課前想一想
1.How many giant pandas remain in western China?
2.How can we create a population of pandas in captivity?
3.What does"relentlessly"mean?
詞匯裝備庫
1.literally/'ltereli/(adv.)確實(shí)地烦衣；名副其實(shí)地
2.iconic/ai'ka:nik/(adj.)(尤指能代表某種觀點(diǎn)或某一時(shí)代）非常出名的歹河，受歡迎的
3.brink/bnnk/(n.)(事情發(fā)生的）邊緣始發(fā)點(diǎn)；(峭壁花吟、崖的）邊緣
4.extinction/ik'stinkjn/
(n.)滅絕秸歧，滅種
the brink of extinction 滅絕的邊緣
5.giant/'dgarent/(adj.)巨大的，特大的（n.)巨人衅澈；(成功且有影響的）偉人键菱；巨頭，大公司
6.craggy/'kraegi/
(adj.)陡峭的今布，多巖石的
7.mount/maunt/(v.)增加经备；增長(zhǎng)；上升部默；組織弄喘；發(fā)動(dòng)；開展甩牺；舉行
8.pioneering/,parninn/(adj.)先驅(qū)性的，開創(chuàng)性的
pioneering techniques
創(chuàng)新技術(shù)
9.roam/roum/
(v.)閑逛（于）;漫步（于）;漫游（于）10.peculiar/pr'kju:lier/
(adj.)奇怪的累奈，古怪的
11.captivity/kaep'tiveti/(n.)關(guān)押贬派；四禁in captivity被關(guān)押的
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But an international rescue is under-way. It's an attempt to correct our mistakes
但是急但，國(guó)際救援正在行動(dòng)，一切只為彌補(bǔ)我們?cè)?jīng)犯下的過錯(cuò)搞乏。
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1.rescue/'reskju:/
(n.)(v.)救援波桩；營(yíng)救；解救
*后面跟介詞of
the rescue of the crash victims
營(yíng)救車禍遇難者
come to sb's rescue 挽救请敦，搭救某人
A lifeboat came to the yachtsman's rescue
一艘救生艇挽救了快艇駕駛者的生命镐躲。
rescue sb/sth from sb/sth
從...中解救某人
The government has refused to rescue the company from bankruptcy政府已經(jīng)拒絕援助這家瀕于破產(chǎn)的公司。
2.underway/,Ander'weI/
(adj.)進(jìn)行中的侍筛，正在發(fā)生的
*underway不能用于名詞前
Economic recovery is already under-way.經(jīng)濟(jì)已經(jīng)開始復(fù)蘇了萤皂。
get underway開始
Your peace will be shattered when the tourist season gets underway.
一旦旅游季開始，你的寧靜就要被打破了匣椰。
3.attempt/a'tempt/(n.)(尤指為完成難事而進(jìn)行的）努力裆熙，嘗試
attempt to do sth為做...的努力
All attempts to control inflation have failed.
控制通貨膨脹的所有努力都失敗了。
make attempts 做出努力禽笑、嘗試
She made several attempts to escape.她多次嘗試逃跑入录。
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They'll grow up here, on the edge of the city, as China's other cities spread re-lentlessly into the wild.
它們將在這里成長(zhǎng)，這里是城市的邊際佳镜，如同其他中國(guó)城市一樣僚稿，殘酷無情地吞噬自然的地方。
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1.edge/ed/(n.)邊蟀伸，邊緣蚀同；優(yōu)勢(shì)
the edge of sth 某地/物的邊緣
Jennifer walked to the edge of the wood.珍妮弗走到了樹林的邊上。
In terms of experience, she definitely had the edge over the other people that we interviewed.
就工作經(jīng)驗(yàn)而言望蜡，她顯然要比我們面試過的其他人都勝出一籌唤崭。
the cutting edge of sth
某事物發(fā)展的尖端，最前沿
the cutting-edge scientific discoveries最前沿的科學(xué)發(fā)現(xiàn)
2.spread/spred/(v.)蔓延脖律，擴(kuò)散
3.relentlessly /ri'lentlesli/
(adj.)無情地谢肾，殘酷地
Summer there is relentlessly hot.
那里的夏天熱得要命。
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The ultimate goal is to release them into the wild.
最終目標(biāo)是將它們放歸自然小泉。
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1.ultimate/'Altrmet/(adj.)(目標(biāo)等）最終的芦疏，首要的；或者最終的微姊，終極的ultimate goal/aim/objective/target最終的目標(biāo)
My manager will make the ultimate decision about who to employ.
