新教材北师大高中英语Unit 5 Humans and Nature课文和翻译

Unit 5 Humans and Nature课文和翻译Lesson1About three years ago, something terrible happened to me. That was the day when it took only six hours to break my body and soul . You think I am a very old man—but I am not. It took less than a single day to change my hair from black to white.One day, my two brothers and I were coming back from the islands where we often risked going and got more fish than others. All at once，the sky was covered with dark clouds and in less than a minute we were in a terrible storm. A huge wave covered our boat and my younger brother fell into the sea. My elder brother put his mouth close to my ear and cried out “Moskoe­strom！” The moment I heard the word I became very frightened .I knew what he meant by that one word well enough.With the wind and waves, we were going in the direction of the whirlpool. We were hopeless . Nothing could save us. I felt sick，as if I was falling from a mountain top in a dream. We went round and round，nearer and nearer to the horrible edge of the whirlpool. It may appear strange, but at that moment, when we were on the edge of the whirlpool, I felt calmer than when we were moving towards it. I began to think how amazing a thing it was to die in such a way, and how wonderful it was to see the power of nature . Suddenly, we went over the edge. I thought my life was over . But moment after moment passed, and I was still safe.The boat was on the inside of the huge whirlpool and we were going round in circles at great speed I saw clearly that there were other objects in the whirlpool—trees and barrels . After a while, I became curious about the whirlpool itself. I then made three important observation . The first, the larger the bodies were, the more rapidly they fell; the second, between two objects of equal extent ，round objects fell down more rapidly; and the third, between two objects of the same size, objects shaped like a tube fell down more slowly. So I tied myself to a barrel to help me float. I tried to make my brother understand, but he was too frightened and stayed in the heavy boat. Without waiting, I jumped into the sea to try and escape.As you can see, the reason why I'm here to tell the story is that I made the right decision. Some time after I left the boat, with my brother in it, it was pulled into the bottom of the whirlpool. Soon after that, the whirlpool became less wild . Then the sky was clear，the wind calmer, and the moon was shining. I was still tied to the barrel and the waves soon carried me to an area where the other fishermen were. In the end , a boat picked me up . I was very tired. The fishermen were my old friends, but they were unable to recognise me. When I told them my story, they did not believe it. Now I have told you, and [10]I cannot expect you to believe me any more than the fishermen did．大约3年前，我遭遇了一件极其可怕的事情。

