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Unit 5 On the road
1．Involve(v.牵涉，涉及) yourself in the early human periods—the Bronze and Iron Ages.
2．My three children had been addicted to(上瘾；沉迷于) this cassette on our previous
summer’s road trip.
3．As I began to prepare for our next 500-mile car trip，I came across(偶然遇到，发现) a book
—Jim Trelease’s The Read-Aloud Handbook.
4．And I’m beginning to see that reading aloud has done more than(不仅仅) help pass the time.
5．It is comprised of(由……组成) a range of(一系列的) contemporary styles，including
Pop，Reggae，Country，Heavy Metal，Hip Hop，and Folk.
6．Jeremy Charles，a key figure(人物) in getting this album off the ground(帮助启动或推动
一件事情的进行)，has said that “the music will shine a spotlight on(使……注意或关注)
Cherokee artists and speakers，and increase exposure of(增加对……的接触) our culture and
language worldwide”．
7．The youngest contributor(贡献者；撰稿人) on the album，Lillian Charles，is only in the
8th grade but had a major contribution to the Goth-pop song Circus—a song she wrote at the age
of 12.
8．On average(平均而言)，a native language is lost forever every two weeks，and these people
want to make sure that the Cherokee language isn’t one of them.
9．Seen(过去分词作状语) from the foot of the mountain，the sky was gray and cloudy.
10．The road was more slippery(adj.湿滑的) than the day before，so we had no choice but
to(别无选择而只好) get down from our horses and walked on foot.
11．Thousands of ball-shaped objects floated(v.飘浮) slowly in the distance，shining golden
beams of light，as though(引导虚拟语气)the whole sky were filled with countless glowing
lanterns.
12．Meanwhile，we all just froze(熟词生义：v.因害怕等停住不动) there，speechless[adj.(因
气愤、震惊、惊讶等)说不出话的，无语的] with wonder，appreciating the incredible(adj.不可
思议的，难以置信的) views.
