1、Warming up Discussion&Speech Do you like animals?Can you tell me some stories between you and animals?I.Background knowledge Puma(美洲狮）,is also called cougar（酷哥）or mountain lion,living mainly in America,belongs to cat branch animal,like lions,tigers or leopards,Puma(mountain lion)美洲狮BACK山寨PumaJaguar
2、dgj(美洲虎）Leopardlepd（豹）The leopard cant change its spots.江山易改，本性难移江山易改，本性难移ScriptListen and AnswerListen to the story.You will be allowed to listen twice.Try to get the whole story in the first time.When you listen again,take notes.Book 2-Unit 3【New words and expressions】生词和短语生词和短语puma n.美洲狮spot v.看出
3、，发现evidence n.证据accumulate v.积累，积聚oblige v.使感到必须hunt n.追猎；寻找blackberry n.黑莓human being 人类corner v.使走投无路，使陷入困境trail n.一串，一系列print n.印痕cling(clung,clung)v.粘convince v.使信服somehow adv.不知怎么搞地，不知什么原因disturb v.令人不安 打扰妨碍 Language points 1.A puma atlargeatlarge这里这里是介词短语，此处表示“在逃,逍遥法外”、“行动自由”的意思。（逃犯还没有落网）2.Whe
4、n reports came into London Zoo that a wild puma had been spotted forty-five miles south of London,they were not taken seriously.这个句子怎么翻译？这个从句中以that引导的从句是什么从句？Para.Onee.g.The escaped prisoners are still at large同位语从句一般由that引导，也可以由what引导，做进一步说明。常接名词有:news,fact,story,problem,order,question,evidence,sug
5、gestion,proposal同位语从句和所修饰的名词在内容上为同一关系，对其内容作进一步说明。e.g.The news that they had won the game soon spread over the whole school.The general gave the order that the soldiers should cross the river at once.Well discuss the problem whether the sports meeting will be held on time.表示“看见”的单词，你能说出几个？When report
6、s came into London Zoo that a wild puma had been spottedforty-five miles south of LondonPeople who claimed to have seenthe puma The puma was often observedat one place spotv.看出，发现pick out,see,recognise,catch sight ofspot=see:强调结果、辨别出、看见、识别、发现find:强调发现的结果find out：查出事实真相discover：做出重大发现notice：注意到observ
7、e：观察watch：观察活动中的人或画面 A tall man is easy to spot in the crowd.He has good eye for spotting mistakes.n.斑点There is a white spot on the shirt.on the spot1.立刻，马上（at once,immediately)Anyone breaking the rules will be asked to leave on the spot.2.at the place of the action 在现场Wherever she is needed,she is
8、quickly on the spot.As the evidence began to accumulate,experts from the Zoo felt obliged to investigate,for the descriptions given by people who claimed to have seen the puma were extraordinarily similar.拆分句子：When the evidence began to accumulate,experts felt obliged to investigate.Because the desc
9、riptions were extraordinarily similar.The descriptions were given by people.Those people claimed to have seen the puma.As the evidence began to accumulate,experts from the Zoo felt obliged to investigate,for the descriptions given by people who claimed to have seen the puma were extraordinarily simi
10、lar.evidencen.证据.(不可数名词)When the police arrived,he had already destroyed the evidence.evidence=proofin evidence:显而易见的He was in evidence at the party.accumulatev.积累.强调积累的过程As the evidence accumulates,experts from the zoo felt obliged to investigate.gather vt.聚集，把某人召集在某处collect 搜集，采集assemble 集合，集会，vt.
11、装配hoard vt.大量的储存hoard upstore upThe squirrel hoards up nuts for the cold winter你能说出几个你能说出几个“积累积累”？obligev.使感到必须 feel obliged to 这是一个固定词组，经常用来做书面语，同 must,have to,have a duty to do 必须有义务、责任做事=to force sb to do sth 迫使，（有义务）做feel obliged to do sth 有义务做.be obliged to do sth 被迫做.e.g.I felt obliged to invi
12、te him to dinner.Parents are obliged to send their children to school.I felt obliged to invite them to dinner.The task requires extraordinary patience and endurance.extraordinarilyadv.extremely 很，十分，特别，极其；离奇地；出奇那项任务需要非凡的耐心和毅力。Para TwoThe hunt for the puma began in a small village where a woman(picki
13、ng blackberries)saw a large cat only five yards away from her.It immediately ran away when she saw it,and experts confirmed that a puma will not attack a human being unless it is cornered.confirm 证实;确认 We have confirmed the report.huntn.追猎；寻找run after 强调追赶、追求seek/pursue 追寻chase 追赶hunt forsearch 搜寻某处
14、为了寻找到某人或某cornerv.使走投无路，使陷入困境n.角落at the corner of the streetin the corner of the roomon the corner of the desk经常使用被动语态The thief was cornered at last The problem cornered me.uit left behind it a trail of,它身后留下一串。a trail of作left的宾语，behind it是状语，提到宾语之前是为了使句子结构更紧凑。puma fur was found clinging to bushes中，c
15、linging是现在分词，此处作主语puma fur的主语补足语。下文中As no pumas had been reported missing一句中，missing也是现在分词作主语补足语。Cling,clung,clung to sth 黏住，附着 The wet shirt clung to his back.to sb （感情上的）依附，依恋 At the party we found that shy girl clinging to her mother all the time.on to 抓紧，紧握 She clung on to her baby.Complain of/a
16、bout sth 抱怨，控诉Complain that He began to complain about the weather.Some children complain that their parents nag at them.on+名词：强调动作正在进行 on the rise:在上升 on the increase:在增加 on the watch:在观看 on the match:在比赛中 on the fishing trip:在钓鱼的途中convincev.使信服convince sb.of sth.和宾语从句that搭配使用没有宾语的情况下要采用主系表结构：be co
17、nvincedin the possession of sb=in sbs possession 归某人所有in possession of sth.拥有某物take possession of 拥有 The beautiful car is in my possession/in the possession of me.I am in possession of the beautiful car.It is disturbing to think that 一想到就心里不安 It is disturbing to think that I failed my examination.对比
18、看看剑桥雅思的动物们剑剑7 test1 passage1(Lets go bats)A Bats have a problem:how to find their way around in the dark.They hunt at night,and cannot use light to help them find prey and avoid obstacles.You might say that this is a problem of their own making,one that they could avoid simply by changing their habi
19、ts and hunting by day.But the daytime economy is already heavily exploited by other creatures such as birds.Given that there is a living to be made at night,and given that alternative daytime trades are thoroughly occupied,natural selection has favoured bats that make ago of the night-hunting trade.
20、It is probable that the nocturnal trades go way back in the ancestry of all mammals.In the time when the dinosaurs dominated the daytime economy,our mammalian ancestors probably only managed to survive at all because they found ways of scraping a living at night.Only after the mysterious mass extinc
21、tion of the dinosaurs about 65 million years ago were our ancestors able to emerge into the daylight in any substantial numbers.剑剑8 test4 passage3(collecting ant specimens)Baits can be used to attract and concentrate foragers.This often increases the number of individuals collected and attracts spec
22、ies that are otherwise elusive.Sugars and meats or oils will attract different species and a range should be utilised.These baits Can be placed either on the ground or on the trunks of trees or large shrubs.When placed on the ground,baits should be situated on small paper cards or other flat,light-coloured surfaces,or in test-tubes or vials.This makes it easier to spot ants and to capture them before they can escape into the surrounding leaf litter.
