-
Unit 5
A
delicate world
导
读
:
《
Born To Try
》是一首由著名歌手黛尔塔
·
古德莱姆演唱的
歌曲,于
2003
年
9
月发行。黛尔塔
·
古德莱姆,
1984
年
11
月
9
日出生于悉尼的歌手、演员。
13
岁
时,
她录制了一张
Demo
,
并将它寄给了悉尼天鹅。
之后,
被转交给一位经纪人。
发现黛尔塔有歌手的潜力之后,经纪人将她纳入
p>
Empire Records
之下。
Born To
Try
Doing everything that I
believe in
Going by the
rules that I’ve been taught
More understanding of what’s around
me
And
①
protected from the walls of
love
All that you see is
me
And all I truly
believe
That I was born to
try
I’ve learned to
love
Be
understanding
And believe in
life
But you’ve got to make
②
choices
Be wrong or right
Sometimes you’ve got to sacrifice the
things you like
But I was
born to try
No point in
talking what you should have been
And
③
regretting
the things that went on
Life’s full of
mistakes
,
destinies and
fate
Remove the
clouds
,
look at the bigger
④
picture
All
⑤
that you see
is me
And all I truly
believe
That I was born to
try
I’ve learned to
love
Be
understanding
And believe in
life
But you’ve got to make
choices
Be wrong or
right
Sometimes you’ve got
to sacrifice the things you like
But I was born to try...
生来为了尝试
做所有我相信的事
按照我被教导的规则
更加了解我身边的事物
在爱的围栏中受到保护
你所见到的所有都是我
我真的相信
我生来为了尝试
我已经学习去爱
去了解
相信生活
但你不得不做出决定
对或错
有时你不得不牺牲自己喜欢的事情
但我生来为了尝试
说你原本应该成为什么,那没有意义
为已逝去的过去后悔,
那也没有意义
生命充满了错误和命中注定
拨开乌云,看向更大的画面
你所见到的所有都是我
我真的相信
我生来为了尝试
我已经学习去爱
去了解
相信生活
但你不得不做出决定
对或错
有时你不得不牺牲自己喜欢的事情
但我生来为了尝试……
素
养
导
航
Part
Ⅰ
Starting out &
Understanding ideas
MACQUARIE
ISLAND
:
from Chaos to
Conservation
I am standing
on Macquarie Island
,
in the
South-west Pacific
Ocean
,
halfway between
Australia and winds and stormy seas
have helped
sculpt
its
long
,
thin
green
grass and bare rock of its landscape
contrast
dramatically
,
(1) giving
it a wild and natural visitor would
think it surprising (2) that the island is a
UNESCO
World
Heritage
Site.(3)
Nor
would
they
fail
to
imagine
how
its
native
p>
inhabitants
,
includi
ng
royal
penguins
,
king
penguins
,
and elephant
seals
,
existed in
perfect harmony with their natural
habitat for thousands of years.
But the island’s more recent history
tells a different ’s a
tragic
story (4) that began
in 1810 when humans arrived on the
their ships they
unknowingly
brought rats
and small animals quickly
took over
the
island
,
(5)eating the birds’
eggs
and
attacking
baby
were
brought
to
the
island
to
control
the
rats
and
unately
,
the cats
subsequently developed an appetite for the
birds
,
too.
Meanwhile
,
rabbits
were introduced to the island as a source of food
for
on the
island
,
they did what rabbits
do best—they multiplied rapidly and began eating
the native vegetation and digging
holes
,
(6) which caused soil
exploding
rabbit
population provided
plentiful
food for the
cats
,
(7)meaning that
the number of
cats also
in
turn
led to more cats hunting the end
result was (8)
that
parakeets
,
once large in
number and
native to
the
island
,
died out in
1891.
Even after Macquarie
Island became an official nature
reserve
in the
1970s
,
the rabbits
remained out of s felt it necessary (9)
to
come up with
a plan to
remove
all the rabbits from the this
goal in mind
,
a virus was
released onto the
although the virus
caused the rabbit population to decrease from
130
,
000 to
around
10
,
000
,
it also meant less food for the cats in
consequence
turned
their
attention
—and their stomachs—back to
the native birds
,
(10)
killing up to 60
,
000
each
the
1980s
,
traps
and
dogs
were
used
to
catch
the
last
Macquarie Island cat was caught in
2000.
