Dictation of∪nit5 We ords 1. The opportunity or right to use or see something; 2. The most typical 3. Striking or unusual in appearance; 4. Make first public appearance 5 Do things not in the accepted way:6和解,妥协:7.非赢利的 8混乱紊乱;9顾问:10.任意的,随意的 e Phrases 1.接上因特网 2.快速移动 3.不受时空限制be 4.摆弄,想出主意 5.无限的_and 6.比其他的任何人都 7.在每个转折关头 ;8.追踪 9.利用.获利 10.通用语,混杂语
Dictation of Unit 5 Words 1. The opportunity or right to use or see something; 2. The most typical; 3. Striking or unusual in appearance; 4. Make first public appearance; 5. Do things not in the accepted way; 6. 和解, 妥协; 7. 非赢利的; 8. 混乱; 紊乱; 9. 顾问; 10. 任意的, 随意的. Phrases 1. 接上因特网 _ _ _ _ _; 2. 快速移动 _ _; 3. 不受时空限制 be _ _ _ _ _; 4. 摆弄, 想出主意 _ _ ; 5. 无限的 _ and _; 6. 比其他的任何人都 _ _ _ _ ; 7. 在每个转折关头 _ _ _ ; 8. 追踪 _ _ _ ; 9. 利用…获利 _ _ _ ; 10. 通用语, 混杂语 _ _
Lead-in of unit 6 e Weare living on a beautiful planet. Seen from the outer space, it looks like a huge bright blue sapphire (the birthstone of the people who was are born in September, transparent blue precious stone ) Our planet is unique for no organisms (living being) have been found yet somewhere else till now although people try to find some track of life in Mars. The world of nature on our earth is colorful and wonderful in which there are 2 parts: the non-living(the physical environment)and the living(all living things ). These two parts affect and interact upon each other and make up of the ecosystem(a system which relates all the plants, animals and people in an area to their surroundings and the system is considered as a whole). In the ecosystem, there are all kinds of organic life, millions of species(a group of plants or animals of the same kind, which are alike in all important ways and which breed together to produce young of the same kind), such as lion, tiger, wolf humans, etc. P106 Predator: a wild animal that lives on other animals by killing and eating them e Parasite: a plant or animal that lives on or in another and gets its food from it; it also refers to the person who is supported by others and gets something for nothing
Lead-in of Unit 6 We are living on a beautiful planet. Seen from the outer space, it looks like a huge bright blue sapphire (the birthstone of the people who was are born in September, transparent blue precious stone.). Our planet is unique for no organisms (living being) have been found yet somewhere else till now although people try to find some track of life in Mars. The world of nature on our earth is colorful and wonderful, in which there are 2 parts: the non-living(the physical environment) and the living (all living things). These two parts affect and interact upon each other and make up of the ecosystem (a system which relates all the plants, animals and people in an area to their surroundings and the system is considered as a whole). In the ecosystem, there are all kinds of organic life, millions of species (a group of plants or animals of the same kind, which are alike in all important ways and which breed together to produce young of the same kind), such as lion, tiger, wolf, humans, etc. P106 Predator: a wild animal that lives on other animals by killing and eating them Parasite: a plant or animal that lives on or in another and gets its food from it; it also refers to the person who is supported by others and gets something for nothing
Le 已ad-ln 9 Among predators, there are some species of animals that depend entirely on animals they kill, which are called carnivore( flesh-eating animals . Q: What are the characteristics of the carnivore in your mind? What about the parasite? Q: Since the predator is large and powerful, which is the natural enemy of many animals shall we take measures to control the number to protect the weak animals Why? 9 In fact, all organic life is of equal importance in the world of nature, with every species having its own role to play to maintain ecological balance /an ecosystem's balance Nothing can survive unless it fits into the balance of nature within its environment. all life must work together to maintain ecological balance, and any attempts to violate the balance of ecology are likely to end in failure We can take advantages of the natural rules, but we can not be against the rules
