🪄 12A 词汇表
cliff
/klɪf/
n.
📖 英文释义 · 词义解析
A high area of rock with a very steep side, often on a coast or in mountains.
悬崖，绝壁
💬 课本原句例句
Across history, many more people have died after jumping from a tower or cliff with wings that didn’t quite work.
勇敢的滑翔伞飞行员站在瑞士阿尔卑斯山脉数千米高的陡峭悬崖边缘，静待最佳迎面升力气流的到来。
courage
/ˈkʌr.ɪdʒ/
n.
📖 英文释义 · 词义解析
The ability to do something that you know is difficult or dangerous.
勇气，胆量
💬 课本原句例句
After a few moments, I found the courage to turn the glider a little to the left, and then a little to the right.
纵身跃入万丈深渊翱翔于天地之间，不仅需要极其过硬的空气动力学操控技能，更需要战胜本能恐惧的惊人勇气。
engine
/ˈen.dʒɪn/
n.
📖 英文释义 · 词义解析
A machine that uses the energy from fuel or electricity to produce movement.
引擎，发动机
💬 课本原句例句
The wings he has invented for personal flight have four small engines.
与依靠重型内燃机动力驱动的传统螺旋桨飞机不同，无动力现代滑翔机纯粹依靠敏锐捕捉热气流在空中盘旋数小时。
fantastic
/fænˈtæs.tɪk/
adj.
📖 英文释义 · 词义解析
Extremely good, remarkable, attractive, or surprising.
极其美妙的，绝妙的，了不起的
💬 课本原句例句
“It’s awesome, it’s great, it’s fantastic!” says Rossy.
从两千米高空俯瞰白雪皑皑的山川峡谷与蜿蜒镜湖，飞行者眼前呈现出一幅令人屏息沉醉的绝妙壮丽画卷。
motivate
/ˈməʊ.tɪ.veɪt/
v.
📖 英文释义 · 词义解析
To cause someone to behave in a particular way; inspire to action.
激励，驱使，激发
💬 课本原句例句
Since then, he has continued to improve his wing design, and hopes he can “motivate the next generation of thinkers to do something different .
千百年来人类渴望像雄鹰般挣脱重力枷锁自由翱翔天空的原始梦想，始终深深激励着一代代先驱航空工程师不断革新。
steer
/stɪər/
v.
📖 英文释义 · 词义解析
To control the direction of a vehicle or movement.
操纵，控制方向，掌舵
💬 课本原句例句
He steers them just by moving his shoulders.
飞行员仅需通过双手精细拉动左右两侧轻盈的转向拉绳，便能极其敏捷精准地调整翼面的迎角与飞行航向。
thrill
/θrɪl/
n./v.
📖 英文释义 · 词义解析
A feeling of extreme excitement, delight, usually sudden.
极度兴奋，震撼；使激动
💬 课本原句例句
Today, many people skydive, while BASE jumpers—those who jump off buildings, cliffs, and bridges—often get their thrills illegally.
高速划破冷冽山风贴着峭壁树冠急速俯冲所带来的极度惊险刺激快感，是任何陆地运动都无法比拟的震撼体验。
tightly
/ˈtaɪt.li/
adv.
📖 英文释义 · 词义解析
In a firm or close way; firmly.
紧紧地，坚固地
💬 课本原句例句
I held on to the hang glider as tightly as I could.
起飞前，地勤安全专员会反复逐项核查每一位飞行员身上的安全伞包承重索带是否已经被牢牢紧扣到位。
unlike
/ʌnˈlaɪk/
prep.
📖 英文释义 · 词义解析
Different from someone or something; not typical of.
不像，与...不同
💬 课本原句例句
Unlike Leonardo, I had the help of a hang glider—a light, modern machine that makes flying simple and safe enough even for tourist entertainment.
不像那些在密闭金属客舱里隔着玻璃窗俯瞰的民航乘客，悬挂式滑翔者全身的每一寸感官都能直面天地的狂暴与自由。
wing
/wɪŋ/
n.
📖 英文释义 · 词义解析
One of the parts of the body of a bird or airplane that enable it to fly.
翅膀，机翼
💬 课本原句例句
The ancient Greeks told the legend of Icarus, a boy who flies so high that the sun melts his manmade wings and he crashes down to Earth.
根据现代仿生学原理精密设计出的轻质高强度三角翼翼面，能够以极高的升阻比在稀薄山风中平稳滑翔数千公里。
📖 课文原文 · The Dream of Flight
Paragraph A
For thousands of years, humans have dreamed of taking to the skies.
The ancient Greeks told the legend of Icarus, a boy who flies so high that the sun melts his man-made wings and he crashes down to Earth.
