新人教版英语选修九第二单元Reading的课文译文
人教版高中英语选修9课文译文
第一单元路永在前方阿什利塔·福曼是一位热衷挑战并总想争创吉尼斯纪录的运动员。
在过去25年中，他大约(approximately)已经打破了93项吉尼斯世界纪录，至今，他仍然是其中20多项纪录的保持者，还包括拥有最多的吉尼斯纪录这一项。
但是这些记录并不是像游泳或足球等一般运动项目那样创建的，而是阿什利塔试图在非常有趣的地点，在富有想像力的运动项目中打破的。
最近，阿什利塔完成了他的梦想:在所有七大洲破一项纪录，其中包括在澳洲玩呼啦圈，在南美洲的水下做弹簧单高跷游戏，在北美洲的热气球中做膝部深弯曲运动。
虽然这些活动看起来孩子气且令人发笑而不是让人肃然起敬，但实际上(in reality),完成这些活动需要强大的力量,健康的体格和坚定的决心。
想想吧,你一边走路,一边还要把一瓶牛奶顶在头上，你的脖子需要的多好的适应力。
你可以停下来休息或吃东西，但瓶子必须呆在头上。
当阿什利塔站在75厘米高的瑞士球上时，看起来虽然很轻松容易，其实不然。
呆在球上得一直全神贯注，还需要有极强的注意力和极好的平衡感。
特别是在双腿开始抖动的时候，你还得使劲呆在球上。
然而沿着12英里的马路翻筋斗,情况又是怎样的呢？翻筋斗是一项艰苦的运动,因为你必须克服头晕、极度疲劳和痛苦。
每翻滚一个小时,只允许休息5分钟,不过也可以短暂地停下来呕吐(vomit)。
做标准的体操(gymnastically)弓箭步动作向前，以最快的节奏走完1英里的路程是阿什利塔又一个出色的项目。
弓箭步冲刺对你的双腿是一个极端艰苦的考验。
开始时呈站立姿势，然后右脚向前迈一步，同时左膝触地，然后再站起来，左脚向前迈出一步，同时右膝触地。
想想吧，这个动作要反复做1英里远！然而，这位有才能的运动员并不是天生的。
小时候，他很不健康(unfit)，而且对运动毫无兴趣。
但他却对《吉尼斯世界纪录大全》非常着迷(fascinated)。
阿什利塔究竟是怎样成为一位运动员的呢？这是一个有趣的故事。
【人教版】2019版高中英语选修9课文逐句翻译(Word版,15页)
1.选修九Unit1 Breaking records-Reading打破记录"THE ROAD IS ALWAYS AHEAD OF YOU"“路永在前方”Ashrita Furman is a sportsman who likes the challenge of breaking Guinness records. 阿什里塔·弗曼是一位热衷挑战并想争创吉尼斯世界纪录的运动员。
Over the last 25 years, he has broken approximately 93 Guinness records. 在过去的25年中，他大约已经打破了93项吉尼斯世界纪录。
More than twenty of these he still holds, including the record for having the most records. 至今，他仍然是其中20多项纪录的保持者，还包括拥有最多的吉尼斯纪录这一项。
But these records are not made in any conventional sport like swimming or soccer. Rather Ashrita attempts to break records in very imaginative events and in very interesting places. 但是这些纪录并不是像游泳或足球等一般运动项目那样创建的，而是阿什里塔试图在非常有趣的地点，在富有想象力的运动项目中打破的。
Recently, Ashrita achieved his dream of breaking a record in all seven continents, including hula hooping in Australia, pogo stick jumping under water in South America, and performing deep knee bends in a hot air balloon in North America. 最近，阿什里塔完成了他的梦想：在所有的七大洲中都破一项纪录，其中包括在澳洲玩呼啦圈，在南美洲的水下做弹簧单高跷游戏，在北美洲的热气球中做膝部深弯曲运动。
2014-2015学年九年级英语人教版新教材课文第二单元译文
Unit 2Full Moon, Full Feelings （月满，情浓）充满的月亮充满的感情（圆圆的月亮，满满的相思）Chinese people have been celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival and enjoying mooncakes 中国的人们庆祝中秋节享受月饼for centuries. Mooncakes are in the shape of a full moon on the Mid-Autumn night. They carry 世纪月饼形状满的月亮中秋之夜他们寄托people’s wishes to the families they love and miss.人们的希望家人爱思念There are many traditional folk stories about this festival. However, most people think that 有很多传统的民间的故事关于这个节日然而大多数人们认为the story of Chang’e is the most touching. Chang’e was Hou Yi’s beautiful wife. After Hou Yi 故事嫦娥最感人的嫦娥后羿的美丽的妻子在…之后后羿shot down the nine suns, a goddess gave him magic medicine to thank him. Whoever drank this 射下九太阳女神给他魔术的药（仙药）感谢他无论谁喝这could live forever, and Hou Yi planned to drink it with Chang’e. However, a bad man, Pang能活永远后羿计划喝和嫦娥然而一个坏男人逢蒙Meng, tried to steal the medicine when Hou Yi was not home. Chang’e refused to give it to him 试着偷药当后羿不在家嫦娥拒绝给他and drank it all. She became very light and flew up to the moon. Hou Yi was so sad that he 喝全部变得非常轻飞向月亮后羿如此悲伤以至于called out her name to the moon every night. One night, he found that the moon was so bright 叫喊着她的名字对着月亮每天晚上一天晚上发现月亮如此明亮的and round that he could see his wife there. He quickly laid out her favorite fruits and desserts in 圆以至于能看见他的妻子那儿迅速摆出她的最喜欢的水果甜食the garden. How he wished that Chang’e could come back!