用30个单词概括高中英语选修9 第二单元sailing the oceans这篇课文

用30个单词概括高中英语选修9 第二单元sailing the oceans这篇课文
用30个单词概括高中英语选修9 第二单元sailing the oceans这篇课文

用30个单词概括高中英语选修9 第二单元sailing the oceans这篇课文
1 Unit2 Sailing the ocean 一 词汇 1.However,it was a_______ to use as one of the points of reference was the moving ship itself.2.This was a more precise and s_______ version of the astrolabe.3.It proved to be the most accurate and r_______ of these early navigational instruments.4.This seems to have been the first and most useful form of exploration which carried the m___________ amount of risk.5.Once we were at sea,our r_______ every day was the same.6.There is a special cloud formation which i_________ there is land close by.7.Seamen could follow the birds to land even if they were o__________ and in the open sea.8.Wise seamen could a____________ the speed,but they could also be dangerous.9.There is no s_______ method of measuring longitude until the 17th century when the British solved this theoretical problem.10.An early method of measuring speed involved throwing a k_________ rope tied to a log over the side of the ship.11.The compass has a special m_________ pointer which always indicates the North Pole.12.The sextant was the u_________ version of the astrolabe and quadrant which reduced the tendency to make mistakes.13.It was s_______ quantities but the extreme lack of water was the hardest to cope with psychologically.14.The d_____________ of staying on the ship seemed to grow as I thought about how wrong it was to treat Captain Bligh in this way.15.The t__________ in the boat got worse as the supply of food and water gradually disappeared.二 语法填空 I am proud to have sailed with Captain Bligh ____1___ his journey of over 40 days through about 4,000 miles in an open boat across _____2____ Pacific Ocean in 1789.Our outward voyage in the “Bounty” to Tahiti ______3____ (fill) with the kind of incidents that I ____4____ (think) would be my stories when I returned home.___5____ how wrong I was!On our departure ____6____ Tahiti ,some of the crew took over the ship.They deposited the captain into a small ____7____ to let him find his own way home.But ____8__ else was to go with?Those of us on board the “Bounty” ____9____ (catch) in a dilemma.Was it ____10___ (good) to risk certain death by sitting close together on a small,crowded open boat with very little food and water?三 翻译句子 1．我们很可能感到奇怪,在经纬度用来在地图上标出船只位置之前,海员是如何对海洋探索的.2．在看不见陆地的时候,可以用海鸟来指明通往陆地的去路.(be used to do) 3．你简直无法想象我们被放逐在小船上漂泊了40天后在帝汶岛登陆时的凄惨样子.4．在公园里,我看见一个小男孩手持风筝线,风筝在他的头顶上正由风摆布,忽上忽下.（overhead,at the mercy of） 5．他总是使我们忙个不停,并且竭力使我们忘记饥渴.（take one’s minds off） 参考答案 一 词汇 1.awkward 2.simplified 3.reliable 4.minimum 5.routine 6.indicates 7.offshore 8.accelerate 9.secure 10.knotted 11.magnetic 12.updated 13.starvation 14.drawback 15.tension 二 语法填空 1.on 2.the 3.had been filled 4.thought 5.But 6.from 7.boat 8.who 9.were caught
2 10.better 三 翻译句子 1.We may well wonder how seaman explored the oceans before latitude and longitude made it possible to plot a ship’s position on a map.2.Sea birds could be used to show the way to land when it was nowhere to be seen.3.You could not imagine a more disturbing sight than what we looked like when arriving in Timor over forty days after being set loose in our small boat.4.In the park I saw a small boy holding the string of a kite overhead,which was rising and falling at the mercy of the wind.5.He kept us busy and tried to take our minds off our stomachs and our thirst.