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课件网) Unit4 Natural Wonders in the World Culture Understanding Warm up 你知道下面的自然奇观吗？ 课文原文及翻译 Chaka Salt Lake (or Caka Salt Lake) is located in Ulan county of Qinghai Province. It is regarded as the eastern gateway to Qaidam Basin（柴达木盆地）, which has the largest salt mine in the world. 茶卡盐湖位于青海省乌兰县境内。 它被视为柴达木盆地的东部门户， 拥有着世界上最大的盐矿。 Chaka Salt Lake（茶卡盐湖） 课文原文及翻译 Lying at a height of 3,059 meters, the lake is oval shape and covers an area of 105 square kilometers, ten times larger than the West Lake of Hangzhou. The lake is very shallow — at places, it is only ankle-deep — which allows visitors to walk over the lake. 湖面海拔高度3，059米，呈椭圆形， 面积105平方千米，比杭州西湖大十倍。 湖水很浅有些地方只有脚踝那么深。 游客可以在湖面上漫步。 课文原文及翻译 At times, when the sky is looking brilliant, the blue water of the lake reflects the sky as if a giant mirror is resting on the ground. This has earned Chaka Salt Lake the nickname of “Mirror of the Sky”. 当天空很明亮的时候， 蓝色的湖水倒映出天空，仿佛一面巨大的镜子放在大地上。 这样的景色为茶卡盐湖赢得了“天空之镜”的称号。 课文原文及翻译 The Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest coral reef（珊瑚礁） system with over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over 2,300 kilometers over an area of about 344,400 square kilometers. 大堡礁是世界上最大的珊瑚礁生态系统， 有2900多个珊瑚礁和900多个岛屿， 绵延2300多公里，面积约344，400平方千米。 Great Barrier Reef（大堡礁） 课文原文及翻译 The reef is located in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland, Australia. The Great Barrier Reef can be seen from space and is the world’s biggest single structure made by living organisms（生物）. 大堡礁位于澳大利亚昆士兰海岸附近的珊瑚海中， 大堡礁可以从外太空看到， 是世界上最大的由生物组成的单一结构。 课文原文及翻译 It supports a wide diversity of life and was selected as a World Heritage Site in 1981. And it is known as one of the seven natural wonders of the world. 它支持广泛的生物多样性，并于1981年被选为世界文化遗产。 它还作为世界七大自然奇观之一而为人们所熟知。 Language Points 观察并总结相关语言点 Chaka Salt Lake (or Caka Salt Lake) is located in Ulan county of Qinghai Province. The reef is located in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland... 要点总结： be located in: 位于 相关词汇： locate vt.定位 location n.位置 翻译练习： Qiyang is located in the northeast of Yongzhou. . 祁阳位于永州的东北部 Language Points 观察并总结相关语言点 ...to Qaidam Basin（柴达木盆地）, which has the largest salt mine in the world. it is only ankle-deep — which allows visitors to walk over the lake. 要点总结： 上面两句是由which 引导的非限制性定语从句，主句与从句之间通常用逗号隔开，其先行词可以是名词或代词，也可以是整个句子；先行词是人时，用who/whom引导，如： 1. John, who we visited last night, left the city.（先行词是人） 2. Every year millions of travelers come to this small to ... ...