花园希望嫦娥能回来啊After this, people started the tradition of admiring the moon and sharing mooncakes with 在…之后这人们开始传统欣赏月亮分享月饼their families.他们的家人The Spirit of Christmas精神圣诞Many would agree that when we think of Christmas, we probably think of gifts, Christmas 很多同意当我们想到圣诞节可能想到礼物圣诞trees and Santa Claus. But behind all these things lies the true meaning of Christmas: the树圣诞老人在…之后所有的这些东西躺（隐藏）真的意思（真谛）圣诞节importance of sharing and giving love and joy to people around us. The story in A Christmas重要性分享给予爱欢乐人们周围我们故事《圣诞欢歌》Carol is perhaps the best example of this.或许最好的例子这A Christmas Carol is a famous short novel written by Charles Dickens. It is about an old man《圣诞欢歌》著名的短篇小说写查尔斯狄更斯关于老的男人named Scrooge who never laughs or smiles. He is mean and only thinks about himself. He名叫斯克鲁奇决不大笑微笑吝啬的仅仅考虑他自己doesn’t treat others nicely. He just cares about whether he can make more money and he hates 对待其它人好仅仅关心是否能挣更多的钱讨厌Christmas. One Christmas Eve, Scrooge sees the ghost of Jacob Marley, his dead business圣诞节一个圣诞节前夕斯克鲁奇看见鬼魂雅各布马利他的死的生意partner. Marley used to be just like Scrooge, so he was punished after he died. He warns伙伴马利过去常常仅仅像斯克鲁奇所以被惩罚在…之后死告诫Scrooge to change his ways if he doesn’t want to end up like him. He also tells Scrooge to斯克鲁奇改变癖性如果想要最终成为像他也告诉斯克鲁奇expect three spirits to visit him.期望三个精灵拜访他That night, three ghosts visit Scrooge. First, the Ghost of Christmas Past takes him back to 那晚三鬼魂拜访斯克鲁奇首先圣诞节的过去之灵带他回到his childhood and reminds Scrooge of his happier days as a child. Then the second spirit, the他的童年时代提醒斯克鲁奇他的幸福日子作为小孩然后第二个精灵Ghost of Christmas Present, takes him to see how others are spending Christmas this year.圣诞节的现在之灵带他见如何其它人度过圣诞节今年Everyone is happy, even poor people. The last one, the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, takes 每个人幸福甚至穷人最后一个圣诞节的未来之灵带him to the future. Scrooge sees that he is dead, but nobody cares. He is so scared that he wakes 他去未来斯克鲁奇看到死了没有人关心如此惊恐的以至于醒来up in his bed and finds out it is only the next morning—Christmas Day!床发现正是第二天早上圣诞节He decides to change his life and promises to be a better person. He happily celebrates 决定改变他的生活承诺做更好的人幸福地庆祝Christmas with his relatives. He also gives gifts to people in need. He now treats everyone with 圣诞节和他的亲戚也给礼物人们需要现在对待每个人用kindness and warmth, spreading love and joy everywhere he goes. And that is the true spirit of 善良温暖传播爱欢乐到处去那真正的精神Christmas!圣诞节。
高中英语(人教版 选修9)Unit 2 Section_Ⅰ Warming Up - Reading — Pre-reading
Section_ⅠWarming Up & Reading —PrereadingJames Cook was born in 1728 in Marton, England.His father, a Scottish migrant farm worker, allowed James to work on coalcarrying boats at eighteen.Cook sp ent his free time learning math and navigation.This led to his appointment as mate (大副)．