规格英语-劳动节英文
（历史与地理）
李仕才
导
读：
本文介绍的是水城威尼斯。
它是世界上唯一没有汽车的城市
；
它因水而生，
因水而美，
因水而兴，
号称
“亚
得里亚海皇后”
。
Venice
—
Queen of the Adriatic
The historic city of Venice stretches
across a shallow saltwater
lagoon
in northeast Italy.
The
city was once a major sea power and
an important center for politics and trade. It has
since faded
from glory and declined in
influence, but the
Adriatic
and
tourism.
①
Built
on a
string of islands
alongside the
Adriatic Sea, Venice is
famous
for its canals, which
serve
as
roads.
The
only
transportation
in
the
old
city
center
has
been
by
boat
or
on
foot
for
centuries.
Traditional
Venetian boats still
ferry
tourists through the narrow canals, though
nowadays most
Venetians travel by
motorized waterbus. Arched footbridges
traverse
the canals,
②
adding to the
picturesque
charm
of
this
fairytale
city.
Venice
is
Europe's
largest
car-free
area
and
a
World
Heritage
Site.
③
While its unique
infrastructure
is enough to
make it a historic
gem
,
Venice also
boasts
a rich
cultural
history.
During
the
Renaissance
,
Venice
was
one
of
the
most
important
musical
centers
in
Europe.
Countless
books,
plays,
musical
compositions,
and
works
of
art
have
been
inspired
by
Venice.
Presently,
the city draws more than seven million
tourists per year.
Sadly, the future of
Venice
is threatened. Since the 20th
century,
when
wells began to
draw water
from the ground to support
local industry, Venice has been sinking. In many
old houses, lower level
staircases
are
now
flooded
and
former
ground
floors
have
become
uninhabitable.
Nevertheless,
Venetian
life
④
goes on and
the city continues to charm its many visitors.
威尼斯——亚得里亚海皇后
历史名城
威尼斯横跨意大利东北部的一个咸水湖。
这个城市曾经是一个主要的海上力量和重要的政
治、
贸易
中心。
虽然它昔日的荣耀和影
响力已经褪去，
这位
“亚得里亚海皇后”
在美景、
艺术与旅游业方面依然非常富有。
建筑于亚得里亚海沿岸的一系列岛屿之上的威尼斯以运河而闻名，
运河就是这个
城市的道路。
几百年来，
旧
城中心唯一
的交通工具就是乘船或者步行。
虽然现在大多数威尼斯人乘坐电动水上巴士，
传统的威尼斯船只仍然
在狭窄的运河中摆渡游客
。
拱形的人行天桥横贯运河之上，
为这座童话般的城市增加了如
画般的吸引力。
威尼斯
是欧洲最大的无车区，也是世界遗产城市
。
虽然独特的基础设施足以使它成为历史珍宝，
威尼斯还拥有丰富的文化史。
在文艺复兴时期，
威尼
斯是欧洲
最重要的音乐中心之一。威尼斯激发了无数书籍、戏剧、乐曲和艺术品的产生。
目前，这座城市每年吸引着七百
多万游客。
< br>令人难过的是，威尼斯的未来受到了威胁。自从
20
世纪
人们从水井抽取地下水支持当地工业开始，威尼斯
开始了下沉。在很多老房子里，低层的
楼梯浸在水中，以前的一楼已经无法住人。尽管如此，威尼斯的生活还在
继续，这座城市
使众多的游客为之陶醉。
重点单词
:
1. lagoon [l
?
'gu<
/p>
?
n]
n
.
咸水湖
2. Adriatic
[,eidri'?tik]
adj
.
亚得里亚海的
3. ferry
['fer
?
]
vt
.
（乘渡船）渡过；用渡船运送
4. traverse
['tr?v
?
s; tr
?
'v
?
?
s]
vt
.
穿过
5. picturesque [,p
?
kt
?
?
'resk]
adj
.
