时间:2018-12-25 作者:英语课 分类:情景英语口语100主题


英语课
083 the natural world

Worlds
River lake stream pool coast sea ocean waterfall cliff rocks mountain hill valley cave forest island peninsula mountain range desert sand dune 1 peak plateau climate erosion

Phrases
Erode 2 rocks
Change the landscape
Dominate the landscape
Be covered with
Compare with
Be made up of


Beginner
A: what are you doing?
B: I’m just looking at this map of the world. I’m preparing for a geography class.
A: there are no countries marked on the map.
B; no, there aren’t. this map just show the geographical 3 features. Look at the Himalayan plateau with the highest peaks in the world.
A: the thing that I find most surprising is that most of the world is covered with water. Compared to the oceans, most countries are tiny.
B; I find it incredible how millions of years of volcanic 4 activity have created mountains thousands of metres tall.
A; rivers have created deep valleys and canyons 5 like the grand canyou.
B: the oceans and landscapes all influence our climate.
A; it’s all so interesting. I’ll have to find more information about it on the internet. Or perhaps I should try and attend your geography class.


Intermediate
A: bout 6 our countries are quite small. How would you describe the landscape in your country?
B: my country is well know for being very flat. There are some hills in the southeast of the country.
A: is it really completely flat?
B; pretty much. The land rises and falls only a few meters. The southeast, the hills rise to a height of a few hundred meters. There are mountains over 1000 meters high in your country.
A; yes, there are. They are not very big compared with the mountains in other countries.
B; the coast of your country is very varied 7. The coast of my country is just made up of sandy beaches.
A; that doesn’t sound too bad. Great for sunbathing 8! The coast of my country changes even within a few kilometers. There are cliffs, then sandy beaches. Then rocks. There are lots of caves in the cliffs. There are also many small islands off the coast, but few people lives on them.
B: there are many lakes and rivers in your country too. We also have many rivers, but only a few lakes.
A: we also have waterfalls in the mountains. They make the landscapes look very scenic 9. The landscape has been shapes by millions of years of erosion, especially by water.

1 dune
n.(由风吹积而成的)沙丘
  • The sand massed to form a dune.沙积集起来成了沙丘。
  • Cute Jim sat on the dune eating a prune in June.可爱的吉姆在六月天坐在沙丘上吃着话梅。
2 erode
v.侵蚀,腐蚀,使...减少、减弱或消失
  • Once exposed,soil is quickly eroded by wind and rain.一旦暴露在外,土壤很快就会被风雨侵蚀。
  • Competition in the financial marketplace has eroded profits.金融市场的竞争降低了利润。
3 geographical
adj.地理的;地区(性)的
  • The current survey will have a wider geographical spread.当前的调查将在更广泛的地域范围內进行。
  • These birds have a wide geographical distribution.这些鸟的地理分布很广。
4 volcanic
adj.火山的;象火山的;由火山引起的
  • There have been several volcanic eruptions this year.今年火山爆发了好几次。
  • Volcanic activity has created thermal springs and boiling mud pools.火山活动产生了温泉和沸腾的泥浆池。
5 canyons
n.峡谷( canyon的名词复数 )
  • This mountain range has many high peaks and deep canyons. 这条山脉有许多高峰和深谷。 来自辞典例句
  • Do you use canyons or do we preserve them all? 是使用峡谷呢还是全封闭保存? 来自互联网
6 bout
n.侵袭,发作;一次(阵,回);拳击等比赛
  • I was suffering with a bout of nerves.我感到一阵紧张。
  • That bout of pneumonia enfeebled her.那次肺炎的发作使她虚弱了。
7 varied
adj.多样的,多变化的
  • The forms of art are many and varied.艺术的形式是多种多样的。
  • The hotel has a varied programme of nightly entertainment.宾馆有各种晚间娱乐活动。
8 sunbathing
n.日光浴
  • tourists sunbathing on the beach 在海滩上沐浴着阳光的游客
  • We've been sunbathing on the beach. 我们一直在海滩上晒日光浴。
9 scenic
adj.自然景色的,景色优美的
  • The scenic beauty of the place entranced the visitors.这里的美丽风光把游客们迷住了。
  • The scenic spot is on northwestern outskirts of Beijing.这个风景区位于北京的西北远郊。
学英语单词
acoustic damping parameter
actual sin
alternative depth
Barber, Samuel
beyonces
bruichladdich
budget study
Cajnice
Cayley graph
cextract
collapse model of corporate image
commutative primitive
concrete bathing and mixing plant
contray
coping style
crawler width
dcASM
deciseconds
demme
deslime
dextrinizing
distillate hold-up tank
divvies
edeagra
electronical integration assembly
eloping
eurotra
eutopium chelate laser
flexible polymer
free setting ratio
frictionary
g-cal,g-cal.
Gaius Cassius Longinus
giant oarfish
graphic symbol
Great Abaco
guaethol
heartachingly
hexosemonophosphate pathway
ideation management
information group seperator
internetize
inworks
ISDS
Islamophile
kamimuria lepida
labour saving device
lexical redundancy rule
main patent
mantel-tree
material requested
maturation zone
maximum water holding capacity
MEAP
merchandise inventory initial
mode simulator
mpri
n-resonance
NAPG
nazek
NPRINT
oil gaging tape
olazbal
operating system service
ototoxicology
paddy field
pail for used dressings
pepsinogen-ii
picture synchronization transmission system
platinum-wire ring
PMS
popistry
Presumed Choice of Law
radial armature
rammer
recompensers
reinventive
renipelvic
resin catcher
right most terminal set
rudder-head shaft
self-cleaning contacts
Serratia marcescens
sexual harassment in the workplace
sit for the examination
skill worker
stand someone up
steinhorn
stratocumuli
Strömfors
study hall
subsultive
talent introduction
tertiary constriction
tie something up
tolui
torpedo testing barge
unaddicted
Valley Stream
variable geometry aircraft
whitemetal lining
wrastle