Searching for something more adventurous, in 1755 he volunteered for the British Royal Navy and took part in the Seven Years War and played an active part in charting wrence River, which helped England Navy capture Quebec from the French.The First Voyage.Following the war, Cook was given the mission to lead an expedition to observe the rare passage of Venus across the face of the sun in order to determine the accurate distance between the earth and sun.He set sail from England in August, 1768 and stopped at Tahiti where he did the observation.He proceeded to the West Indies and across the Indian Ocean to the Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of Africa.The Second Voyage.The Royal Navy promoted James Cook to Captain following his return and had a new mission for him, to find the Unknown Southern Land.Cook led two ships and headedto Cape Town in July, 1772.He proceeded south from Africa and turned around after encountering large amounts of floating pack ice.Actually he came within 75 miles of the Antarctica at that time.But he found no habitable southern continent and arrived back in Britain in July, 1775.The Third Voyage.The Navy wanted Cook to determine if there was a Northwest Passage, a mythical waterway between Europe and Asia across the top of North America.Cook set out in July of 1776 and rounded the southern tip of Africa and headed east across the Indian Ocean until his navigation of the Bering Sea was stopped by the impassible Arctic ice.Upon yet again discovering that something did not exist, he continued his voyage.His last stop was in February, 1779 at Hawaii where he was killed in a fight with islanders over the theft of a boat.Cook's explorations greatly increased European knowledge of the world.As a ship captain and skilled cartographer, he filled in many gaps on world maps.His contributions to eighteenth century science helped further exploration and discovery for many generations.True (T) or False (F)：1．James Cook led the British Royal Navy and captured Quebec from the French.( )2．The aim of Cook's last voyage was to find a Northwest Passage between Europe and Asia.( )3．Cook was named Captain after his first voyage.( )4．Captain Cook died in a conflict with the Hawaii local people.( )答案：1.F 2.T 3.F 4.TⅠ.高频单词点击1．voyage n．航海；航行2．mercy n．仁慈；宽恕；怜悯→merciful adj.仁慈的3．alongside prep.靠着；沿着adv.在旁边；沿着边4．exploration n．探险；探测→explorer n．探险者；勘探者；考察者→explore v．勘探；探索；调查研究5．minimum adj.最小的；最低的6．pole n．地极；柱；杆7．horizon n．地平线；视野8．nowhere adv.无处9．offshore adj.离岸的；海面上的10．outward adj.外面的；向外的adv.向外；在外11．secure adj.安全的；可靠的→securely adv.安全地；可靠地→security n．安全；可靠12．random adj.任意的；随便的→randomly adv.随便地；任意地13．awkward adj.难使用的；笨拙的→awkwardly adv.笨拙地；尴尬地→awkwardness n．笨拙；尴尬14．reference n．参考→refer v．参考；查阅15．precise adj.精确的；准确的16．simplify v．使简化；使简易17．portable adj.便携式的；手提的18．shortcoming n．缺点；短处19．update vt.更新20．tendency n．趋向；倾向；偏好→tend v．趋向；走向21．reliable adj.可靠的；可信赖的；可依靠的→reliably adv.可靠地→rely v．依靠；信赖Ⅱ.重点短语必记1．at the mercy of 受……支配；任……处置2．work out 计算出；制订出3．as well as 也4．rather than 而不是5．in relation to 与……有关；涉及Ⅲ.常用句型必备1．How do_you_think seamen found their way before mordern accurate methods of navigation were invented?2．We may well wonder how seamen explored the oceans before latitude and longitude made_it_possible_to_plot_a_ship's_position_on_a_map.3．This seems to_have_been the first and most useful form of exploration which carried the minimum amount of risk.4．Nobody knew that the earth turns eastwards at about 15 degrees every hour, but sailors did_know an approximate method of calculating longitude using speed and time.1．When did early sailors have a practical method of measuring longitude?A．