初中英语人教版初三下讲解32

[02:08.71]more,slowly,faster,larger,than,smaller
[02:19.47]China and India have(larger)populations than any other countries in the world.
[02:47.03]They are the only two members of the "billion club",
[02:54.11]because they are the only countries with populations of (more)than one billion.
[04:05.76]At the moment,China's population is about 1,328,000.
[04:44.73]India's population is (smaller)-just over 1,000,000,000.
[05:20.42]In both Indian and China,the population is growing more and more(slowly).
[05:29.14]However,Indian's population is growing(faster)than China's.
[06:05.19]Many experts¹ think that,by2020,India's population may be larger(than)China's.
[10:17.09]twelve billion ,seven houndred eighty-four million,
[10:30.05]three hundred twenty-nine thousand, five hundred and sixty.
[11:22.71]Read and write       Fill in the blanks² with the proper words.
[11:32.87]Five Canadian climbers were saved yesterday,
[11:39.43]after they(had)spent five days high up on K2,
[11:46.27]the second tallest mountain(in)the world.
[12:37.73]Like Mount³ Qomolangam,K2 is in the Himalaya Mountains.
[12:47.71]Although Mount Qomolangma(is)taller,
[12:53.17]many climbers feel that K2 is(a)dangerous mountain to climb.
[13:02.71]The top of (the)mountain is very steep⁴ and the weather can change very quickly.
[14:05.64]The Canadian climbers became trapped⁵ on the mountain last Tuesday.
[14:22.48]That morning,the weather(had)been fine,
[14:27.21]but in the afternoon it suddenly started (to)snow.
[14:32.39]The snow went on falling for the next three days.
[15:06.63]The climbers could only sit(in)their tents,
[15:17.68]and hoped that someone(would)come to save them.
[15:28.94]"It was so cold(that)everything froze,"said Doug Alpenstock,
[15:53.42]"We had to say close together(to)keep warm.
[16:11.47]It was teamwork⁶ that kept(us)alive."
[16:26.12]However,Doug(and)his team want to start climbing again soon,
[16:50.08]"We hope(to)climb K2 again next summer

1 experts   

n.专家，能手( expert的名词复数 )；权威；行家，高手；熟练者

参考例句：

• The letter has been authenticated by handwriting experts. 这封信已由笔迹专家证明是真的。
• Experts are dismissing claims that the painting is a forgery. 专家排除了这幅画是赝品的说法。

2 blanks   

n.（纸等的）空白（尤指表格的空白）( blank的名词复数 )；空地；（书正文前后的）空白页；空白表格（或证件）

参考例句：

• Fill in the blanks with verbals. 用动词的非谓语形式填空。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Complete the following sentences by filling the blanks with proper prepositions and adverbs. 用适当的冠词和副词填空，完成下列句子。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 mount   

n.山峰，乘用马，框，衬纸；vi.增长，骑上（马）；vt.提升，爬上，装备

参考例句：

• Their debts continued to mount up.他们的债务不断增加。
• She is the first woman who steps on the top of Mount Jolmo Lungma.她是第一个登上珠穆朗玛峰的女人。

4 steep   

adj.陡峭的，险峻的，急剧升降的，不合理的；n.悬崖，峭壁，浸渍，浸渍液；v.浸，泡，沉浸

参考例句：

• The slope is too steep for us to climb.这斜坡太陡，我们爬不上去。
• There was a steep climb on the road out of town.市外公路上有一处很陡的上坡路。

5 trapped   

adj. 捕获的，被困的，截留的 动词trap的过去式和过去分词形式

参考例句：

• Two passengers are still trapped in the wreck. 有两名乘客仍被困在失事的车辆里。
• The thief was trapped by the police in an old house. 小偷被警察困在一所旧房子里。

6 teamwork   

n.合作，协同工作

参考例句：

• Only teamwork will enable us to get the job done on time.只有团结一致，我们才能按时完成这项工作。
• Good teamwork between the players is not easy to get.队员之间很难做到配合默契。