Unit4Wildlifeprotection重點(diǎn)內(nèi)容【重點(diǎn)詞匯】1.threatenvt.威脅；恐嚇；預(yù)示vi.威脅；可能來(lái)臨Hetiedherupandthreatenedherwithasix-inchknife.他把她綁起來(lái)，拿著一把6英寸長(zhǎng)的刀威脅她。Thenewcomersdirectlythreatenthelivelihoodoftheestablishedworkers.新來(lái)的人直接威脅到原有工人的生計(jì)。Theclouds

threaten

snow.

烏云預(yù)示著要下雪。Doyou

meanto

threaten?

你是想威脅嗎?It'sthreateningtorain.天可能要下雨。2.huntvt.打獵；搜索vi.打獵；搜尋n.狩獵；搜尋Detectiveshavebeenhuntinghimforseven個(gè)月來(lái)警探們一直在追捕他。AsachildIlearnedtohuntandfish.我孩提時(shí)代就學(xué)會(huì)了打獵和捕魚(yú)。Aforensicteamwashuntingforclues.法醫(yī)小組正在搜尋線索。Thecouplehadhelpedinthehuntforthetoddlers.這對(duì)夫婦曾幫著尋找那些蹣跚學(xué)步的孩子。Hesetoffforanineteen-daymoosehuntinNovaScotia.他開(kāi)始了在新斯科舍為期19天的獵駝鹿行程。3.reliefn.(痛苦、憂慮）的減輕、消除；救濟(jì)；安慰Seeingthelostchildren,themotherwasinrelief.見(jiàn)到失蹤的兒子這位媽媽如釋重負(fù)。Ibreathedasighofrelief.我安心地松了一口氣。The

doctor's

treatment

gaveno

relief

to

the

patient.

那醫(yī)生的治療并未使病人的病情減輕。Needy

and

handicappedpeople

dependon

government

relief

fortheir

support.窮人和殘疾人依靠政府的救濟(jì)維持生計(jì)。4.mercyn.仁慈，寬容；憐憫；幸運(yùn)；善行They

weretreated

with

mercy.他們受到仁慈的待遇。We

willnot

pity

nor

spare,

norhave

mercy

tothe

enemy.對(duì)敵人我們不會(huì)同情，不會(huì)寬恕，也不會(huì)發(fā)慈悲。Itreallywasamercythathe'dgonesorapidlyattheend.這真幸運(yùn)，他最后走得那么快。Sailorisatthemercyoftheweather.水手受到天氣的擺布。5.containvt.包含；控制；容納Thebookdoesn'tcontainalltherequiredinformation.這本書(shū)里面并不包含所有需要的信息。TheenvelopecontainedaChristmascard.該信封里裝有一張圣誕賀卡。Watermeloncontainsvitaminsandalsopotassium.西瓜含有維生素也有鉀。Morethanahundredfiremenarestilltryingtocontainthefireattheplant.一百多名消防隊(duì)員仍在努力控制工廠火勢(shì)。6.affectvt.影響；感動(dòng)；侵襲；感染Asamatteroffact,youropinionwillnotaffectmydecision.事實(shí)上，你的觀點(diǎn)不會(huì)影響我的決定。Mostpeoplepresentatthemeetingweredeeplyaffectedbyhisspeech.出席會(huì)議的人都被他的演講深深感動(dòng)。7.appreciatevt.欣賞；鑒賞；感激；意識(shí)到Thehappiestarenotthosewhoownallthebestthings,butthosewhocan

appreciate

thebeautyoflife.最幸福的人們并不一定什么都是最好，只是他們懂得欣賞生活的美好。Iappreciate

John's

helpingintime.我感謝約翰的及時(shí)幫助。I’dappreciateitifyoucouldteachmehowtousethecomputer.假如你能教我怎樣使用電腦我將不勝感激We

appreciate

yourdifficulty.我們意識(shí)到了你們的困難。Doyou

appreciate

thefullmeaningofthisletter?你意識(shí)到了這封信的含義了嗎？8.succeedvi.成功vt.接替；繼任Hewastooinexperiencedandtooinexpertto

succeed.他太缺乏經(jīng)驗(yàn)，太不熟練，難以成功。Onlybyworkinghardcanwe

succeed

in

doing

everything.只有努力，才能成功。ObamasucceededBushaspresidentintheUSA.奧巴馬接替布什成了美國(guó)的總統(tǒng)。9.employvt.雇傭；利用（時(shí)間、精力）Thecompany