The 12th century.B．The 17th century.C．The 15th century.D．The 16th century.2．What does seaweed look like when it is near land?A．It looks nice.B．It looks small.C．It looks fresh.D．It looks dark.3．Where are we now when the North Star is along the horizon?A．At the equator. B．At the North Pole.C．At the South Pole. D．At sea.4．From the reading we have learned________.A．why early seamen wanted to sail the seven seasB．that there is useful information in an encyclopediaC．that early sailors went exploring the seas using their skills and simple instrumentsD．why latitude and longitude are important to plot a ship's position5．The main idea of this passage is about________.A．that keeping alongside the coastline is first and most useful form of explorationB．the skills and navigational aids early seamen used while sailing the oceans C．that finding longitude and latitude is a must to plot a ship's position on a mapD．how the early sailors used their skills and simple instruments答案：1～5 BCACBⅤ.根据课文改错1．We may well wonder how seamen explored the oceans before latitude and longitude made possible to plot a ship's position on a map.made后加it2．There is a special cloud formation which indicates there is land close.close后加by3．Sailors often saw seamen in the sea and could tellthrough the colour and smell how long it had been there.through→by4．Sea birds could be used to showing the way to land when it was nowhere to be seen.showing→show5．An early method of measuring speed involved throwing a knotted rope tying to a log over the side of the ship.tying→tiedⅥ.课文缩写填空This reading explains how seamen explored the oceans and what kind of __1__ (navigation) instruments were used to sailors __2__ the seventeenth century __3__ they were navigating the open seas without seeing land.The __4__ (voyage) of travellers before the 17th century show that they were not __5__ the mercy of the sea even though they did not have modern navigational aids.The seamen could use celestial bodies, wildlife, the weather or the sea __6__ (keep) alongside the coastline.They could also use __7__ compass to help find the direction that the ship needs to go.They could use the __8__ (bear) circle to measure the sun's position and tell if they were sailing on their correct rather than a random course.__9__ the astrolabe, the quadrant and the sextant could help give the seamen the local time and allowed them to find their latitude __10__ sea.答案：1.navigational 2.before 3.when 4.voyages 5.at 6.to keep 7.the 8.bearing 9.While 10.at。
新人教版英语选修九第二单元Reading的课文译文
新人教版英语选修九第二单元Reading的课文译文海洋航行我们很可能感到奇怪，在经纬度被用来在地图上标出船只位置之前，海员是如何对海洋进行探索的。
17世纪以前的航海记录显示，即使没有现代航海技术的帮助，他们也没有任凭海洋摆布。
那么，他们是怎样航行得如此之好的呢？读读百科全书这几页上的记载吧。
第一页：借助大自然使船只沿海岸线行驶这似乎已是最早的、最有用的探险方式，所冒的险也最小。
利用天体●北极星在北极，北极星是在天上的最高位置；而在赤道上，北极星却在地平线上。
因此，熟练的航海探险家就能够利用北极星来确定他们自己的位置。
●太阳在晴朗的日子里，特别是夏天，船员可以利用正午在头顶上的太阳来导航，他们可以用太阳的高度来计算出他们的纬度。
●云层海上的船长观测岛上的云层。
有一种特殊的云彩的形状表明附近有陆地。
利用野生动植物●海藻海员常常看到海里的海藻，并能根据它的颜色和气味判断这种海藻在那儿有多久了。
如果它颜色新鲜而且气味浓烈，那说明船只就离陆地很近了。
●鸟在看不见陆地的时候，可以用海鸟来指明通往陆地的去路。
在夜晚的时候，筑巢而居的鸟就要返回陆地鸟窝。
因此，即使在远离海岸的大洋上，海员们也可以跟随这些鸟儿到达陆地。
利用天气●雾正如雾气汇聚在溪流或江河上一样，雾气也能汇聚在海洋上。
当靠近陆地时，海员们可以用雾气来帮助确定溪流或江河的位置。
●风聪明的海员常常利用风向来导航。
风向可以使船只加快速度，也可以造成危险。
于是，北欧的海盗们在出海或返航时都要观察风向。
利用大海技术娴熟的海员可以利用大海的某些潮汐或海潮把船送往他们的目的地。
