不管你相不相信,我们已经逐渐地可以用英语流利地表达了。(believeit or not, gradually, express, fluently) 答案:Believe it or not, we have gradually become able to express ourselves fluently in English.Let's pretend we're sailing down the Rhine River on a pleasure boat.
The Rhine is one of the main waterways of Germany, and the river traffic is
heavy. It's interesting to watch the many boats going up and down the river.
But the river traffic is not nearly so interesting as the beautiful scenery
along the banks and hillsides. The boat is passing many old castles. We can see
people working in the vineyards (葡萄园) on the hillsides. There are vineyards as far as the eye can see.
Wine from the Rhine Valley is famous all over the world.
Suddenly our boat slows down and begins to turn a little. We are
coming to a sharp bend in the river. On our right we can see a rocky cliff over
400 feet high. At first it looks quite ordinary, but there is nothing ordinary
about it. There are many stories, poems, and songs about the cliff. We are
looking at the Lorelei. Then someone on the boat begins to sing in German, the
song of the Lorelei. It is a song about a beautiful siren (妖妇) who has lured(引诱) many sailors to their
deaths.
The siren is supposed to sit on the rock combing her long golden
hair and singing. The sailors who hear her forget to steer(掌舵), and the current of river
hurls (掀翻) their
boats on the rocks and dashes(猛撞)them to pieces.
Soon other people on the boat begin to sing. The beautiful song adds
to special magic to the moment, and you begin to realize why so many people
have made this trip down the Rhine to see the rock of the Lorelei.
1.The most interesting thing to those who
are sailing down the Rhine River on a pleasure boat is
.
A. to watch many boats going up and down the river
B. to see the beautiful scene along the banks and hillsides
C. to hear a song about beautiful siren
D. to see a beautiful siren combing her golden hair
2. Which of the following is famous all over
the world?
A. The Rhine
River.
B. The River Traffic.
C. Wine from the Rhine
Valley. D. The Lorelei.
3.We can see a rocky cliff over 400 feet
high .
A. on our right when coming to a
sharp bend B.
on the Rhine hillsides
C. from the Rhine
Valley
D. on the boat
4. The song of the Lorelei is about
.
A. The Rhine
wine
B. a rocky cliff
C. the beautiful scenery along the Rhine River
D. a beautiful and dangerous siren