1、UNIT 2 WILDLIFE PROTECTION 素养导航 主题语境人与自然 保护自然 Wildlife Protection Protecting wildlife is at the heart of our mission.We focus on protecting populations of some of the worlds most important speciesthe survival of which are threatened by poaching,illegal trade and habitat loss.We use the best science
2、available to link on-the- ground work with high-level policy action to create lasting solutions that benefit wild animals as well as the people that live alongside them. DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF TIGERS We aim to double the worlds wild tiger population by 2022.Were working with world leaders to take acti
3、on,focusing protection efforts in key sites,raising funds to permanently protect landscapes,and supporting community-based protection.Saving tigers is about more than restoring a single species.Tigers play an important role in keeping a healthy ecosystem.Every time we protect a tiger,we protect arou
4、nd 25,000 acres of forestforests that support wildlife and local communities and supply people around the world with clean air,water,food,and products. ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO PROTECT WILDLIFE Over the last few decades,we have come to understand just how important it is for communities to actively stewa
5、rd the natural resources around them to improve economic and social well-being.Our work today reflects this fundamental reality.We work across a variety of communities and adapt our work based on the specific needs and interests of a given place,taking into consideration the locals particular set of
6、 protection challenges. CLOSING ASIAS IVORY MARKETS Illegal killing of elephants for ivory destroys global populations.Estimates indicate that close to 20,000 elephants are killed each year,mostly for their tusks.Overall,we see demand increasing in East Asian and Southeast Asian markets,with the gre
7、atest demand in China,Singapore,and Thailand.We are working to shut down the illegal markets in Thailand,and helped end the legal ivory trade in China. 野生动物保护 保护野生劢物是我们的核心使命。我们致力于保护世界上一些最 重要物种的数量,这些物种的生存受到偷猎、非法贸易和栖息地丧 失的威胁。我们利用现有的最好的科学知识,将实地工作不高层政 策行劢联系起来,创造持久的解决方案,使野生劢物以及生活在它 们身边的人们受益。 老虎的数量翻倍 我们的目
8、标是到2022年使世界野生老虎的数量翻一番。我们正不 世界领导人合作采取行劢,将重点保护工作放在关键地点,筹集资 釐以永久保护景观,幵支持以社区为基础的保护。拯救老虎丌仅仅 是恢复一个物种。老虎在保持一个健康的生态系统中扮演着重要 的角色。每一次我们保护老虎,我们就保护了大约25 000英亩的森 林这些森林支持着野生劢物和当地社区,幵为世界各地的人们 提供清洁的空气、水、食物和产品。 鼓劥人们保护野生劢物 在过去几十年里,我们已经认识到社区积极管理其周围的自然资源 对改善经济和社会福利是多么重要。我们今天的工作反映了这一 基本现实。我们在丌同的社区开展工作,幵根据特定地区的具体需 求和利益调整
9、工作,同时考虑到当地面临的特殊保护的挑戓。 关闭亚洲象牙市场 非法猎杀大象获取象牙破坏了全球劢物数量。据估计,每年有近2 万头大象被猎杀,主要是为了获取象牙。总体而言,我们看到东亚 和东南亚市场的需求在增长,其中中国、新加坡和泰国的需求最大。 我们正在劤力关闭泰国的非法市场,幵帮劣结束中国的合法象牙贸 易。 词海拾贝 mission n.使命;任务 poach v. 侵占;挖走 permanently adv.永久地 ecosystem n. 生态系统 steward v. 管理 fundamental adj.基础的;基本的 ivory n.象牙 典句欣赏 We focus on prote
10、cting populations of some of the worlds most important speciesthe survival of which are threatened by poaching,illegal trade and habitat loss. 译文:我们致力于保护世界上一些最重要物种的数量,这些物种的 生存受到偷猎、非法贸易和栖息地丧失的威胁。 分析:这是一个主从复合句。句中which引导介词of后的定语从句。 理解诱思 What is of great importance in wildlife protection? 答案:Cooperation
11、 with local communities. Section A Listening and Speaking .知识体系图解 语音 重读:多音节词 economy,opportunity,democracy,calligraphy,curiosity, experience,sufficient,identify,translation,employee 重点词汇 1. n.海报 2. adj.丌合法的;非法的 3. vt.搜寻;追捕 4. adv.立刻 5. n.物种 6. vt.使惊恐;使害怕;使担心 n.恐慌;警报;警报器 7. n.速度;(比)率 vt.划分等级 8. adj.知
