内容正文:
UNIT 5 HUMANS AND NATURE
美文导入
素养解读:«普通高中英语课程标准(2017
年版)»在“学科核心素养”方面指出:英语学科
核心素养主要包括语言能力、文化意识、思维品
质和学习能力ꎮ 同时ꎬ还对“文化意识”的概念
进行了阐述:指对中外文化的理解和对优秀文
化的认同ꎬ是学生在全球化背景下表现出的跨
文化认知、态度和行为取向ꎮ
下面这篇文章就是围绕“文化意识”这一
学科素养展开的ꎮ 它介绍了农耕与保护野生动
物的密切关系ꎬ有助于提升同学们在保护野生
动物方面的意识ꎮ
主题: 人与自然
学科素养:文化意识
难度系数:★★★
Farming and Wildlife Protection
Almost half of the worlds 17ꎬ 000 wildlife
protected areas are being used for farming. A
report says using land for agriculture is causing
many kinds of plants and animals to disappear.
Farmers must use better farming methods that
provide food while protecting wildlife. Experts say
ten percent of the land on Earth has been
designed to protect wildlife. Yet these nature
preserves often share common ground with farms
in many poor countries. Many of these areas are
where animal species are most at risk.
Experts say many species in preserves are
dying out because of the agricultural areas that
surround them. This is because many animals need
to move to other places to survive. The limited
space in nature preserves cannot fill this need. The
lands that would be needed to increase protected
areas already are being used to grow food for local
people and support local economies
. Experts say
half of the animal species in the preserves could
be lost because their populations are too small to
guarantee their survival.
○课标词汇
agriculture / ˈærɪkʌltʃə(r) / n.农业
preserve / prɪˈzɜːv / n.保护区 v.保持ꎻ维持
species / ˈspiːʃiːz / n.种类ꎻ物种
limited / ˈlɪmɪtɪd / adj.有限的
economy / ɪˈkɒnəmi / n.经济
guarantee / ˌærənˈtiː / vt.保证
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○重要短语
be designed to 目的是ꎻ被设计用
at risk 在危险中
die out 灭绝
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