生动的；图画般的
6.
heritage ['her
?
t
?
d
?
]
n
.
遗产
7. infrastructure ['
?
nfr
?
str
?
kt
?
?
]
n.
基础设施
8. gem
[d
?
em]
n
.
宝石，珍宝；
精华
9. boast
[b
??
st]
包含，容纳；有
10.
Renaissance ['r
?
n
?
s
ɑ
ns]
n
.
文艺复兴（欧洲
14
至
16
世纪）
重点短语
/
亮点句式：
1. Built on
a string of islands alongside the Adriatic Sea,
Venice is famous for its canals, which
serve as roads.
建筑于亚得里亚海沿岸的一
系列岛屿之上的威尼斯以运河而闻名，运河就是这个城市的道路。
（
1
）
be
famous for
因……而著名。如：
A school as such should be famous for
its teaching, its sports and games, and its strict
discipline.
一个像这样的学校，必须在教学、运动、球戏、及严格纪律训
练等方面，能够著名。
（
2
）
which
引导的是一个非限制性定语从句，
修饰先行词
canals
。如：
Some of the roads were
flooded
，
which made our
journey more difficult
．
有些路被水淹了，这使得我们的行程更加困难。
2. add to
增添；加强。如：
The
bad weather added to the shipwrecked
sailors’ difficulties.
恶劣的天气增加了失事船只的船员们的困难。
3.
While
its
unique
infrastructure
is
enough
to
make
it
a
historic
gem,
Venice
also
boasts
a
rich
cultural
history.
虽然独特的基础设施足以使它成为历史珍宝，威尼斯还拥有丰富的文化史。
while
在此意为“虽然”
，引导
让步状语从句。如：
While he loves his
students, he is strict with them.
虽然他爱他的学生，他对他们非常严厉。
4. go on
继续。如：
This situation seemed to go on
indefinitely.
这种状况似乎要无限期地继续下去。
名句背诵：
Most
ignorance
is
vincible
ignorance.
We
don’t
know
because
we
don’t
want
to
know.
（
Aldous
Huxley,
British writer
）
大多无知是可以克服的。我们不知道只是因为我们不想知道。
（
英国作家
奥尔德斯?赫胥黎）
【话题解读】
＂历史与地理＂是高中英语课程标准话题之一，也是高考常考话题。本话题包括中国历史与地理的基本知
识、
世界历史与地理的基本知识、
重大历史
事件以及与历史活动有关的重要历史人物、
政治、
经济、
宗教活动等。
通过＂历史与地理＂这一话题的学习和高考考查，
增强学生学习历史与地理的兴趣，
提高学生的历史底蕴和文化
修养，促进学生的身心健康。
近几年的高考
英语中，＂历史与地理＂这个话题屡见不鲜。在听力、阅读理解、完形填空、语法填空以及书
面表达中，出题者常会涉及某个地方的史地概况、风土人情等，例如
2016
年浙江卷阅读理解
C
篇、
2016
年江苏
卷阅读理解
D
篇、
2016
年四川卷阅读理解
C
篇、
2016
年北京卷
书面表达、
2015
年新课标卷
I
和
2015
年新课标
卷
II
的语法填空等。
【相关词汇】
Ⅰ
.
写作必记单词
1.
attack
vt.
进攻；袭击
2. disappear
vi.
消失→
disappearancen.消失；失踪
3. escape
vi.
逃跑
4. feed
vt.
喂养；饲养；靠
……为生；向……提供
5. local
adj.
当地的→ locate
v
t.
把……设置
(
在
< br>)
；使……坐落
(
于) →
location
n.
地点；位置
6. native
adj.
本地的；本国的
7. raise
vt.
饲养；提高
8. range
n.
山脉；
vi.
排列；延伸
9. ruin
vt.
毁坏；毁灭；
n
.
废墟；毁灭
10. strike
v.
突然侵袭；打击；打动；突然想到
11. threaten
vt.