But as the saying
goes
,
“
While the
cat’s away
,
the mice will
play.
”
With the departure
of
the
cats
from
the
island
,
the
mouse
and
rat
population
started
to
remember
those
10
,
000
or
so
rabbits
?
(11)
It
turned
out
that
they
developed
an
immunity to the
virus
,
and their numbers
exploded once
,
in
2006
,
the rabbits’
digging caused some land to
collapse
,
and killed a
substantial number of
incident made it
clear (12) that the
rat
,
mouse and rabbit problem
needed solving once
and for
all.
So
,
I am here on
Macquarie Island to
participate
in the programme
to
tackle
this very
first step involved poison (13) being
dropped from next
step is (14) to
remove the last remaining invading
species
,
and that’s where I
come in—
with my have been trained to
find every last one
,
without
harming the native
intervention is a
long
,
much-delayed ending to
a sad story
,
but we humans
owe it to the island to give it a happy
ending.
(1)giving
it...
为现在分词短语作状语,表示伴随。
(2)that
引导宾语从句,前面的
it
为形式宾语。
(3)nor
< br>为否定副词,意为
“
也不
”
p>
,在句首引起倒装。通常用于
“
nor/n
either
+连
系动词
be/
助动词
/
情态动词+主语
”
结构表示
“……
也不这样
”
。
(4)tha
t
引导定语从句,修饰先行词
story
。
(5)eating the birds’
eggs...
为现在分词短语作状语,表示伴随。
(6)which
引导非限制性定语从句,代替前面整句话。
(7)meaning
that...
为现在分词短语作状语。
(8)that
引导表语从句。
(9)to come up with...
为动词不定式短
语作宾语,前面的
it
为形式宾语。
(10)killing up
to...
为现在分词短语作状语,表示结果。
(11)It
为形式主语,真正的主
语为后面的
that
引导的从句。
<
/p>
(12)that
引导宾语从句,前面的
it
为形式宾语。
(13)being dropped from
helicopters
为现在分词短语作后置定语。
(14)to
remove...
为动词不定式短语作表语。
①
sculpt
< br>v
t
.
使具有某种形状
②
contrast
v
i
.(
靠近或作比较时
)<
/p>
显出明显的差异,形成对比
③
including
prep
p>
.
包括
……
在内<
/p>
④
tragic
adj
.
悲剧的;悲痛的,不幸的
⑤
unknowingly
ad
v
.
不知不觉地
⑥
take over
接任,接管,接收
⑦
meanwhile
ad
v
.
同时
⑧
explode
v
.
爆炸;暴涨
⑨
plentiful
adj
.
丰富的;许多的
⑩
the number of
……
的数量
a number of
许多,大量
?
in
turn
转而;反过来;依次;轮流
?
be native to
原产于
……
?
reserve
n
.
自然保护区
?
come up
with
想出;提出
?
turn one’s attention back
to
把某人的注意力转回到
……
?
participate
v
i
.
参加,参与<
/p>
participate in
参加
?
tackle
v
< br>t
.
应付,处理
Step
Ⅰ
General
reading
Match each paragraph
with its main idea.
Para.1
reached
the island and brought rats and mice by
accident.
Para.2
population
decreased
,
the cats ate more
birds and the last cat was
caught.
Para.3
s multiplied and caused
soil erosion and increasing cats led to decrease
of birds.
Para.4
location and Natural
characteristics of Macquarie Island.
Para.5
author
is trying to tackle the problem.
Para.6
and rat
population increased and rabbits’ numbers exploded
again.
答案
Para.1 D
Para.2
A
Para.3 C
Para.4 B
Para.5
F
Para.6 E
Step
Ⅱ
Factual reading
Read the text carefully and choose the
best answer.
of the
following is false about Macquarie
Island?
’s located between
Antarctica and Australia.
shape is long and thin.
is
a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
is no problem on the island
now.
cats were brought to
the island?
catch rats and
mice.
catch the
birds.
eat the birds’
eggs.
keep them as
pets.
’s the primary reason
why parakeets died out?
soil erosion.
exploding
rabbit population.
exploding cat population.
