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Couldacarrunonwhisky?TheBritishgovernmenthasinvested①11millionpoundstohelpafirmdevelopacarfuel②basedonwhisky.It'stohelpdevelopgreenerfueltechnologyandthelocalindustry.EdinburghbasedCelticRenewableshasbeenawarded③thecashfromthetaxpayerstofundanewfactorytomakebiofuels④fromScottishwhiskybyproducts⑤.Ithasplannedtoopenthreecommercial⑥plantsacrossScotlandinthefuture.ThetechniquecouldtransformtheScottishWhiskyindustryandgenerateupto100millionpoundsoftransportfuelayearfromitsbyproducts,accordingtotheDepartmentforTransport.TheDepartmentforTransportsaid,“Allthesuccessfulprojectswillusewasteproductswhichwouldotherwisebedisposed⑦ofandturnthemintobiofuels,fuellingcarsandtrucks.”MartinTangney,founderofCelticRenewables,saidthebiofuelproducedbythewhiskywastewillbeadirectreplacementforpetrolordiesel⑧.[多积词汇]①investv．投资②fueln.燃料③awardv.授予；判定④biofueln.生物燃料⑤byproductn.副产品；意外结果⑥commercialadj.贸易的；商业的⑦disposev.去除；处理⑧dieseln.柴油[读文清障][原文呈现]THEPROBLEMOFTHESNAKESWhenIcalledup①mymotherinthecountrysideonthetelephoneshewasveryupset.“Therearesomesnakesinourcourtyard②，”shetoldme.“Snakescomenearthehousenowandthen③，andtheyseemtohavemadetheirhomehere,notfarfrom④thewalnut⑤tree.①callup给……打电话②courtyard/'kɔːtjɑːd/n.院子；庭院；天井③nowandthen偶尔；有时④farfrom在句中意为“离……远”。还可表示“远非；相差很远”，后接名词、动名词等。⑤walnut/'wɔːlnʌt/n.胡桃；胡桃木SectionⅠWarmingUp&Reading—Prereading[读文清障][原文呈现]Canyougetridof⑥themplease？”Ifeltveryproud.Herewasachanceformetodistinguish⑦myselfbyinventingsomethingmerciful⑧thatwouldcatchsnakesbutnotharmthem⑨.Iknewmyparentswouldnotlikemetohurttheselivingcreatures!⑥getridof除掉；摆脱⑦distinguish/dIs'tIŋɡwIʃ/vi.&vt.显示……的差别；使……有所不同；辨别⑧merciful/'mɜːsIfl/adj.宽大的；仁慈的；慈悲的⑨本句的主干结构是Herewasachance，其后的todistinguishmyself...butnotharmthem作后置定语，修饰chance，句中的thatwould...是定语从句，修饰先行词something。[读文清障][原文呈现]ThefirstthingIdidwastoseeiftherewereanyproducts⑩thatmighthelpme,butthereonlyseemedtobepowders⑪designedtokillsnakes.Anewapproachwasclearlyneeded.Isetabout⑫researchingthehabitsofsnakestofindtheeasiestwaytotrapthem.Luckilythesereptiles⑬aresmallandthatmadethesolutioneasier.⑩product/'prɒdʌkt/n.产品⑪powder/'paʊdə/n.粉末；火药⑫setabout开始；着手⑬reptilen．[C]爬行动物蛇的困扰[第1～2段译文]我给住在乡下的母亲打电话的时候，她感到很心烦。“我们院子里有几条蛇。”她告诉我，“蛇时不时地爬到屋子边上来，似乎是在屋子附近离胡桃树不远的地方安家了。你能不能把它们赶走？”我感到很自豪。这回我有机会来表现一下自己了。我要发明某种仁慈的东西，既可以把蛇捉住，又不会伤害它们。我知道我的父母是不会让我伤害这些生物的！我所做的第一件事就是看看有没有现成的产品能帮助我。但是，看来只有毒死蛇的药粉。很明显，我得找一种新的方法了。于是我就着手研究蛇的习性，以便能找到最容易的方法捉住它们。好在这些爬行动物都很小，这使得问题比较容易解决。