employed18staff.公司雇用了18名員工。Yourtimecouldbeusefully

employedinattendingtoprofessionalmatters.你可以有效地利用時(shí)間處理一些專業(yè)問(wèn)題。Maryisemployedindoingherhomework.瑪麗在忙她的家庭作業(yè)。10.harmvt./n.損害；危害Drinkingtoomuchdoesharmtoourhealth，butsomedon’tcare.喝酒太多對(duì)我們的身體有害，但有些人不在乎。Hemaysayno，butthereisnoharminasking.他可能拒絕，但問(wèn)一問(wèn)也無(wú)妨?！局攸c(diǎn)短語(yǔ)】1.dieout（動(dòng)、植物的）滅絕，滅亡；（風(fēng)俗、習(xí)慣等的）逐漸消失、不存在；（火、光等）逐漸熄滅Thiskindofbirdisdyingout.這種鳥(niǎo)快要滅絕了。Theoldcustomdiedoutmanyyearsago.這種古老的風(fēng)俗習(xí)慣許多年前就消失了。...from＝protect...against保護(hù)……不受……(危害)Themedicineisusedtoprotectalltheanimalsagainstinfection.這種藥用來(lái)為所有的動(dòng)物預(yù)防傳染病。It'simportanttoprotectyourskinfromtheharmfuleffectsofthesun.保護(hù)皮膚免受陽(yáng)光的有害影響是重要的。Toprotecttheenvironment，mostindustrialsocietieshaveestablishedstringentlaws.為了保護(hù)環(huán)境，大多數(shù)工業(yè)領(lǐng)域制定了嚴(yán)格的法律。3.burstintolaughter＝burstoutlaughing突然大笑起來(lái)；大聲笑了出來(lái)Suddenly,mysisterburstintolaughter/burstoutlaughing.突然，我妹妹大笑了起來(lái)。Allthepeopleburstintolaughter/burstoutlaughingasamanspokeabouthisexperienceintheforest.當(dāng)一位男士描述到自己在森林里的經(jīng)歷時(shí)每個(gè)人都大笑起來(lái)。intobeing出現(xiàn)；形成；產(chǎn)生WhendidtheRomanEmpire

come

into

being?羅馬帝國(guó)是什么時(shí)候形成的？Whendidthetermofnew-newpeople

come

into

being,please?請(qǐng)問(wèn)“新新人類”一詞是什么時(shí)候才出現(xiàn)的呢？TheChineseRedArmycameintobeingafterthedefeatofthefirstgreatrevolution.中國(guó)紅軍產(chǎn)生于第一次大革命失敗之后。5.indanger處于危險(xiǎn)之中Thedamwasindangerbecauseoftherisingflood.洪水猛漲，大壩告急。Atpresentmanyrareanimalsareindangerofdyingout.現(xiàn)在許多珍稀動(dòng)物正瀕臨滅絕。that為了；以致于，結(jié)果Hestudiedhardinhighschoolsothatheenteredakeyuniversityfinally.他在高中努力學(xué)習(xí),結(jié)果他最后進(jìn)入重點(diǎn)大學(xué)Helistenstothetapeseverymorningsothathecanimprovehisabilityoflistening.為了能夠提高自己的聽(tīng)力能力，他每天早上聽(tīng)磁帶?！局攸c(diǎn)句型】1.Weusedtobeanendangeredspecies.我們過(guò)去是一種瀕危物種?！究键c(diǎn)】usedtodo“過(guò)去經(jīng)常”IusedtowritepoetrywhenIwasyoung．我年輕時(shí)常常寫詩(shī)。"Doyouplaygolf?""No,butIusedto."“你打高爾夫球嗎?”“不打，但我過(guò)去打。”Heusedn’t(didn’tuse)tocome.

他過(guò)去不常來(lái)。Youusedtogothere,usedn’t(didn’t)you?

你過(guò)去常到那兒去，是嗎?Wheredidyouusetolive?

你過(guò)去是住哪兒的?2.Theylivedontheearthtensofmillionsofyearsago,longbeforehumanscameintobeing千百萬(wàn)年前恐龍就在地球上生活，遠(yuǎn)在人類產(chǎn)生之前。【考點(diǎn)】longbefore早在…之前，很早，很久以前此短語(yǔ)后面可以跟名詞、代詞或句子，也可單獨(dú)作狀語(yǔ)，常用于過(guò)去時(shí)或過(guò)去完成時(shí)。Hebecamefamouslongbeforethewar.早在戰(zhàn)前很久他就出名了。IknewBettylongbeforeyougotmarriedtoher.早在你和貝蒂結(jié)婚之前，我就認(rèn)識(shí)她了。Theysaidtheyhadknowneachotherlongbefore.他們說(shuō)他們很久以前就相互認(rèn)識(shí)了。Theareawasinhabitedlongbeforethedawnofrecordedhistory.早在有歷史記載之前的很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間里，這個(gè)地區(qū)就有人居住了。scientistsinspectedthebones,theyweresurprisedtofindthatthesedinosaurscouldnotonlyrunliketheothersbutalsoclimbtrees.當(dāng)科學(xué)家檢查那些骨頭時(shí)，他們驚訝地發(fā)現(xiàn)這些恐龍不僅可以跑，而且可以爬樹(shù)?！究键c(diǎn)】besurprisedtodotodo作狀語(yǔ)Theyoftengetupearlytoseesunrise.他們經(jīng)常早起去看日出。(目的狀語(yǔ))Iamgladtomeetyou.我很高興見(jiàn)到你。(原因狀語(yǔ))Hehurriedtothestation,onlytobetoldthatthetrainhadleft.他匆忙趕到車站，結(jié)果卻被告知火車已經(jīng)離開(kāi)了。(結(jié)果狀語(yǔ))【重點(diǎn)語(yǔ)法】現(xiàn)在進(jìn)行時(shí)被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)的用法表示此時(shí)此刻正在進(jìn)行的被動(dòng)動(dòng)作Thebossisbeinginterviewednow.老板正在被采訪。表示現(xiàn)階段正在進(jìn)行的被動(dòng)動(dòng)作（該動(dòng)作在說(shuō)話的瞬間未必正在進(jìn)行）Many