D.A virus released onto the
island.
measure was taken
to tackle the rabbit problem in the
1970s?
ing a
virus.
traps and
dogs.
ng more
vegetables.
ng
poison.
’s the author’s
purpose in writing this passage?
analyse how Macquarie Island was saved
from destruction.
inform
readers of the chaos caused on Macquarie Island by
humans.
entertain readers
with a funny story about what happened on
Macquarie Island.
suggest
ways in which an ecosystem can be
protected.
答案
1.D
2.A
3.B
4.A
5.B
Step
Ⅲ
Cloze
test
Fill in the blanks
according to the text.
Macquarie
Island is
located between Australia and
Antarctica
,
which is
a UNESCO
World
Heritage
visitor
would
fail
imagine(imagine)
how
its
native
inhabitants existed in perfect harmony
with their natural habitat for thousands of
years.
But the island has a
tragic story
,
which began in
1810 when humans arrived on the
and
mice brought(bring) by quickly took the
island
,
eating the
birds’ eggs and attacking any baby cats were used
to control
rats and
unately(fortunate)
,
the cats
subsequently developed an appetite
the
birds
,
too.
Meanwhile
,
rabbits
introduced(introduce) to the island as a source of
food for
rabbits
multiplied
rapidly
and
began
eating
the
native
vegetation
and
digging
holes
,
which caused soil
number of cats also increased as a result
of the ing(explode) rabbit
population.
The rabbits
remained out of control in the remove all the
rabbits from the island
,
a
virus was released on the rabbit population
decreased
,
but the cats
consequence began to eat the native
the 1980s
,
traps and dogs
were used to
catch the last Macquarie
Island cat was caught in 2000.
With the ure(depart) of the cats from
the island
,
the mouse and rat
population
started
to
rabbit
numbers
exploded
in
2006
,
the
rabbits’
digging caused some
land to collapse
,
and killed
a substantial number of
incident made
it clear that the rat
,
mouse
and rabbit problem needed solving once and
for all.
Now a
programme to tackle this problem is carried
intervention is a long
,
much-
delayed ending to a sad
story
,
but we humans owe it
to the island give(give)
it a happy
ending.
Ⅰ
.
词汇语境认知
——
写出语境
中加黑单词或短语的意义
flue
refers
to
the
trend
that
young
women
dramatically
change
their
appearance to make themselves look like
human Barbie dolls.
显著地
you sign
up
,
you fill out a short
survey that helps identify your personal style
and
subsequently
finds people with similar taste that you can
follow for
inspiration.
随
后
water and soil
conservation
project
resulted in farmers replacing the crops on the
farmland with trees and
grass.
保护
who get infected with the
virus
will have common
symptoms like fever
,
cough
and breathing
difficulties.
病毒
most
countries
,
urban population
is on the increase while the population of German
decreases
by 8 percent.(
使
)
减少;
(
使
)
变小
the Internet use
exploding
in the
world
,
companies like Yahoo
and Google are
hunting harder for
deals.
突然增加
7.
A substantial number
of
mothers with young children are
stopped from undertaking
paid work
because they lack access to
childcare.
大量的,多的
8.
Ecology
is the
study of the relationship between plants
,
animals
,
people
and their
environment.
生态学
<
/p>
Ⅱ
.
单词语境记忆
——
根据汉语提示写出单词的适当形式
rise in wood fuel use has contributed
to the disappearance of forest and the loss of
habitats(
栖息地
) for
pandas.
only a little girl
but also adults have a growing
appetite(
胃口,食欲
) for junk
food
nowadays.
have
many
cases
where
hard
work
as
well
as
good
communication
skills
has
multiplied(
〈使〉倍增
)
one’s chances of success in the past
years.
before my
departure(
离开
) for
Shanghai
,
my cousin made a
prediction without
the slightest bit of
irony
,“
You’ll fall in love
with China.
”
person in charge of the program was at
a complete loss when the
incident(
事件
)
happened.
owe(
应该做;对……负有……的义务
) it to
ourselves to make the
best of our
lives.
Ⅲ
.
短语语境填空
——
根据汉语提示
写出适当的短语
must ensure tourism
develops in harmony with(
与……协调一致
/
和睦相处
) the
environment.
o
was introduced to(
被引进给
)
Europe from America.
