I. Key words and phrases in Text A
Try to remember all the items in the Words and Phrases to Drill Box on page 222.
II. Additional Expressions in Text A
Locate the English expressions from Text A for the following Chinese expressions.
在...的腹地
与...和谐相处
默默地穿越
令人目不暇接
蜂拥而至
悄悄蔓延
死亡的阴影
莫名其妙忽然死去
几处瘢痕
遭遇灾难的世界
经历的...不幸
想象的悲剧
严酷现实
使...鸦雀无声
III. Useful Sentences in Text A
Translate the sentences into English, then compare the original sentences with yours.
事实上，这里的乡村鸟类品种丰富，数量可观，因此远近闻名。每当大批候鸟在春秋之际蜂拥而至，许多人远道赶来观看。
这个社区中了一种什么邪，一群群鸡很快都染上了神秘的疾病，牛羊纷纷病死。
过去的黎明生机勃勃，知更鸟，北美猫鸟等许许多多其它鸟类一起组成黎明大合唱，而现在却是鸦雀无声。
曾经是引人驻足的路边，现在却只有褐色的枯草朽木，好像被大火烧了似的。
在这个遭遇灾难的世界里，扼杀新生命的不是巫术，也不是敌人的进攻，而是人们自己的所作所为。
IV. Tricky Sentences in Text A
Translate the sentences into Chinese.
The town lay in the midst of a checkerboard of prosperous farms, with fields of grain and hillsides of orchards where, in spring, white clouds of bloom drifted above the green fields
Then a strange blight crept over the area and everything began to change.
There had been several sudden and unexplained deaths not only among adults but even among children, who would be stricken suddenly while at play and die within a few hours.
This town does not actually exist, but it might easily have a thousand counterparts in America or elsewhere in the world.
