課前想一想
1. What do bobcats eat in winter?
2.Have you seen the flamingos'pecu-liar courtship dances?
3. Do you know how to use "thin" as a verb?
詞匯裝備庫
1.hot spring(n.)溫泉
2.coyote/kai'outi/(n.)(北美）叢林狼，郊狼，土狼
*也可以說prairie wolf
3.fisherman/ffrmen/(n.)抓魚（或釣魚）的人将鸵；(尤指）漁民
4.equator/i'kweiter/(n.)赤道
5.summit/'samit/
(n.)峰會笛钝，首腦會議瓜挽；山頂晨抡，頂峰
6.savannah/se'vaene/(n.)(尤指非洲等熱帶國家的）稀樹草原
*也可寫作savanna
7.bitterly/'biterli/
(adv.)憤怒地派昧；痛苦地
I am bitterly disappointed.
我極其失望特笋。
8.flamingo/fle'mingou/
(n.)紅鶴剃浇，火烈鳥
詞句兵工廠
And this bobcat maybe in luck. For this particular valley is blessed.
這只山貓可能走運了，這條山谷有其得天獨厚的環(huán)境猎物。
Note:
1.in luck運氣好虎囚，走運
I am in luck these days and every-thing goes well.
這些天我運氣好，一切都進行得很順利蔫磨。
You want a red one? You're in luck.
There is one red one left.
你運氣太好了淘讥，紅的只剩一件了。
2.blessed/'blest/(adj.)帶來幸福的堤如；帶來好運的蒲列，受祝福的
Blessed is he that expects nothing,for he shall never be disappointed.
無奢望者有福，因其永不失望搀罢。
May we all be blessed with longevity though far apart, we are still able to share the beauty of the moon together.但愿人長久蝗岖，千里共蟬娟。
詞句兵工廠
To survive a winter in these mountains takes tenacity, and bobcats have that in abundance.
想要在這類高山上的冬天存活下來魄揉，需要堅韌的意志剪侮。
Note:
1.survive/ser'vaiv/(v.)繼續(xù)生存，存活洛退；(尤指）幸存
2.tenacity/te'naeseti/
(n.)堅持瓣俯，頑固；固執(zhí)
Talent, hard work and sheer tenacity are all crucial to career success.
天賦兵怯、勤奮和頑強都是事業(yè)成功的關(guān)鍵彩匕。They competed with skill and te-nacity.他們以技巧和毅力競爭。
Soldiers have great character, resil-ience and tenacity.
軍人們擁有巨大的勇氣媒区、承受力和意志驼仪。
3.abundance/abandens/(n.)大量充足；豐富
*常常搭配介詞in使用
The city has fine restaurants in abun-dance.這個城市有很多好吃的餐館袜漩。
詞句兵工廠
The groundsels spread their leaves wide to bask in the sunshine once again.
木本千里光舒展它們的葉子绪爸，再一次沐浴在陽光之中.
Note:
1.spread/spred/(v.)(使）展開，(使）鋪開宙攻；伸展
2.bask/baesk/(v.)曬太陽奠货；取暖
*后面常常搭配介詞in,表示沉浸在...中
We could see seals on the rocks,basking in the sun.
我們可以看見海豹在巖石上曬太陽。
Lily loves basking in praise.
莉莉喜歡沉浸在贊美中座掘。
For a long time, I basked in the suc-cess of my first book.
很長一段時間递惋，我都沉涌在我的第一本書獲得的成功里柔滔。
3.once again再次，再度萍虽，從頭
Once again there's a talk of very dark days ahead in our business.
又有傳言說睛廊，以后的生意會非常艱難。
詞句兵工廠
Walking on the thin ice is always risky.And it's hard to retain one's dignity....especially when you're wearing stilts.在薄冰上總是危機四伏杉编，而且當(dāng)你踩著高蹄的時候超全，哪還顧得上體面和優(yōu)雅。Note:
1.risky/'riski/(adj.)危險的王财；有風(fēng)險的risky business 有風(fēng)險的生意
risky behavior危險行為
2.retain/n'tein/(v.)保持卵迂；保留裕便；保有
He struggled to retain control of the situation.他竭力控制住局面绒净。
3.dignity/'digneti/
(n.)端莊；尊嚴(yán)偿衰，自尊
I think everyone should be able to die with dignity.
