Unit 5 导读话题妙切入 同步教材讲解 （新教材）外研版（2019）英语必修第一册.doc

1、1/2 名言潮语 Animals are such agreeable friendsthey ask no questions，they pass no criticisms. George Eliot 动物是如此怡人的朋友，它们不问任何 问题，也不提出批评。 Protecting wildlife means protecting human beings themselves. 保护野生动物就是保护人类自己！ To protect wild animals, do not shoot birds or catch snakes and frogs. 保护野生动物， 不打鸟， 不捉蛇和青蛙

2、。 Everybody is responsible for protecting animals.Please maintain the ecological balance. 保护动物， 人人有责。 请维持生态平衡。 Love life and stop killing. 关爱生命，停止杀戮。 Dont litter.This is the single most easy way to harm the environment.If you see other people mindlessly trample animal homes， nicely remind them of th

3、e damage theyre causing.Cut up those plastic eight pack rings you get from soda cans before you throw them away.Go green，and turn off the lights when you leave the room， turn off the water when you dont need it，walk instead of drive，and get cloth bags instead of the plastic bags at the grocery store

4、s. 美文欣赏 A dead polar bear found on the Arctic island has shocked experts who say climate change may be to blame for the animals death.The starved polar bear in Norway was said to be in good health in April when the Norwegian Polar Institute examined and tagged it.However，the animal was reduced to sk

5、in and bones by the time a group of explorers happened to find his body in July. 探索发现 1.Think of a proper title for it. 2/2 “From his lying position in death，the bear appears to simply have starved (挨饿) and died where he dropped，”polar bear expert Dr.Ian Stirling told The Guardian.“He had no remaini

6、ng fat，having been reduced to little more than skin and bones.” Stirling believes the bear starved to death as a result of a lack of sea ice，which the animals use as a platform for hunting seals.That may also explain why the 16- year- old male bear was found about 155 miles north of where it was see

7、n in April. Arctic sea ice reached a record low in 2012，according to a report released this week by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration，which pointed to continued signs of climate change. The International Union for Conservation of Nature currently has put polar bears into its Red Li

8、st of Threatened Species. The Endangered Species Act states that the government must act immediately to help save the polar bear from extinction.According to the World Wildlife Fund，only 20,000 to 25,000 polar bears remain on the planet. 2.Find out what may be to blame for the polar bears death. 3.Find out why the bear starved to death. 答案 1.A Polar Bear Starved to Death 2Climate change. 3As a result of a lack of sea ice.