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Theworld’slongestriver配套文本及練習Martin:Ourgeographyteachergaveusthisassignmentontheworld'slongestriverbutI'mnotsurewhatwearesupposedtodo.馬丁:我們地理老師給我們布置了這個關(guān)于世界上最長的河的作業(yè)，但是我還不確定去做什么呢。Peter:It'shardtosay.Maybeweshouldjusttalkaboutwhatisspecialaboutit.彼得:這很難說?；蛟S我們可以只寫一些關(guān)于它的特別的東西。Martin:Firstofall,itistheNilethatistheworld'slongestriver,isn'tit?馬丁:首先，尼羅河是世界上最長的河，對嗎？Peter:Yes,thentheAmazon,thentheYangtze.彼得:是的，然后是亞馬遜河，再然后就是長江。Martin:Well,howlongisitactually?馬丁:啊，它具體有多長？Peter:Itis6,650kilometreslong.彼得:它有6,650公里長。Martin:Wow,thatislong!Wheredoesitgo?馬丁:哇，好長??！它流向哪里？Peter:Thisisinteresting.Itflowsfromsouthtonorth.彼得:這很有趣。從南流到北。Martin:Don'tmostriversgotheoppositeway,fromnorthtosouth?馬丁:不是多數(shù)的河流都是向相反的方向，從北向南流嗎？Peter:Exactly,sothatissomethingspecialthatwecaninclude.彼得:確實是，所以那就是我們要寫的特別之處了。Martin:LetmecheckthisatlastoseewhatitsaysabouttheNile.馬丁:讓我查查地圖集看看上面有關(guān)尼羅河是怎么說的。Peter:Howmanycountriesdoesitflowthrough?彼得:它流經(jīng)多少國家？Martin:Um,one,two,three...Itlookslikeninedifferentcountries.馬丁:嗯，一、二、三……好象有九個國家。Peter:Iguessthatissomethingspecialwecanwriteabout.彼得:我想這也是我們要寫的特別之處。Martin:Whatelse?Hmm,itusedtofloodeveryyear.馬丁:還有呢？嗯，它過去每年都發(fā)洪水。Peter:Thatissomethingthatisdefinitelyspecial.Whathappened?彼得:那一定也是個特別之處。是怎么回事呢？Martin:Well,everyyearinthelatesummerthewateroftheNileroseandfloodedthefarmlandaroundit.馬丁:啊，每年夏末，尼羅河的水會上漲并且淹沒周圍的農(nóng)田。Peter:Thatmusthavebeenawfulforthefarmers.彼得:對于農(nóng)夫來說那一定很可怕。Martin:Actuallyitwasn't,becausethefloodingbroughtrichsoilfromthesouthandleftitonthefarmland.馬丁:事實上并不如此，因為洪水會把肥沃的土壤從南部帶來并遺留在農(nóng)田上。Peter:Thatissomethingelsetowriteabout.彼得:這也是要寫的東西。Martin:AndtherichsoilonthebanksoftheNileattractedpeoplewhowereamongthefirsttofarmandtouseaplow.馬丁:而且尼羅河畔的肥沃土壤吸引來了很多人，而最早進行農(nóng)耕以及用犁來耕田的人中就有這些人。Peter:Thisiseasy.ThereissomuchthatisspecialabouttheNile.彼得:這很容易。尼羅河有太多的特別之處了。Martin:OK,hereisonelastimportantfact.In1970AswanHighDamwasbuilt.Itis111metreshighand3,830metreswide.ThewateritholdsbackcreatedLakeNasserwhichis460kilometreslong.馬丁:好的，最后一項重要事實。阿斯旺水壩建于1970年。它有111米高，3,830米寬。被阻的水流形成了460公里長的納塞爾湖。Peter:SonowtheNiledoesn'tfloodeveryyearbecauseoftheAswanDam.Plusthedamproducesalotofvaluableelectricity.Sothatisgood,don'tyouthink?彼得:所以由于有了阿斯旺水壩，尼羅河每年都不發(fā)洪水了。另外水壩生產(chǎn)大量有價值的電能。因此這是件好事，你不覺得嗎？Martin:I'mnotsosure.Nowallofthefarmsthatreceivedallthatgoodrichsoilfromtheannualfloodingdon'tanymoresotheyhavetousechemicalfertilizersfortheircrops.馬丁:我不肯定。這些農(nóng)田如今不再因洪水而得到肥沃的土壤了，所以他們不得不用化學肥料來耕種。Peter:Idon'tknowifthatissomethingspecialorsomethingnotgood.彼得:我不知道那是屬于特別之處還是屬于不好的事情。Martin:Iseewhatyoumean.Wewillhavetodecideifweshouldincludethat.Fornow,let'skeepworking.馬丁:我明白你的意思。我們得決定要不要寫它?，F(xiàn)在，讓我們來繼續(xù)工作吧。Peter:OK.彼得:好的。

情景劇練習HowlongistheNile?a)6560km.b)6650km.c)5660km.WhatismostunusualabouttheNileriver?a)Itflowsfromsouthtonorth.b)Itflowsthroughninecountries.c)Itisthelongestriverintheworld.WhatusedtobeanannualoccurrenceontheNileriver?a)Itdriedup.b)Itfloodedoveritsbanks.c)Itdamagedthefarmslocatedbesideit.WhatisonebadresultofthebuildingoftheAswanHighDam?a)Itproducesalotofelectricity.b)Itstopped