3.A
truck went out of
control(
失去控制
) and crashed
into the back of a bus.
studied hard
,
and in
consequence(
因此,结果
) he passed
the exam.
,
even if the job
wasn’t your first choice
,
it
may turn out(
结果是
) to be
better
than you expected.
1.
appetite
n
.
胃口,食欲;强烈欲望
·Unfortunately
,<
/p>
the cats subsequently developed an
appetite
for the birds
,
too.(
教材
P
50
)
不幸的是,猫后来也对鸟类产生了食欲
。
·He
has
an
amazing
appetite
for
hard
work.
他对努力工作有着惊人的欲望。
·Don’t
spoil your
appetite
by eating between
meals.
不要在两餐之间吃东西,以免影响胃口。
?
单句语法填空
/
补全句子
①
Warm colors like
yellow make food appear more
appetizing(appetite)
,
while
cold
colors make us feel less
hungry.
②
It was
worrying that the soldiers had no appetite for the
fight.
战士们毫无斗志,令人担忧。
③
She has a huge appetite for
adventure.
她有冒险的强烈欲望。
④
Don’t eat that cake
now
;
you’ll spoil your
appetite.
现在别吃那块蛋糕;你会倒胃口的。
单词一族
appetizing
adj
.
开胃的;引起食欲的
用法总结
develop an appetite for
对
……
产生
食欲
have an appetite for
对
……<
/p>
有兴趣
/
欲望
have no appetite for
对
……
没有兴趣
/
欲望
spoil one’s
appetite
影响胃口
2.
multiply
v
.
(
使
)
大大增加,
(
使
)
倍增;
(
使
)
繁殖;乘;乘以
·Loose on the
island
,
they did what rabbits
do best—they
multiplied
rapidly and began
eating the native
vegetation and digging
holes
,
which caused soil eros
ion.(
教材
P
50
)
兔
子在岛上逍遥自在,它们做了它们最擅长的
——
它们繁殖迅速,开始吃当地的植
物并挖洞
,这就导致了水土流失。
·2
multiplied by
4
is/equals/makes 8.2
乘以
4
等于
8
。
·Our problems have
multiplied
since last
year.
自去年以来,我们的问题成倍增加。
?
单句语法填空
/
补全句子
①
Though he is 10
years old
,
he doesn’t know
that 3 multiplied(multiply) by 5 makes
15.
②
This test consists of a
number of multiple choice questions.
这次测试是由大量的多项选择题组成的。
③
Such disputes multiplied in
the eighteenth and nineteenth
centuries.
此类争论在
1
8
世纪和
19
世纪大大增加。
单词一族
multiple
adj
.
多重的;多样的;许多的
用法总结
multiply A
by B
A
乘以
B
3.
decrease
v
.
(
使
)
变小;
(
使
)
减少
·But
although the virus caused the rabbit population to
decrease
from
130
,
000 to around
10
,
000
,
it also meant less food for the cats.(
教材
P
51
)
·So even if emissions were
to begin to
decrease
today
,
we would still face
the challenge
of adapting to climate
change.
因此即使在排放量开始减少的今天,我们仍会
面对适应气候变化的挑战。
·The traffic
accidents in the city
decreased
by
30% last year.
该城市去年交通事故减少了百分之三十。
?
单句语法填空
/
补全句子
①
Jack bought the
jacket because the price of it decreased by 40
percent.
②
Because
of human activities
,
the
number of some rare animals is on the
decrease.
③
The
number of new students in this school decreased
from 2
,
100 to
1
,
600 this year.
今年这所学校的新生人数从
2
100
减少到
1
600
。
用法总结
(1)decrease
to...
减少到
……
decrease by...
减少了
……
decrease from...to...
从
……
减少到
……
(2)on the decrease
正在减少
名师提醒
decrease
的反义词
increase
的用法如下:
increase to
增加
(
长<
/p>
)
到
……
increase by
增加
(
长
)
了
……
increase from...to...
从
……
增加到
……
on the increase
在增加
4.
trap
n
.
夹子,陷阱
v
t.
使陷入困境
·In the
1980s
,
traps
and
dogs were used to catch the cats.(
教材
P
51
)
在
20
世纪
80
年代,人们用陷阱和狗来捕捉猫。
·If
you choose this way
,
you’re
likely to
fall into a
trap
.
