内容正文:
Nature gives birth to all things,and many of them contain many stories,which are very mysterious.With the continuous progress of science,people have solved many mysteries,such as the relationship between birds and airplanes,giraffes and anti-G suits,whales and submarines and so on.What mysteries do you know about living things?Share with us what you know or have been inspired by.
Part 1 Starting out,Understanding ideas,Using language
阅读单词
1.monarch n.君主,国王
2.Atlantic adj.大西洋的
3.whale n.鲸
4.mystery n.难以理解的事物,谜
5.crash v.暴跌
6.per cent n.百分比
7.chemical n.化学品
8.caterpillar n.毛虫(蝴蝶等昆虫的幼虫)
9.creature n.生物,动物
核心单词
1.charity n.慈善机构,慈善团体
2.professor n.教授
3.position n.位置
4.destroy v.破坏,毁掉
5.idiom n.习语,成语
6.authority n.当权,权力
7.source n.来源,出处
8.found v.创立,创建
运用词汇
1.annual adj.一年一度的,每年的→annually adv.每年,一年一次
2.migrate v.移栖,迁徙→migration n.迁徙
3.seek v.寻找,寻求→seeker n.探求者;搜查人
4.measure v.量,测量→measurement n.测量;(测得的)尺寸,长度
5.determine v.测定,确定→determined adj.坚决的;有决心的→determination n.决心,果断,坚定
6.eventually adv.终于,最终→eventual adj.最后的
7.solution n.解决,解决方法→solve v.解决
8.amazing adj.惊人的,了不起的→amaze v.使惊奇→amazed adj.吃惊的,惊奇的→amazement n.惊奇,惊愕,惊诧
9.survive v.活下来,幸存→survival n.幸存;残存物→survivor n.幸存者,生还者
10.effect n.影响,结果→effective adj.有效的;有影响的
11.accommodation n.住处,工作场所→accommodate v.容纳;提供住宿
重点词块
1.from one... to another... 从一个……到另一个……
2.at certain times 在某些时候
3.in search of 寻找,搜寻
4.manage to do sth 设法做某事
5.find one’s way to 找到去……的路
6.in trouble 处于麻烦中
7.as much as 多达……,高达……
8.cut down 砍倒;削减;减少
9.lead to 导致(后果);(道路)通向
10.make sure 确保,确信;查明,弄清楚
11.feed on 以……为食
12.know about 知道,了解
重点句型
1.不幸的是,人类活动是造成黑脉金斑蝶数量下降的主要原因。
Sadly,human activity is the main reason why the number of monarch butterflies is falling.
2.他们砍伐树木,他们所用的化学制剂杀死了黑脉金斑蝶幼虫食用的植物。
They cut down trees and use chemicals that kill the plants that monarch caterpillars eat.
3.我们对这种迷人的生物了解越多,它们在自然界中得以长久生存并保持其位置的可能性就越大。
The more we know about this lovely creature,the greater the chance it will survive and keep its place in the natural wo