volcano n. 火山
active adj. 活动的;
kivu n. 基伏
congo n. 刚果
kituro n. 基图罗(火山名)
erupt vt. 爆发;喷出
violently adv. 猛烈地激烈地
brilliant adj. 精彩的,
liquid adj. 液态的
escape vt. 逃脱
alive adj. 活着的
Haroun Tazieff 哈塔捷耶夫
the Polish scientist 波兰的科学家
has spent his lifetime studying 把毕生的精力用于研究
spend …..in doing something 花….做…..[in 可以省略]
spend …..doing something 花….做…..
she woke early,meaning to spend all day writing 他醒得很早,打算花一整天写作
he spent a lot of effort organizing that trip . 他花了很多精力组织那次旅行
spend 花钱
we always spend a lot of money on parties 我们总是在聚会上花很多钱
whenever i go there i get the urge to spend 每当我去那里,我就有一种花钱的冲动
active volcanoes and deep caves 活火山和深洞
in all parts of the world 在世界各地
In 1948 1948年
he went to lake Kivu in the Congo 他去了刚果的基伍湖
to observe a new volcano 对新火山进行探察
which he later named Kituro 后来被他命名为基图罗的
Tazieff was able to set up his camp 塔捷耶夫能把帐棚搭在…
set up 搭起,竖起
police have set up roadblocks at all the exits to the motorway 警察在高速公路的所有出入口都设置了路障
a fund was launched to set up a monument in memory of the dead men 成立了一个基金来建立一个纪念碑来纪念那些死去的人
very close to the volcano 很靠近火山的地方
while it was erupting violently 当火山正在狠恶喷发时
Though he managed to take a number of brilliant photographs 尽管他设法拍了一些精彩的照片
he could not stay near the volcano for very long 他不能在火山附近停留很长时间
He noticed that 他注意到
a river of liquid rock 由液态岩石组成的河流
was coming towards him 向他流过来
It threatened to surround him completely 眼看就要将他团团围住
threaten vi. 威胁
resign vi. 辞职
he threatened to resign 他威胁要辞职
she threatened that she would leave home 她威胁说她要离家出走
in memory of 作为对某人的纪念
for very long 呆很长时间
in time 及时
we arrived just in time 我们刚刚好及时赶到了
he returned to his hotel in time for a late supper 他及时回到旅馆吃晚饭
but Tazieff managed to escape just in time 但塔捷耶夫还是设法及时逃离了
He waited until the volcano became quiet 他等到火山平静下来
and he was able to return 又返回去
two days later 两天以后
This time 这次
he managed to climb into the mouth of Kituro 他设法爬进了基图罗的嘴巴
so that he could take photographs 以便能拍到照片
and measure temperatures 并测量温度
risked his life 冒着生命危险
she had risked her life to help save mine 她冒着生命危险救了我的命
guard vt. 保护
reputation n. 名声,名誉
she guarded the reputation of her friends while risking her own 他冒着自已名誉的危险去保护他朋友的名誉
Tazieff has often risked his life in this way 塔捷耶夫经常冒这样的生命危险
He has been able to 他能
any man alive 任何活人
tell us more about active volcanoes than any man alive 告诉我们活火山的情况比任何活人都多
a late supper 晚饭