The Boiling River 1?
As a boy in Lima, my grandfather told me a legend of the Spanish conquest of Peru.?
ps:小時(shí)候在利馬，祖父給我講了一個(gè)西班牙征服秘魯?shù)膫髡f。
Lima利馬;?狐貝屬，利馬，萊馬
grandfather祖父;?爺爺;?外公
told講;?講述
legend傳說;?傳奇故事;?傳奇人物;?圖例，說明，解釋
Spanish西班牙的;?西班牙語
conquest征服;?占領(lǐng);?占領(lǐng)的地區(qū);?被俘虜?shù)娜?/p>
Peru秘魯;?秘魯褐
Atahualpa, emperor of the Inca, had been captured and killed. Pizarro and his conquistadors had grown rich, and tales of their conquest and glory had reached .
ps:印加皇帝阿塔瓦爾帕被俘虜并殺害。皮薩羅和他的征服者變得富有，他們的征服和榮耀的故事已經(jīng)流傳開來。
emperor皇帝
captured俘虜;?俘獲;?捕獲;?用武力奪取;?攻取;?攻占;?奪得;?贏得;?爭得;?capture的過去分詞和過去式
killed殺死;?弄死;?導(dǎo)致死亡;?毀滅;?破壞;?扼殺;?使停止;?使痛苦;?使疼痛;?使受折磨;?kill的過去分詞和過去式
Pizarro皮扎羅
conquistadors(16世紀(jì)侵占墨西哥和秘魯?shù)?西班牙征服者;?conquistador的復(fù)數(shù)
grown成熟的;?成年的;?長大的;?擴(kuò)大;?增加;?增強(qiáng);?長大;?長高;?發(fā)育;?成長;?生長;?grow的過去分詞
tales故事;?歷險(xiǎn)記;?講述，敘述;?tale的復(fù)數(shù)
conquest征服;?占領(lǐng);?占領(lǐng)的地區(qū);?被俘虜?shù)娜?/p>
Spain and was bringing new waves of Spaniards, hungry for gold and glory.?
ps:西班牙帶來了新一波的西班牙人，他們渴望黃金和榮耀。
Spain西班牙
bringing帶…到某處;?帶來;?取來;?提供;?供給;?導(dǎo)致;?引起;?bring的現(xiàn)在分詞
new waves新浪潮;?新潮流音樂(流行于20世紀(jì)70年代的一種搖滾樂);?new wave的復(fù)數(shù)
Spaniards西班牙人;?西班牙裔人;?Spaniard的復(fù)數(shù)
gold金;?金幣;?金飾品;?黃金制品;?金色;?金黃色;?金色的
glory榮譽(yù);?光榮;?桂冠;?贊頌，贊美，崇拜;?壯麗;?輝煌;?燦
They would go into towns and ask the Inca, "Where's another civilization we can conquer? Where's more gold?"
And the Inca, out of vengeance, told them, "Go to the Amazon.?
ps:印加人出于復(fù)仇，告訴他們，“去亞馬遜
vengeance 英 [?vend??ns] 美 [?vend??ns] n. 報(bào)復(fù);報(bào)仇;復(fù)仇 記憶技巧：venge 懲罰，引申為“報(bào)仇” + ance 表狀態(tài) → 報(bào)仇
You'll find all the gold you want there.?
In fact, there is a city called Paititi -- El Dorado in Spanish -- made entirely of gold."
The Spanish set off into the jungle, but the few that return come back with stories, stories of powerful shamans, of warriors with poisoned arrows, of trees so tall they blotted out the sun, spiders that ate birds, snakes that swallowed men whole and a river that boiled.
