1、Unit 5 A delicate world班级： 小组： 姓名： 小组评价： 教师评价：【预习指导】1.Look up the new words in the dictionary2.Log on to the Internet to know about the background of this unit.【学习目标】1.Words , phrases and structures of this unit.2.Have a good command of the main idea of the text.3.Grammar: It as an empty subject【使用说
2、明】1.First refer to the exercise book and master the important points of this unit.2.Do more exercises to strengthen the understanding of the grammar.【重点难点】1.How to tell the difference between it as an empty subject and empty object. 2.Finish a passage using it.【预习自测】Section CDeveloping ideas & Prese
3、nting ideas & Reflection基础夯实.单词拼写1.They had low social(地位) at that time.2.The Norman (入侵) stopped its development.3.(另外),his own life situation influenced his poetry greatly.4.Let us take you deep into the ocean,and discover m wildlife.5.In my opinion,I agree to clone the e animal but disagree with
4、cloning human.短语填空on behalf of,a variety of,thanks to,add.to,in return,be regarded as,result in,due to1.We offer an excellent education to our students., we expect students to work hard.2.This accident was the drivers carelessness.3.Calling the police the most efficient way to solve such a problem.4
5、.This decision can problems.5. everyone here,I wish you a pleasant journey back to your country.6.Pleasesome sugar the milk to make it more delicious.7.Snowshoes have been a common form of transport in this country for hundreds of years the creativity of the native people.8.Community colleges offerl
6、anguage classes.翻译句子1.我们的产品和我们竞争者的产品比较起来质量更好,价格更低。(compare with)2.我想我之所以长寿而且精力充沛,要归功于我的健康生活。(due to)3.多亏你不断地鼓励,我在学习上取得显著的进步。(thanks to)4.我昨天在博物馆遇到了汤姆。(强调句)5.如果可能的话, 您能帮我个忙吗?(省略句)素养提升.阅读理解Birds in eastern North America are picking up the pace along their yearly migratory(迁移的) paths.The reason,accordi
7、ng to researchers,is rising temperatures due to climate change.Using migration information collected in eBird,a citizen science program database containing 10 years worth of observations from amateur birdwatchers,assistant professor of biology Allen Hurlbert,Ph.D.,and his team analysed when 18 diffe
8、rent species of birds arrived at various points across their migration journeys.Pushing migration earlier in the year could negatively affect birds over the long term,Hurlbert said.“Timing of bird migration is something critical for the overall health of bird species,” he said.“They have to time it
9、right so they can balance arriving on breeding(繁殖) grounds after theres no longer a risk of severe winter conditions.If they get it wrong,they may die or may not produce as many young.”Hurlbert said,the speed at which a species migrates is the biggest influence on how strongly it responds to increas
10、ing temperatures.Slow migrators were the most adaptable to changes.Additionally,the length of the migration path affects how quickly birds move from one location to another.“It makes sense that if you take your time to move north,youre sort of checking out the surroundings around you,” he said.“If t
11、he conditions seem too cold,you can decide theres no point in moving on that day.Species that tended to advance quickly,as well as those migrating from greater distances,such as Central or South America,were less able to adapt to temperature changes.”However,being a slow traveller does not free a sp
12、ecies from all climate change-induced migration challenges.Because they stay in one spot longer,such birds have heavier habitat and food requirements,making them more dependent upon the resources that are available along their paths.That reliance could become a greater problem if climate projections
13、 for the next 50 years to 75 years hold true,Hurlbert said.Climatologists predict the Northeast will continue to warm at a faster pace than the Southeast,potentially forcing slow migrators to move even slower and put greater difficulty on their migratory routes.【语篇解读】这是一篇议论文。文章主要讲述了科研人员对北美洲东部的鸟类的迁徙进
14、行了研究,研究人员发现,鸟类迁徙速度加快的原因是气候变化导致气温上升。从数据库的分析来看,鸟类迁徙的时机对鸟类的整体健康至关重要,此外研究人员还对影响鸟类迁徙速度的因素进行了探究。1.The rising temperatures led to .A.the speed-up of birds migrationB.the weakness of the birds physical healthC.the birds less demand for foodD.the variation of breeding grounds2.According to Hurlbert,wrong tim
15、ing of bird migration can lead to .A.a risk of wrong migration pathsB.change in life habitsC.a lack of natural resourcesD.decrease in bird population3.What is the most important factor in adapting to climate change for birds?A.The cycle of migration.B.Migration speed.C.Their local habitat.D.The temp
16、erature along the migratory path.4.What does the last paragraph mainly talk about?A.Climatologists prediction.B.Climate changes bad effects.C.Challenges of slow migrators migration.D.Changes of birds migratory routes.应用文写作在我们的成长过程中,我们心中总有特别向往的工作,我们学校将以“My dream job”为题举办演讲比赛。请你根据以下要求写一篇英语演讲稿,要点如下:1.你
17、理想的工作; 2.选择的理由。注意:1.词数100左右; 2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。.读后续写A young man had bought an old house that was in bad shape,but he and his wife believed they could restore it.They immediately went to work.Their goal was to have the old building look best for the Christmas Eve get-together.Just two days before Chr
18、istmas,however,a storm swept through the area,leaving a hole in the wall of the house.There was obviously no time to repair the damage before Christmas.The sad couple attended local auction (拍卖) that afternoon.One of the items put up for bids (竞标) was an old gold-and-ivory-coloured tablecloth.Seized
19、 by an inspiration,the young man was the highest bidder at $6.50.His idea was to hang the cloth to cover the ragged hole.On the day before Christmas,it was snowy.As the young man unlocked the house door,he noticed an old woman standing at the bus stop.He knew the bus wouldnt be there within at least
20、 half an hour,so he invited her inside to keep warm.When the woman walked in and saw the tablecloth,she rushed at it and said excitedly,“Its mine.It is my tablecloth.” She told the surprised man its history and even showed him her name in one corner of the tablecloth.She and her husband had once liv
21、ed in Vienna,Austria,and their village was hit by a deadly disease.So they decided to flee to Switzerland,but her husband told her to leave first,saying he had something urgent to deal with.A few days later,it was reported that the bus her husband took fell off the cliff and he was never to be found
22、.Her husband was believed to have died.Touched by her story,the young man asked about her address,planning to send the tablecloth to her after Christmas.As the bus came,she left.When the Christmas Eve came,the man invited his friends to come to his house to enjoy the dinner together.In the candlelig
23、ht of the Christmas Eve,the tablecloth looked even more beautiful.As the mans friends left the house,they thanked the man for his arrangement and mentioned how beautiful the house looked.Paragraph 1:One old gentleman stayed,admiring the tablecloth.Paragraph 2:The young man drove the old man to that old womans home.
