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Unit 5 A delicate world
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基 础 巩 固
一、 词性转化
1. compare
(
v.
) 比较
→
(
n.
) 比较
2. rely
(
v.
) 依靠, 依赖
→
(
adj.
)
可靠的, 可依赖的
3. decompose
(
v.
) (使) 分解, 腐烂
→
(
n.
) 分解者
4. dissolve
(
v.
) (使 ) 溶 解
→
(
adj.
) 溶解的
二、 单句语法填空
1. The energy released by the nuclear reaction
(
transform
)
into heat.
2. The
(
chemistry
)
will partly
dissolves when heated.
3. At the current of decrease, many rain forest
animals could become
(
extinc鄄
tion
)
in less than one decade.
4. His treatment is a
(
combine
)
of
surgery and drugs.
5. The ecosystem consists of three subsystems:
the producer, the consumer, and the
(
decompose
)
.
三、 短语英汉互译
1.
依靠, 依赖
2.
以……为食
3.
分解; 出故障
4.
食物供应
5.
灭绝
6. prey on
7. take in
8. a threat to
9. live on
10. provide energy
四、 小练笔
用
it
作形式宾语描述自己熟悉的某个地
方在生态方面发生了哪些变化。
拓 展 训 练
Ⅰ.
阅读理解
In southeastern Brazil, local fishers walk
into dark waters in search of mullet
(鲻鱼 )
.
On their own, it would be tricky to find the
silvery fish. But the humans get help from an
unusual partner
—
wild bottle鄄nose dolphins.
With nets in hand, the fishers patiently
wait as their cetacean
( 鲸 类 的 )
partners
drive the fish toward the shore. A signal from
the dolphins
—
usually a deep dive
—
indicates
when they should cast their nets. This fishing
partnership has passed down through the
generations, lasting for more than a century.
“
While researchers knew humans profited
from this pairing, they couldn蒺t confirm whether
it benefited the dolphins. Now, in a new study in
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sci鄄
ences, researchers suggest cetaceans that hunt
with humans have more chances to live than
those that don蒺t. Human鄄wildlife cooperation
in general is a rare phenomenon at a global
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scale,
”
says Mauricio Cantor, a biologist at
Oregon State University and leader of the
study.
“
Usually humans gain the benefit, and
nature pays the cost. But this interaction has
been happening for over 150 years.
”
Fishers were more successful when they
w