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Unit4 Wildlife protection Ⅰ. 常考单词必背 1．decrease vi.&vt. 减少；(使)变小或变少 They are making every effort to decrease the production cost. 他们正尽力降低生产成本。 [快速闪记] (1)decrease to... 减少到…… decrease by... 减少了…… decrease from...to... 从……减少到…… (2)on the decrease 在减少中 2．loss n. 损失；遗失；丧失 He was at a loss for words. 他不知该说些什么。 [快速闪记] lose v. 失去；输掉，失败 3. hunt vt.&vi.打猎；猎取；搜寻 We've been hunting for the car keys for the last half hour. 过去的半小时里，我们一直在找汽车钥匙。 [快速闪记] hunt for sb/sth 寻找某人/物 hunt after 追逐，追求 hunt down 追捕，缉拿 4．respond vi. 回答；响应；做出反应 He always responds to my questions without any patience. 他总是很不耐烦地回答我的问题。 [快速闪记] (1)respond to... 回应……；对……做出反应 respond by doing sth 以某种方式回应 (2)response n. 响应；回答 5．relief n. (痛苦或忧虑的)减轻或解除；减轻痛苦的事物 It was a relief to be able to talk to someone about it. 能和别人谈谈这件事，感到舒心多了。 [快速闪记] (1)in relief 如释重负；松了口气 to one's relief 令人感到欣慰的是 (2)relieve vt.减轻；缓解；消除 relieved adj.宽慰的；不再忧虑的 6．mercy n. 仁慈；宽恕；怜悯 It's a mercy she wasn't seriously hurt. 很幸运她伤得不重。 [快速闪记] (1)show mercy to 怜悯某人 have mercy on 对……表示怜悯 at the mercy of 任凭……的摆布；在……的支配中 without mercy 残忍地，毫无同情心地 (2)merciful adj.仁慈的；宽大的 7. certain adj.确定的；某一；一定 I was certain that he had seen me. 我肯定他已经看见我了。 [快速闪记] (1)be certain of/about... 对……有把握，确信…… be certain to do sth 确定做某事 make certain of/about/that... 确定某事 It is certain that... 一定能…… for certain＝for sure 确定无疑地，准确地 (2)certainly adv.当然，确定 certainty n. 确定，必然的事 8. appreciate vt. 鉴赏；感激；意识到 He said he would appreciate it if you could give him a hand. 他说要是你能帮他的忙，他会非常感激。 [快速闪记] (1)appreciate (one's) doing... 感激(某人)做某事 would appreciate it if... 要是……将不胜感激 (2)appreciation n. 欣赏；鉴别；感激 9. succeed vi.成功 vt.接替；继任 I'm sure you'll succeed if you work hard. 你只要努力，我肯定你会成功的。 [快速闪记] (1)succeed in (doing) sth 成功完成某事 succeed to sth 继承…… (2)success n. 成功 successful adj. 成功的 successfully adv. 圆满地；顺利地；成功地 10. harm n.&vt. 损害；危害 Modern farming method does great harm to the countryside. 现代的耕作方式对乡村造成了很大的损害。 [快速闪记] (1)do harm to 伤害 there is no harm in (one's) doing sth＝it does no harm (for sb) to do sth (某人)做某事并无害处 (2)harmful adj. 有害的 harmless adj. 无害的 Ⅱ. 高频短语必会 1．die out 灭亡；逐渐消失 This kind of bird is dying out. 这种鸟行将灭绝。 [快速闪记] (1)die of 因……而死(一般指死于内因，如疾病、饥饿、情感原因等) die from 因……而死(一般指死于外因，如外伤、车祸、污染等) die away (声音、风、光等)慢慢变弱，渐渐消失 die down (兴奋、火等)渐弱，渐息，平息 die off (家庭、种族等)相继死亡，(草木)先后枯死 (2)be dying for 渴望 be dying to do sth 很想做某事；渴望做某事 2．in peace 和平地；和睦地；安祥地 It is our hope that we will live in peace for ever. 永久地和睦相处是我们的愿望。 3．in danger (of) 在危险中；垂危 He is in danger of losing his job if he goes on like this. 他再这样下去会丢掉工作的。 [快速闪记] out of danger脱离危险 4．burst into laughter 突然笑起来；大声笑了出来 [快速闪记] burst out laughing 突然大笑起来 burst out crying＝burst into tears 突然哭起来 5．pay attention to 注意 Our teachers always pay attention to connecting theory with practice. 我们的老师们经常注意理论联系实际。 [快速闪记] attract/draw/catch one's attention 引起某人的注意 fix one's attention/eyes on/upon... 把某人的注意力/眼光集中到……上 6．come into being 形成；产生 We don't know when this world came into being. 我们不知道这个世界是何时开始存在的。 [快速闪记] come into effect 生效 come into power/office 开始执政，上台 come into use/service 开始使用 come into sight/view 看得见 Ⅲ. 写作句式必学 1．Please take me to a distant land where I can find the animal that gave fur to make this sweater. 请把我带到遥远的地方，在那里我能找到提供毛绒来做这件毛衣的那种动物。 2．It shows the importance of wildlife protection，but I'd like to help as the WWF suggests. 这表明保护野生动植物的重要性，但我想按照世界野生生物基金会的建议来帮助(你们)。 3．What must be done if wildlife protection is to succeed? 如果野生生物保护得以成功，必须做些什么？ 4．After a while she saw some zebra with black and white lines going beneath their stomachs. 过了一会儿她看到了一些斑马，它们身上有一直延伸到腹部的黑白相间的条纹。 5．They lived on the earth tens of millions of years ago，long before humans came into being and their future seemed secure at that time. 千百万年前恐龙就在地球上生活，比人类的出现要早得多，他们的未来在那时看来很安全。 Ⅳ. 短文语法填空，然后背诵短文，熟记本单元的重点词汇。 Wildlife Protection Dinosaurs died out because of an unexpected incident.But wildlife today __1__(disappear) or is in danger just because humans do harm to it.For example，tigers are hunted for fur to make carpets so that they can only live in secure reserves；grassland __2__(destroy) without mercy so that dust storms come into being __3__(affect) distant cities. Last year，scientists saw some __4__(monkey) rubbing themselves with a certain kind of insects to protect __5__(them) from fierce mosquitoes biting.According to the result of the inspection，they found that the insect contains a __6__(power) drug，so local farmers were employed to catch the insects.The ending was __7__ the insects disappeared from the whole zone.When told that it was a __8__(lose) to humans，the farmers burst into laughter and responded，“Our real loss is our decreasing income.” We should appreciate the natural balance and pay __9__ (much) attention to the importance of wildlife protection than before.Not until we succeed in letting wildlife live __10__ peace，can we smile in relief. 答案 1.disappears 2.is destroyed 3.affecting 4.monkeys 5.themselves 6.powerful 7.that 8.loss 9.more 10.in |
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