentiful to Beijing and other high population areas where it is not.
水会从水多的河流和湖泊迁移到北京等人口多的地区.
Han River Yangtze River Beijing Shanghai TAIWAN MONGOLIA INDIA MYANMAR VIETNAM LAOS Hong Kong CHINA Jinsha River Yellow River Tianjin Western routes Central route Eastern route Three Gorges Dam (Under construction) The elevator of the 2,716.
汉江长江 北京 上海 泰万·蒙哥利亚·印度·缅玛尔·维特纳姆·洛斯·香港 中国 金沙江 黄河 天津西道 中道 东道 三峡坝 (正在建造中) 2,716号的电梯.
5-foot Burj Khalifa in Dubai has the longest travel distance in the world.
迪拜有5英尺高的Burj Khalifa拥有世界上最长的出行距离.
The Burj Khalifa became the world’s tallest building in 2010—surpassing Canada’s Canadian National Tower by almost 1,000 feet.
Burj Khalifa在2010年成为全球最高的建筑,
The project will use a huge system of dams, canals, tunnels, and pumps running for hundreds of miles.
该项目将使用庞大的水坝系统、运河、地道和水泵,运行数百英里。
Some tunnels will even move one river under another!
有些隧道甚至会在另一条河下移动
This project dwarfs China’s last enormous project, the Three Gorges Dam.
这个工程是矮子 中国最后一个大型工程 三峡大坝.
The Three Gorges Dam is the largest hydroelectric project in the world.
三峡大坝是世界上最大的水电站工程.
This dam on the Yangtze River is 600 feet high and more than a mile and a half long.
长江上这道坝高600英尺,长一多里半.
The dam protects cities downstream from flooding while it generates more electricity than any other hydroelectric plant in the world.
大坝既能保护下游城市免受洪灾,同时又能产生比世界上任何其他水电站更多的电力.
Its reservoir may soon connect with the South-to-North Water Transfer Project.
其水库可能很快与南至北调水工程相接.
Both the transfer project and the dam are controversial.
转移工程和大坝都存在争议.
Millions of people have had to move their homes to make way for the reservoirs and canals.
数百万人不得不搬家,为水库和运河取道.
Some historical sites may even be flooded—all to deliver water where it is most needed.
一些历史遗迹甚至可能被淹没——所有这些遗迹都是为了在最需要的地方供水。
Part of the huge lock complex of the Three Gorges Dam The pressure from so much moving water has shaken and reshaped farm fields and caused cracks in nearby houses.
三峡大坝大闸综合体的一部分 如此多的活水所出的压力已经动摇并重塑了农田并给附近的房屋造成了裂缝.
Conclusion Unusually big problems can inspire the biggest dreams and the most imaginative solutions.
结论 异常大的问题可以激发出最大的梦想和最有想象力的解决办法.
The unique designs of these seven structures solved problems in several different countries and environments.
这七个结构的独特设计解决了多个国家和环境的问题.
But even larger projects are being built right now.
但是,更大的项目正在建设中。
There seem to be few limits to what the human imagination can create.
人类想象力所能创造的东西似乎没有什么限制.
Glossary canal (v.)
词汇运河(五.
a waterway dug across land that is used for transportation or irrigation (p.
用于运输或灌溉的跨地开挖水道(p.
11) dammed (v.)
(11) dammed(五.
created a barrier that stopped the flow of water (p.
制造出一道屏障来阻止了水流(p.
8) dwarfs (v.)
8) 矮人 (v.
causes something to seem smaller or less important (p.
造成一些似乎较小或不重要的东西(p.
17) engineers (v.)
17) 工程师(五.
people who design, build, or repair machines, buildings, bridges, or other structures (p.
设计、建造或修理机器、建筑物、桥梁或其他结构的人(p.
5) feats (v.)
5) 功绩(五.
amazing actions or accomplishments (p.
令人惊讶的行动或成就(p.
5) hydroelectric of or relating to electricity (adj.)
5) 水电或与电力有关的水电(adj.
generated by using moving water (p.
使用移动水(p.
17) locks (n.)
17) 锁 (n.
gated sections of a canal or river in which water levels are raised and lowered to allow ships or boats to pass (p.
在运河或河道的有闸口的路段,水位被提高并降低,以便船舶或船只通过(p.
11) observation a raised platform used for deck (n.)
11) 观测甲板所用的升起平台(n.)
viewing the surrounding area (p.
查看周边地区(p.
10) skyscraper (n.)
10) 摩天大楼 (n.
a very tall building (p.
一个非常高的建筑(p.
14) A problem solved.
14)解决了问题.
By building a vertical, automated, storage garage, a car maker used 80 percent less ground area than is required by a standard horizontal design.
通过建造一个垂直的,自动化的,存储的车库,一个汽车制造商使用的地平面面积比标准水平设计需要的要少了80%.
Thinking Critically What things are important to consider when creating a type of structure that is very tall, very large, or that no one has tried to build before?
关键思考 在创造出一种很高,非常大或者以前没有人试图建造的结构时,有什么重要的事情要考虑?