Unit 2 Wildlife protection Listening and Speaking & Reading for Writing 知识点清单-2025-2026学年高中英语人教版必修第二册

人教版高一英语必修二Unit2 Wildlife protection

Listening and Speaking & Reading and Writing知识点清单

1. end up 最终成为，最后处于

【解析】常用短语：

(1)    end up in…以……告终（侧重以某种结果结束）

(2)    end up with…以……结尾（侧重以某种方式结束）

(3)    end up doing… 最终做……

(4)    end up +adj. 以……结束

(5)    end up as…终于成为……

例句：According to scientists, more than eight million tons of plastic end up in the ocean each year．

Smell the flowers before you go to sleep, and you may just end up with sweet dreams.

If you know what you want, you might end up getting it.

He shouldn't carry on driving like that, or he'll end up dead.

After several years of hard work, she ended up as a wildlife protection expert.

2. die out 灭绝，逐渐消失

例句：This species has nearly died out because its habitat is being destroyed.

To our sadness, many traditional folk customs are gradually dying out.

【拓展】die构成的其他短语：

（1）      die off 相继死去

（2）      be dying for sth. 渴望得到某物

（3）      be dying to do sth. 渴望做某事

（4）      die from/of死于

（5）      die down 逐渐变弱/平息

（6）      die away 逐渐减弱/消失

例句：When the applause bad died down, she began her speech.

3. alarming adj.惊人的，使人惊恐的

例句：We've all heard that the global temperature is rising at an alarming rate.

【拓展】相关词语积累：

（1）      alarming adj. 惊人的，使人惊恐的 in alarm 惊恐地（常作方式状语）

（2）      alarm vt. 使惊恐/害怕 n. 【U】 恐慌；【C】警报；【C】警报器，闹钟 raise/sound alarm 发出警报 a fire/smoke alarm 防火/厌恶警报器

（3）      alarmed adj 惊恐的 be/feel alarmed by/at sth. 因某事而担心/惊恐

4. rate

【解析】（1)n.[C］速度；（比）率；费用

例句：Babies do not grow at a steady rate but in stops and starts.

Interestingly, the more cheerful the music was, the faster their heart rates were

The show was rated as a great success by critics.

Nowadays, the government rates the protection of wild animals at three levels.

【拓展】相关词语积累：

①     top-rated adj.最受欢迎的；一流的

②first-rate/second-rate/third-rate 一波的／二流的／三流的

（2）与rate相关的其他短语：

at any rate（强调事债的真实性）无论如何，不管怎样

at this/that rate 照此情况，如此下去

5. mass

【解析】（1)adj．大批的，数量极多的，广泛的。仅用于名词前。

常见搭配 mass production 批量生产

例句：His design was accepted and began to enter mass production.

（2)n.[C］堆，团，块；[C,usually sing.］大量，许多；[U]（物理学）质量

常见搭配：

（1）      a mass of… 一堆/大量的……

（2）      masses of …成堆的/大量的……

（3）      a land mass 陆块，地块

例句：As a result of the pollution of the sea, masses of sea creatures are dying off.

A liter of gas has less mass than a liter of water.

【拓展】massive adj. 巨大的

6. aware adj.知道的；发觉的；有······意识的

【解析】常见搭配：

（1）      make sb. aware of/that… 使某人知道/意识到……

（2）      be/become aware of/that …知道/意识到……

（3）      as far as I’m aware=as far as I know 据我所知

例句：We're increasingly aware of the fact that we can't control Earth systems with engineering alone.

As far as I am aware, Tom doesn't know the truth.

【拓展】相关词语积累：

（1）      unaware adj. 不知道，未察觉 be unaware of/that…不知道……

（2）      aware adj. 知道；发觉；有……意识的

（3）      awareness n. [U] 意识，知道 raise/increase (one’s) awareness of… 加强/增强（某人）对……的意识

7. average

【解析】（1)n.[C,U］平均水平，一般水准；平均数

例句：It is reported that young people read two books a month on average in our city.

John is a bookworm and he spends an average of about 1,000 dollars n year on books.

That year was the warmest year on record, with global temperature 0.68℃above average.

（2)adj．平均的；正常的；普通的