Unit 1 Nature in the balance Reading 知识点课件-2023-2024学年高中英语译林版（2020）必修第三册

Reading(Ⅱ) Language points Unit 1 Nature in the balance 1. a sea of 2. be alive with 3. play a significant role/part in 4. maintain the balance of 5. with an area of 6. more than half the size of 7. in length 8. be made up of 9. biodiversity 10. be home to 大量的，大片的 充满，到处都是 在...中扮演重要角色 保持...的平衡 面积为... 超过...面积的一半 在长度上 由...组成 生物多样性 是...的栖息地 11. living things 12. food chain 13. feed on 14. in turn 15. an army of 16. break down 17. breathe life into 18. be known as 19. treasure house 20. due to 21. afford to do sth. 生物 食物链 以...为食 相应地 一大批... 使分解（成） 给...带来起色 被称作，被认为是 宝库，宝地 由于，因为 承担/支付得起做某事 ________ the largest rainforest in the world, it plays ________ significant role in maintaining the fine balance of the _________(Earth) ecosystem. The Amazon River, from ________ the rainforest gets its name, is close to 6400 kilometres ______ length. One in ten ________(know) species in the world can be found here. These water lilies are big enough ________(lie) down on. The forest’s different levels support an ____________(believe) variety of wildlife. Unit 1 As Earth’s which known Text Review unbelievable to lie a in 6. Then there are the ________(tower) ancient hardwoods. 7. Each level of the forest forms its own little world, home _______ different kinds of living things. 8. They feed _____ at least 87 species, ________(include) frogs. 9.Yet there is one major danger to these __________(replace) plants and animals: us. 10. Over the past 50 years, about 17 percent of the rainforest _______________(disappear) due to human activities. towering on to including irreplaceable has disappeared 11. As a result, most of the forest’s nutrients are locked up in the plants themselves, thus _________(allow) them to grow _______an unbelievable speed. allowing at 1. The human race has done much harm.人类已经造成了很多危害。 harm n.＆v. 伤害，损害 do harm to sb./sth. = do sb./sth. harm 对某人/某物有害 do more harm than good 弊大于利 mean no harm 无恶意 there is no harm in doing sth. 做某事没有什么坏处 harmful adj. 有害的 be