Unit 3 Under the seaSection Ⅳ Learning about Language &；Using Language[原文呈现][读文清障] A NEW DIMENSION① OF LIFE19th JanuaryI'm sitting in the warm night air with a cold drink in my hand② andreflecting③ on the day — a day of pure④ magic! I went snorkelling⑤ on the reef offshore this morning and it was the most fantastic⑥ thing I have ever done. Seeing such extraordinary beauty⑦， I think every cell⑧ in my body woke up⑨. It was like discovering a whole new dimension of life.The first thing I became awareof⑩ was all the vivid⑪ colours surrounding⑫ me — purples, reds, oranges, yellows, blues and greens. The corals were fantastic — they were shaped like fans, plates, brains, lace, mushrooms, the branches of trees and the horns⑬ of deer. And all kinds of small, neat⑭ and elegant fish were swimming in and around the corals.①dimension/dI'men n/ʃn．维(数)；方面；侧面②with a cold drink in my hand 是“with＋宾语＋宾补”结构。此处作宾补的是介词短语 in my hand。③reflect/rI'flekt/vi.思考 vt.映射；反射；思考④pure/pj/ʊə adj.纯的；纯粹的；纯洁的⑤snorkel /'snkl/ɔːvi.戴潜水通气管潜泳 n.(潜水艇或潜水者的)通气管⑥fantastic adj.奇妙的，令人惊奇的⑦ 现在分词短语 seeing such ...作时间状语。⑧cell/sel/n．细胞；(蜂房的)巢室⑨wake up 醒来；唤醒⑩be/become aware of 对……知道、明白；意识到……⑪vivid/'vIvId/adj.生动的；鲜明的；鲜艳的⑫surround vt.环绕，围绕⑬horn n．(牛、羊、鹿等的)角；号角；喇叭；警报器⑭neat/ni t/ːadj.〈口〉好的；整齐的；匀称的崭新的生活空间[第 1～2 段译文]1 月 19 日我坐在温暖的夜空下，手里拿着一瓶冷饮，回忆着当天的事情——这纯粹是神奇的一天！这天上午，我戴着呼吸器在近海的珊瑚礁上潜泳，这是我从来没有过的绝妙经历。看到这样奇特的美景，我周身的每个细胞都苏醒了，就像发现了一个全新的生活空间似的。我首先注意到的是我周围那些鲜艳的色彩——紫色、红色、橘黄、明黄、蓝色和绿色...
