Lesson 67 Volcanoes
火山
First listen and then answer the question.
听录音，然后回答以下问题。
Why does Tazieff risk his life like this?
Haroun Tazieff, the Polish scientist,
has spent his lifetime studying active volcanoes
and deep caves in all parts of the world.
In 1948, he went to Lake Kivu in the Congo
to observe a new volcano
which he later named Kituro.
Tazieff was able to set up his camp
very close to the volcano
while it was erupting violently.
Though he managed to take
a number of brilliant photographs,
he could not stay near the volcano for very long.
He noticed that a river of liquid
rock was coming towards him.
It threatened to surround him completely,
but Tazieff managed to escape just in time.
He waited until the volcano became quiet and
he was able to return two days later.
This time,
he managed to climb into the mouth of Kituro
so that he could take photographs
and measure temperatures.
Tazieff has often risked his life in this way.
He has been able to tell us more
about active volcanoes than any man alive.
生词和短语
volcano n. 火山
active adj. 活动的
Kivu n. 基伍湖
Congo n. 刚果
Kituro n. 基图罗
erupt v. （火山）喷发
violently adv. 猛烈地，剧烈地
manage v. 设法
brilliant adj. 精彩的
liquid adj. 液态的
escape v. 逃脱
alive adj. 活着的
课文注释
1 has spent his lifetime studying,把毕生的精力都用于研究。动词spend后面常加in doing sth.,其中in可以省略。
2 in all parts of the world,这个介词短语用来修饰前面两个名词，意思是“世界各地的（活火山和深洞)”
3 a river of liquid rock,一股岩浆，这是一种修辞方法，被称为暗喻。
4 in time,及时地。
5 risked his life,冒着生命危险。
6 any man alive中，alive作定语，意思是“在世的人”，“活人”。
参考译文
波兰科学家哈罗恩.塔捷耶夫花了毕生的精力来研究世界各地的活火山和探洞。1948年他去了刚果的基伍湖，对一座后来被他命名为基图罗的新火山进行观察。当火山正在猛烈地喷发时，塔捷耶夫有办法把帐篷搭在离它非常近的地方。尽管他设法拍了一些十分精彩的照片，但他却不能在火山附近停留太长的时间。他发现有一股岩浆正向他流过来，眼看就要将他团团围住，但塔捷耶夫还是设法及时逃离了。他等到火山平静下来，两天以后又返回去。这次他设法爬进了基图罗火山口，以便能拍摄照片和测试温度。塔捷耶夫经常冒这样的生命危险。他能告诉我们的有关活火山的情况比任何在世的人都要多。
