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Unit 6
Survival
Section I Starting out Understanding ideas
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The Wild Within
①crime/kram/n.[C]罪,罪行
criminal/kriminl/,adj.犯罪的:
1.The crime took place in a seaside suburb of Cape
刑事的n.[C]罪犯
Town.Spotting the car with its window left open2,the greedy
②take place发生
thief didn't hesitate.Within seconds,he had reached inside and
[近义]occur vi.发生
run away with a bag of shopping.No matter how many crimes he
③suburb,/sAb3b/n.[C](城镇的)
committed,the police were powerless to arrest him.You
郊区,城郊住宅区
see,this was no ordinary criminal:it was a chacma baboon.Once
④spot/spot/l.看见,看出,注意到
almost unheard of,scenes like this one in Cape Town are now
(不用于进行时)n[C地,点:斑,点
common all over the world.With foxes in London,mountain lions
⑤greedy/gri:di/adj.夤婪的,渴望的
in San Francisco and wild pigs in Hong Kong,it is almost as if our
⑥hesitate vi.犹豫
cities are being taken over by wild animals.
⑦commit/kamt/认.犯(错误或罪行)
commit a crime犯罪
[1][标题赏析]本标题意为生活在城市内的动物,不仅形式简
⑧be powerless to do sth.无力做
洁。同时Wild和Within形成了意义上的落差,引起读者的兴趣。
某事
[2]画线部分为现在分词短语作状语;with.,,left open为
[构词法]否定后缀-less意为
with复合结构作后置定语,修饰the car。.
“无…”,常跟在名词后构成形
[3画线部分为No matter how引导的让步状语从句。
容词。
[4]画线部分为asif引导的表语从句,are being taken over为
⑨arrest sb.(for..)(因…)逮
现在进行时的被动语态。
捕某人
2.Most of us would assume that urban development and
⑩unheard adj.未听到的
climate change are responsible for pushing the animals out of
①take over接管
their natural habitats.However true this ist5,we also need to
②assume/sjum/t.假定,假设,认为
B urban/3b3n/adj.城市的,都
consider that some of these so-called"urban animals"have never
市的
moved at all-it's we humans who have moved into their
④push.·out of,,驱逐…离
territory.Wherever they go,animals find towns and cities in
开…
their way.With nowhere else to make their homes,they have no
⑤natural habitats自然栖息地
choice but to move in with us.
⑥territory.[C,U](个人、群体、
[5]画线部分为However引导的让步状语从句,意为“无论怎
动物等占据的)领域,管区,地盘
样…”
⑦in one's/the way挡某人的路
[6]画线部分为Wherever引导的让步状语从句,意为“无论哪
have no choice but to do sth.
里…”。
无选择只好做某事
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选择性必修第二册·英语(W