Unit 3 Conservation Lesson 1 The Sixth Extinction 知识点 课件-2023-2024学年高二英语北师大版（2019）选择性必修第一册

Unit 3 Lesson One Language points die out 消失；绝迹；灭绝 ① This species has nearly died out because its habitat is being destroyed. ② To our sadness, many old customs are gradually dying out. ③As the sound of the music died away, the film came to an end. ④ In big cities during cold winter months, many old people die from the polluted air. ⑤ Although the wind has died down, the rain remains steady, so you still need a raincoat. ⑥ She was dying for a break having worked so hard for so long a time. ⑦ Shanghai was a new world to me and I was dying to find out more about it. die away 逐渐减弱;渐渐消失 die from/of 死于…… die down 逐渐减弱;渐渐消失 be dying for… 渴望得到… be dying to do sth 渴望做某事 用die的相关短语完成句子 ①With more and more birds ___________， some day some species will _______. In addition, some of them have ___________ environmental pollution. ②Don't worry. The strong wind will ______________ soon and we can go out to have a baseball match as planned. ③Now I'm thirsty and _________ a glass of water. I have walked for a long time. dying off die out die from/of die down/away dying for species /ˈspiːʃiːz/ n. 物种 ① This species has nearly died out because its habitat is being destroyed. ② Many of these species have died out or are facing extinction. wipe /waɪp/ v. 擦；拭 ① He wiped his tears with a handkerchief. ② The disease threatens to wipe out the entire population. wipe out 彻底消灭;完全摧毁 unusual /ʌnˈjuːʒuəl/ adj. 异常的；不平常的 ① It's not unusual for him to feel very angry in a situation like this. usual adj. 通常的;惯常的 ② It is unusual that the rain suddenly falls today, but he still goes running in the park as usual. He usually says, “Once you have got into the habit of exercising, you will stick to it.” It is unusual for sb. to do sth.　　　做某事对某人来说是不寻常的 as usual 像往常一样 mass /mæs/ adj. 大量的 ① These include the third mass extinction, known as the “Great Dying”， which killed 90% to 96% of all species. ② There is a mass of snow and rocks falling down the