1、高三英语培优外刊阅读班级：_学号：_姓名：_外刊精选台铁脱轨事故：那些幸存的和逝去的2021年4月2日，台铁太鲁阁号列车，行至花莲大清水隧道时发生严重脱轨事故。截至目前，车上350余名乘客中，死亡人数达到51人。我们看到的是冰冷的数字，而灾难夺取的是鲜活的生命。即便是幸存者，他们的生活也从此不再完整。今天的文章中，纽约时报的记者为我们还原了事故现场，一起来缅怀逝去的生命。They Survived Taiwans Train Crash. Their Loved Ones Did Not.By Amy Qin, Amy Chang Chien and Joy DongCrawling thro
2、ugh the smoky wreckage, she first found her husband and son pinned under luggage lockers and mangled steel, but they werent breathing. Then she called her daughters name. “I cant hang on any longer,” her daughter responded, according to Ms. Kacaw. Those were her last words.Just like that, Ms. Kacaw
3、had lost her husband of more than 20 years and their 21-year-old son and 20-year-old daughter, both promising athletes in college. They were among the 51 people who were killed on Friday when a train derailed along Taiwans east coast in the islands worst such disaster in four decades. Inside these t
4、rain cars, the acrid smell of blood hung in the air, said Zeng Wen-Long, a volunteer Red Cross rescue worker, in an interview. It was there that Mr. Zengs team found 5-year-old Yang Chi-chen, who had been traveling with her older sister and father, wedged under a chair.More than an hour passed befor
5、e the team had reached her, and she was already very weak. Mr. Zeng said he had carried her to her father, Max Yang, who was leaning against the tunnel and had called out to the rescuers, asking to hold the motionless child.By the time they got to a hospital, Mr. Yang said, Chi-chen had died. She wa
6、s one of the youngest victims. Her 9-year-old sister remains in intensive care.On Saturday, Mr. Yang returned to the site of the crash a tunnel running through verdant mountains overlooking the Pacific Ocean with other grieving relatives to “call back the soul,” a traditional Taoist mourning ritual
7、typically performed for victims of an accident.“Come home!” they yelled toward the tunnel, where workers in yellow hard hats had halted work on restoring the damaged railway track and removing the train carriages. “Its time to go now!”Mr. Yang said that Chi-Chen, a rambunctious girl, had been excite
8、d to spend the long holiday weekend at an ocean-themed amusement park in Hualien, known for its dolphin show.“Yang Chi-chen, stop playing in the water now, were leaving!” wailed Mr. Yang, who still had a catheter in his hand and bandages on his bruised cheek. “Were going to take the bus to have fun
9、somewhere else!”【词汇过关】请写出下面文单词在文章中的中文意思。1.wreckage rekd n. _2.pin pn vt._；n. _3.derail direl v. _4.hang h v. _5.wedge wed vt. _6.grieving riv adj. _7.mourning mn n._8.perform pfm vt. _9.ocean-themed adj. _10.wail wel v. _【词块学习】请从文章中找到下面中文相对应的文词块。1.支撑，坚持下去_2.重症监护室_拓展练习阅读理解Thousands of people came to
10、the theatres and concert halls to hear him. Performances were sold out in Britain and America. People fainted (晕倒)at his shows. Who do you think he was? Well, he wasnt a pop star. He was in fact a writer, and he didnt live in this century. He lived nearly two hundred years ago. His name was Charles
11、Dickens.In the 19th Century, Charles Dickens went on long tours in Britain and America. At each performance he read and acted out passages from his novels.Why did he go on tour with his books? His first tour was for charity - he wasnt paid for it. The first performance was of A Christmas Carol for 2