Across history, many more people have died after jumping from a tower or cliff with wings that didn’t quite work.
Flying, for humans, seemed an impossibility.
Paragraph B
Yet many continued to dream of flying.
One such dreamer was the great 15th-century artist and inventor Leonardo da Vinci.
He studied the flight of birds and even designed his own flying machines, but they—and he—never left the ground.
Paragraph C
Five hundred years later, standing on a windy hill in North Carolina, in the United States, I was about to make the dream come true.
Paragraph D
Unlike Leonardo, I had the help of a hang glider—a light, modern machine that makes flying simple and safe enough even for tourist entertainment.
I held on to the hang glider as tightly as I could.
Terrified, I ran down the hill, and suddenly, I was running in the air.
I was flying! What a thrill! Now I wanted more.
Paragraph E
A friend in my hang gliding class suggested I next try a “tandem flight”—flying in a hang glider made for two people.
A small airplane carries you up 600 meters and then lets you go.
I decided to try it with my instructor, Jon Thompson.
Up into the air we went.
When the airplane released us, it felt like falling from a building, headfirst.
“You can fly now,” my instructor said.
After a few moments, I found the courage to turn the glider a little to the left, and then a little to the right.
I was more like a pigeon than an eagle, but I was flying!
Paragraph F
Of course, hang gliding is not the only way mankind has learned to enjoy the freedom of flight.
Today, many people skydive, while BASE jumpers—those who jump off buildings, cliffs, and bridges—often get their thrills illegally.
For a few exciting moments, they experience free-falling—falling downwards with nothing to slow them—before they open a parachute.
“It’s as close as human beings can get to flying like a bird,” says BASE jumper J. T. Holmes.
Paragraph G
Switzerland’s Yves Rossy might disagree.
The wings he has invented for personal flight have four small engines.
He steers them just by moving his shoulders.
For 10 minutes at a time, Rossy seems to fly as free as a bird, having both power and control.
One of his longest flights was across the water from France to England.
“It’s awesome, it’s great, it’s fantastic!” says Rossy.
Since then, he has continued to improve his wing design, and hopes he can “motivate the next generation of thinkers to do something different . . . even if it seems impossible.”
📌 课本原版注释 (Footnotes):
1. Pigeon: A common bird that usually lives in towns and cities.（鸽子）
2. Eagle: A large bird known for its strength, vision, and power of flight.（鹰）
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Before You Read · p.182
A. How have humans realized the dream of flying like birds?
1. B. What extreme sport involves jumping from cliffs or buildings with a parachute?
Reading Comprehension · p.186
A. Choose the best answer for each question.
1. What is the main topic of Reading A?
2. According to paragraph D, who was Otto Lilienthal?
3. How does a modern wingsuit work?
4. According to paragraph F, who is Yves Rossy (“Jetman”)?
5. What major risk is associated with low-altitude BASE jumping and wingsuit proximity flying?
B. Match each pioneering flyer with their accomplishment.
1. Otto Lilienthal
2. Francis Rogallo
3. Yves Rossy
4. Patrick de Gayardon
5. Leonardo da Vinci
Reading Skill · p.187
Reading Skill Strategy
Tracing Developments in a Flowchart
Flowcharts map chronological innovations in personal flight technology: Glider → Hang Glider → Wingsuit → Jet Wing.
A. Complete the flight evolution flowchart.
1. Early gliding (Otto Lilienthal 1890s) → ______
2. Flexible hang gliders → ______
3. Wingsuits → ______
Critical Thinking · Risk vs Reward in Extreme Sports. Why do wingsuit flyers pursue proximity flying despite high casualty rates?
📘 12A 核心词汇
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Vocabulary Practice A · p.188
Complete the sentences using words from the box.
cliffs · fantastic · thrill · unlike · wings
cliffs · fantastic · thrill · unlike · wings
1. Wingsuit flyers jump from sheer ______ into the canyon.
2. The sport provides an unforgettable adrenaline ______.
3. Pilots achieved a ______ speed over 200 kilometers per hour.
4. Flexible ______ allow gliders to maneuver smoothly.
5. ______ traditional parachutists, wingsuit flyers travel far horizontally.
Vocabulary Practice B · Definitions
Choose the correct word or meaning.
1. A demanding sport is ______.
2. Parachuting involves jumping from ______.
3. To deploy a chute means to ______.
4. Aerodynamic shape reduces ______.
Vocabulary Practice C · Synonyms of “fantastic”
Select synonyms that express the meaning of fantastic.
1. extraordinary and marvelous
2. tremendous and spectacular
🏆 Reading Explorer 2 · 12A 荣誉通关证书
The Dream of Flight (飞行的梦想)
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