北师大初中英语八年级上--Unit3 12-1

[00:01.59]UNIT 3
[00:07.61]Lesson 12
[00:13.52]Exercise 1.2
[00:16.30]The Disappearing¹ Sea
[00:18.87]The Aral Sea is a large lake in Central Asia.
[00:23.46]There are two large rivers
[00:25.45]that give water to the lake.
[00:27.98]Around 1960, farmers started to take water
[00:31.93]from the rivers to use it on their farms.
[00:35.32]This happened for a long time but nobody saw
[00:39.38]that there was a danger.
[00:41.54]Then, during the 1980s,
[00:44.44]very little water-or sometimes no waster at all
[00:49.16]-reached the Aral Sea.
[00:51.15]In 1988, the lake separated² into
[00:54.87]the Large Aral Sea and the Small Aral Sea.
[00:59.00]Over the years a lot of the lake disappeared³.
[01:02.66]But still the government did nothing.
[01:06.29]The Disappearing Towns
[01:08.99]The water became very salty⁴
[01:11.96]and this was not good for plant and animal life
[01:15.81]Now the water of the Aral Sea is nolonger clear
[01:20.36]There are no more fish.
[01:22.96]Fishermen who worked on the lake
[01:25.88]cannot work any more.
[01:28.09]There were many towns at the side of the lake
[01:31.40]before 1960.
[01:33.55]Now these towns are many miles from the water.
[01:38.28]There isn't anything there--
[01:40.56]just old fishing boats lying on the sand.
[01:40.56]

1 disappearing   

v.不见，消失( disappear的现在分词 )；不复存在；掩始；隐显

参考例句：

• She caught sight of a figure disappearing into the darkness. 她看见一个人影儿在黑暗中消失了。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The speeding wheels and disappearing country put Chicago farther and farther behind. 向前飞奔的车轮和向后消失的乡村把芝加哥甩得越来越远。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹

2 separated   

adj.分开的v.分开(separate的过去式和过去分词)

参考例句：

• Her parents are separated but not divorced. 她父母分居但没离婚。
• No child should ever be separated from his mother by force. 绝不能强行使任何一个孩子与母亲分开。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 disappeared   

v.不见，消失( disappear的过去式和过去分词 )；不复存在；奭

参考例句：

• The plane disappeared behind a cloud. 飞机消失在云层里。
• He double-crossed the rest of the gang and disappeared with all the money. 他骗了其他同伙，携款潜逃了。

4 salty   

adj.咸的；含盐的

参考例句：

• Salty food makes one thirsty.咸的食物令人口渴。
• Do you know tears are salty?你知道泪水是咸的吗？