1、Unit 15 We are trying to save the manatees!,教学目标,重点词与短语,课文解析与翻译,本单元习题,furry,adj. 毛皮的，似毛皮的，长有毛皮的 Furry是形容词，意为毛皮的，长毛皮的，是由名词fur双写r加y构成的。 The old lady is holding a little furry kitten in her arms. 那个老妇人怀里抱着一只毛茸茸的小猫。 I bought a furry toy for my daughter. 我给女儿买了个毛绒玩具。,enormous,adj. 巨大的，庞大的 He earned an en
2、ormous amount of money. 他挣了一大笔钱。 Enormous意为巨大的，是形容词。主要指在大小、数量或程度上超乎寻常地大。 The sea is so enormous that I cant believe my eyes. 大海如此之大让我不敢相信自己的眼睛。,Huge意为巨大的，主要尺寸或容量的庞大 The huge stone stopped us the way to the village. 巨石头挡住了我们进村的路。 Great含有浓厚的感情色彩，意为伟大的，巨大的，一般修饰抽象名词 She has made great progress. 她取得了很大的进
3、步。,aggressive,adj. 侵犯的，挑衅的 That man was aggressive and looking for a fight. 那个人一副挑衅的架势，想找人打架。 Aggressive是由动词aggress侵犯+后缀-ive构成的形容词。后缀-ive常用来构成形容词。 Effect效果-effective有效的 Act行动-active活跃的，积极的 Expense费用-expensive昂贵的,feedto/feedon (with)/feed on,这三个词组都有“喂食”的意思，但使用时须注意区别： (1)feedto中的feed是及物动词，其后接饲料或食物名词作宾
4、语，to为介词，其后一般接动物或小孩等名词表示对象，其词组意思是：把喂给吃。如： Please feed some grass to the cow.请给牛喂点草。 She has fed milk to the baby.她已给婴儿喂过奶。,(2)feedon 中的feed也是及物动词,其后接人或动物名词作宾语, on后接食物或饲料名词,其词组表示“用喂”。On可与with 替换。如： The child was feeding the monkey on/with a banana. 那孩子用香蕉喂猴子。,feed on 中的feed为不及物动词，意思是“食、吃”（主要指动物，若指人则为口
5、语或诙谐用语），与介词on连用构成及物动词词组，其词组意思是“以为食，靠为生”，其主语主要用来指动物，也可用于指婴儿，其宾语通常是食物或饲料名词。 Cattle feed mostly on grass.牛以草为主食。 feed on与live on同义，但live on主要用于指人，以人作主语，常以表示食物、工资、钱等的名词作宾语。如： People live on rice.这里的人以大米为主食。 She lives on a small salary.她靠微薄的薪水为生。 但live on 也可用于指动物，以动物名词作主语。例如： All ants live/feed on liquid
6、 food.所有的蚂蚁以液体食物为主。,weigh,v. 称，称的重量 Weigh作及物动词，意为称，称的重量 He weighed himself on the bathroom scales. 他在浴室的磅秤上称体重。 He weighed the stone in his hand. 他用手掂了掂这块石头的重量。 Weigh做不及物动词，意为重，有重，后常加表数量的词语，其名词形式为weight。 She weighs 60 kilos. 她的体重为60公斤。,suitable,adj. 合适的，适宜的 Is this a suitable time to have a word wit
7、h you? 我想和你说句话，你现在方便吗？ Its suitable to have a picnic today. 今天的天气很适合野餐。 Suitable后接for sth./to sb.，意为适合某物和适合某人 I dont think I should be suitable for the post. 我认为自己不适合这个职位。 The work was not suitable to me. 那工作不适合我。,express,1. 表示“表达”“表示”等，通常不接双宾语。 他对她表示了他的谢意。 误：He expressed her his thanks. 正：He expres
8、sed his thanks to her.,2. 有时可接反身代词作宾语，其意为表达自己的意思、思想、感情等。如： Have I expressed myself clearly? 我的意思讲清了吗? He is still unable to express himelf in English. 他还不能用英语表达自己的意思。 3. 其后一般不接 that-从句，但可接疑问词引导的从句。如： I cant express (to you) how grateful I am for your help. 你对我的帮助，我感激不尽。 他表示对我们的工作很满意。 误：He expressed
9、that he was satisfied with our work. 正：He said that he was satisfied with our work. 正：He expressed himself (as) satisfied with our work.,(1) 用作形容词，表示运送或传递等迅速的或快捷的等。如：an express train(快车)，an express letter(快信) (2) 用作副词，表示用快邮寄送或乘快车等。如： The parcel was sent express. 这包裹是用快邮寄的。 He likes to travel express
10、. 他喜欢乘快车旅行。 (3) 用作名词，表示快车或快邮等。如： He came by the midnight express. 他乘午夜的快车来的。 The letter was sent by express. 这信是用快件邮寄的。,pull,v. 拉，拖，拔 Pull作及物动词，接名词、代词做宾语，还可以接形容词、副词、介词短语充当补足语的复合宾语。 He pulled his chair up to the table. 他把椅子拖向桌子。 I cant pull him aside. 我不能把他拉到旁边。 The child pulled the door open. 那个小孩把门
11、拉开了。 Pull作不及物动词，当主语为不具备动力的某物时，起主动形式常含有被动含义 The tractor pulls well. 这台拖拉机拉力大。,课文解析与翻译,Dear Editor,I am writing to say that I am against building a new zoo in out town. Zoos are terrible places for animals to live. Ive visited a lot of zoos in my life, and I have never seen one I liked or one that was
12、 suitable for animals to live in. Just last week, I visited a zoo and couldnt believe what I saw. The animals are kept in tiny cages and can hardly move at all. And they are only given food once a day. Is this a good way for animals to live? I dont think so.Sincerely,Disgusted,亲爱的编辑： 我写信是要说我反对在我们城里建
