伟大的人。Great people,

连环漫画comic strip,

欢迎来到这个单位。欢迎来到这个单元。Welcome to the unit,

你认为谁是历史上最伟大的人？Who do you think is the greatest person in history?,

中国航天技术工程的先锋the pioneer of China's space technology programme,

 为非洲黑人的权利而斗争的战士a fighter for the rights of black Africans,

 创造了1,000多项发明create over one thousand inventions,

发现美洲的首批欧洲人之一one of the first Europeans to discover America,

古典音乐作曲家a composer of classical music,

一位英国文学的巨匠a great writer of English literature,

对飞行感兴趣become interested in flying,

 进行某人第一次的飞行take one's first flight,

 take one's flight for the first time,

 收到飞行学员证receive his student pilot's licence,

 加入海军join the navy,

服役当飞行员serve as a pilot,

一位试飞员a test pilot,

测试各种类型的飞机test all types of aircraft,

 被选为一名宇航员be chosen to become an astronaut,

进入太空go into space,

成功将两个航天器在太空首次交会对接manage to join two spacecraft together for the first time in space,

设法做某事manage to do something,

 但是， 在他们返回地球的途中，宇宙飞船开始旋转，失去控制。However, on their way back to the Earth, the spacecraft began spinning out of control,

失去控制，不受操纵 be out of control,

 out of control,

在控制之下be under control,

under control,

车失去控制，撞上了路边的一棵树。The car went out of control and hit a tree by the road,

阿姆斯特朗接到缩短航程的指令。 他成功地使宇宙飞船落入西太平洋。Armstrong received the order to cut the flight short, He successfully brought the spacecraft down into the Western Pacific Ocean,

1969年7月20日，阿姆斯特朗成为第一个登上月球的人。On twentieth July nineteen sixty-nine, Armstrong became the first man to walk on the Moon,

使宇宙飞船在月球着陆land the spacecraft on the Moon,

对于一个人来说是一小步，对于人类来说是一次巨大的飞跃。One small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind,

跨出去到月球表面step out onto the Moon's surface,

他们采集了月球岩石带回地球作进一步研究。They collected Moon rocks to take back to the Earth for further research,

 为了进一步的研究for further research,

因为他的出色表现，尼尔·阿姆斯特朗被授予自由勋章，一个美国公民可得的最高奖励。Because of his excellent service, Neil Armstrong was presented the Medal of Freedom, the highest award that a US citizen can receive,

全世界的骄傲the pride of the whole world,

 是 的骄傲be the pride of,

 以 为自豪take pride in,

be proud of,

做某事很自豪be proud to do something,

语法grammar,

与我的同学出去一天 have a day out with my classmates,

网上购物shop online,

在网上搜索信息search for information on the Internet,

整个晚上练习弹钢琴practise playing the piano the whole night,

找到一个有关太空旅行的网站find a website about traveling in space,

 在网站上看文章 read passages on the website,

 和某人通电话，talk to somebody on the phone,

很多现代的发明已经使我们的生活产生了巨大变化。Many modern inventions have made a great difference in our life,

（对 ）有影响，起作用make a difference,

 make a difference to,

改变我们的生活方式change the way we live,

change the way our lifestyle,

在古代 in ancient times,

 在旧时代in the old days,

用盐帮助他们使鱼或肉保存更长的时间use salt to help them keep fish or meat for a longer time,

变坏, 变质go bad,

手工洗衣服wash their clothes by hand,

 随着 的发明 with the invention of,

 随着 的发展with the development of,

综合技能  integrated skills,

整合，(使)合并，成为一体，(使)加入，融入群体integrate,

 在她一生中两次获得诺贝尔奖win the Nobel Prize twice during her lifetime,

她是五个孩子中最小的。She was the youngest of five children,

一位科学教授a science professor,

 67岁时去世died at the age of sixty-seven,

死于1934年七月4日，享年67岁。died on fourth July nineteen thirty-four, aged sixty-seven,

镭元素的发现 the discovery of radium,

因为物理学荣获诺贝尔奖win the Nobel Prize for Physics,

因为化学荣获诺贝尔奖win the Nobel Prize for Chemistry,

在一场交通事故中去世die in a traffic accident,

故事的结局the end of the story,

 她很勇敢，到一个当时人类未知的地方去。It was brave of him to go to a place that was unknown to humans at that time,

不为人类所知 be unknown to humans,

她还推动了X光设备的使用，这种设备现已在医院广泛应用。She also pushed for the use of X-ray machines, which are now widely used in hospitals,

推动 的使用push for the use of,

 被广泛使用 be widely used,

任务，交给某人(任务)task,

 一位水稻科学家a rice scientist,

在史以来最伟大的人之一one of the greatest people that have ever lived,

 大学毕业后在一所农业学校当老师work as a teacher in an agriculture school after graduating from college,

 work as a teacher in an agriculture school after he graduated from college,

看到人们死于饥饿 see people die of hunger,

开始研究杂交水稻begin research into hybrid rice,

杂种，杂种动物，杂交植物，混合的，杂种的, （不同事物的）混合物，合成物hybrid,

碰巧做某事happen to do something,

比其它有优势have many advantages over others,

几乎十年的刻苦工作之后，他和他的团队最终开发出一种新的杂交水稻，它比其它普通种类的水稻每单位增产20%的大米。After nearly ten years of hard work, he and his team finally developed a new type of hybrid rice plant, which produced twenty percent more rice per unit than other common kinds,