12、,000 poor people in Birmingham. Many people in the audience couldnt read and so storytelling was very important to them. After this first performance, he was offered money to perform his readings at other places. At first he refused, but later he agreed to do more shows. He loved performing, and as
13、a young man, he had wanted to be an actor. His tour of America from December 1867 to April 1868 earned him over 19,000, which was a huge amount of money at the time. It was a lot more than he earned from selling his books.Charles Dickens tours were very hard work as he travelled long distances by tr
14、ain, and trains were very slow in those days. His family and friends became worried about his health. They wanted him to stop touring.In 1865, there was a terrible train crash at Staplehurst in Kent. All the carriages except one fell down a slope (山坡). What happened to Charles Dickens? He was in the
15、 one carriage that didnt fall down. After the accident, Charles Dickens was fiightened of travelling by train, but he still continued his tours. His readings continued to be successful.However, his friends and families were right to be worried about his health. Five yeilTS Jater, ill 1870, Charles D
16、ickens died of a stroke (中风).17.What was the profession of the storyteller in the text?A.A pop star.B.A traveler.C.An actor.D.An author.18.Why did Charles Dickens start his first reading tour?A.To support charity.B.To make a fortune.C.To be a popular performer.D.To sell novels.19.Why did Charles Dic
17、kens family want to stop his reading tour?A.They were concerned about his health.B.People usually fainted at his shows.C.He was afraid of travelling by train.D.He had a narrow escape from a train accident.20.What can be inferred from the text?A.The prices of the books at that time were very high.B.T
18、rains were peoples main means of transportation.C.Charles Dickens reading tours were very popular.D.Most people in the audience had read his novels.外刊精选答案【词汇过关】请写出下面文单词在文章中的中文意思。1.wreckage rekd n. 残骸2.pin pn vt. 钉住，压住；n. 大头针，图钉3.derail direl v. 脱轨4.hang h v. 停留，悬浮；悬挂，吊5.wedge wed vt. 压住，卡住6.grieving
19、 riv adj. 悲痛的，悲伤的7.mourning mn n. 哀悼，伤逝8.perform pfm vt. 做，进行；履行9.ocean-themed adj. 海洋主题的10.wail wel v. 恸哭，哀号【词块学习】请从文章中找到下面中文相对应的文词块。1.hang on支撑，坚持下去2.intensive care unit (ICU)重症监护室【全文翻译】台铁脱轨事故：他们活了下来，但家人却没有爬过烟雾弥漫的废墟，她首先看到的，是被压在行李柜和变形的钢铁之下的丈夫和儿子，但他们已经没了呼吸。接着，她开始呼唤女儿的名字。女儿对钟惠美女士说：我撑不下去了。 这也成了她的遗言。就这
20、样，钟惠美失去了结婚20多年的丈夫，还有他们21岁的儿子和20岁的女儿，兄妹俩在大学都是颇有前途的运动员。这场周五发生在台湾东岸的列车脱轨事故，共造成51人死亡，这也是台湾40年来最严重的一场事故。红十字会救援志愿者曾文隆在采访中提到，失事的列车车厢里，血腥味四处弥漫。就是在这里，他的团队发现了被压在椅子下面的杨琪蓁，她年仅5岁，原本要同姐姐和父亲一起乘车出游。救援队用了一个多小时才找到她，当时她已经非常虚弱。据曾文隆说，他把孩子抱出车厢，交给了她父亲马克思杨。这位父亲一直贴着隧道，呼喊着救援队员，请求他们让自己抱抱已经一动不动的女儿。杨先生说，到医院时，女儿已经死了。琪蓁是年龄最小的死者之一
21、，而她9岁的姐姐则依然在重症监护室。周六，杨先生和几位情绪哀伤的亲戚一起回到了事故现场。这是一条隧道，其所在的绵绵青山临近太平洋。他们来这里，是为了“叫魂”。这是一种传统的道教哀悼仪式，通常会为意外中逝去的人而举办。“回家吧！该走啦！” 他们对隧道喊着。隧道里，带着黄色安全帽的工人们原本在修复铁轨、移走车厢，此时，他们也停下手中的工作。杨先生说，女儿是个精力过剩的孩子，原本特别期待在周末长假期间去花莲的海洋公园， 那里的海豚表演很有名。“杨琪蓁，不玩水了，我们该走了。”杨先生哀声喊道。他手里还留着一截导液管，淤青的脸上还缠着绷带。 “咱们该坐大巴，去别的地方玩了！”拓展练习阅读理解参考答案17.D 18.A 19.A 20.C
