【小初高学习]2017-2018学年高中英语 Unit 2 Wish you were here S

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[原文呈现][读文清障] Shangri­la

Would you like the chance to discover a place of mystery and beauty①in the south­west of China? If your answer is ‘yes’， consider a trip to②Shangri­la!

How to get there

Start in the city of Dali and drive nort h along the Yunnan­Tibet Highway③until you reach Zhongdian (Shangri­la), the capital of Diqing. Zhongdian is 659 kilometres away from Kunming, and there are regular flights④between the two cities.

T he world­famous Chinese Shangri­la

The word ‘Shangri­la’first appeared⑤ in a classic⑥novel⑦ by James Hilton. Today, Shangri­la has become a common English word meaning heaven on earth⑧. Hilton described⑨ a beautiful kingdom⑩where three rivers joined together⑪，steep⑫ mountains reached to the sky, and fields of long grass covered ⑬ the earth. In this perfect⑭ world lived people ⑮who had discovered how to stay young forever⑯.

①beauty/'bjuːtI/n.美；美好的人或物

beauty表示抽象含义“美”时，为不可数名词；表示“美人”时，为可数名词。

②a trip to ... 去……的一次旅行

③highway/'haIweI/n.(尤指城镇间的)公路，干道，交通要道

④regular f lights固定航班，定期航班

⑤appear v．出现，呈现；显现disappear v．消失

⑥classic/'klæsIk/adj.经典的n.经典作品

⑦novel/'nɒvl/n.(长篇)小说

⑧现在分词短语作后置定语，修饰 a common English word。

⑨describe vt.描述；叙述；形容

⑩kingdom/'kIŋdəm/n.王国

⑪where引导定语从句，修饰先行词a beautiful kingdom。

⑫steep/stiːp/adj.陡峭的；急剧的

⑬cover v．覆盖，遮掩

⑭perfect adj.完美的

⑮who引导定语从句，修饰先行词people，在从句中作主语。how to stay young forever为“疑问词＋动词不定式”结构，在句中作discover的宾语。

⑯forever/fər'evə(r)/adv.永远地

香格里拉

你希望有机会去中国西南部发现一个神奇又美丽的地方吗？如果你的回答为“是”，那就考虑去香格里拉来一次旅行吧！

如何去那里

从大理市出发，沿滇藏公路驱车向北直到你抵达迪庆的首府中甸香格里拉。中甸距离昆明659千米，两个城市之间有固定航班往返。

世界闻名的中国香格里拉

“香格里拉”一词源于詹姆斯·希尔顿的一部经典小说。今天，香格里拉已经成了一个普通的英语单词，意为“人间天堂”。希尔顿描绘了一个美丽的王国，在那里，三河交汇，奇峰高耸入云，长草成茵覆盖大地。住在这个完美世界里的人们知道如何永葆青春。

Which place could officially⑰take the name of this wonderful land? There were arguments over⑱which touristspot⑲would win the name of Shangri­la. Many years after the book was published⑳，some people realized○

21 that the Shangri­la of the novel was a perfect match○22 for Zhongdian in Yunnan Province, China. In September 1997, the government of Yunnan Province announced○23 that Zhongdian was the Shangri­la of Hilton's story.

⑰officially/ə'fIʃəlI/adv.官方地，正式地

⑱over prep.由于，关于(后可接宾语从句) ⑲spot/spɒt/n.地点，场所tourist spot 旅游景点

⑳publish/'pʌblIʃ/vt.出版；发表

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21realize v．认识到，意识到

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22match n．相配的人(或物)

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23announce/ə'naʊns/vt.宣布，宣称

什么地方才能正式得到这个人间奇境的美称呢？人们以前为到底哪个旅游景点应该获

得香格里拉的名称争论不休。这本书出版许多年之后，一些人发现，小说中的香格里拉与中国云南省的中甸完全相符合。1997年9月，云南省政府宣称，中甸就是希尔顿小说中的香格里拉。

What you wi ll see in Shangri­la Three mountains, Meili, Baimang and Haba, which are covered with ○24 snow ○25， tower ○

26 over the land. Their snowy mountaintops form ○

27 a beautiful picture that will leave you at a loss ○

28 for words ○29. Below the mountains, the sunshine ○

30reflects ○31 on the many lakes, making them shine like

diamonds ○

32 against the rich countryside ○33. Sheep, cattle ○

34 and horses wander ○

35 on the green grass, and the surrounding ○

36 forests are home to ○37 many birds and animals. In

this peaceful land, people live in

perfect harmony ○

38 with nature, far away from the noise and worry of the

outside world.

Nature has provided ○

39 Shangri­la with endless ○

40 natural treasures, making the land a happy

home for the local people ○

41. What the weather is like

The weather changes so quickly

that people say you can experience four seasons in one day ○42. The best times to visit Shangri­la are spring

and autumn when the temperature is ○

24be covered with 被……覆盖 ○

25关系代词which 引导非限制性定语从句。 ○

26tower /'ta ʊə(r)/vi .高耸，屹立；超过n .塔，塔楼 tower over/above 远高于(周围的人或物) ○

27form vt . &vi .

形成，构成 n ．形状，外形 ○28at a loss 茫然，困惑，不知所措 ○29that 引导定语从句。 ○

30sunshine /'s ʌn ʃaIn/n .阳光 ○31reflect /rI'flekt/vt .反射(声、光、热等)；反映 ○32diamond /'daI əm ənd/n .钻石，金刚石 ○33现在分词短语作结果状语。○34cattle /'kætl/n .(pl .)牛

○35wander /'w ɒnd ə(r)/vi .&vt .漫游，游荡；徘徊；漂泊

wander in/through/around 徘徊，闲逛，漫

步 ○

36surrounding /s ə'ra ʊndI'ŋ/adj .周围的，附近的

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37be home to ... 是……的家园/产地 ○

38harmony /'h ɑːm ənI/n .和谐，协调，融洽 live in harmony 融洽地生活

○39provide v ．提供 ○

40endless /'endl əs/adj .无限的，无休止的 ○

41现在分词短语making the land ... 作结果状语。