[读文清障][原文呈现]Preparedwithsomeresearchfindings⑭，Idecidedon⑮threepossibleapproaches:firstly⑯，removingtheirhabitat；secondly,attractingthemintoatrapusingmaleorfemaleperfume⑰orfood⑱；andthirdlycoolingthemsothattheywouldbecomesleepyandcouldbeeasilycaught.Idecidedtousethelastone.Iboughtanicecreammakerwhichwasmadeofstainless⑲steel.⑭过去分词短语Preparedwith...作时间状语。⑮decideon决定；选定⑯firstly...，secondly...，andthirdly...(用于列举)第一……，第二……，第三……⑰perfume/'pɜːfjuːm/n.香水；香味⑱现在分词短语usingmale...作方式状语。⑲stainless/'steInləs/adj.无锈的；不锈的；没有污点的[读文清障][原文呈现]Betweentheoutsideandtheinsidewallsofthebowlthereissomejelly⑳，whichfreezeswhencooled○21.Iputthebowlintothefridgeandwaitedfor24hours.AtthesametimeIpreparedsomeicecubes○22.⑳jelly/'dʒelI/n.果冻；果冻状物○21whichfreezeswhencooled是which引导的非限制性定语从句，补充说明jelly的作用。其中whencooled是时间状语从句的省略形式，补充完整为whenitiscooled。○22cube/kjuːb/n.立方体；立方cubic/'kjuːbIk/adj.立方的[读文清障][原文呈现]ThenextmorningIgotupearlybeforethesunwashot.Iplacedthefrozenbowloverthesnakes'habitatandtheicecubesontopofthebowltokeepitcool○23.FinallyIcoveredthewholethingwithalargebucket.ThenIwaited.AftertwohoursIremovedthebucketandthebowl.Thesnakeswerelessactivebuttheywerestilltofastforme.Theyabruptly○24disappearedintoaconvenient○25holeinthewall.SoIhadtoadjustmyplan.○23keepitcool是“keep＋宾语＋宾补”结构，cool在此作宾语补足语。○24abruptly/ə'brʌptlI/adv.突然地；唐突地abrupt/ə'brʌpt/adj.突然的；意外的○25convenient/kən'viːnIənt/adj.便利的；方便的；就近的[第3～4段译文]经过一番研究准备之后，我决定采用三种可能的方法：第一，铲除它们的栖息地；第二，用男人或女人用的香水或食物把它们引进陷阱；第三，降低它们的体温，使它们困乏，这样就很容易把它们捉住。我决定采用最后一种方法。我买了一个制冰淇淋的不锈钢碗，在碗的内壁和外壁之间有些胶状物，冷却后会冻结。我把这个碗放进冰箱，冷冻了24个小时。与此同时，我还准备了一些冰块。第二天早晨在太阳光还不太热的时候我就早早起床了。我把冷冻过的碗放在蛇窝的上方，再把冰块放在碗上，以使碗保持冷却状态。最后再用一个大桶把所有的东西罩住。然后我就等着。两个小时以后我把桶和碗一起拿开。蛇不像以前那样活跃了，但是对于我来说，它们行动还是太快了。它们突然一下子就消失在附近的墙洞里去了。于是我不得不调整我的计划。[读文清障][原文呈现]○26attemptn．&vt.尝试；试图；努力○27coolvi.变凉○28asbefore像以前那样○29caution/'kɔːʃn/n.小心；谨慎○30examinevt.检查；查看○31as引导的原因状语从句。Forthesecondattempt○26Ifrozethebowlandtheicecubesagainbutplacedthemoverthesnakes'habitatintheevening,asthetemperaturewasstartingtocool○27.Thenasbefore○28，Icoveredthebowlwiththebucketandlefteverythingovernight.EarlythenextmorningIreturnedtoseetheresult.Thistimewithgreatcaution○29Ibentdowntoexamine○30thesnakesandIfoundthemverysleepy.Butoncepickedup,theytriedtobiteme.Astheywerepoisonoussnakes○31，Iclearlyneededtoimprovemydesignagain.[读文清障][原文呈现]○32expectation/ˌekspek'teIʃn/n.预料；期待；期望○33过去分词短语monitoredcarefully作时间状语。○34passive/'pæsIv/adj.被动的；消极的；被动语态的○35merrily/'merəlI/adv.高兴地；愉快地merry/'merI/adj.愉快的；高兴的○36releasevt.释放；发行Mythirdattemptrepeatedthesecondprocedure.ThenextmorningIcarriedinmyhandasmallnetusedforcatchingfish.Thiswasintheexpectation○32thatthesnakeswouldbiteag