ps:西班牙人出發(fā)進(jìn)入?yún)擦郑貋淼纳贁?shù)人帶著故事回來，故事是關(guān)于強(qiáng)大的薩滿巫師、帶著毒箭的戰(zhàn)士、高得遮住太陽的樹木、吃鳥的蜘蛛、吞下人類的蛇和沸騰的河流。
set off動(dòng)身;?出發(fā);?啟程;?引爆;?拉響;?引發(fā);?觸發(fā);?激起
come back回憶起;?回想起來;?重新流行;?再度時(shí)興
shamans薩滿;?shaman的復(fù)數(shù)
poisoned毒死;?毒害;?下毒;?在…中放毒;?毒化;?敗壞;?使惡化;?poison的過去分詞和過去式
arrows箭;?箭號;?箭頭;?arrow的復(fù)數(shù)
blotted吸干液體;?把墨水濺到;?blot的過去分詞和過去式
spiders蜘蛛;?spider的復(fù)數(shù)
snakes蛇;?曲折前行;?蛇行;?蜿蜒伸展;?snake的第三人稱單數(shù)和復(fù)數(shù)
swallowed吞下;?咽下;?做吞咽動(dòng)作;?吞沒;?淹沒;?侵吞;?swallow的過去分詞和過去式
boiled沸騰;?煮沸;?燒開;?里面的水燒開;?用沸水煮;?被煮;?boil的過去分詞和
All this became a childhood memory.?
And years passed.?
I'm working on my PhD at SMU, trying to understand Peru's geothermal energy potential, when I remember this legend, and I began asking that question.
ps:我在SMU攻讀博士學(xué)位，試圖了解秘魯?shù)牡責(zé)崮軡摿Γ?dāng)我記起這個(gè)傳說時(shí)，我開始問這個(gè)問題。
working on致力于；作用于；繼續(xù)工作
PhD哲學(xué)博士學(xué)位，博士學(xué)位(全寫為 Doctor of Philosophy，授予完成某學(xué)科研究者的高級學(xué)位)
trying令人厭煩的;?難對付的;?試圖;?想要;?設(shè)法;?努力;?試;?試用;?試做;?試驗(yàn);?審理;?審訊;?審判;?try的現(xiàn)在分詞
Peru秘魯;?秘魯褐
geothermal energy地?zé)崮?/p>
legend傳說;?傳奇故事;?傳奇人物;?圖例，說明，解釋
began開始;?啟動(dòng);?起始;?開始存在;?起初是;?本來是;?begin的過去式
asking問;?詢問;?要求;?請求;?懇求;?征求;?ask的現(xiàn)在分詞
懇求; 征求; ask的現(xiàn)在分詞
?Could the boiling river exist?
I asked colleagues from universities, the government, oil, gas and mining companies, and the answer was a unanimous no.?
ps:我問了大學(xué)、政府、石油、天然氣和礦業(yè)公司的同事，得到的答案是一致的反對。
asked問;?詢問;?要求;?請求;?懇求;?征求;?ask的過去分詞和過去式
colleagues同事;?同僚;?同人;?colleague的復(fù)數(shù)
universities大學(xué);?高等學(xué)府;?university的復(fù)數(shù)
oil石油;?原油;?燃油;?潤滑油;?食用油;?給…加潤滑油
gas氣體;?氣體燃料;?煤氣;?天然氣;?麻醉氣;?用毒氣殺傷;?使吸入毒氣;?閑聊;?空談;?瞎扯
unanimous 英 [ju?n?n?m?s] 美 [ju?n?n?m?s] adj. (決定或意見)一致的，一致同意的;(團(tuán)體)意見一致的，一致同意某事的 派生詞： unanimously adv.
mining采礦;?采礦業(yè);?開礦，采礦;?埋雷于;?布雷于;?用雷炸毀;?mine的現(xiàn)在分詞
companies公司;?商號;?商行;?劇團(tuán);?演出團(tuán);?陪伴;?做伴;?company的復(fù)數(shù)
answer答復(fù);?回答;?答案，正確答案;?解決辦法，答案;?適合;?符合;?比得上;?相配
unanimous一致的，一致同意的;?意見一致的，一致同意某事的
no.號碼;?北方;?北部
And this makes sense.?