13、立一个新的动物园。对于动物来说，动物园是很糟糕的居住地。我参观过很多动物园，还没有见过一个我喜欢或者适合动物居住的动物园。就在上周，我参观了一个动物园，我简直不敢相信我所看到的。动物们被关在很小的笼子里，几乎不能活动。而且每天只能得到一次喂食。这是动物们生存的良好方式吗？我不这样认为。 诚挚的 气愤的人,Dear Editor,I visited our zoo yesterday and I was very surprised to find hardly anyone there. Zoos are very important places. They are like living
14、textbooks for young people. They provide homes for many endangered animals, and help to educate the public about caring for them. If we dont support our zoos, they wont have enough money to take care of so many fine animals. I urge all of your readers to visit our wonderful zoo soon.Sincerely,Animal
15、 Friend,亲爱的编辑：昨天我参观了我们的动物园，我惊讶地发现那儿几乎没有人。动物园是很重要的地方。对年轻人来说，它们就像活的教科书。他们为许多濒临灭绝的动物提供家园，而且帮助教育公众要爱护它们。如果我们不支持我们的动物园，他们就不会有足够的资金来照顾这么多的好动物。我强烈要求你们所有的读者赶快来参观我们漂亮的动物园。真诚的 动物之友,The house of trash,You have probably never heard of Amy Winterbourne, but she is a most unusual woman. She lives in a house that
16、she built herself out of trash. Well, the stuff used to be called trash, but now its called” recycled” material. The windows and doors came from old buildings around the town that were being pulled down. The walls are made from old glass bottles that are glued together. The roof is made from discard
17、ed titles. And the fence is built out of used soda cans. Amy recently won an award from the Help Save Our Planet Society. The president Jackson Smith said, “Amy is an inspiration to us all.”And what does Amy do in her spare time? She makes model toys out of old TVs, and sells them to raise money for
18、 the Childrens Hospital.,用废品建造的房屋,你可能从来没有听说过艾米 温特伯恩，但是她却是一位非同寻常的女士。她住在一所自己用废品建造的房子里。当然，这些原料过去被称作做废品，但是现在被叫做“可回收”材料。窗子和门来自城里正在被拆毁的旧建筑物。墙壁是由粘在一起的旧玻璃瓶做成的。屋顶是用废弃的砖瓦做成的。栅栏是由用过的饮料罐做成的。艾米最近获得了由“帮助拯救我们的星球协会”颁发的奖项。会长杰克逊 史密斯说：“艾米对我们所有人都是一种精神鼓舞”。 艾米在空闲时间干什么呢？她用旧电视制作模型玩具，并且卖掉它们为儿童医院筹集资金。,本单元习题,( )1 Would you li
19、ke _ dinner with me?A. to have B. having C. have D. had ( )2 Sometimes he feels like _ to give up.A. to want B. wanting C. want D. wanted ( )3 Though I like _ , I dont like _ with you today.A, to swim, swimming B, swimming, swimming C, to swim, to swim D, swimming, to swim,( )4 There _ a lot of tree
20、s here, but now it has become desert.A, is B, awe C, used to be D, used to being ( )5 You should _, if you have some new ideas.A, try them on B, try them out C, try on them D, try out them,( )6 Many rivers _.A, have became polluted B, have become polluted C, have been polluting D, have become pollut
21、ing ( )7 Who are you going to play _? A, at B, for C, to D, against ( )8 Most of us are strongly against _ animals.A, to hunt B, hunted C, hunt D, hunting,( )9 There are hardly any people, _?A, are they B, arent they C, are here D, arent there ( )10 To our _, they have found the car which was stolen
22、 ten years ago.A. surprising B. surprised C. surprises D. surprise ( )11 Do you still remember _ me somewhere in Shanghai?A, to see B, see C, seeing D, saw,( )12 Did you win the basketball game? Bad luck. Our team _ in the final one.A, won B, beat C, was won D, was beaten ( )13 Can you catch what I
23、said? Sorry, I can _ understand it.A, almost B, hardly C, nearby D, never ( )14 In the exam the _ you are, the _ mistakes youll make.A, carefully; little B, more carefully; fewest C, more careful; fewer D, more careful; less,( )15 Do you feel like _ or shall we go by bus?I prefer to walk, but we hav
24、e _ a taxi, for time is short.A, walking; to take B, to walk; take C, walking; taken D, to walk; took ( )16 We are used to _from one place to another.A, move B, moving C, moved D, moves ( )17 Inventors like to _ new ideas.A, have a try B, try C, try on D, try out,( )18 I think that animals should not live in zoos. I agree _ you.A, to B, about C, with D, on ( )19 I dont think zoos are good places for animals to live in, _?A, do you B, dont you C, are they D, arent they ( )20 We should stop people _ water.A, to waste B, wasting C, waste D, from wasting,
