1、大学英语自学教程课文上unit300:00.00Unit 3 Text A00:02.39第三单元 课文A00:04.78The Atlantic Ocean00:07.01大西洋00:09.25The Atlantic Ocean is one of the oceans00:11.91大西洋是分隔新大陆00:14.58that separate the old World from the New.00:17.40与旧大陆的大洋之一。00:20.22For centuries it kept the Americas00:22.65几个世纪里，00:25.08from being disc
2、overed by the people of Europe.00:27.56它使南北美洲未被欧洲人发现。00:30.04Many wrong ideas about the Atlantic00:32.82许多有关大西洋的错误00:35.60made early sailors unwilling to sail far out into it.00:39.14导致早期的海员不愿意远航驶入大西洋。00:42.68One idea was that it reached out to the edge of the world.00:46.37一个想法是，大西洋洋已远达“世界的边缘”，00:5
3、0.05Sailors were afraid that they might sail right off the earth.00:53.54海员们担心他可能会航行到地球队边上彻底掉下去；00:57.03Another idea was that at the equator the ocean would be boiling hot.01:00.85另一个想法是，在赤道处，大西洋的海水是滚烫的。01:04.68The Atlantic Ocean is only half as big as the Pacific,01:08.40尽管大西洋的面积只有太平洋的二分之一，01:12.12
4、but it is still very large.01:14.10但它仍然非常大。01:16.07It is more than 4,000 miles (6,000 kin) wide where Columbus crossed it.01:21.36哥伦布穿越的那部分有4000多英里（6000公里）宽。01:26.65Even at its narrowest it is about 2,000 miles (3,200 kin) wide.01:31.87即使在最窄处，也有大约2000英里（3200公里）宽。01:37.10This narrowest place is betwe
5、en the bulge01:40.23最窄处在美非大陆01:43.37of south America and the bulge of Africa.01:46.15凸出部分之间。01:48.93Two things make the Atlantic Ocean rather unusual.01:52.10使大西洋不同寻常原因有二：01:55.28For so large an ocean it has very few islands.01:58.66首先，如此大的海洋只有很少几个岛屿；02:02.04Also, it is the worlds saltiest OCean.02:
6、04.97其次，它是世界上含盐分最多的海洋。02:07.90There is so much water in the Atlantic02:10.32大西洋里的水02:12.75that it is hard to imagine how much there is.02:16.03多得不可想象。02:19.31But suppose no more rain fell into it02:22.34假设不再有雨水落进大西洋，02:25.37and no more water was brought to it by rivers.02:28.65河水也不再流入02:31.93It woul
7、d take the ocean about 4,000 years to dry up.02:35.56大西洋也需要大约四千年的时间才能干涸。02:39.19On the average the water is a little more than two miles (3.2 km) deep,02:43.97平均水深两英里（3。2公里）多一点，02:48.75 but in places it is much deeper.02:51.23但有些地方更深。02:53.71The deepest spot is near Puerto Rico.02:56.05最深处在波多黎各岛附近，0
8、2:58.39This deep measures 30,246 feet-almost six miles (9.6 km).03:04.37深达30246英尺，几乎有六英里（9。6公里）。03:10.35One of the longest mountain ranges of the world03:13.23世界上一条最长的山脉03:16.10 rises from the floor of the Atlantic.03:18.78从大西洋海底升起，03:21.46This mountain range runs north and south down the middle of
9、the ocean.03:25.43它由北向南延伸，直达大西洋中部，03:29.40The tops of a few of the mountains reach up above the sea and make islands.03:34.09几座山峰露出海面便形成岛屿。03:38.78The Azores are the tops of peaks in the mid-Atlantic mountain range.03:42.85亚速尔群岛是大西洋中部山脉的峰尖。03:46.93Several hundred miles eastward from Florida03:49.71从
10、佛罗里达往东几百英里处的03:52.49there is a part of the ocean called the Sargasso Sea.03:55.66一部分洋面称为马尾藻海。03:58.84Here the water is quiet,for there is little wind.04:02.72这里水面平静，几乎没有一丝风。04:06.60In the days of sailing vessels the crew were afraid they would be becalmed here.04:10.57在使用帆船的时代，般员们担心他们会因无风而在此处无法航行，04
