VOA慢速英语《农业报道》文本：第24课.doc

1、英语翻议讲解：这里是VOA特别英语农业报道。多年前，一位年轻的护林员接管了一项不寻常的新工作。Earl Cooley成为第一批空降消防员的一员。空降消防员从飞机上跳伞，他们到其他消防员不能迅速到达或者在地面不方便行动的地方进行灭火。Earl Cooley在农业部下属的森林服务处工作。森林服务部拥有一架飞机，希望用来在火场投掷水弹。但是这个想法失败了。所以该部门决定使用这架飞机进行新的活动：空降消防。美国第一次空降消防发生在1940年7月20日，爱达荷州内滋坡慈(Nez Perce)国家森林。另外一名空降消防员Rufus Robinson首先跳下，Earl Cooley紧随其后。像他随后描述的那

2、样，飞机高出森林不足半英里。当天风很大，跳伞活动不像以前训练时那么顺利。降落伞打开之后，他开始在空中翻转。最开始的时候，绳索出现一些问题。但是他选择了火灾附近一棵巨大的云杉树来降落，然后爬到地面。他和Rufus Robinson用手工工具向火上填泥土，并且挖了一条沟渠，这样火势就不会蔓延。他们彻夜工作，第二天早上，其他消防员从附近的营地赶到时，他们已经将火势控制住。Earl Cooley总是说，作为一名空降消防员他并不感到害怕。多年来，他一直致力于将这种职业发展壮大。他曾担任第一届全国空降消防员协会主席。他还将自己的经历记录下来，编纂成册。但是并不是所有的经历都有着令人满意的结局。1949年8

3、月5日，他卷入了蒙大拿州海伦那附近一场森林大火的灾难中。他必须选择机组人员跳伞的位置。但是飞向不断改变，火势的增长速度出乎意料。最终，大火吞噬了13条生命。许多年以后，Earl Cooley告诉一家报纸，他仍然相信自己当初作出了最好的决定。1975年，他从森林服务处退休。但是他仍然会去那些消防员葬身的山顶逗留，直到他不能再爬。11月9日，Earl Cooley在蒙大拿州的米苏拉去世，享年98岁。今天，270多名男女在森林服务处担任空降消防员。目前，俄罗斯和其他国家也有了空降消防员。1.parachute v.用降落伞降落 例句：They parachuted food to us. 他们向我们

4、空投食品。 They parachuted to the ground safely. 他们安全地跳伞着落。2.windy adj.有风的；风大的 例句：It isnt half windy today! 今天风很大! It was a windy night. 那是个有风的夜晚。3.dirt n.污垢, 灰尘, 脏土 4.dug v.挖,掘土,探究例句：He has dug his own grave. 他是自毁生计。 The jeweler was able to dig up the ring we wanted. 宝石匠能发掘出我们想要的戒指。5.disaster n.灾难, 灾祸 例

5、句：They kept a record of earthquake disasters. 他们记录地震所引发的灾害。1.Earl Cooley worked for the United States Forest Service, an agency of the Agriculture Department.an agency of the Agriculture Department是United States Forest Service的同位语。同位语和定语从句的区别：1)同位语从句与前面的名词是同位关系，即说明它前面名词的内容；而定语从句与前面的名词是修饰与被修饰关系，即限定它前

6、面的名词范围，或补充一些情况。如： The news that l have passed the exam is true我通过了考试这一消息是真的。 （同位语从句，即从句所表达的意思就是前面名词的内容。） The news that he told me just now is true他刚才告诉我的消息是真的。 （定语从句，从句对前面名词起修饰限制作用，即“他告诉我的”那个消息，而不是别的消息。） 2)关系词在句中是否做成分 。如：The idea that computers can recognize human voices surprises many people. 计算机能够

7、识别人的声音的想法使许多人感到惊奇。（that在从句中不充当任何成份。） The idea that he gave surprises many people他提出的观点令许多人感到吃惊。 （that在从句中作gave的宾语。）2.So the agency decided to use the plane for what was then a new practice: smokejumping. what was then a new practice,what引导宾语从句，做介词for的宾语。3.As he later described it, the plane was not

8、much more than half a kilometer above the trees. not more than和no more than区别1).不用于比较，后接数词时，no more than意为“仅仅，只不过，只有”（=only），而not more than意为“至多，不超过”（=at the most).eg:There are no more than fifteen eggs in the basket.篮子里只有15个鸡蛋。（暗指15个鸡蛋太少）eg:There are not more than fifteen eggs in the basket.篮子里至多有1

9、5个鸡蛋。（暗指可能少于15个）2).用语两者的比较时：“no+形容词或副词比较级+than”是对两者的否定，相当于neither.nor.eg:This story is no more interesting than that one.(=Neither this story nor that one is interesting.)这个故事和那个故事一样没趣。“not+形容词或副词比较级+than是普通的比较级结构，表示前者不如后者，相当于not so.as.eg:This story is not more interesting than that one.(=This story

10、 is not so interesting as that one.)4.But not all had happy endings. 部分否定Not all sounds这里否定的是其中一部分，叫部分否定句。all，every，both，always等用于否定结构时不是全部被否定，而是表示其中的一部分被否定。而且英语多半将not置于谓语中。例如：All is not a gold that glitters.（即Not all that glitters is gold.）闪闪发光物，未必尽黄金。Every one cannot write novels.（即Not every one c

11、an write novels.）不是所有的人都能写小说。英语听力原文：This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report.Years ago, a young forester took an unusual new job. Earl Cooley became one of the first smokejumpers. Smokejumpers parachute from airplanes. They fight fires that crews cannot reach quickly or easily from the gro

12、und.img CooleyEarl Cooley worked for the United States Forest Service, an agency of the Agriculture Department. The Forest Service had a plane that it wanted to use to drop water bombs onto wildfires. But that idea failed. So the agency decided to use the plane for what was then a new practice: smok

13、ejumping.The first fire jump in the United States took place on July twelfth, nineteen forty, in the Nez Perce National Forest in Idaho.Another smokejumper, Rufus Robinson, went first. Then out came Earl Cooley.As he later described it, the plane was not much more than half a kilometer above the tre

14、es. The day was windy, and the jump was not as good as others he had made.He began to turn over in the air when his chute opened, and there were problems with the lines at first. But he chose a large spruce tree to land in near the fire, and climbed down.With hand tools, he and Rufus Robinson threw

15、dirt on the fire and dug a line to contain it so the flames would not spread. They worked through the night and had the fire controlled the next morning, when other men arrived from a camp in the area.Earl Cooley always said he was not afraid being a smokejumper. Over the years, he worked to develop

16、 the profession. He served as the first president of the National Smokejumper Association. He also wrote about his experiences. But not all had happy endings.On August fifth, nineteen forty-nine, he was involved in a disaster at a forest fire near Helena, Montana. He had to choose where a crew would

17、 jump. But the wind changed and the fire grew unexpectedly, taking thirteen lives.Many years later, Earl Cooley told a newspaper that he still believed he had made the best decision he could. He retired from the Forest Service in nineteen seventy-five. But he continued to visit the mountaintop where

18、 the men were buried, until he could no longer make the climb.Earl Cooley died on November ninth in Missoula, Montana. He was ninety-eight years old.Today, more than two hundred seventy men and women are smokejumpers for the Forest Service. Smokejumpers are also used in Russia and other countries.And thats the VOA Special English Agriculture Report, written by Jerilyn Watson. Im Karen Leggett.版权所有：高考资源网()版权所有：高考资源网()