You see, boiling rivers do exist in the world, but they're generally associated with volcanoes.
ps:你看，沸騰的河流確實(shí)存在于世界上，但它們通常與火山有關(guān)。
boiling熾熱的;?很熱的;?沸騰;?煮沸;?燒開;?里面的水燒開;?用沸水煮;?被煮;?boil的現(xiàn)在分詞;?一次烹煮量;?<俚>一群;?全體
rivers河;?江;?涌流;?river的復(fù)數(shù)
exist in存在于…中
world世界;?地球;?天下;?某地域的人類社會;?星球，天體
they他們;?她們;?它們;?用以代替he或she，指性別不詳?shù)娜??人們，人人，眾人
generally普遍地;?廣泛地;?一般地;?通常;?大體上;?籠統(tǒng)地;?概括地;?大概
associated with參加；與…有關(guān)；與…相聯(lián)系
volcanoes火山;?volcano的復(fù)數(shù)
?You need a powerful heat source to produce such a large geothermal manifestation.?
ps:你需要一個(gè)強(qiáng)大的熱源來產(chǎn)生如此巨大的地?zé)帷?/p>
powerful有權(quán)勢的;?有影響力的;?強(qiáng)有力的;?力量大的;?很有效的;?有強(qiáng)烈作用的，效力大的
produce生產(chǎn);?制造;?生長;?出產(chǎn);?繁育;?制作，造出;?產(chǎn)品;?農(nóng)產(chǎn)品
such這樣的，那樣的，類似的;?這樣的，下述一類的;?這樣，非常，如此程度
large大的;?大規(guī)模的;?大量的;?大型號的;?廣泛的;?眾多的
geothermal 英 [?d?i????θ??ml] 美 [?d?i?o??θ??rml] adj. 地?zé)岬?/p>
manifestation 英 [?m?n?fe?ste??n] 美 [?m?n?fe?ste??n] n. 顯示;表明;表示;(幽靈的)顯現(xiàn)，顯靈
And as you can see from the red dots here, which are volcanoes, we don't have volcanoes in the Amazon, nor in most of Peru. So it follows: We should not expect to see a boiling river.
ps:從這里的紅點(diǎn)上你可以看到，這里是火山，亞馬遜地區(qū)和秘魯大部分地區(qū)都沒有火山。因此，它如下：我們不應(yīng)該期望看到沸騰的河流。
dots點(diǎn);?小點(diǎn);?小圓點(diǎn);?在加點(diǎn);?星羅棋布于;?遍布;?布滿;?點(diǎn)綴;?dot的第三人稱單數(shù)和復(fù)數(shù)
volcanoes火山;?volcano的復(fù)數(shù)
Amazon亞馬孫族女戰(zhàn)士;?悍蟻
most of大多數(shù)
Peru秘魯;?秘魯褐
follows跟隨;?跟著;?在…后發(fā)生，因…而發(fā)生;?在…后做;?follow的第三人稱單數(shù)
should not不應(yīng)該;?不應(yīng)當(dāng);?不宜
boiling熾熱的;?很熱的;?沸騰;?煮沸;?燒開;?里面的水燒開;?用沸水煮;?被煮;?boil的現(xiàn)在
Question
1.why did he start his speech by describing? the legend of the Spanish conquest of Peru?
?to introduce the myth of the boiling river.
2.what happened when the Spanish went to the amazon?
many of them died ,only a few of them survived.
3.Why shouldn't people expect to see a boiling river in Amazon?
There are no volcanoes in the Amazon.
4.What did the Spanish expect to find in the Amazon?
a city of gold
5.If an opinion is unanimous, it is agreed upon by everyone.
6.To blot out something means to cover or hide it.
Fill in the blanks:
Pizarro and his conquistadors had grown rich, and tales of their conquest and glory had reached.Spain and was bringing new waves of Spaniards, hungry for gold and glory.?
Put the sentences into correct order：
As a boy in Lima, my grandfather told me a legend of the Spanish conquest of Peru. Atahualpa, emperor of the Inca, had been captured and killed. Pizarro and hisconquistadorshad grown rich, and tales of their conquest andgloryhad reached Spain and was bringing new waves of Spaniards, hungry for gold and glory. They would go into towns and ask the Inca, "Where's another civilization we can conquer? Where's more gold?"
Repeat and read the sentences：
1.Boiling rivers do exist in the world, but they're generally associated with volcanoes.
2.Tales of their conquest and glory had reached Spain and was bringing new waves of Spaniards, hungry for gold and glory.?