那天，仅仅6个小时的时间就使我的身心遭受重创。

你会觉得我年纪已长，但事实并非如此。

只是在不到一天的时间里，我的满头黑发尽数变白。

一天，我和我的两个兄弟从我们经常去探险的岛屿返回，并且抓了比其他人更多的鱼。

突然之间，天空布满了乌云，不到一分钟，我们便陷入了可怕的风暴中。

一个巨浪淹没了我们的船，我的弟弟掉进了海里。

我的哥哥把嘴贴近我耳边大喊：“大漩涡！”一听到这个词，我就变得万分恐惧。

我非常清楚那个词所代表的意义。

在狂风巨浪的裹挟下，我们朝着漩涡的方向移动。

我们绝望了。

没什么可以拯救我们。

我感到一阵恶心，仿佛在梦里从山顶坠落。

我们一圈又一圈地转动着，越来越靠近那个可怕的漩涡边缘。

这么说可能显得奇怪，不过那个时候，当我们处在漩涡边缘时，我反而比向漩涡移动时更平静。

我不禁开始思考，以这种方式死去是多么令人难以置信的事啊！能看到大自然的力量是多么美妙啊！突然，我们越过了边缘。

我想，我的生命结束了。

但是时间一分一秒流逝着，我依旧安然无恙。

船只进入巨大的漩涡，我们开始高速旋转。

我清楚地看到，漩涡里还有其他东西——树和桶。

过了一会儿，我对漩涡本身产生了好奇。

然后我开始观察，并有了三个重要发现。

第一，物体越大，下落速度就越快；第二，两个同等面积的物体，圆形物体下落得较快；第三，两个同等大小的物体，圆管形的物体下落得较慢。

于是，我把自己绑在一只桶上，好让自己漂浮起来。

我试图让哥哥也能明白这一点，但他实在太害怕了，坚持留在笨重的船上。

我丝毫没有犹豫一跃跳进海里，试图逃生。

如你所见，我还能在这里讲述这个故事，就是因为我做了正确的决定。

我从船上跳下之后，哥哥还在上面，过了一段时间，船被吸入漩涡底部。

此后不久，漩涡变得温和了。

然后天气晴朗，风平浪静，月亮也明亮起来。

我仍旧被绑在桶上，很快，海浪把我带到其他渔民所在的地方。

最后，我被一艘船救起。

我疲惫极了。

这些渔民都是我的老朋友了，却没能认出我来。

我向他们讲述自己的经历时，他们表示无法相信。

现在，我又将这段经历告诉了你们，或许你们会和渔民一样，感到难以置信吧。

Lesson 3On 1 June, 1910, Captain Robert Falcon Scott left London to begin his journey to Antarctica. While he was on the way to Antarctica, he received a message from the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen which said he was going south, too. Then the race to the South Pole began!During the polar summer of 1910－1911, both teams organised food bases in preparation for their journeys the next year. [1]Then came the total darkness of the polar winter. Scott and Amundsen waited anxiously for spring.Amundsen was the first to leave on 8 September, 1911. He [3]had teams of dogs pulling the sledges and all his men were on skis . Because of this, he made rapid progress . Scott left on 1 November and soon had problems. First, his two sledges broke down and then the horses began to have serious difficulties with the snow and the cold. After a while, Scott and his men had to push the sledges themselves.Amundsen reached the Pole on 14 December, 1911 and put a Norwegian flag there. Then he prepared for the return journey . Amundsen and his team arrived safely back to their starting base on 25 January, 1912 after ten days ahead of their planned schedule.Scott finally arrived at the Pole with four team members on 17 January, 1912.They were shocked when they saw the Norwegian flag. Scott wrote in his diary：“Well, we have now lost the goal of our ambition and must face 800 miles of [4]hard pushing—and goodbye to most of our dreams．”The return journey was one of the worst in the history of exploration. The men were soon very tired and were running out of food. The weather conditions were terrible. Scott started to realise their hopeless situation：“We are very cheerful ，but [5]what each man feels in his heart I can only guess. Putting on our shoes in the morning is getting slower and slower.”However, on their way back they found time to look for rocks. They carried twenty kilos of rocks all the way with them. Later, these rocks proved that at one time in the distant past, the continent of Antarctica was covered by plants.Then disaster came. Edgar Evans had a terrible disease and died after a bad fall. The next to go was Captain Oates, who was having great difficulty walking . Scott recorded his death: “He said, ‘I am just going outside and may be some time.’．..We knew that poor Oates was walking to his death, but though we tried to stop him, we knew that it was the act of a brave man and an English gentleman. We all hope to meet the end with a similar spirit, and certainly the end is not far.”Scott and two of his team members carried on and got within eleven miles of one of their food bases. But then a terrible storm started and they could not leave their tent. Scott spent some of his last hours writing. He wrote a letter full of sadness to his wife Kathleen: “I could tell you lots and lots about this journey. What stories you would have for the boy...but what a price to pay.”Scott's diary also told the story of their end: “We are getting weaker and weaker and the end can't be far. It seems a pity, but I do not think I can write more.”The news of Scott's death shocked the world. Even Amundsen was moved by Scott's death saying “Captain Scott left a record, for honesty , sincerity , for bravery, for everything that makes a man”. Scott had failed to win the race to the Pole, but the great courage shown by Scott and his men made them heroes.1910年6月1日，罗伯特·福尔肯·斯科特上校离开了伦敦，开始他的南极之旅。