我的經(jīng)理會(huì)最終決定雇傭誰酸茴。
2.release/rr'li:s/(v.)釋放，放出兢交；發(fā)表薪捍；專輯、電影等發(fā)行，上映酪穿；宣泄凳干，發(fā)泄
The bears are eventually released into the wild.
這些熊最終被放歸野外。
The band's latest album will be re-leased next week.
該樂隊(duì)的最新專輯將在下周發(fā)行被济。
Physical exercise is a good way of releasing stress.
做運(yùn)動(dòng)是一種很好的宣泄情緒救赐，釋放壓力的方式。
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These males, whose lives are more sedentary than those in the wild, have
a daily sexercise to strengthen the leg muscles in preparation for the rigors of mating.
圈養(yǎng)的雄性大熊貓與野生大熊貓相比更少活動(dòng)只磷，它們得每天鍛煉肌肉力量经磅，以備交配時(shí)嚴(yán)酷的挑戰(zhàn)。
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1.sedentary/'sednteri/
(adj.)久坐不動(dòng)的钮追，缺乏鍛煉的
a sedentary job/occupatior
久坐的工作/職業(yè)
sedentary lifestyle 久坐的生活方式
My doctor says I should start play-ing sport because my lifestyle is too sedentary.
醫(yī)生說预厌，我應(yīng)該進(jìn)行些體育運(yùn)動(dòng)，因?yàn)槲业纳罘绞教鄙倩顒?dòng)了畏陕。
2.strengthen/'stren/(v.)使身體強(qiáng)脚渑摇；增強(qiáng)惠毁，加固犹芹；改善
strengthen something's ties/bonds/links
增強(qiáng)...之間的聯(lián)系
The university hopes to strengthen its ties with the local community.
這所大學(xué)希望加強(qiáng)和當(dāng)?shù)厣鐓^(qū)的聯(lián)系。
3.in preparation for為某事做準(zhǔn)備
He is practicing every day, in prepa-ration for the ice-skating champion-ship.
為了備戰(zhàn)滑冰錦標(biāo)賽鞠绰，他每天都在練習(xí)腰埂。
4.rigor/riger/(n.)嚴(yán)厲，嚴(yán)格
the rigors of sth 嚴(yán)峻蜈膨，嚴(yán)酷
the rigors of mating 交配的嚴(yán)酷
They survived the rigors of the winter.
他們教過了嚴(yán)冬屿笼。
語法輕知識(shí)
關(guān)于turn off的不同意義和表達(dá)
Marker sentence:
In the wild, they'll mate with as many females as they can, but the conditions in captivity simply turn them off.
在野外，它們能夠盡情與雌性交配翁巍，然而在圈養(yǎng)環(huán)境下驴一，這種條件早已斷絕。
turn與介詞off搭配時(shí)有很多含義灶壶。在這個(gè)句子里它表示關(guān)掉肝断，截?cái)唷３恕瓣P(guān)掉驰凛，截?cái)唷边@個(gè)最基本的意思以外胸懈，turn off還有哪些含義？
1.turn off(sth)
拐彎（離開...),轉(zhuǎn)入另一條路
She turned off onto a side street.
她拐進(jìn)了一條小巷恰响。
Turn off the motorway at the next exit.
在下一個(gè)出口出高速路趣钱。
2.turn-off
turn和off中間用連字符連接起來構(gòu)成一個(gè)名詞，表示岔道胚宦，支路首有。
the turn-off for the airport
通往機(jī)場(chǎng)的岔道
3.turn(itself)off
(機(jī)器或設(shè)備）關(guān)掉燕垃，停止運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)
The heating turns off automatically at 9:30.