第二页；利用航海工具找出经度直到17世纪英国人解决了这个理论问题后，人们才有了测量经度的可靠办法。
以前没有人知道地球每小时向东转动约15度，然而海员们确实知道用速度和时间来计算经度的近似标准的方法。
早期测量速度的方法是沿着船边拉一根打结的绳子，把这根绳子系在圆木上，然后把它抛入海里。
当船只在水中前进时，这些绳结从海员的手中通过，这时海员就记下了绳结的数目。
【人教版】2019版高中英语选修9课文逐句翻译
1.选修九Unit1 Breaking records-Reading打破记录"THE ROAD IS ALWAYS AHEAD OF YOU"“路永在前方”Ashrita Furman is a sportsman who likes the challenge of breaking Guinness records. 阿什里塔·弗曼是一位热衷挑战并想争创吉尼斯世界纪录的运动员。
Over the last 25 years, he has broken approximately 93 Guinness records. 在过去的25年中，他大约已经打破了93项吉尼斯世界纪录。
More than twenty of these he still holds, including the record for having the most records. 至今，他仍然是其中20多项纪录的保持者，还包括拥有最多的吉尼斯纪录这一项。
But these records are not made in any conventional sport like swimming or soccer. Rather Ashrita attempts to break records in very imaginative events and in very interesting places. 但是这些纪录并不是像游泳或足球等一般运动项目那样创建的，而是阿什里塔试图在非常有趣的地点，在富有想象力的运动项目中打破的。
Recently, Ashrita achieved his dream of breaking a record in all seven continents, including hula hooping in Australia, pogo stick jumping under water in South America, and performing deep knee bends in a hot air balloon in North America. 最近，阿什里塔完成了他的梦想：在所有的七大洲中都破一项纪录，其中包括在澳洲玩呼啦圈，在南美洲的水下做弹簧单高跷游戏，在北美洲的热气球中做膝部深弯曲运动。
高中英语(人教版选修9)教师用书：Unit 2 Section_Ⅱ Warming Up - Reading — Language Points(含答案)
Section_ⅡWarming Up & Reading — Language Points1．mercy n．仁慈；宽恕；怜悯show mercy to sb. 怜悯某人have mercy on 对……表示怜悯without mercy 残忍地，毫无同情心地at the mercy of 任凭……的摆布；在……的支配中当他们年轻时，他们就被教导怜悯那些无家可归的人。
When the ship failed to work at sea, the sailors were at the mercy of the wind and the rain.当船在海上不能行进时，船员们任由风雨摆布。
merciful adj. 仁慈的；宽容的merciless adj. 无情的；冷酷的奴隶主很冷酷，并且总是残忍地对待他的奴隶。
[即境活用1]用与mercy有关的单词及短语完成片段He is such a merciful man as always has_mercy_on those homeless animals, which are usually at_the_mercy_of the coldness and storm. But sometimes he shows_no_mercy_to those he doesn't like.他是一个仁慈的人，总是怜悯那些任由寒冷雨雪摆布的无家可归的动物。
但是有时对那些他不喜欢的人与物，他一点也不会怜悯。
2．minimum(1)n.[C]最小量，最小数，最低限度，最小值You must get a minimum of 40 questions right to pass the examination.你最少必须答对40道题才能通过考试。
The minimum pass mark in the examinations is 60 out of 100.考试的最低及格分数是100分中答对60分。
(新人教选修9)高中英语_Unit2Sailing_the_oceans-Reading课件
3. Can you identify these early navigational instruments seamen used and explain how they are used?
sextant
The sextant is a navigational instrument for measuring the angle between the horizon and some object in the sky. First a sailor looks at the horizon through an eyepiece. At the same time he can see light from the sun or a star reflected off a small mirror on top of the instrument, onto a second mirror and into the eyepiece.
The handle of the spoon points to the south, while the other side points to the north. When the Sinan is in the still, the handle of the spoon points to the south because of influence of the terrestrial magnetism (地磁).ຫໍສະໝຸດ nautical chart
Nautical charts are maps of the depth of the sea and the currents of the oceans. They provide modern sailors with routes through the seas, rather like roads through the countryside. The information began to be collected in the nineteenth century and has continued to be updated ever since. These charts were not available to Captain Bligh or Zheng He.