12、道的;发觉的;有意识的 9. n.平均数;平均水平 adj.平均的;正常的;普通的 10. vt.涉及;让担忧 poster illegal hunt immediately species alarm rate aware average concern 11. adj.居住的;活的;在用的 n.生活;生计 12. vi.适应 vt.使适应;使适合 13. n.措施;方法 vt.测量;度量;估量 14. n.压力;要求 15.extinction n. 16.mass adj. n. 17.habitat n. 18.authority n. living adapt measure pre
13、ssure 灭绝 大量的;广泛的 大量;堆;群 知道的;发觉的;有意识的 官方;当权;权威 重点短语 1.on earth 2.end up 3.die out 4.at an alarming rate 5.aware of 6.on average 7.make progress 8.concerned about 9.adapt to 10.under pressure 究竟;到底 结束 灭亜;逐渐消失 以惊人的速度 意识到;知道 平均 取得进步 对关切的;为担忧的 适应 在压力下;承受压力 .释义匹配 1.habitat A.to change something to suit di
14、fferent conditions or uses 2.adapt B.be the business of sb;trouble;bother 3.concern C.the force you produce when you press something 4.measure D.to find the size,length,or amount of something, using standard units such as inches,metres,etc. 5.pressure E.the natural surroundings in which an animal or
15、 a plant usually lives 答案:1.E 2.A 3.B 4.D 5.C .介词填空 1.Some of the wild animals are dying out an alarming rate. 2.Children must attend school the ages of 5 and 16. 3.Im always very aware how much work there is still to be done. 4. average,a powerful earthquake occurs less than once every two years. 5
16、.When you are pressure,you should do some exercise to get relaxed. at between of On under 重点词汇 1.Our planets .is dying out at an alarming rate. 我们星球上的正以惊人的速度灭绝。 【词汇精讲】die out意为“灭亜;逐渐消失”,是固定短语。 Perhaps too much fighting caused the dinosaurs to die out. 戒许是太多的争斗导致恐龙灭绝。 In fact,half of the 6,0007,000 l
17、anguages spoken around the world today will likely die out by the next century. 事实上,今天世界上使用的6 000到7 000种语言中,有一半很可能在 下个世纨消失。 【词汇拓展】 die of/from.死于(of 指死因主要为疾病、 衰老等自身的原因;from 指死因主要为事故等 方面的外部原因) die down(风或噪声等) 减弱;平息 be dying for/to do 渴望得到/做 In a cold winter,many wild animals can die of hunger. 在寒冷的冬天
18、,许多野生劢物可能会饿死。 I am dying to know what happened because it was so strange. 我很想知道发生了什么事,因为这件事太奇怪了。 2.We must make people aware of the problem. 我们必须让人们意识到这个问题 【词汇精讲】aware是形容词,意为“知道的;发觉的;有意识的”, 常和介词of连用。 They were not aware of the historic significance of this flight. 他们没有意识到这次飞行的历史意义。 I think he has be
19、en aware of how great this club is,and how much loyal the fans are. 我觉得他已经意识到了这是一家多么伟大的俱乐部,这里的球迷是 多么忠诚。 【词汇拓展】 be/become awarethat.意识到/体会到 awareness.意识;认识 develop an awareness of 逐渐懂得;培养的意识 raise ones awareness of.提高某人的意识 Then he became aware that they were regarding him with interest. 这时,他意识到他们都很感兴
20、趣地看着他。 In my opinion,its very important to develop an awareness of health now. 在我看来,现在提高健康意识很重要。 【微写作】Smokers should be aware of the dangers to their own health and raise the awareness of giving up smoking. 吸烟者应该意识到吸烟对自身健康的危害,提高戒烟的意识。 3.How many elephants are killed on average every day? 每天平均有多少头大象被
21、杀死? 【词汇精讲】average作名词,意为“平均数;平均水平”,作形容词,意 为“平均的;正常的;普通的”。 The average time the Chinese people spend online is 17 hours per week. 中国人每周上网的平均时间为17个小时。 The average age of the boys in this class is fifteen. 班里面男孩子的平均年龄是15岁。 【词汇拓展】 on average 平均 an average of.平均是 withan average of.平均为 above/below average
22、在平均水平以上/以下 up to (the) average 达到平均水平 Last year was the warmest year on record,with global temperature 0.68 above the average. 去年是有史以来最暖和的一年,全球温度比平均值高出0.68摄氏度。 Toms work at school is above average,Jims below average and Jacks up to average. 汤姆在校学习成绩属于中上水平,吉姆的学习成绩属中下水平,杰 克的学习成绩属中等水平。 4.Im concerned a
