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1、安全教育学习是提高员工安全防范意识的重要措施。“百日安全活动”开展以来，保卫部从自身着手对本部门所有员工开展集中安全教育培训Module 4 Sandstorms in Asia Section Introduction & Reading Pre-readingIn April 2012, a dust storm that originated in China and Mongolia took a sixday journey across more than ten thousand kilometers of sea and open land to Arizona in
2、the United States. The cloud was so dense that it seemed as if the sun were setting early. At least one person thought a volcano had erupted. Although traveling dust storms are nothing new, the dust now often contains chemical or metallic substances that contribute to respiratory illnesses (呼吸道疾病) a
3、nd damage the environment. At present, a group of researchers in Asia is studying aerosol particles and their effects on the environment and they have plenty of dust to work with. Dust storms are one of the repercussions (后果) of humans messing around with Mother Nature. Although they are a natural p
4、henomenon, dust storms have been occurring more often, at shorter intervals, and with greater force in recent years, and human activity is the cause. It is a fact that excessive herding of animals and exploitation of grasslands are responsible for the majority of dust storms. This means that dust st
5、orms are largely a result of human actions; in other words, they are controllable. Section_Introduction & Reading PrereadingSandstorms in AsiaSandstorms have been a major disaster for many Asian countries for centuries. Scientists have tried many ways to solve this problem and in China, a masscampai
6、gn has been started to help solve it.Sandstorms are strong, dry winds that carry sand .They are often so thick that you cannot see the sun， and the wind is sometimes strong enough to move sand dunes. The four main places in the world where there are sandstorms are Central Asia, North America, Centra
7、l Africa and Australia. Ren Jianbo, from Inner Mongolia described a terrible sandstorm he experienced as a child in the desert. “To have been caught in a sandstorm was a terrible experience，” he said.“There was nothing to be done. It was the most frightening and the most dangerous situation Ive ever
8、 been in. You just had to hope youd survive. I thought I was going to disappear under the sand.”sandstorm/sndstm/n.沙尘暴major/meId/adj.主要的；多数的mass/ms/adj.大量的；大规模的campaign/kmpeIn/n.战役；活动that carry sand是定语从句，修饰winds, that在从句中作主语。so .that .“如此以至于”，引导结果状语从句。dune/djun/n.沙丘where there are sandstorms是定语从句，修饰
9、the four main places, where在从句中作地点状语。he experienced是定语从句，修饰sandstorm，从句中省略了作宾语的关系代词which或that。动词不定式的完成式to have been caught in a sandstorm作主语。There was nothing to be done.“一点儿办法也没有/什么也干不了”。Ive ever been in是定语从句，修饰situation。引导词that或which作介词in的宾语，所以省略了。亚洲的沙尘暴第12段译文几百年以来，沙尘暴一直是许多亚洲国家面临的一个主要灾难。科学家们已尝试过许多
10、方法解决这个问题，在中国，一场大规模的帮助解决沙尘暴问题的运动已经开始了。沙尘暴是夹带沙尘的强烈而干燥的风。沙尘暴常常很浓密，以至于遮住了太阳，有时风力大的足以移动沙丘。世界上沙尘暴发生的四个主要地区是中亚、北美、中非和澳大利亚。来自内蒙古的任建波是这样来描述他小时候在沙漠中遭遇的一次可怕的沙尘暴的：“遭遇沙尘暴是一种可怕的经历。”他说：“你一点儿办法也没有。那是我遭遇过的最可怕、最危险的境况。你只能希望自己会活下来。那时候我以为我要被沙子淹没了。”Northwest China is part of the sandstorm centre in Central Asia. Sandstor
11、ms begin in desert areas. Sandstorms in China appear to have increased in recent years as a result of “desertification”. This is a process that happens when land becomes desert because of climate changes and because people cut down trees and dig up grass.Sandstorms sometimes affect Beijing. Citizens
12、 wake up to an orange sky and strong winds that cover the city in a thick, brownyellow dust. The storms sometimes continue all day and traffic moves very slowly because the thick dust makes it difficult to see.,appear linkv看上去；似乎，此处运用了appear to do的完成式，表动作的完成。desertification/deztifikeIn/n.(土地的)沙漠化pro
13、cess/prses/n.进程；过程in the process of (doing) sth.在(做)某事过程中cut down砍倒dig up 掘出，挖到citizen/sItIzn/n.公民；市民wake up to意识到；认识到定语从句that cover the city .修饰winds, that在从句中作主语。dust/dst/n.沙尘；灰尘makes it difficult to see中，it是形式宾语。此处是“make形式宾语宾补真正的宾语”句式。第34段译文中国的西北地区是中亚沙尘暴中心的一部分。沙尘暴发源于沙漠地区。“沙漠化”导致的沙尘暴近几年在中国似乎有所增加。这
14、是一个由于气候变化和人类砍伐树木、铲除草皮而使陆地变成沙漠的过程。沙尘暴有时候会影响北京。居民醒来时，看到昏黄的天空，狂风夹着厚厚的黄褐色灰尘在城里肆虐。沙尘暴有时持续一整天，车辆开得很慢，因为浓浓的尘埃降低了能见度。The Chinese Central Weather Station can forecast a sandstorm some weeks before it arrives in Beijing, but the strength of the storm sometimes surprises people. When a sandstorm arrives in the
15、 city, weather experts advise people not to go out. Huang Xiaomei, who lives in Beijing says, “To be cycling in a sandstorm is frightening. The winds are very strong. Its difficult to breathe and the dust makes me ill. So if you want to go out, youd better wear a mask.”The desert is only 250 kilometres away to the west of Beijing. To prevent it coming nearer， the government is planting trees. Already the government has planted more than 30 billion trees and plans to continue planting for the next five years.forecast/fkst/vt.预报；预告其过去式、过去分词为forecast, forecast或forecasted, forecasted。strength/