被引进到美国be introduced into the USA,

 目前at present,

 为  作贡献make a contribution to something,

make a contribution to doing something,

make contributions to something,

make contributions to doing something,

 他们希望为社会作出贡献。So they want to make a contribution to society,

 我们应当为保护校园整洁、卫生做贡献。We should make a contribution to keeping our school clean and tidy,

他的成就使水稻产量以20％至30％增长，在一些地方甚至更多。His achievements have increased rice production by twenty percent to thirty percent, and in some places even more,

由于他的成就，水稻产量已经以20％至30％增长，在一些地方甚至更多。Because of his achievements, rice production has been increased by twenty percent to thirty percent, and in some places even more,

  把他的一生奉献在更好的水稻植物的研究和发展上spend all his life on the research and development of better rice plants,

为许多人解决饥饿问题solve the problem of hunger for many people,

这就是我如此钦佩他的原因。That is why I admire him so much,

一般现在时：表示主语经常性和习惯性的动作或目前存在的状态，也表示客观的自然现象。

现在进行时：表示说话时正在进行的动作， 也表示目前或现阶段一直进行的动作。

她经常在晚上做作业。She often does her homework in the evening,

现在她正在做作业。She is doing her homework now,

两个月前，我和我的朋友一起坐飞机去了伦敦。Two months ago, I flew to London with my friend,

 昨天我是坐公交车回家的。 I went home by bus yesterday,

 昨晚七点到八点我在看电视。  I was watching TV from seven pm to eight pm last night,

  当她妈妈在打电话的时候，她在看书。  She was reading while her mother was talking on the phone,

前天他们很闲，而我们却很忙。They were free the day before yesterday, but we were busy,

昨天我是六点半起床的。 I got up at half past six yesterday,

昨天的这个时候你在做什么？ What were you doing this time yesterday?,

当老师进来时，他正在黑板上画一头大象。 He was drawing an elephant on the blackboard when the teacher came in,

一般过去时的否定句、疑问句多是借助助动词did,来体现的(be,的疑问句和否定句除外)，需要注意的是：此时实义动词应用原形。

他去年在北京工作， He worked in Beijing last year,

他去年没有在北京工作，He didn't work in Beijing last year,

他去年在北京工作吗？， Did he work in Beijing last year?,

他去年在北京工作，是吗？，He worked in Beijing last year, didn't he?,

过去进行时的否定句、疑问句多是借助系动词was,或were,来体现的(和动词be,一般过去时的疑问句和否定句一样)。

他昨天早上八点在公园工作， He was working in the park at eight yesterday morning,

昨天早上八点他没有在公园工作，He wasn't working in the park at eight yesterday morning,

昨天早上八点他在公园工作吗？Was he working in the park at eight yesterday morning?,

他昨天早上八点在公园工作, 是吗？He was working in the park at eight yesterday morning,  wasn't  he?,

过去进行时往往表示动作的未完成性，而一般过去时往往表示动作已完成。

大卫昨晚给他父亲写了一封信。    David wrote a letter to his father last night,

大卫昨晚正在给他父亲写信。    David was writing a letter to his father last night,

一般说来，过去进行时侧重动作持续时间的长度；而一般过去时只说明过去某时发生某事，侧重说明事实。

昨晚下着大雨。    It was raining heavily last night,

昨天下了大雨。    It rained heavily last night,

在带有all night, the whole morning,等强调时间长度的状语时，句中谓语动词用过去进行时更好些。

 上周一他整整工作了一个晚上。     He was working all night last Monday,

我在2005年认识他I got to know him in two thousand and five,

自从2005年来我们就相互认识。We have known each other since two thousand and five,

 琳达有一栋大房子，Linda has a big house,

 她十年前买的房子，She bought the house ten years ago,

她拥有这所房子已经十年了，She has owned the house for ten years,

她在这所房子里住了十年了 She has lived in the house for ten years,

一般过去时的时间状语：yesterday, last week, ago, in nineteen eighty , in October, just now,等，皆为具体的时间状语。

现在完成时的时间状语：  for, since，already, recently, so far, ever, never, just, yet, till, until, up to now, in past years, always,等，皆不确定或模糊的时间状语。

现在完成时可表示持续到现在的动作或状态，动词一般是延续性的，如live, teach, learn, work, study, know,。

一般过去时常用的非持续性动词有come, go, leave, start, die, finish, become, get married,等。

我昨天看了这部电影，I saw this film yesterday,

我看过这部电影，I have seen this film,

我五小时前就起床了，I got up five hours ago,

我已经起床五个小时了，I have been up for five hours,

你为什么起得这么早Why did you get up so early？,

谁还没交论文Who hasn't handed in his paper？,

他在联盟已经三年了，He has been in the League for three years,

他当了三年团员， He has been a League member for three years,