威胁；恐吓→ threat
n.
威胁
Ⅱ
.
阅读识记单词
h
vt.
废除
sion
n
.
侵略→ aggressive
adj.
侵略的；具有攻击性的
vt
.
出卖；泄露机密
bute
vt.
发放；分发→
distribution
n.
分配；配给
t
n
.
干旱
y
n
.
朝代
vi
.(
火
山
)
爆发；喷发→
eruptionn.爆发
en
vt.
使惊恐→ frightening
adj.
令人惊恐的，骇人的→ frightened
adj.
害怕的；受惊的
adj.
有雾的→ fog
n.
雾
ng
adj.
冰冻的；极冷的→
freeze
vi.&vt.
将……冷冻，冻僵→
frozen
adj.
结冰的，冷冻的
phy
n
.
地理
ic
adj.
历史的；有历史意义的→ history
n
.
历史→ historical
adj.
历史
(
上
)
的；与历史有关的
ical
adj.
与历史有关的
nt
n
.
事变
ndence
n
.
独立
vt.
侵略
nt
n
.
纪念碑
inous
adj.
多山的
vt.
占领；使忙碌
n
.
起源；由来
on
n
.
宗教
ous
adj.
宗教的
adj.
偏远的；偏僻的
adj
.
种族的
tion
n
.
革命
ice
vt.
牺牲
ge
n .
缺乏
n .
阵雨；淋浴
vt.
提供；供应
；
n.
供应；供给
y
vt.
使恐怖
adj.
城市的；都市的
n
.
武器
I
．阅读理解
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的
A
、
B
、
C
和
D
四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
（
2018
年·新课标
III
卷）
Cities
usually have a good reason for being where they
are, like a nearby port or river. People
settle
in
these
places
because
they
are
easy
to
get
to
and
naturally
suited
to
communications
and
trade.
New York City, for
example, is near a large harbour at the mouth of
the Hudson River. Over 300 years
its
population grew gradually from 800 people to 8
million. But not all cities develop slowly over
a long period of time. Boom towns grow
from nothing almost overnight. In 1896, Dawson,
Canada, was
unmapped
wilderness(
荒野
). But gold was
discovered there in 1897, and two years later, it
was one of
the largest cities in the
West, with a population of 30,000.
Dawson did not have any of the natural
conveniences of cities like London or Paris.
People went
there
for
gold.
They
travelled
over
snow-covered
mountains
and
sailed
hundreds
of
miles
up
icy
rivers.
The path to Dawson was covered with
thirty feet of wet snow that could fall without
warming. An
avalanche(
雪崩
)
once closed the path, killing
63 people.
For many
who made
it to Dawson,
however, the
rewards were worth the
difficult trip. Of the first 20,000 people who dug
for gold, 4,000 got rich.
About 100 of
these stayed rich men for the rest of their lives.
But no matter how rich they
were, Dawson was never comfortable. Necessities
like food and wood
were
very
expensive.
But
soon,
the
gold
that
Dawson
depended
on
had
all
been
found.
The
city
was
crowded
with disappointed
people with no interest in settling down, and when
they heard there were new gold
discoveries in Alaska, they left Dawson
City as quickly as they had come. Today, people
still come
and go
—
to see where the Canadian
gold rush happened. Tourism is now the chief
industry of Dawson
City
—
its present population is
762.
1. What attracted the early
settlers to New York City?
A. Its
business culture.
B. Its small
population.
C. Its geographical
position.
D. Its favourable climate.
2. What do we know about those who
first dug for gold in Dawson?
A. Two-
thirds of them stayed there.
B. One out
of five people got rich.
C. Almost
everyone gave up.
D. Half of them died.
3. What was the main reason for many
people to leave Dawson?
A. They found
the city too crowded.
B. They wanted to
try their luck elsewhere.
C. They were
unable to stand the winter.
D. They
were short of food.
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