11、:14.54Sometimes they were.04:16.57有时的确如此。04:18.61Ocean currents are sometimes called rivers in the sea.04:22.03洋流有时被称为“海上河流”。04:25.46One of these rivers in the Atlantic is called the Gulf Stream.04:28.94大西洋其中有一条“河流”被命名为墨西哥湾流，04:32.43It is a current of warm water.04:34.86是条暖流；04:37.29Another is the L
12、abrador Current-cold water coming down from the Arctic.04:41.31另一条叫拉布拉多流，这是来自北冰洋的寒流。04:45.34Ocean currents affect the climates of the lands near which they flow.04:48.67洋流对其充经地区的气候有影响。04:52.00The Atlantic furnishes much food for the people on its shores.04:55.28大西洋为岸上的人们提供了丰富的食物。04:58.55One of its m
13、ost famous fishing regions,the Grand Banks,is near New-found land.05:02.52最有名的渔业区之一是大浅滩渔业区，位于纽芬兰附近。05:06.49Today the Atlantic is a great highway.05:09.12今天的大西洋是一条主要交通干线。05:11.75It is not,however,always a smooth and safe one.05:14.87所以大西洋并不总是一个平静和安全的海洋。05:17.99Storms sweep across it and pile up great
14、 waves.05:21.52然而，横扫而来的暴风雨卷起层层巨浪05:25.04Icebergs float down from the Far North across the paths of ships.05:28.83遥远的北极漂浮而下的冰川穿过般只经过的航道，05:32.62We now have such fast ways of traveling05:35.19今天我们拥有的快捷旅行方式05:37.76 that this big ocean seems to have grown smaller.05:40.55使大西洋显得小了。05:43.33Columbus sailed
15、 for more than two months to cross it.05:46.71哥伦布花了两个多月的时间才穿越大西洋，05:50.09A fast modem steamship can make the trip in less than four days.05:54.56今天现代化的快速轮船只需不到四天的时间就可以完成 旅行。05:59.03Airplanes fly from New York to London in only eight hours06:02.80从纽约到伦敦飞行只需8小时，06:06.58 and from South America to Afric
16、a in four!06:09.52而从南美到非洲四小时就够了。06:12.45Text B06:13.93课文 B06:15.41The Moon06:17.03月球06:18.64We find that the moon is about 239,000 miles06:21.92我们发现月球离地球大约有大约23。9万英里06:25.20(384,551 km) away from the earth,06:29.03（384，551万公里），06:32.86and,to within a few thousand miles,its distance always remains th
17、e same.06:36.58它与地球保持这个距离，变化不超地几千英里。06:40.30Yet a very little observation shows that the moon is not standing still.06:43.72然而略加观察就可以发现月球并非静止不动。06:47.14Its distance far the earth remains the same,06:49.43它与地球之间的距离不变，06:51.72but its direction continually changes.06:53.90但其方位却不断变化。06:56.08We find that
18、 it is traveling in a circle-06:58.65我们发现月球以圆周或者07:01.22or very nearly a circle-round the earth,07:04.01非常接近圆周绕地球一周。07:06.79going completely round once a month,or,more exactly,once every 27 1/3 days.07:11.87月球是我们在太空中紧近的邻居。07:16.95It is our nearest neighbour in space,07:18.87如同我们自己一样，07:20.79and like
19、 ourselves it is kept tied to the earth07:23.57地球引力月球07:26.35by the earths gravitational pull.07:28.34与球紧紧联系在一起。07:30.32Except for the sun,the moon looks the biggest object in the sky.07:34.01除太阳以外，月球是空中看起来最大的物体。07:37.69Actually it is one of the smallest,07:39.82其实它是最小的天体之一，07:41.95and only looks bi
