Hoover Dam

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1. Hoover Dam:
The Hoover Dam, located on the border of Arizona and Nevada, is a
monumental concrete arch-gravity dam built during the Great
Depression in the 1930s. Completed in 1936, it spans the Colorado River,
creating Lake Mead and providing hydroelectric power and water for the
surrounding regions. The dam stands as an engineering marvel and a key
contributor to the development of the American Southwest.

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2. Mighty: very large, powerful, or important
The mighty iceberg came into view.巨大的冰山出现在眼前
The United Kingdom was a mighty empire before World War I.
英联邦在第一次世界大战前曾是一个强大的帝国

3. Plant：factory
Car plant, steel plant, fertilizer plant, bottled water plant, food
processing plant, chemical plant.

4. electricity
I was cooking when the electricity went off.
我正在做饭，突然停电了。
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5. Mile
1 mile = 1.60935 km48
UK speed limit 30 miles( 48 km)
The Roman word ’mille’ was a metric term meaning 1,000. The Romans
measured a mile by counting 1,000 double paces as walked by their
regimental pacers. As a group marched, the man at the front would
count each double pace.

6. valley:an area of low land between hills or mountains, often with

a river running through it.

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7. downhill:
It's so much easier running downhill!
The automobile industry started to go downhill
Opposite: uphill

8. Stop...from
The heavy rain stopped us from going home.
The doctor stopped him from smoking.
Lifeguards stopped them from going into the water.

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9. Force：physical, especially violent, strength or power
The force of the wind had brought down many trees
May the force be with you.
Air force one

10. Curve：a line that bends continuously and has no straight parts
The car made a sharp curve.

11. Canyon ： A canyon is a deep, narrow valley with steep sides.

“Canyon” comes from the Spanish word cañon, which means “tube” or
“pipe.” The term “gorge” is often used to mean “canyon,” but a gorge is
almost always steeper and narrower than a canyon.

The movement of rivers, the processes of weathering and erosion, and tectonic activity create
canyons

Arizona is famous for the Grand Canyon.

12. Moving water: kinetic energy/energy of motion

13. Flood:
动词：
Our washing machine broke down yesterday and flooded the kitchen.
名词：
The flood did a lot of damage to the crops.

14. “the water flowed into the tunnels and out lower down”
out lower down= flowed out to a lower down place

15. Make room：

Please make room for my little dog/this old lady.
We need to make room for the new sofa.
我们需要给新沙发腾出地方。
I think I can make room for dessert.

16. mold ： a hollow container into which you pour a soft or liquid
substance so that it will cool or harden into the shape of the container.

She used a heart-shaped mold to create cookies for the party.她用心形

磨具为聚会制作饼干。

The potter shaped the clay into a beautiful vase using a mold.
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17. dump:to put down or drop something in a careless way:

Some people just dump their rubbish in the river.

有些人径直往河里倒垃圾。

Dump rubbish/dust/nuclear waste/concrete

18. Seal ： something fixed around the edge of

an opening to prevent liquid or gas flowing through it

sealed the envelope

seal the helmet
Seal the crack in the wall
Seal the pipe
Seal the wood with the paint
Seal the box

19. Stack of:成堆的，一堆一堆的

There is a stack of dishes to be washed in the kitchen.
She has stacks of work to get through.
He saw a stack of paper boxes in the room.
There is a huge stack of newspapers on his desk.
Stacks of hay were in the field after the harvest.

20. ruin
The rain ruined my painting.
Huge modern hotels ruined this beautiful coastline.
21. Spillway 泄洪道
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