1、选修第四册人教unit 2 using language原创语法填空 THIE AMAZING ANIMALS OF AUSTRALIAOur topic today is Creatures Unique to Australia, with questions _(answer) by wildlife expert, Dr Jim Smith.Australia has lots of unique animals, but which animal is a symbol of the country?It has to be the kangaroo, as it has a wid
2、e distribution _ the country. Its a tough animal _ has to survive in a difficult environment. Also, it cannot walk backwards, so it is always moving forwards. This expresses the strength and resolve of the Australians _ individuals and as a nation. Baby kangaroos weigh only two grammes _birth. They
3、then find their way_ their mothers pouch_ kind of a pocket_(stay) safe and warm. They sleep and drink milk in that temporary, _(protect) environment until they are about seven or eight months old. After this phase, they go out to try their legs. After they learn to jump, they gradually spend less ti
4、me with their mother and learn to be independent. Kangaroos may look cute, but _(encounter) with them dont always end so well. Kangaroos can hit and kick very hard, so please folks, if you see some kangaroos, remember theyre not for_(pet)!Koalas are cute, and we see so many pictures of people holdin
5、g them. But in many places in Australia, it is_ the law to even touch them. Can you clarify that?They are really quite cute, but the truth is, koalas are very sensitive creatures _can easily panic because of even small changes in their environment. They spend quite a lot of time eating, sleeping, an
6、d hanging onto tree trunks, so interaction _humans can cause them a lot of stress. Because of this. the government began to make laws against touching koalas, _ the interest of animal protection, as well as public safety. So, if you see one in the wild, you shouldnt approach it _( pick) it up or eve
7、n touch it. If you want to hold a koala, you have to go to certain _(license) zoos _animal experts make sure that the koalas _（select） for each session are_a good state for human contact and_they are handled for only a limited time and on a limited _(frequent) of occasions.So, weve talked about some
8、 cute animals. What about animals which arent so cute?My favourite is a little creature_(call)the Tasmanian devil. If you are out camping in Tasmania and come across one, the experience might scare you! Tasmanian devils hunt at night, so you wont usually see them, but you may hear their loud cries w
9、hen they are fighting or eating. The noise they make could wake the dead. Frightening! They are about the size of small dogs and look like rather large black rats. They also have a terrible smell! Their diet is mostly dead animals. Fortunately, despite their name, they are _(general) not violent tow
10、ards people.Australia also has some animals that many people have never heard of, for example, the duck-billed platypus. Is that some kind of bird?Not at all. _ it may lay eggs in a nest like a bird, its really a primitive mammal, with a unique biology. Its eggs hatch after about ten days, and then
11、the baby platypus nurses from its mother like all other mammals. Its nose looks like a ducks bill and it has feet_ a ducks so it can dive under the water. but its covered in hair. Do you know whats really strange about a platypus? The platypus doesnt use its senses of sight or smell _( find) food. I
12、t has a capacity to find food in the water by using electrical sensors in its bill. There are only a small handful of animals in the world _can do that!课文Our topic today is Creatures Unique to Australia, with questions answered by wildlife expert, Dr Jim Smith.Australia has lots of unigue animals, b
13、ut which animal is a symbol of the country?It has to be the kangaroo, as it has a wide distribution throughout the country. Its a tough animal that has to survive in a difficult environment. Also, it cannot walk backwards, so it is always moving forwards. This expresses the strength and resolve of t
14、he Australians as individuals and as a nation. Baby kangaroos weigh only two grammes at birth. They then find their way into their mothers poucha kind of a pocketto stay safe and warm. They sleep and drink milk in that temporary, protected environment until they are about seven or eight months old.
15、After this phase, they go out to try their legs. After they learn to jump, they gradually spend less time with their mother and learn to be independent. Kangaroos may look cute, but encounters with them dont always end so well. Kangaroos can hit and kick very hard, so please folks, if you see some k
16、angaroos, remember theyre not for petting!Koalas are cute, and we see so many pictures of people holding them. But in many places in Australia, it is against the law to even touch them. Can you clarify that?They are really quite cute, but the truth is, koalas are very sensitive creatures who can eas
17、ily panic because of even small changes in their environment. They spend quite a lot of time eating, sleeping, and hanging onto tree trunks, so interaction with humans can cause them a lot of stress. Because of this. the government began to make laws against touching koalas, in the interest of anima
18、l protection, as well as public safety. So, if you see one in the wild, you shouldnt approach it to pick it up or even touch it. If you want to hold a koala, you have to go to certain licensed zoos where animal experts make sure that the koalas selected for each session are in a good state for human
19、 contact and that they are handled for only a limited time and on a limited frequency of occasions.So, weve talked about some cute animals. What about animals which arent so cute?My favourite is a little creature called the Tasmanian devil. If you are out camping in Tasmania and come across one, the
20、 experience might scare you! Tasmanian devils hunt at night, so you wont usually see them, but you may hear their loud cries when they are fighting or eating. The noise they make could wake the dead. Frightening! They are about the size of small dogs and look like rather large black rats. They also
21、have a terrible smell! Their diet is mostly dead animals. Fortunately, despite their name, they are generally not violent towards people.Australia also has some animals that many people have never heard of, for example, the duck-billed platypus. Is that some kind of bird?Not at all. While it may lay
22、 eggs in a nest like a bird, its really a primitive mammal, with a unique biology. Its eggs hatch after about ten days, and then the baby platypus nurses from its mother like all other mammals. Its nose looks like a ducks bill and it has feet like a ducks so it can dive under the water. but its covered in hair. Do you know whats really strange about a platypus? The platypus doesnt use its senses of sight or smell to find food. It has a capacity to find food in the water by using electrical sensors in its bill. There are only a small handful of animals in the world that can do that!
