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必修五 Unit 2 课文详解 杨磊译注

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必修五 Unit 2 PUZZLES IN GEOGRAPHY地理之谜 I．Vocabulary

unite vi. &vt.联合；团结 consist vi.组成；一致 consist of 由…组成 divide …into…把…分成 puzzle n.难题；迷 vt.使迷惑 debate vi. & n. 争论；辩论 clarify vt.澄清；说明

break away (from)挣脱〔束缚〕；脱离 the Union Jack英国国旗 relation n.关系；联系 educational adj.教育的 legal adj.法律的；合法的 convenience n.便利；方便 roughly adv.粗略地；粗糙地 Midlands 英格兰中部地区 Industrial adj.工业的；产业的

historical adj.历史上的；有关历史的

事物

delight n.快乐；快乐；喜悦 royal adj.王室的；皇家的 occasion n.场合；时刻；时机 splendid adj.壮丽的；辉煌的；极好的 statue n.塑像；雕像 longitude n.经线；经度 navigation n.导航；航行 original adj.最初的；原始的； thrill vt.使冲动；使胆战心惊 unfair adj.不公平的；违反规划的 smart adj.漂亮的；时髦的；聪明的 tense n.时态 consistent adj.一致的 error n.错误；过失；谬误 pot n.罐；壶

the United Kingdom联合王国〔英〕 attraction n.吸引；吸引力；吸引人的

collection n.收藏品；珍藏；收集 uniform n.制服 construct vt.建造；构造；创立 influence vt.影响；改变 n. Viking n.北欧海盗

leave out 省去；遗漏；不考虑

工程

project n.科研学习工程；课题；方案；communism n.共产主义 take the place of代替

break down (机器)损坏；破坏 arrange vt.筹备；安排；整理 wedding n.婚礼 fold vt.折叠；对折 sightseeing n.观光；游览 available adj.可利用的；有用的

II. Reading PUZZLES IN GEOGRAPHY地理之谜

People may wonder why different words are used to describe these four countries: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.人们也许会奇怪：为

什么用不同的词汇来描述这四个国家：英国、威尔士、苏格兰和北爱尔兰。【注释：①wonder v.tr.〔及物动词〕To feel curiosity or be in doubt about:感到好奇或疑心： eg. He wondered why people built ugly homes, when they could have beautiful ones.他很奇怪为什么人们本可以造出漂亮的房屋,而偏偏建造出丑陋的房子来。 n. It's a wonder难得；奇怪的是eg. It's a wonder you recognized me.难得你还认得我。 (2)(It's) no wonder 难怪；并不奇怪；当然 eg. No wonder he is not hungry; he has

been eating sweets all day.难怪他不饿，他整天在吃糖果。 ②use sth. to do …用…做…; eg. You’d better use a stick to stir the paint. 你最好用棒来搅漆。】You can clarify this question if you study British history.如果你研究英国历史，就能说明这个问题。【注释：clarify:解释；澄清；说明 eg. The government has time and again clarified its position on equal pay for women?政府已经反复说明政府对男女同工同酬的立场。】

First there was England.首先有英格兰。Wales was linked to it in the thirteenth century.13世纪，

威尔士参加进来。【注释：link vt., vi.〔常与together, to, with连用〕连接 eg. The two towns are linked by a railway.这两个城镇由一条铁路连接起来。 (2)挽着;〔与on, to, in to连用〕联合】 Now when people

refer to England, you find Wales included as well.现在，当人们谈到英格兰，你就会发现威尔士也包括

进来。【注释：①refer to谈到； speak of, mention这三个词均表示“谈到；说起〞，其主语均为“sb.〞，而come to表示 “谈到〞讲时，仅用于句型“when it comes to sb./ sth.〞 “当一谈到…〞 试题：

When it ___ music, Kate is always excited. A.refers to B. speaks of C. mentions D. comes to

