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1、Module 1 Deep South Section Introduction & Reading-Pre-readingShip tourism to Antarctica is on the rise:More than 35,000 tourists are expected to visit Antarctica this summer. In 19921993, 6,750 tourists visited Antarctica,according to the Antarctica Treaty. All of this tourism, however, is putt
2、ing both tourists and the environment ingreat danger.Among the tourist ships that visit the continent, the Explorer, a Canadian ship, was one of the first.Put to use in 1969, it was built to carry tourists to Antarctica. Last week, however, it became the first commercial (商业) passenger ship to sink
3、beneath the waters. Fortunately, all of the passengers and crew members were rescued from the ship. However, the sunken ship endangered the Antarctics fragile (脆弱的) environment. The ship was estimated to be holding 48,000 gallons of fuel.As a natural frontier, Antarctica is in a messy legal situatio
4、n. There are no obvious answers as towho is responsible for dealing with the threat that tourist may cause to human life and the environment.There is no coast guard for Antarctica. Do we want it to become Disneyland, or do we need some controls?Section_Introduction_&_Reading_Prereading原文呈现Antarctica
5、：the Last ContinentAntarctica is the coldest place on Earth. Its also the driest. With annualrainfall close to zero， Antarctica is technically a desert. Covering about 14 million square kilometres around the South Pole， it is the fifth largest continent in the world. A high mountain range, the Trans
6、Antarctic range， runs from east to west, cutting the continent in two. There are volcanoes too, but they are not very active. Antarctica holds 90% of the worlds ice, and most of its fresh water (70%) is in a frozen state， of course. 98% of the surface is covered permanently in the ice cap. On averag
7、e it is two kilometres thick, but in some places it reaches adepth of five kilometres. Strong windsdriven by gravity blow from the pole to the coastline, while other winds blow round the coast. It is difficult to imagine a more inhospitable place.读文清障Antarctica/ntktIk/n.南极洲annual/njul/adj.每年的n.年刊，年鉴
8、rainfall/reInfl/n.降水量；降雨量close to靠近，接近，几乎with复合结构作原因状语。covering about . the South Pole作状语。the fifth largest第五大TransAntarctic range横贯南极洲的山脉现在分词短语作状语。hold此处指“拥有”state/steIt/n.状态；状况“分数或百分数of名词”构成的短语作主语时，谓语动词的数要与of后面的名词保持一致。permanently adv.永久地，长期地on average通常，按平均值above/below average高于/低于平均水平depth/dep/n.
9、深度过去分词短语作后置定语。gravity/rvti/n.重力，地心引力inhospitable/InhspItbl/adj.荒凉的，不适宜居住的南极洲：最后(一块被发现)的大洲第1段译文南极洲是地球上最冷的地方，同时也是最干燥的地方。南极洲年降水量几乎为零，严格来说该地区就是一片荒漠。南极洲覆盖了南极圈周围约1 400万平方千米的面积，是世界第五大洲。一条横贯南极洲的高大山脉，从东到西将南极洲分为两半。南极洲也有火山，但并不十分活跃。南极洲拥有世界90%的冰，当然其大部分淡水(70%)都处于一种冰冻状态。南极洲98%的地表永久地被冰盖覆盖。冰层平均厚度为2 000米，但某些地方厚度可以达到5
10、 000米。受地球重力影响，会有暴风从极地吹向海岸，同时也有其他方向吹来的风。很难想象比南极洲条件更为恶劣的地方了。Yet Antarctica is full of wildlife, which has adapted toits extremeconditions. There are different types of penguins, flying birds, seals, and whales. But the long Antarctic winter night, which lasts for 182 days (the longest period of contin
11、uous darkness on earth), as well as the extreme cold and lack of rainfall, means that few types of plants can survive there. Only two types of flowering plants are found, while there are no trees on the large continent. The rest of the plants are made up of mosses， algae and lichen. Some forms of al
12、gae have adapted to grow on ice.adapt (to)(使)适应adapt oneself to使自己适应或习惯extreme/Ikstrim/adj.极端的，极度的n.极端extremely adv.极其，极端，非常which引导非限制性定语从句，修饰wildlife。which引导定语从句，修饰winter night。means用第三人称单数形式，与as well as .前面的winter night保持数的一致，并且that引导宾语从句。flower/fla/v.开花while意为“而，然而”，作并列连词，表示对比。moss/ms/n.藓；苔藓algae
13、/ldi/n.藻类(植物)lichen/laIken/n.地衣 第2段译文但南极洲仍然栖息着许多野生生物，它们已经适应了那里极其恶劣的条件。这里有不同种类的企鹅、飞禽、海豹以及鲸。但是南极洲冬天的夜晚长达182天(地球上持续时间最长的黑暗时期)，而且气候极度寒冷，降水量极少，这意味着很少有植物能够在这里生存。仅发现了两种开花类植物，而这片大陆上没有树木生长。其他的植物也就是一些苔藓、海藻以及地衣。有些藻类已经适应了在冰上生长。Most of the ice has been there for thousands of years. As a result， it has become a w
14、indow on the past, and can give researchers lots of useful information. Gases and minerals, in the form of volcanic dust trapped in the ice， can tell us a lot about what the worlds climate was like in past ages. Antarctic rocks are also very important for research. Most of them are meteorites from o
15、uter space. One rock, known as the “Alien” rock， may contain evidence of extraterrestrial life. Since most Antarctic rocks are dark in colour， they stand out against the white background and are easy to identify and collect.as a result结果in the form of以的形式(介词短语)take the form of采取的形式(动词短语)trap/trp/v.储存，留存过去分词短语trapped in the ice作后置定语。what引导的宾语从句作介词about的宾语。meteorite/mitiraIt/n.陨石outer space太空，外部空间(前面无冠词)过去分词短语作后置定语，修饰rock。contain v包含，容纳extraterrestrial/ekstrtrestril/adj.天外的，地球外的since引导原因状语从句。stand out突出，显眼，出色 第3段译文南极洲大部分的冰已经有成千上万年的历史了。因此，它已经变成了
