(
课件网) NEW CONCEPT ENGLISH 2 新概念英语 2 Lesson 67 Volcanoes Key words and expressions volcanoes n.火山 Congo n.（the-）刚果 Kituro n .基图罗 active adj.活动的 Kivu n.基伍湖 erupt v .（火山）喷发 violently adv. 猛烈地，剧烈地 manage v. 设法 brilliant adj. 精彩的 liquid adj. 液态的 escape v. 逃脱 alive adj. 活着 Questions on the text Language points Haroun Tazieff, the Polish scientist, has spent his lifetime studying active volcanoes… She woke early, meaning to spend all day writing. He spent a lot of effort organizing that trip. We always spent a lot of money on parties. Whenever I go there I get the urge to spent. Tazeiff was able to set up his camp very close to the volcano while it was erupting violently. Police have set up roadblocks at all the exits to the motorway. A fund was launched to set up a monument in memory of the dead men. It threatened to surround him completely, but Tazieff managed to escape just in time. He threatened to resign. She threatened that she would leave home. We arrived just in time. He returned to his hotel in time for a late supper. Tazieff has often risked his life in this way. She had risked her life to help save mine. She guarded the reputation of her friends while risking her own. In 1948, he went to Lake Kivu in the Congo to observe a new volcano while he later named Kituro. Tazieff was able to set up his camp very close to the volcano while it was erupting violently. Though he managed to take a number of brilliant photographs, he could not stay neat the volcano for very long. He noticed that a river of liquid rock was coming towards him. It threatened to surround him completely, but Tazieff managed to escape just in time. Lesson 64 The Channel Tunnel Key words and expressions tunnel n. 隧道 port n. 港口 ventilate v. 通风 chimney n. 烟囱 sea level 海平面 double adj. 双的 ventilation n. 通风 fear v. 害怕 invasion n. 入侵，侵略 officially adv. 正式的 connect v. 连接 European adj. 欧洲的 continent n. 大陆 Questions on the text Language points In 1858, a French engineer, Aime Thome de Gamond, arrievd in English with a plan for a twenty-one-mile tunnel under the English Channel. This platform would serve as a port and a railway station. Now the examination score serves as the ouly criterion for a student’s academic performance. This sofa can serve for a bed. In 1860, a better plan was put forward by an Englishman, William Low. Shall we put Mr Willinton forward as the candidate for chairman of the committee Put your watch forward; you’re five minutes slow. We shall have to put the meeting forward. He suggested that a double railway tunnel shoul be built. The shop assistant suggested that she (should) try on that dress. He suggests we be there half an hour earlier. It was officially opened on March7,1994, finally connecting Britain to the European continent. The new road will soon be opened to traffic. The tunnel would be well-ventilated if tall chimneys w ... ...
