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1、Text2VisionsOnIceInformationrelatedtothetext1)Aboutthetext:WallyHerbertisapolarexplorerofInternationaldistinction-'thegreatestpolarexplorerofourtime',accordingtoSirRanulphFiennes;a'phenomenon'accordingtothelateLordShackleton,andaman'whosedeterminationandcourage',accordingtoHisRoyalHighnes
2、s,PrinceCharles,'areofsuchheroicproportionsthathiscountryshouldmarkhisachievementseventuallybyhavinghimstuffedandputondisplay!'Meanwhile,inrecognitionofhispolarachievements,hehasreceivedastringofthosemoreconventionalhonorsandawards:amongthemthePolarMedalandbar;thegoldmedalsofseveralGeogra
3、phicalSocieties,andthehighesthonoroftheExplorersClub(theso-calledExplorersMedal).HehasamountainrangeandaplateaunamedafterhimintheAntarctic;themostnortherlymountainintheSvalbardGroupnamedafterhimintheArcticand,besidesbeinganexplorerwithbiographicalentriesinWho'sWhointheWorld,theencyclopedi
4、asandtheGuinnessBookofRecords,heisalsoaprizewinningauthorwithninebookssofartohiscredit,andanartistwhosepaintingsarenowownedbyRoyalsandinvestorsallovertheWorld.In1999,WallyHerbertwasknightedinrecognitionofhisachievements.2)Languagenotes:1.Shackletoncalledita"phenomenon"andHRHPrincePhilip,t
5、heexpedition'spatron,haileditas"anachievementwhichranksamongthegreatesttriumphsofhumanskillandendurance."Inthesentencetheword"phenomenon"means"awonder".e.g.Thehugesuccessofherbooksmakesheraremarkablephenomenonofthemid-1970s.2.Today,amonghiscontemporariesinpolarexplorationHerbertisaguruand
6、SirRanulphFiennessays:怕.3.Hisnavigation,fieldcraftandlogisticsaresuperbandhisawarenessofwhatdogscanandcan'tdounparalleled.Logistics:后勤4.Inverness，aportcityinBritain.5.Inhisenvironment,HerbertistheSeanConneryofallJamesBonds.SeanConnery:(1930-)Britishactor,mostrecognizedforstarringasthesoph
7、isticatedBritishsecretagentJamesBond.6.ItwaspreciselythemomentthattheAstronautJackYoungtookthefamousphotographofthe"Earthrise"fromthemoon.Earthrise:地出（从月球或宇宙飞船，地球似从月球的地平线升起）7.AphysiotherapistwouldprobablytellmethatIdidn'twanttobeachild,whichisprobablytrue.Physiother