如果你选择这条路,你很有可能会落入圈套。
·The old man
was trapped
in
the burning house at that
moment.
那时候老人被困在着火的房子里。
?
单句语法填空
/
补全句子
①
The police trapped
him into telling the truth.
②
When travelling they were
trapped in the
mountain
,
waiting to be
rescued.
旅行时,他们被困在山上,等待救援。
③
She set a trap for him and
he walked straight into it.
她给他设下圈套,他就径直钻了进去。
用法总结
(1)set a trap for
给
……
设圈套
fall into a trap
落入圈套
/
陷阱
(2)be trapped in
困在
……
中
;陷在
……
中
trap sb into (doing) sth
诱使某人做某事
5.
explode
v
.
突然增加,爆炸
·It turned out that they developed an
immunity to the virus
,
and
their numbers
exploded
once again.(
教材
P
p>
51
)
结果他们对病毒产生了免疫力,他们的数量再次激增。
·The bomb
exploded
in
Syria
,
causing a lot of
damage.
炸弹在叙利亚爆炸了,造成巨大损失。
·She seems to be
gentle
,
but she can
explode with anger
when she
is treated unfairly
,
which is
surprising.
她似乎很温柔,但是当她被不公平对
待的时候,因为生气她会勃然大怒,这真是
令人惊讶。
?
单句语法填空
/
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①
If
the
gas
pipe
explodes
,
the
explosion
may
do
great
damage
to
the
buildings
around.(explode)
②
On seeing his funny
expression
,
we all exploded
with laughter.
一看到他滑稽的表情,我们都一下子大笑起来。
③
Software engineers have the
top jobs
,
thanks to the
exploding demand for new high-
tech
inventions.
由于对新高科技发明的需求呈爆炸式
增长,软件工程师占据了最高职位。
单词一族
explosion
n
.
爆炸
用法总结
explode with
突然爆发
……
explode with laughter/anger
哄堂大笑
/
勃然大怒
6.
incident
n
.
事件
·This
incident
made it clear that
the rat
,
mouse and rabbit
problem needed solving once
and for all
.(
教材
P
50
)
这件事清楚地表明,大老鼠、小老鼠和兔子的问题需要彻
底地解决。
·John’s had an
accident
:
he’s
been knocked down by a car.
约翰出事了,他被一辆小汽车撞倒了。
·The May 4th Movement was a great
event
in the history of
China.
五四运动是中国历史上的一件大事。
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(incident
,
event
,
accident)
①
I met her in the street by
accident
,
yet she had a bad
accident three days ago.
②
I remember an incident that
took place in ’s class.
③
The Lugouqiao Incident
broke out on July
7th
,
1937.
④
How to develop the western
part of China well is an important
event.
辨析比较
incident
,
event
< br>,
accident
①
incident
是指
“
(
不寻常的或令人不快的
)
事情、
小事情、插曲
”
。
< br>②
event
表示比较重大的事件或体育运动的比赛项目
。
③
accident
多指
“
不愉快的、意外的、不测之事
”
。也可指中性的事情。如:
the
accident of
birth
出生这件事。
by accident
意为
“
偶尔发生
”
。
7.
owe
p>
v
.
应该做;对
…
…
负有
……
的义务;欠
(
账、钱、人情等
)
;归功于
……
·This intervention is a
long
,
much-delayed ending to
a sad story
,
but we humans
owe
it to the
island to give it a happy ending.(
教材
P
50
)
这次介入是一个漫长的、被推迟了很久的悲伤故事的结局,但是我们人类应该给
< br>这个岛一个快乐的结局。
·I
owe it to you that
I have
made great progress in my English.
我在英语方面取得了很大的进步,这都是你的功劳。
·
Owing to
the bad
weather
,
we decided to
postpone leaving.
由于天气不好,我们决定推迟出发。
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①
My
English teacher is such a great
soul
,
to whom I owe many
thanks.
②
I
must
say
I
owe
all
the
achievements
to
the
encouragement
and
help
from
my
colleagues and
friends.
③
In
spite of the large-scale construction of roads and
highways
,
there is still much
room
for
improvement
,
owing to the
ever increasing number of cars these
years.
尽管大规模
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