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新人教版英语选修九第二单元Reading的课文译文
海洋航行
我们很可能感到奇怪，在经纬度被用来在地图上标出船只位置之前，海员是如何对海洋进行探索的。
17世纪以前的航海记录显示，即使没有现代航海技术的帮助，他们也没有任凭海洋摆布。
那么，他们是怎样航行得如此之好的呢？读读百科全书这几页上的记载吧。
第一页：
借助大自然
使船只沿海岸线行驶
这似乎已是最早的、最有用的探险方式，所冒的险也最小。
利用天体
●北极星
在北极，北极星是在天上的最高位置；而在赤道上，北极星却在地平线上。
因此，熟练的航海探险家就能够利用北极星来确定他们自己的位置。
●太阳
在晴朗的日子里，特别是夏天，船员可以利用正午在头顶上的太阳来导航，他们可以用太阳的高度来计算出他们的纬度。
●云层
海上的船长观测岛上的云层。
有一种特殊的云彩的形状表明附近有陆地。
利用野生动植物
●海藻
海员常常看到海里的海藻，并能根据它的颜色和气味判断这种海藻在那儿有多久了。
如果它颜色新鲜而且气味浓烈，那说明船只就离陆地很近了。
●鸟
在看不见陆地的时候，可以用海鸟来指明通往陆地的去路。
在夜晚的时候，筑巢而居的鸟就要返回陆地鸟窝。
因此，即使在远离海岸的大洋上，海员们也可以跟随这些鸟儿到达陆地。
利用天气
●雾
正如雾气汇聚在溪流或江河上一样，雾气也能汇聚在海洋上。
当靠近陆地时，海员们可以用雾气来帮助确定溪流或江河的位置。
●风
聪明的海员常常利用风向来导航。
风向可以使船只加快速度，也可以造成危险。
于是，北欧的海盗们在出海或返航时都要观察风向。
利用大海
技术娴熟的海员可以利用大海的某些潮汐或海潮把船送往他们的目的地。
第二页；
利用航海工具
找出经度
直到17世纪英国人解决了这个理论问题后，人们才有了测量经度的可靠办法。
以前没有人知道地球每小时向东转动约15度，然而海员们确实知道用速度和时间来计算经度的近似标准的方法。
早期测量速度的方法是沿着船边拉一根打结的绳子，把这根绳子系在圆木上，然后把它抛入海里。
当船只在水中前进时，这些绳结从海员的手中通过，这时海员就记下了绳结的数目。
在一定的时间内计算出有多少个结，就可以算出船只每小时航行多少英里的速度。
后来，当12世纪海员们开始使用指南针的时候，他们就可以用复杂的数学表来计算出经度了。
指南针有一个特殊的磁针，始终指着北极。
因此人们用它来帮助找出船只所要去的方向。
这样，即使在大海中船只也可以直线航行。
找出纬度
●方位圆
这是最早用来测量太阳位置的工具。
海员可以测量太阳的影子，并把它同太阳在正午时的高度作比较，这样就可以知道自己是在正确的航道上或是在随意行驶。
●星盘
星盘、象限仪和六分仪相互都有联系。
它们是在彼此的基础上发展而成的。
最早的是星盘，它是一种特殊的集多功能于一体的工具，它可以用来表明船只
同太阳和布满天空的各种星星之间的相关位置。
这样，海员们就可得知当地时间，以及他们在海上的纬度。
但是，它不容易使用，因为其参照点之一就是行驶中的船只本身。
●象限仪
这是一种比较精确而且比较简单的星盘。
它利用星盘的1/4圆周而不是整个圆来测量星星在水平线上的高度。
它比较容易操作，因为它比较轻便。
缺点仍就是使用移动的船只作为一个固定的参照点。
因为船只在海浪中起伏不定，所以很难测出精确的读数。
●六分仪
六分仪是星盘和象限仪的改进版，它减少了出差错的可能性。
在这些早期的航海仪器中，它被证明是最精确和最为可靠的一种，它的工作方式是用两块镜子来测量船外两个固状物体之间的角度，这就使得计数更加精确，而且更加容易操作。