Unit 6 Survival
1.Spotting the car with its window left open,the greedy thief didn’t hesitate.
看到车窗开着的车,贪婪的小偷毫不犹豫。(p.62)
2.As our cities become greener,they offer increasingly appealing spaces to animals looking for new habitats.
随着我们的城市变得更加绿,它们为寻新栖息地的动物提供了越来越吸引人的空间。(p.62)
2.Out of reach from many of their natural predators,these newcomers often flourish in their new city lives.
在许多天敌无法接近的地方,这些新来者常常在他们的新城市生活中茁壮成长。(p.62)
4.Today,foxes can be seen all over London—one even being found living on the 72nd floor of the Shard building when it was under construction!今天,在伦敦到处都可以看到狐狸,甚至有一只狐狸被发现生活在碎片建筑的72层,当时它正在建造中!(p.62)
因为它们经常要解决一些难题,例如如何打开垃圾箱以及其他容器……(p.62)
6.Shockingly,these deaths amount to around ten per cent of the total US bird population.
令人震惊的是,这些死亡数量约占美国鸟类总数的10%。(p.63)
7.Only then can we look towards harmoniously sharing our urban habitats.只有到那时,我们才能期待和谐地共享我们的城市栖息地。(p.63)
【句式分析】only位于句首修饰状语时要部分倒装。
“only+从句”放在句首时,倒装的是主句,从句不倒装;(2)only 放在句首修饰主语时不用倒装。
8.Leave the area quickly but calmly if a wildfire breaks out at any time.任何时候如果发生野火,请迅速而平静地离开该地区。(p.65)
9.Often,when people get lost in the wild,they split up and try to get home.通常,当人们在野外迷路时,他们会分头回家。(p.65)
10.At age 12,Jane was diagnosed with a rare and deadly cancer,and was informed that high-risk surgery was her only chance of getting better.
12岁时,简被诊断出患有罕见的致命癌症,并被告知高危手术是她唯一好转的机会。(p.65)
11.How do people and organisations react to these crises?
人们和组织如何应对这些危机?(p.67)
12.Temperatures are rising,and nations are failing to respond to it.
气温正在上升,各国对此都没有反应。(p.67)
13.I can’t agree more.我非常同意。(p.66)
【句型分析】否定词与比较级连用表示最高级意义,通常意为“没有比……更……”。常用的否定词有no,not,never,nothing,nobody,hardly 等。
14.In the 1960s and 1970s,the greatest fear was that the human race,and possibly all advanced life forms on the planet,could be wiped out by nuclear missiles,just at the push of a button.
在20世纪60年代和70年代,最大的恐惧是人类以及大概地球上所有的高级生命形式,只要一按按钮,就可能被核导弹消灭。(p.68)
15.It consisted of a closed space in which people,animals and plants could live together.
它由一个封闭的空间组成,人、动物和植物可以在其中共同生活。(p.69)
16.In the meantime,scientific research shows that the planet Earth is getting warmer.
与此同时,科学研究表明地球正在变暖。(p.69)
17.we can infer that the Moon is less exposed to dangerous radiation than Mars.……
我们可以推断月球受到的危险辐射比火星少。(p.70)
18.There is no doubt that humankind is drawn towards Mars,with dreams of making it our second home.
毫无疑问,人类被吸引到火星上来,梦想着把它作为我们的第二个家园。(p.69)
【句式分析】There is no 毫无疑问……
【归纳拓展】
have some 怀疑是否……
There is some 怀疑是否……
without doubt无疑地;确实地
I have no 我确定/相信……
I don’t/never 我确信……
I doubt 我怀疑……
在否定句和疑问句中,用that引导宾语从句,在肯定句中,用whether或者if引导宾语从句。
19.Although the two-year experiment was not a success,it did provide us
with a better understanding of how humans might be able to live on another planet.虽然这项为期两年的实验并不成功,但它确实让我们更好地了解了人类如何可能在另一个星球上生活。(p.69)
【句式分析】“do(does/did)+动词原形”用来强调谓语动词。
react to的意思(1)强调谓语动词用do,does或did,也就是说只能强调一般现在时态和一般过去时态中的谓语动词,其他时态一般无此用法。
(2)若强调句子的主语、宾语、状语等成分,要用强调句型:It is/was+被强调部分+that/who+其他部分。
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