②as well也，倒不如, 还是...的好， 最好...还是(It will be as well to stop that young screamer. 但是最好还是让那个大哭大叫的孩子住声。)】 Next England and Wales were joined to Scotland in the seventeenth

century and the name was changed to "Great Britain". 接下来，在17世纪，英格兰和威尔士参加到苏

格兰，名字改为 “大英帝国〞。【注释：be joined : To put or bring into close association or relationship:使结合，缔交：使…结合或联合形成密切联系或关系 eg. they were joined by marriage;.他们结成夫妻；】Happily


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this was accomplished without conflict when King James of Scotland became King of England and Wales as well.快乐的是，当苏格兰国王詹姆斯成为英格兰和威尔士国王时，也是在没有发生冲突的

情况下完成的。【注释：accomplish 完成 eg. You should accomplish the task within the allotted time.你们必须在规定时间内完成这项任务。】 Finally the English government tried in the early twentieth

century to form the United Kingdom by getting Ireland connected in the same peaceful way.最后，

在20世纪初，英国政府想通过以和平方式将爱尔兰参加进来，形成联合王国。【注释： getting Ireland connected系为get sth. done结构，意为“让人…做某事〞】 However, the southern part of Ireland was

unwilling and broke away to form its own government.然而，爱尔兰南部地区不愿意参加，脱离并成

立了自己的政府。【注释：break away (1)逃走；逃脱 eg. 1) The robbery suspect broke away from the lockup.抢劫嫌疑犯从拘留所逃脱了。2) Modern music like jazz has broken away from the old traditional rules. (喻)现代音乐如爵士乐摆脱了旧的传统规那么。 (2)断裂；开裂 eg. A large piece of ice broke away from the main block.一大块冰从整个大冰块上断裂开来。 试题： The young man ____ the two policemen who were holding him.

A. got away with B. broke away from C. come up with D. caught up with 】

So only Northern Ireland joined with England, Wales and Scotland to become the United Kingdom and this was shown to the world in a new flag called the Union Jack.所以只有北爱尔兰参加到英格兰、威尔士和苏格兰

行列，从而成为联合王国，这在英国国旗上可以向世人表现出来。

To their credit, the four countries do work together in some areas (eg, the currency and international relations), but they still have very different institutions.为了表示信任，这四个国家在一些领域团结协作，〔如流通和国际关系〕，但他们依然有各自不同的机构。 For example, Northern Ireland, England and Scotland have different educational and legal systems as well as different football teams for competitions like the World Cup!例如，北爱尔

兰，英格兰和苏格兰，除了有不同的足球队参加象世界杯之类的比赛之外，他们还有不同的教育体系和不同的法律体系。【注释：as well as (1)adv. 又，也。 (2)conj.〔连接词〕 eg. And in addition:既…又：eg. courageous as well as strong.既健康又勇敢 (3)prep〔.介词〕: In addition to:都，除...之外〔包含之后的内容〕：eg. The editors as well as the proofreaders are working overtime编辑和校对者都在加班工作 (4)和…一样好 eg. He speaks English as well as Tom. 考题：

1. (94全-28) John plays football ____ , if not better than, David.

A. as well B. as well as C. as well D. such well

2. (93全-20) She doesn’t speak ____ her friend, but her written work is excellent.

A. as well as B. so often as C. so much as D. as good as BA】 England is the largest of the four countries, and for convenience it is divided roughly into three zones.英格兰是四个国家中最大的国家，为了方便，它大致被划分为三个区域。【注释：①convenience

n.方便；便利 for the convenience of为了方便…; for (the sake of) convenience为了方便起见； at sb’s convenience在方便的时候，在适宜的地点； be convenient for sb./ sth.对于…方便 eg. 1) The hotel has a restaurant for the guests’ convenience. 2) Please come when it is convenient for you. 3) Please come at your convenience. 4) It’s convenient for sb. (to do sth.)注意：convenient作表语时，不可用“人〞作主语。 ②辨析：divide, separate (1)divide强调把整体分成假设干局部，即化整为零，即破坏了宾语的完整性；而separate没有破坏宾语的整体性，只是把混在一起的宾语分开。Eg. 1) They divided the house into three parts. 2) The Pyrenees separate France and Spain. 比利牛斯将法国和西班牙分开。 考题：

