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devotion 奉献；热爱n.
community 社区n.
they are xx主系表
keep sb in such good health
all of these years 这么些年以来adv.
Reisley believes that /his devotion to the home and the community are what have kept him in such good health all of these years.
26. What can we learn about Reisley's house？
A.It is older than its owner.
local 当地的adj.
material 材料n.
B.It uses local materials.
C.It has a pointed roof.
roof 屋顶n.
pointed 尖的adj.
flat 平的adj.
for sale 待售adv.
is put up
be done 被动
D.It is put up for sale.
infer推断v.
27. What can be inferred about Reisley from the last paragraph？
be attached to sth 喜爱；难舍难分
A.He is very attached to Wright buildings.
B.He is devoted to health education.
be devoted to sth 致力于
health education 健康教育
decoration装修n.
C.He is an expert in home decoration.
D.He is passionate about tourism.
tourism 旅游业n.
passionate 有激情的adj.
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peak顶峰n.
sea level海平面n
The peak of Mount Qomolangma，8，849 meters above sea level.
Chimborazo，6，263 m；
Mont Blanc，4，806 m；
hut小屋n.
at the foot of the mountain在山脚下adv.
Pradidali hut，at the foot of the Pala group in the Dolomites，2，278 m.
common常见的adj.
practice 操作n.
to do sth
provide 提供v.
elevation 高度n.
elevator 电梯n.
It is common practice to provide the elevation （高度） of a place.
simples readings 数值n.readily available 容易获得adj.
wearable 穿戴设备n.
Simple readings are now readily available on our phones and wearables.
relative 相对的adj.
necessarily 必要adv.
But elevation is necessarily relative：
choice 选择n.
a reference point 参照点/
reference book 参考书n.
allow sb to do 许可v.
express 表达v.
height 高度n.
object 物体n.
location 地点n
numerically /njuːˈmerɪkli/数字adv.
only the choice of a reference point allows us to express numerically the height of an object or a location.
at the beginning of the text文章开头
author 作者n.
point out 指出v.
28. What does the author point out at the beginning of the text？
A.Some mountains are getting higher.data数据n.
misleading误导的adj.
lead-led-led 引导；领导v.
B.Data on wearables are misleading.
concept 概念n.
elevation 海拔n.
altitude 海拔n
relative 相对的adj.
C.The concept of elevation is relative.
D.The reference point is hard to locate.
locate 确定位置v.
by now 截至目前
has been around
has/have done 现在完成时
it is around for some time
so long as to 以至于
go unnoticed 没人注意到
essentially 基本；根本adv.
mention提及v.
without doing
consider sth考虑v.
The idea of sea levelas a reference pointfor elevations has by now been around for so long as to go essentially unnoticed﹣we mention it without even considering what it means.
That the concept has a history is easily ignored.
ignore 忽视v.
tend to do sth往往做v.
product 产品n.
assumption 假设n.
determine 确定v.
technically 技术adv.
culturally 文化adv.
We tend to forget that /sea level is a product of technically and culturally determined assumptions.
In this book I tell a story of these assumptions.
assumption 假设n.
appropriately 合适；说来也巧adv.
take shape 成型v.
spent非谓语
the summer was spent between xx and xx 被动-done-spent
Appropriately，the book took shape during a summer spent between sea and mountains.
sandy beaches 沙滩n.
go hiking 远足
A month after visiting the French Riviera and enjoying the sandy beaches of Nice and Menton，I went hiking with friends in the Pala group.
pass关口n.
began谓语
offer 非谓语
rest非谓语
the readings were offered by xx 被动-done-offered
we rested on xx 主动-doing-resting
Resting on a pass near the Prendidali hut，we began discussing the readings offered by our altimeters（测高仪）.
vary 变化v.
slightly 轻微adv.
instrument 设备n.
Why did they vary ever so slightly from one instrument to the next？
uncertainty不确定n
sense 感觉n.
lead sb to do sth引导；促使v.
lead-led-led
This sense of uncertainty led me to think about the meaning of zero.
conceptual history 概念发展史
This is how I began my search for the conceptual history of sea level.
29. What is paragraph 3 mainly about？
A.How the altimeter was invented.
invent 发明v.
initiate 起源；开始v.
B.What initiated the author's research.
C.Why the digital readings varied.
digital 数字的
readings读数n.
vary变化v.
D.Where the author spent his holiday.
examine 仔细检查v.
crucial 关键的adj.
stage 阶段n.
mean 平均的adj.
In this book I examine three crucial stages in the history of mean sea level.
作业：
1.英汉视译
2.课堂笔记