我認(rèn)為每個人都應(yīng)該死得有尊嚴(yán)挂疆。
retain one's dignity 保持某人的尊嚴(yán)
4.stilt/stilt/(n.)高曉
to walk on stilts 踩高蹄
語法輕知識
The usage of "thin" as a verb
thin作動詞時的用法
Marker sentence:
Eventually, the sun thins the ice.
終于，太陽曬薄了冰面下翎。
thin作動詞時的幾種用法：
1.作動詞使用缤言，后面直接加sth,表示使減少，變稀薄
The morning sunshine thins the dense fog.
清晨的陽光使?jié)忪F變得稀薄视事。
2.后加介詞down,表示使變少胆萧，稀釋，或者形容人變瘦
The soup is too salty. Add some water to thin it down
這個湯太咸了俐东，加點水讓它稀釋一下跌穗。
She has thinned down a lot after finding out the truth.
自從發(fā)現(xiàn)真相之后，她瘦了很多虏辫。
3.后加介詞out,表示使…變少
The traffic will thin out after the holiday.
假期過后車流量將會減少蚌吸。
實戰(zhàn)練兵場
(2016年英語專四真題單選）
If only the patient a different
treatment instead of using the antibi-otics, he might still be alive now.
A.had received B.received
C.should receive D.were receiving解析：
本題考察if only的用法。題目的大意是：如果當(dāng)時病人接受了不同的治療而不是使用了抗生素砌庄，他現(xiàn)在可能還活著羹唠。if only引導(dǎo)虛擬語氣，因為是對過去事實的虛擬娄昆，所以謂語動詞應(yīng)該用 had done 的形式佩微。正確答案為A選項 had received。
【答案】A
文化加油站
Interesting Flamingo Facts
1. Flamingos have long legs with backward-bending knees,long curvy necks, and of course, their color is the adorable pink.
火烈鳥有著大長腿萌焰，膝蓋向后彎曲哺眯，脖子長而彎曲，顏色是可愛的粉紅色杆怕。
2. There are six distinct species of flamingo, but it takes a trained eye to distinguish them.
火烈鳥有六種不同的種類族购，但只有經(jīng)過訓(xùn)練的眼睛才能分辨出來壳贪。
3. Adult flamingos are four to five feet tall, but only weigh between four and eight pounds . That's the kind of as-tonishing body density (or lack of)needed for flight.
成年火烈鳥有四到五英尺高，但只有四到八磅重寝杖。這就是飛行所需要的驚人的身體密度违施。
主題打包盒
1.一只山貓行走在山谷里，這里有一條從不結(jié)冰的河瑟幕，各種饑腸糖糖的動物都會來此覓食磕蒲。到了冬天，河里滿是食物只盹。但對于討厭下水的山貓來說辣往，捕魚可不是什么愉快的事情，所以它必須謹(jǐn)慎選擇目標(biāo)殖卑。最終它在周圍的樹林里抓到了一只松鼠站削，這足以支撐他繼續(xù)捕食了。
2.在非洲的肯尼亞山孵稽，峰頂溫度比周圍的熱帶草原低三十度左右许起。盡管這里是赤道，但一旦太陽下山菩鲜，每個夜晚都像冬天般寒冷园细。生長在這里的木本千里光會合上革質(zhì)葉片形成一道保溫層，以保護中心脆弱的蓓蕾接校。當(dāng)陽光回歸大地猛频，它們會再一次沐浴在陽光之中蛛勉。
3.在安第斯山脈，黎明到來時動物們也開始活動了董习，這里是世界上海拔最高的火烈鳥棲息地。這里的夜晚非常寒冷皿淋，鹽水湖會結(jié)冰招刹，這些火烈鳥就被凍在了冰里窝趣。太陽出來，它們才能沖破冰層哑舒。
在繁殖季節(jié)，火烈鳥會不停地表演著奇異的求愛舞蹈。對于它們來說越锈，深山堪稱生存的圣殿仗嗦。