1．(2021鲁)Would it be________for you to pick me up at four o’clock and take me to the airport? A．free B．vacant C．handy D．Convenient


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A．convenient B．fair C．easy D．Comfortable

3．Come and see me whenever________. A．you are convenient B．you will be convenient C．it is convenient to you D．it will be convenient to you】

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The zone nearest France is called the South of England, the middle zone is called the Midlands and the one nearest to Scotland is known as the North.最靠近法国的区域被称为南英格兰，中部区域叫英格兰中部，最靠近苏格兰的地方叫北英格兰。 You find most of the population settled in the south, but most of the industrial cities in the Midlands and the North of England.你会发现大多数人口居住

在南部，但大多数工业城市却在中部和英格兰北部。【注释：settled in the south是过去分词短语作宾语补足语。】 Although, nationwide, these cities are not as large as those in China, they have

world-famous football teams and some of them even have two!尽管，从全国范围内来说，这些城市没

有中国的城市大，但他们有世界著名的足球队，有些城市甚至有两支足球队。【注释：not as large as没有…大 】 It is a pity that the industrial cities built in the nineteenth century do not attract visitors.遗憾的是：这些建在19世纪的工业城市不吸引游客。【注释：①It is a pity that …遗憾的是…eg. It's a pity she can't attend the reception.她不能参加招待会，真是遗憾. 另：have pity on或take pity on对…表示同情. ② attract vt. attract one's attention吸引某人的注意；attract sb. to sp.把某人吸引到某处；have an/ no/ a little/ much attraction for sb.对某人有/没有/有一点/很有吸引力。 考题： Life in London has so many________—nightclubs，good restaurants and so on.

A．collections B．instructions C．attractions D．expressions】

For historical architecture you have to go to older but smaller towns built by the Romans.对于有历史意义的建筑，你必须去那些更古老的但更小的建于罗马时期的城镇。 There you will find out more about British history and culture.在那你可以搞清楚更多的有关英国的历史和文化。【注释：find out

(1)To ascertain (something), as through examination or inquiry:查明：如通过观察或询问查明〔某事〕：eg. 1) I found out the phone number by looking it up. 通过查找我查到了 号码 2) If you're not sure, find out.如果你不肯定，查一查 (2) To detect the true nature or character of; expose:发现：探明真相或性质；暴露： eg. Liars risk being found out.骗子被揭穿的危险 (3) To detect and apprehend; catch:探明并逮捕；抓住：Most embezzlers are found out in the end.大多数贪污犯最后都被查出并逮捕归案】 The greatest historical

treasure of all is London with its museums, art collections, theatres, parks and buildings.最具有伟大历史意义的宝库就是伦敦，它拥有博物馆、艺术收藏馆、剧院、公园和建筑。 It is the centre of national government and its administration.它是国家政府和行政机构的中心。 It has the oldest port built by the Romans in the first century AD, the oldest building begun by the Anglo-Saxons in the 1060s and the oldest castle constructed by later Norman rulers in 1066. 它拥有修建于公元一世纪罗马时

期的最古老的港口，还拥有由央格鲁撒克逊人于十一世纪六十年代修建的最古老的建筑，它还拥有由后来的诺曼统治者于1066年建造的最古老的城堡。【注释：built by …AD, begun by the …1060s, constructed by …1066均是过去分词短语作定语，与所修饰的名词之间的关系为动宾关系。过去分词短语作定语是一个常备考点。考题聚集：

1. (09全I-35) Now that we’ve discussed our problem, are people happy with the decisions ___? A. take B. taking C. taken D. to take

2. (09京-24) For breakfast he only drinks juice from fresh fruit ____ on his own farm. A. grown B. being grown C. to be grown D. to grow

3. (09申-33) With the government’s aid, those ____ by the earthquake have moved to the new settlements.

A. affect B. affecting C. affected D. were affected 4. (08湘-26) The trees ____ in the storm have been moved off the road.

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