Unit 3 Environmental Protection Reading and Thinking 语言点课件-2023-2024学年高中英语人教版（2019）选择性必修第三册

Unit 3 Language points CLIMATE CHANGE REQUIRES THE WORLD'S ATTENTION 气候变化需要全世界关注 We have known about climate change for decades. There is little doubt that Earth is getting warmer and warmer (see the graph). A warming ocean and atmosphere along with melting ice and rising sea levels provide evidence of a dramatic change in the global climate. 我们认识到气候变化已经有几十年时间了。几乎没有疑问，地球正在变得越来越暖（见图表）。海洋和大气变暖，冰川融化，海平面上升，这些无不是全球气候急剧变化的证据。 along with 连接前后两个主语时，谓语使用的是“就远原则”，如： The teacher along with the students _______ (go) to the zoo. for decades 几十年 There is little doubt that... 毫无疑问…… along with 连接两个主语时, 谓语动词“就远原则” provide evidence提供证据 a dramatic change急剧变化 In 2013, a lot of people were shocked by a news photo of a dead polar bear that was found on Norway’s Arctic island of Svalbard. According to the scientists who found its dead body, all that remained of the polar bear was “skin and bones”. An expert who has studied polar bears for many years said that from the position of its dead body, the bear appeared to have starved and died. Experts claimed that low sea-ice levels caused by climate change meant that the bear could not hunt seals as before, so it had to travel greater distances in order to find food. This alarming case showed how the increase in temperature had an impact on Earth’s ecology. 2013年，一张新闻照片展示了一头被发现死在挪威北极区域斯瓦尔巴群岛上的北极熊，震惊世人。发现该尸体的科学家们说，这头北极熊只剩皮包骨了。一位多年研究北极熊的专家说，从它尸体所处的位置来看，这头北极熊似乎是饿死的。专家们声称，气候变化导致海冰水平降低，这头北极熊不能像以前那样捕食海豹，因此不得不 be shocked by 因……而震惊 according to 根据，按照 appear to do sth. 似乎要...... have an impact on 对……有影响 1. starve 【探究总结】 (1)starve vi. & vt. _______;_______　　　　  ①starve _______death饿死  ②sb/sth be starved of/for sth某人/某物缺乏所需要的某物 (2)starvation n. 饥饿;挨饿;饿死 to 　 (使)挨饿　饿死 【应用实践】 根据汉语提示完成英语句子。 ①The plant _______ _______ _______(缺乏) water and died.  ②The explorers _______ _______ _______(饿死) in the desert.  ③In this country, the greatest threat to the lives of children and adolescents is not disease, _________(饥饿) or abandonment, but the terrible reality o