20、g because it is so near to us.07:44.68只是因为离我们很近，所以看起来大。07:47.41Its diameter is only 2,160 miles (3,389 kin),07:52.39它的直径只有2160英里（3389公里），07:57.36or a little more than a quarter of the diameter of the earth.08:00.29或者说比地球直径的四分之一略多一点。08:03.21Once a month,or,more exactly,once every 29 1/2 days,08:06.90
21、我们所说的“满月”每月有一次，确切地说，每29天半有一次，08:10.58at the time we call full moon,its whole disc looks bright.08:13.75这时整个月面明亮照人。08:16.93At other times only part of it appears bright,08:19.87其它时间，月球只有一部分发亮，08:22.80and we always find that this is the part which faces towards the sun,08:26.44我们发现这正是面朝太阳的那一部分，08:30.0
22、7while the part facing away from the sun appears dark.08:32.74而背靠太阳的那部分显得淡无光。08:35.42Artists could make their pictures better if they kept this in mind-08:38.20假使美术家们记住月球只有受到太阳照射的那部分才是明亮的，08:40.99only those parts of the moon which are lighted up by the sun are bright.08:44.56他们的绘画也许会更美好。08:48.14This
23、 shows that the moon gives no light of its own.08:50.66这也说明月球本身并不发光，08:53.19It merely reflects the light of the sun,08:55.46它如同悬挂在天空中的一面巨大的镜子，08:57.73like a huge mirror hung in the sky.09:00.15仅仅反射太阳光。09:02.56Yet the dark part of the moons surface is not absolutely black;09:05.68不过月球表面黑暗的并不是绝对的漆黑。09
24、:08.81generally it is just light enough for us to be able to see its outline,09:12.39一般说来它的亮度刚好足以让我们看清它的轮廓，09:15.96so that we speak of seeing the old moon in the new moons arms.09:19.74因此我们将这一景色称为“新月抱旧月”。09:23.51The light by which we see the old moon09:25.64看旧月所凭借的光线09:27.77does not come from the su
25、n,but from the earth.09:30.45来自地球而不是太阳。09:33.13We know well how the surface of the sea or of snow,09:36.07我们很清楚海面、雪面09:39.00or even of a wet road,09:40.92或者湿漉漉的路面09:42.84may reflect uncomfortably much of the suns light on to our faces.09:46.03如何将大量的太阳光反射到我们的脸上，09:49.22In the same way09:50.84使我们感觉不舒服
26、。09:52.46the surface of the whole earth reflects enough of the suns light09:55.49整个地球表面同样将充足的太阳光反射到月球表面，09:58.52on to the face of the moon for us to be able to see10:01.60使我们得以看见10:04.68 the parts of it which would otherwise be dark.10:07.22本来会是很暗的那部分月面。10:09.75If there were any inhabitants of the m
27、oon,10:11.97假使月球上有居民，10:14.19they would see our earth reflecting the light of the sun,10:17.27他们也会见到反射太阳光的地球10:20.36again like a huge mirror hung in the sky.10:23.14如同悬挂在天空中的一面巨大的镜子；10:25.92They would speak of earthlight just as we speak of moonlight.10:29.24他们也会像我们谈论地球之光。10:32.56The old moon in the
28、 new moon s arms10:34.83“新月抱旧月”10:37.10is nothing but that part of the moons surface on which it is night,10:40.38只不过是在夜间被地球10:43.66lighted up by earth light.10:45.49照亮的那部分月面。10:47.31In the same way,10:48.84同样，10:50.37the lunar inhabitants would occasionally see part of our earth in full sunlight,10:54.25月球人有时也会见到地球的一部分阳光普照，10:58.13and the rest lighted only by moonlight;11:00.45而剩下的另一部分被月光照亮，11:02.78they might call this the old earth in the new earths arms.11:06.04他们也会把这一景色称为“新地抱旧地”。
