初中英语人教版初三下讲解02

[01:16.90]Forests help to keep water from running away,so drought¹ does not often happen.
[02:02.07]The trees in theforests can keep rain drops from hiting the soil directly²,
[02:11.74]so the soil is not easily washed away.
[02:50.50]The dead leaves on the ground also keep the water from running away.
[03:24.33]The water then stays in one place and is used³ by the trees in the forests.
[03:34.57]In this way,floods are prevented.
[06:48.63]Chinese people do not want to see more floods and droughts⁴,
[06:56.18]so they have built a new Great Wall across the northern part of the country.
[07:03.94]This time,it is a "Great Wall"of trees,millions of trees.
[08:28.32]The Great Green Wall is 7,000 kilometres long,
[08:35.47]and between 400 and 1,700 kilometres wide.
[09:17.64]The Great Green Wall will stop the wind from blowing the earth away.
[10:05.78]It will stop the sand from moving towards the rich farmland⁵ in the south.
[10:32.45]It has already saved a lot of land.
[10:38.20]But more"Great Green Walls"are still needed,and not only in China.
[10:46.37]They must be built all over the world.
[13:16.73]Wang Feng is a worker at Yulin in Shanxi Province.
[13:23.68]He works⁶ on the Great Green Wall with many other people.
[13:29.95]We visited him at his workplace⁷ among the young trees
[13:36.80]and asked him about his work.
[14:34.08]"Many thousands of trees must be planted every year,"he said.
[14:33.08]"The more,the better.
[14:54.43]This year alone,we've already planted ten thousand trees.
[15:11.77]You see all those small trees over there on that hill?
[15:25.82]That was sand five years ago.Now it's young forest!
[15:52.36]In a few years' time,those mountains will be covered with trees,too!"
[16:13.03]He pointed⁸ to the high mountains far away.
[16:28.65]Was it difficult to work on the Great Green Wall?
[16:41.79]"Yes.It's hard work,but it's very important.
[17:04.25]The only problem is you can't eat trees!
[17:10.42]We have to grow our own food,too.
[17:42.37]But thanks to the Great Green Wall,the land produces more crops

1 drought   

n.旱灾，干旱，久旱

参考例句：

• The plants are growing in again,despite the drought.尽管干旱，植物又长出来了。
• The ground is as hard as stone after the drought.长期干旱后土地硬得就像石头一样。

2 directly   

adv.直接地，径直地；马上，立即

参考例句：

• I will telephone you directly I hear the news.我一听到消息，马上打电话给你。
• She answered me very directly and openly.她非常坦率地、开门见山地答复了我。

3 used   

adj.用旧了的，旧的；习惯于…；过去惯/经常

参考例句：

• I used to work until nearly 6:00 o'clock each day.我过去常常工作到6:00左右。
• He used to walk anywhere from two to five miles an hour.他过去经常一小时走二至五英里。

4 droughts   

n.干旱（时期）( drought的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Some of these droughts must have been severe. 有一些旱灾想必是严重的。 来自辞典例句
• Farmers' problems continued, and their suffering was compounded by serious droughts in 1986 and 1988. １９８６年和１９８８年的干旱使农民的处境更是雪上加霜。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件

5 farmland   

n.农田，乡间的土地

参考例句：

• They own 200 acres of farmland.他们拥有200英亩的农田。
• If this wet land was drained,it would be good farmland.如果把这块湿地的水排干，这块地就会成为良田。

6 works   

n.作品，著作；工厂，活动部件，机件

参考例句：

• We expect writers to produce more and better works.我们期望作家们写出更多更好的作品。
• The novel is regarded as one of the classic works.这篇小说被公认为是最优秀的作品之一。

7 workplace   

n.工作面(工作位置，车间，工厂)

参考例句：

• A workplace where ships are built or repaired.制造和修理船的工厂。
• Training can make people get along in the workplace.培训能让人们在工作场所和睦相处。

8 pointed   

adj.尖的，直截了当的

参考例句：

• He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
• She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。