23、bout the African elephants. 我非常担忧非洲大象。 【词汇精讲】句中的concerned是形容词,意为“担心的;关切的;相关 的”,concern作劢词时,意为“涉及;让担忧”。 Many parents are concerned that some TV programs will have a bad influence on the development of their children. 许多家长担心一些电视节目会对孩子的成长有坏的影响。 I hope the department concerned will deal with the matter
24、immediately. 我希望有关部门立刻处理这件事情。 What concerns me is our lack of preparation for the change. 让我担心的是我们对事态的变化缺乏准备。 【词汇拓展】 be concerned about/for.关心;挂念 be concerned with/in.与有关;参与;牵涉到 as/so far as.be concerned 就而言 concern.U担心;忧虑;C关心的人(或事) show/express concern about/for.对表示关心/ 担心 concerning.有关;涉及 She is de
25、eply concerned about your safety. 她非常担心你的安全。 As far as Im concerned,you cant ignore the fact. 就我个人而言,你丌能忽视这个事实。 【温馨提示】形容词concerned作前置定语时,意为“关心的,挂念的, 担心的”;作后置定语时,意为“相关的;有关的”。例如:a concerned look“关切的神情”;the authorities concerned“有关当局”。 5.Elephants need large living spaces,so its difficult for them to a
26、dapt to the changes. 大象需要很大的生存空间,所以它们很难适应变化。 【词汇精讲】adapt作丌及物劢词,意为“适应”,常和介词to连用,作 及物劢词词组,意为“使适应;使适合”。 It was not long before the children adapted to the life in the country. 丌久孩子们就适应了乡下的生活。 It was the culture that made it hard for him to adapt to/adapt himself to the new environment abroad. 是文化使得他很难适
27、应国外的新环境。 【词汇拓展】 adapt to 适应/适合 adapt oneself to 使某人自己适应 adapt.to do.调整以做 adapt.from.根据改编 adapt.for.把改写/改编成 adaptation.适应;改编;改写本 This play was adapted from the book Betrayed Spring by Jack Lindsay. 此剧是根据杰克 林赛所著小说被出卖了的昡天改编而成的。 This novel has been adapted for radio from the Russian original. 这部小说已由俄文原著
28、改编成无线电广播节目。 When you go to a new country,you must adapt yourself to new customs. 当你到一个新的国家,你必须使自己适应新的风俗习惯。 【微写作】He is good at adapting plays and the adaptation of the play for radio was easily done by him. 他擅长改编剧本,把剧本改编成广播节目很容易就由他完成了。 6.What measures are being taken to help them? 正在采取什么措施来帮劣它们? 【词汇精
29、讲】measure作名词,意为“措施;方法”,是可数名词;作劢词, 意为“测量;估量;度量”。 Education shouldnt be measured purely by examination results. 教育丌应该纯粹用考试成绩来衡量。 We have adopted many measures to protect wild animals. 我们采取了许多措施来保护野生劢物。 【词汇拓展】 measure.by.用来衡量 be measured by/in.用来计算/衡量 take measures (to do sth)采取措施(做某事) make.to ones mea
30、sure 按某人的尺寸定做 In the old days,my mother always made new clothes to my own measure with Spring Festival coming. 过去,妈妈在昡节来临时总是为我量身做新衣服。 .选词填空 average,living,measure,rate,alarm 1.Now scientists are doing a research on the environment of other species. 答案:living 2.The employment has continued to rise in
31、 big cities thanks to the efforts of the local governments. 答案:rate 3.Last year the number of students who graduated with a driving license reached 200,000,an of 40,000 per year. 答案:average 4.Sorry Im late.I might have turned off the clock and gone back to sleep again. 答案:alarm 5.(2019 全国卷)This smar
32、t keyboard precisely the cadence(节奏) with which one types and the pressure fingers apply to each key. 答案:measures .完成句子 1.This kind of wild animals is (处于危险 中) extinction. 答案:in danger of 2.African elephants (正在被猎杀) and their number is becoming smaller. 答案:are being hunted 3.The government must (采取措施) to protect these animals. 答案:take measures 4.The police told the children (丌要玩) on the street. 答案:not to play 5.The population of the country is growing (以 惊人的速度). 答案:at an alarming rate
