人教课标 高一 必修 2 Unit 4

Unit 4 Wildlife Protection

decrease v. 减少，减小 Sales have now peaked, and we expect them to decrease soon. 现在销售额已经达到顶点，我们估计很快就会下降。

affect vt. 影响 Staying away so long from office will affect promotion. 长期离职会影响晋级。

distant adj. 遥远的；冷漠的；远隔的 The telescope reveals many distant stars to our sight. 望远镜把许多遥远的星球显现在我们的眼前。

distant view 远景 distant place 远方 in the distant past 远古 distant cousin 远表兄妹 distant control 遥控

powerful adj. 强大的；强有力的 Jack quickly established himself as a powerful member of the new company. 杰克在新公司里使自己很快成为一名强有力的成员。

relief n. 减轻；解除；安慰 A doctor’s life is consecrated to the relief of suffering. 医师的一生奉献于解除世人的疾苦。

His jokes provided some comic relief in what was really a dull speech. 他说的笑话给极沉闷的讲话增加几分轻松气氛。

appreciate v. (充分)意识到，觉察，领会 She never really appreciated the depth and bitterness of the family’s conflict. 她从未真正理解该家庭矛盾的深度与激烈程度。

protect … from 保护 .......不受； 使 ...... 免于 He raised his arm to protect his child from hurt. 他伸出手去，保护他的孩子免受伤害。

hunt v. 狩猎；打猎 The huntsman and I hunt the animals out of the garden. 猎人和我把动物赶出花园。 Wolves hunt in packs. 狼总是成群猎食。

They used to hunt with bows and arrows. 他们过去都是用弓箭打猎。

respond v. 回答；响应；反应； 反应灵敏；反响 In that case, how should I respond? 在这种情况下，我该如何回应？ They respond warmly to the accent on apartment buildings. 他们对加强住宅楼的建设反响热烈。

respond with 回复 respond by 以……方式反应 The person serving you will likely respond with poor service. 为你服务的人将会用较差的服务来回应你。

________ far away in space or time ________ to go down to a lower level ________ able to control events ________ to do something to make a change distant decrease powerful affect

5. __________ to understand how serious a situation is 6. _______ to run after animals in order to kill or catch them 7. _______________ to keep someone or something safe from harm appreciate hunt protect … from

8. ________ to do something as a reaction to something done or said 9. ________ feeling of comfort when something worrying has ended or not happened respond relief

protect … from wild powerful appreciate hunt relief species reserve

Wendy Lee was a famous photographer and always photographed ______ animals in their natural habitat. One day she drove her car into the local game _______ as usual to _____ for some animals to photograph. After a while she saw some zebra with black and white lines going beneath their stomachs. wild reserve hunt

“This must be a special ________ of zebra,” thought Wendy “This must be a special ________ of zebra,” thought Wendy. “I’ve never seen one like this before.” Suddenly the zebra looked up and moved away as quickly as they could. Wendy looked around and saw a __________ lion in the grass. She ____________ the several minutes to make sure the lion was not coming back. Then she gave a smile of ______. species powerful appreciated relief

But soon her smile disappeared because she realized that in __________ the zebra ______ the lion she had lost her best chance of taking some amazing photographs! protecting from

Find the words that are related to wildlife protection in this unit and fit them into the boxes below. Situations Places Wildlife protection die out habitat Endangered species South China tiger panda tropical rainforest wildlife Milu deer Tibetan antelope African elephants

Wildlife protection Places Situations extinct extinction appreciate the importance pay attention to affect wildlife protection punish the hunters in relief in peace decrease decline threaten protect … from protection increase loss endanger hunted killed threatened do harm to … die out reserve protection zone reserve animal park nature park safari park habitat

Then make sentences about the endangered species using the words above. The South China tiger which has been over-hunted has nearly died out.

Finish making sentences about the endangered species using the words in exercise 3.