供暖系統(tǒng)在9:30自動(dòng)關(guān)閉。
4. turn sb off (sb/sth)
使（對(duì)某人或事物）失去興趣绞灼，使厭煩
The smell turned me off my food那氣味讓我失去了食欲利术。
實(shí)戰(zhàn)練兵場(chǎng)
(托福TPO真題閱讀選段）
Cases in which many species become extinct within a geologically short inter-val of time are called mass extinctions.There was one such event at the end of the Cretaceous period (around 70 mil-lion years ago). There was another,even larger , mass extinction at the end of the Permian period (around 250 mil-lion years ago). The Permian event has attracted much less attention than other mass extinctions because mostly unfamiliar species perished at that
1. Paragraph 1 supports which of the following statements about mass ex-tinctions
A. They take place over a period of 70million years.
B. They began during the Cretaceous period
C. They eliminate many animal species that exist at the time they occur .
D. They occur every 250 million years.重點(diǎn)解析：
根據(jù)mass extinction我們可以定位到這段話的第一句，這句話是對(duì)mass ex-tinction做出解釋低矮，大量生物在短時(shí)間內(nèi)滅絕的這種現(xiàn)象叫做大滅絕事件。后面的部分是講了兩次大滅絕事件發(fā)生的時(shí)間：70 million and 250 million years ago被冒。再來看四個(gè)選項(xiàng)：
A.They take place over a period of 70million years.大滅絕事件的發(fā)生是一個(gè)時(shí)間點(diǎn)军掂，不是一個(gè)時(shí)間段，可以排除昨悼。
B. They began during the Cretaceous period. cretaceous指白亞紀(jì)的蝗锥，原文是at the end of the Cretaceous period ,而不是began,排除B
C . They eliminate many animal spe cies that exist at the time they occur.
eliminate表示消滅，清除率触，它們消滅了當(dāng)時(shí)存在的許多動(dòng)物物種终议。與中心句意思相符。
D. They occur every 250 million years.原文中并沒有提及葱蝗，不選穴张。
答案：C
文化加油站
Pandas' crucial role in forests
大熊貓?jiān)谥窳种邪l(fā)揮著至關(guān)重要的作用，它們?cè)谏掷锫搅铰瑐鞑チ朔N子皂甘，從而促進(jìn)植被的生長(zhǎng)。在大熊貓生活的長(zhǎng)江流域的森林里有許多野生動(dòng)物悼凑，如矮藍(lán)羊偿枕，五彩野雞和其他瀕臨滅絕的物種，包括金絲猴户辫，羚牛和朱鸚渐夸。
四川大熊貓棲息地一臥龍、四姑娘山和夾金山脈位于中國(guó)四川省境內(nèi)渔欢，成都平原與川西高原之間墓塌。這里也是數(shù)百萬人的家園。增強(qiáng)這一領(lǐng)域發(fā)展的可持續(xù)性膘茎，同時(shí)也在幫助提高當(dāng)?shù)厝丝诘纳钯|(zhì)量桃纯。大熊貓通過生態(tài)旅游也為當(dāng)?shù)厣鐓^(qū)帶來巨大的經(jīng)濟(jì)利益。
Pandas play a crucial role in the
bamboo forests where they roam by spreading seeds and facilitating growth of vegetation. In the Yangtze Basin where pandas live, the forests are home to a stunning array of wildlife such as dwarf blue sheep, multicolored pheas-ants and other endangered species, in-cluding the golden monkey, takin and crested ibis.
The panda's habitat is at the geo-graphic and economic heart of China,home to millions of people. By making this area more sustainable, we are also helping to increase the quality of life of local populations. Pandas bring huge economic benefits to local communi-ties through ecotourism .
主題打包盒
1.大熊貓熟態(tài)可探披坏，惹人喜愛态坦，但是現(xiàn)在它們的數(shù)量卻非常稀少，瀕臨滅絕棒拂。為了彌補(bǔ)人類犯下的過錯(cuò)伞梯，一項(xiàng)國(guó)際救援正在進(jìn)行玫氢，人們希望通過尖端技術(shù)，增加圈養(yǎng)大熊貓的數(shù)量谜诫，然后將它們放歸自然漾峡。
2.熊貓已經(jīng)存在了數(shù)百萬年，然而它們最大的威脅卻是現(xiàn)代人類喻旷。在熱鬧的成都市郊生逸，住著一群大熊貓，這里是成都大熊貓繁育研究基地且预，在這里圈養(yǎng)的熊貓能夠得到周全的保護(hù)槽袄。
3.近20年來，熊貓的大半棲息地已被毀壞雜盡锋谐，如今人們盡力保護(hù)僅剩的那些地方遍尺，但是卻無法保證繁殖緩慢的熊貓種群。因此在熊貓基地涮拗，人們準(zhǔn)備繁殖出更多熊貓乾戏，而至關(guān)重要的是繁育出穩(wěn)定的種群，這項(xiàng)任務(wù)實(shí)屬不易三热。
