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Unit 6
Earth first
Section T
Starting Out Understanding Ideas
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SHARKS:DANGEROUS OR ENDANGERED?
1.We see a woman swimming at night in a dark sea.Suddenly,she is
Dunderwater Ando'wo:to(r)
pulled underwater①,She surfaces②,cries in fear,then disappears forev-
adu.在水面下
er.This is the opening scene from the 1975 film Jaws,showing a shark
[构词法]underwater是由
attack.[1]It tells the story of a great white shark that attacks and kills
“介词十名词”构成的复合
swimmers.Jaws was a great success,attracting huge audiences and win-
ning many awards.It strengthened people's long-held idea of the great
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副词。类似的词还有:
white shark as a dangerous animal.
downstairs在楼下,down
[l]showing a shark attack是现在分词短语作后置定语,可改写为定
town在f往市中心,along-
语从句,即which shows a shark attack。
2.People have always been scared of sharks,but Jaws made things
side在一边。
worse[2].It made people frightened of sharks,especially of the great
②surface vi.升到水面,浮出
white shark.Many people who saw the film started to believe that sharks
水面
were bad animals that ate humans.[3]Some people stopped swimming in
the sea,afraid of the horrible creature from the film[4].Other people
③long-held长期持有的
started fishing for sharks,killing as many as they could[5].At that time,
[构词法]该词由“副词十过
nobody cared if sharks were killed,or how many were killed.People just
去分词”构成,类似的词有:
wanted them killed.
[2]此处为“make十宾语十宾补”结构,形容词worse在此作宾补。
well-prepared准备好的,
[3]此处who saw the film为who引导的定语从句,修饰Many peo
well-known众所周知的,
ple;that..ate humans为that引导的宾语从句,作believe的宾语,宾语
well-written写得好的。
从句中的that ate humans为that引导的定语从句,修饰bad animals。
[4幻此处为形容词短语作原因状语。
④scared/skead/ad.害怕的,
[5]此处为现在分词短语作状语,其中的as many as they could属于
恐惧的,畏惧的,担心的
“as.…as..”结构,表示“尽可能多的”,
⑤due to由于,因为
3.After 1975,the number of large sharks around America fell quick-
ly,and soon fell around the world.This was not only due to fear of
⑥fin/fin/u.切去(鱼的)鳍
sharks,but also finning Finning is a type of fishing where sharks are
n.鱼鳍
caught and their fins cut off[6].The sharks are thrown back into the
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