人教版高中英语必修一unit3课文精讲

1、Journey Down the MekongMy name is Wang Kun. Ever since middle school, my sister Wang Wei and I have dreamed about taking a great bike trip. Two years ago she bought an expensive mountain bike and then she persuaded me to buy one. 我的名字叫王坤。从高中起，我姐姐王薇和我就一直梦想作一次伟大的自行车旅行。两年前，她买了一辆昂贵的山地自行车，然后还说服我买了一辆山地车。自

2、从；自以后dream of/about doing sth.梦想做某事dream: v.梦想；做梦；想到n.梦想，愿望；梦adj.梦的；理想的 take a trip 旅行；去旅行adj.昂贵的；花钱的cheap: adj.便宜的；小气的；不值钱的adv.便宜地v.说服；劝说persuade sb. to do sth.说服、劝服某人做某事Last year, she visited our cousins, Dao Wei and Yu Hang at their college in Kunming. They are Dai and grew up in western Yunnan P

3、rovince near the Lancang River, the Chinese part of the river that is called the Mekong River in other countries.去年她去看望了我们的表兄弟在昆明读大学的刀卫和宇航。他们是傣族人，在云南省西部靠近澜沧江的地方长大，湄公河在中国境内的这一段叫澜沧江，在其他国家境内叫湄公河。n.大学；学院；学会grow up成长；逐渐形成同位语从句：解释说明名词的内容that引导的定语从句，先行词是river。that在句中做主语。Wang Wei soon got them interested in

4、 cycling too. After graduating from college, we finally got the chance to take a bike trip. I asked my sister, “Where are we going?” It was my sister who first had the idea to cycle along the entire Mekong River from where it begins to where it ends. Now she is planning our schedule for the trip.很快，

5、王薇使表兄弟也对骑车旅游产生了兴趣。大学毕业以后，我们终于有了机会骑自行车旅行。我问我姐姐：“我们要去哪儿？”首先想到要沿湄公河从源头到终点骑车旅游的是我的姐姐。现在她正在为我们的旅行制定计划。get sb. interested in使某人对感兴趣cycle: v.骑自行车；循环；轮转n.循环；周期；自行车；整套graduate: v.毕业n.大学毕业生get the chance to do sth.得到做某事的机会It was who /that强调句式v.为某事安排时间n.时间表；进度表I am fond of my sister but she has one serious sho

6、rtcoming. She can be really stubborn. Although she didnt know the best way of getting to places, she insisted that she organize the trip properly. Now I know that the proper way is always her way. 我很喜欢我姐姐，但是她有一个很严重的缺点。她有时确实很固执。尽管她对去某些地方的最佳路线并不清楚，她却坚持要自己把这次旅游安排得尽善尽美。于是，我就知道这个尽善尽美的方式总是她的方式。adj.喜爱的；慈爱的

7、；宠爱的be fond of喜爱；喜欢n.缺点adj.顽固的；固执的v.坚持。后面的从句常用虚拟语气，动词由should+V原形构成，should可以省略v.组织；成立adv.适当地；正确地；恰当地proper: adj.适当的；本身的；特有的；正派的adv.完全地I kept asking her, “When are we leaving and when are we coming back?”I asked her whether she had looked at a map yet. Of course she hadnt; my sister doesnt care about

8、details. So I told her that the source of the Mekong is in Qinghai Province. She gave me a determined look the kind that said she would not change her mind. 我不停地问她，“我们什么时候出发？什么时候回来？”我还问她是否看过地图。当然她并没有看过我的姐姐是不会考虑细节的。于是，我告诉她，湄公河的源头在青海省。她给了我一个坚定的眼神这种眼神表明她是不会改变主意的。adv.还；但是；已经conj.但是；然而keep doing sth.一直做某

9、事，继续做某事担心，关心；忧虑；惦念n.细节；详情 v.详述n.来源；水源；原始资料determine: v.决定；确定；下定决心determined: adj.坚决的；有决心的change ones mind 改变主意mind: n.理智，精神；意见；智力；记忆力v.介意；专心于；照料；注意When I told her that our journey would begin at an altitude of more than 5,000 meters, she seemed to be excited about it. When I told her the air would b

10、e hard to breathe and it would be very cold, she said it would be an interesting experience. I know my sister well. Once she has made up her mind, nothing can change it. Finally, I had to give in.我说，我们的旅行将从5, 000多米的高地出发，这时她似乎显得很兴奋。当我告诉她那里空气稀薄，呼吸困难，而且天气很冷时，她却说这将是一次有趣的经历。我非常了解我的姐姐，她一旦下了决心，什么也不能使她改变。最后

11、，我只好让步了。n.旅行；旅程n.海拔高度；高处看来；好像adj.兴奋的；激动的；活跃的难以；很难once引导条件状语从句，意为“一旦”make up ones mind下决心；决定投降；屈服；让步Several months before our trip, Wang Wei and I went to the library. We found a large atlas with good maps that showed details of world geography. From the atlas we could see that the Mekong River begin

12、s in a glacier on a mountain in Qinghai Province. At first the river is small and the water is clear and cold. Then it begins to move quickly. 在我们旅行前的几个月，王薇和我去了图书馆。我们找到一本大型地图册，里面有一些世界地理的明细图。我们从图上可以看到，湄公河发源于西藏一座山上的冰川。起初，江面很小，河水清澈而冷冽，然后它开始快速流动。n.地图；地图集v.显示；说明；演出；展出；指示n.显示；表演；炫耀n.冰河；冰川It becomes rapids

13、 as it passes through deep valleys, travelling across western Yunnan Province. Sometimes the river becomes a waterfall and enters wide valleys. We were both surprised to learn that half of the river is in China. 它穿过深谷时就变成了急流，流经云南西部。有时，这条江形成瀑布，进入宽阔的峡谷。我们俩惊奇地发现这条河有一半是在中国境内。n.急流穿过；通过n.山谷；流域v.进入；开始；参加；进去n.输入；回车be surprised感到惊奇After it leaves China and high altitude, the Mekong becomes wide, brown and warm. As it enters Southeast Asia, its pace slows. It makes wide bends or meanders through low valleys to the plains where rice grows. At last,