第三课 Ships in the Desert 目录一、词汇(Vocabulary)-1二、课文解释-5三、课后练习及答案-19 四、补充练习及答案-19一、词汇(Vocabulary)lap ( v) : (of waves，etc)move or strike gently with a light，splashing sound such as a dog makes in lapping(波浪)拍打；泼溅 -divert ( v) : turn(a person or thing)aside(from a course，direction，etc)；deflect转移；使(人或物)转向；岔开，使偏斜 -Antarctic ( adj. ) : of or near the South Pole or the region around it南极的；近南极的；南极区的；南极地带的；南极周围的 -TransAntarctic (adj.) : crossing or spanning the Antarctic横贯南极的；横贯南极地带的 -parka ( n.) : a hiplength pullover fur garment with a hood，worn 1n arctic regions风雪大衣，派克大衣 -glacier ( n.) : a slowly moving river or mass of ice and snow that forms in areas where the rate of snowfall constantly exceeds the rate at which the snow melts冰河；冰川 -accessible ( adj.) : that can be approached or entered；easy to approach or enter能够接近的；能够进去的；易接近的；易进去的 -trap ( v) : catch in or as in a trap；entrap诱捕；计捉 -inexorable ( adj.) :that cannot be altered，checked，etc不可变的；不可抗拒的；无情的 -graph ( n.) : a diagram consisting of nodes and links and representing logical relationships or sequences of events(曲线)图，标绘图；图表；图形 -slab ( n.) : a piece that is flat，broad，and fairly thick平板；厚片 -frigid ( adj.) : extremely cold；without heat or warmth极冷的，寒冷的，严寒的 -snowmobile ( n.) : any of various motor vehicles for traveling over snow，usually with steerable runners at the front and tractor treads at the rear(机动)雪车；(履带式)雪上汽车 -rendezvous ( n.) : Fr a place designated for meeting or assembling 法语指定集合地；会合点 -hover ( v) : stay suspended or flutter in the air near oneplace盘旋 -eerie，eery ( adj. ) : mysterious，uncanny，or weird，esp. in such a way as to frighten or make uneasy神秘的，离奇的，怪异的；阴森的，恐怖的，可怕的eerily adv -hummock ( n.) : ridge or rise in an ice field冰群；(冰原上的)冰丘 -collide ( v) : come into violent contact；strike violently against each other；crash碰撞；猛撞；互撞 -scenario ( n.) : a sequence 0f events esp. when imagined；an account or synopsis of a projected course of action or events(设想中的)未来事态；方案 -controversial ( adj. ) : of，subject to，or stirring up controversy；disbatable争论的；引起争论的； -tundra ( n.) : any of the vast，nearly level，treeless plains of the arctic regions冻原；苔原；冻土带 -equator ( n.) : an imaginary circle around the earth，equally distant at all points from both the North Pole and the South Pole，dividing the earths surface into the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere赤道 -billow ( v) : surge，swell，or rise like or in a billow(巨浪)奔腾；(波涛)汹 -pasture ( n.) : ground suitable for grazing牧场 -slash (v) : cut or wound with a sweeping stroke or strokes，as of a knife(用刀等)猛砍，乱砍 -