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Is Nowhere Safe for Our Feathered Friends?
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1. Have you ever seen a peacock spreading its tail feathers in the zoo? If so, share your experience(s) with your classmates.
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How much do you know about the blue peafowl and the green peafowl? What’re the differences between the two species?
upright tight crest
fan-shaped crest (冠)
white face
yellow face
ribbed (罗纹的) neck feathers
scaled (有鳞的) neck feathers
barred (有不同颜色条纹的) wings
solid black/blue wings
shorter legs
longer legs
Sentence 1
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A common sight in zoos①, these spectacular birds know how to “wow” us when they spread their long, colorful tail feathers②.
how在这里引导了一个宾语从句。
A common sight in zoos在这个句子中充当these spectacular birds的同位成分,它的作用相当于一个非限制性定语从句,即These spectacular birds, which is a common sight in zoos, know how to ... 。
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Sentence 2
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Few people know they are the very① species that② appeared in A Peacock Flying to the South-East, a famous Yuefu Song of the Han Dynasty③.
the very的意思是“正是那个,恰恰”,有强调的意味。
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that在里引导的是定语从句,对先行词species进行修饰限定。
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a famous Yuefu Song of the Han Dynasty在这个句子中作A Peacock Flying to the South-East的同位语,对其起到解释说明的作用。
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1. To the ________ of his parents, he has made a full recovery.
2. We might be hiring more people but nothing has been ________ yet.
3. I’ll keep a copy of the contract, and give you the ________.
4. This house is big enough for the ________, but they’ll have to move if they have children.
5. It ________ unlikely that the United Nations would consider making such a move.
Complete each sentence using one word from the box in its correct form. Note that there is one word more than you need and you can use each word only once.
present
delight
decided
appears
original
VOCABULARY
originally appeared delighted recently decision presence
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Translate the following sentences into English.
尽管每个人都尽了最大的努力,我们还是输了比赛。(although)
2. 那位母亲牺牲了自己的生命把儿子从火中救了出来。(cost n.)
3. 吃不饱饭的现象在很多国家和地区依然存在。(exist)
We lost the game, although everyone had tried their bes