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课件网) Unit 6 UNIT 6 Nurturing nature The Sky Railway 1. Sitting back in my seat, I can’t quite believe that I’m about to travel along the railway that many foreign experts claimed was “impossible”. 靠坐在火车的座位上，我仍然不敢相信，我将要沿着许多外国专家声称“不可能建成”的铁路开始一段旅程。 动词-ing形式作伴随状语 句子主干：I can’t quite believe … that引导宾语从句 that引导定语从句，修饰the railway 【语境应用】完成句子。 1) The boy _____ (正要开始) but someone spoke first. 2) Hurry up! The train _____ (马上就要开了). was just about to begin is about to start be about to: be on the point of；be ready to 将要, 即将, 正打算 动作马上就要发生, 常与when引导的从句连用, 不与具体时间状语连用。 e.g. I was about to start when it began to rain. Be quiet, please. The meeting is about to begin. 2. The words “railways like massive dragons are winding among the mountains” seem particularly vivid as I travel across the “roof of the world”. 当火车开过“世界屋脊”时，“一条条巨龙翻山越岭”的歌词 变得更加生动鲜活起来。 wind v. if a road, river etc winds somewhere, it has many smooth bends and is usually very long(道路、河流等) 蜿蜒，迂回 e.g. Highway 99 winds its way along the coast. 99号公路沿着海岸蜿蜒而行。 v. to turn part of a machine around several times, in order to make it move or start working 上发条 e.g. Did you remember to wind the clock 你有没有记得给钟上发条？ v. to turn or twist something several times around something else 缠绕 e.g. The hair is divided into sections and wound around heated rods. 头发分成一绺绺绕在加热了的小棒上。 3. Taking years to complete, the Qinghai-Xizang Railway is a record of all of our efforts to overcome the most difficult engineering challenges. 青藏铁路历时数年建成，凝聚着我们攻克种种工程难题的全部心血。 动词-ing形式作状语 不定式短语作定语修饰all of our efforts 4. How to protect the delicate ecosystem was among the top concerns. 其中，如何保护脆弱的生态系统是需要我们高度重视的问题之一。 concern n. 1) something that is important to you or that involves you (关系到你自己的)重要的事情 2) a feeling of worry about something important 忧虑，担心，关切 e.g. His main concern is to be able to provide for his family. My concern is that you’re not getting enough work done. “疑问词+不定式”结构作主语 concern v. 1) to cause worry to someone 使担忧；使挂念；使焦虑 2) to be important to someone or to involve someone directly 对（某人）很重要；与（某人）相关；涉及，关系到（某人） concern oneself with / about 关心某事; 担心某事 e.g. He told them not to concern themselves about him. There’s no need for you to concern yourself with what happened. be concerned about / for … 担心/关心…… be concerned with 关心…… as far as…be concerned 就……而言 e.g. As far as I am concerned, parents show too much concern about the future of their children. In other words, they are rather concerned about their children’s future. concerned adj. caring about sb and whether they are happ ... ...