Lead-in Among predators, there are some species of animals that depend entirely on animals they kill, which are called carnivore ( flesh-eating animals) Q: What are the characteristics of the carnivore in your mind? What about the parasite? Q: Since the predator is large and powerful, which is the natural enemy of many animals, shall we take measures to control the number to protect the weak animals? Why? In fact, all organic life is of equal importance in the world of nature, with every species having its own role to play to maintain ecological balance / an ecosystem’s balance. Nothing can survive unless it fits into the balance of nature within its environment. All life must work together to maintain ecological balance, and any attempts to violate the balance of ecology are likely to end in failure. We can take advantages of the natural rules, but we can not be against the rules
scannin Stylistic features of Text I 1)formal language; 2)long sentences 3)complex sentence structures; 4) technical terms jargon) 5)objective statement and logical reasoning Typical organization of scientific writing 1) supplying definitions for the technical terms; 2)citing examples to illustrate them e Find out the definitions, examples and characteristics of the following terms respectively: predators: parasites, biological control: symbiosis: commensalism: mutualism
scanning Stylistic features of Text I: 1) formal language; 2) long sentences; 3) complex sentence structures; 4) technical terms (jargon); 5) objective statement and logical reasoning. Typical organization of scientific writing 1) supplying definitions for the technical terms; 2) citing examples to illustrate them. Find out the definitions, examples and characteristics of the following terms respectively: predators; parasites, biological control; symbiosis; commensalism; mutualism
Detailed studies e 1. Predator consumers that kill other animals for food lot necessarily bad; do not have an easy time of it: 9 2. Parasites: organisms that live on or in other living things very numerous 9 3. Biological control: limiting pests by using living organisms sometimes works, sometimes does not 9 4. Symbiosis: living organisms " living together" numerous 9 5 Commensalism: one organism benefits, other not affected 6 Mutualism: both organism benefit
Detailed studies 1. Predator: consumers that kill other animals for food. not necessarily bad; do not have an easy time of it; 2. Parasites: organisms that live on or in other living things. very numerous 3. Biological control: limiting pests by using living organisms. sometimes works; sometimes does not. 4. Symbiosis: living organisms “living together” numerous 5. Commensalism: one organism benefits, other not affected 6. Mutualism: both organism benefit
Detailed studies ecosystem: ecological unit consisting of a group of plants and living creatures interacting with each other and with their surroundings.生态系统 ecology ecologist ecologically ●L2 the word predator usually brings to mind pictures of lions Meaning: The word predator usually makes us think of pictures of lions bring/ca‖(sth) to mind: remind sb. Of sthλ.使人想起忆起 e.g. The photographs at the exhibition brought to mind the street scenes on the eve of shanghai liberation 看到这些孩子熟练地在因特网上搜取信息,使我想起了我的孩提时代 The sight of the children s skillful search for information on the Internet brought to my mind my own childhood bring something to..使…处于状态中 e. g: un ena/u close/ uhan/ gn/u cmax/u deau end/ suler/ victory/terms /sb.s attention/sb.'s notice
Detailed studies L1. ecosystem: ecological unit consisting of a group of plants and living creatures interacting with each other and with their surroundings. 生态系统 ecology ecologist ecologically L2 …the word predator usually brings to mind pictures of lions… Meaning: The word predator usually makes us think of pictures of lions bring/ call (sth.) to mind: remind sb. Of sth. 使人想起,忆起 e.g. The photographs at the exhibition brought to mind the street scenes on the eve of shanghai liberation. 看到这些孩子熟练地在因特网上搜取信息, 使我想起了我的孩提时代. The sight of the children’s skillful search for information on the Internet brought to my mind my own childhood. bring something to… 使…处于…状态中 e.g. ~ an end/a close/ a halt/ light / a climax / a dead end / safety/ victory / terms / sb.’s attention / sb.’s notice
Detailed studies predators do prey upon farm animals do: an auxiliary verb used to emphasize the affirmative nature or to add emphasis to an imperative prey on /upon: hunt and eat (living things) for food fhiE e.g. Cats prey on mice. Hawks prey on small birds In the animal world\, stronger animals prey upon the weaker steal from, pl under掠夺,劫掠 e.g. Our coasts were preyed upon by pirates ( of fears,etc) trouble greatly使苦恼 e.g. Anxieties preys upon my mind prey r.-- an animal that is hunted and eaten for food被捕食的动物,受害人 e.g. The young buck wandered in the jungle and fell prey to a tiger Away from his family and friends, the young man soon fell a prey to those more cunning than himself be/ become/ fall a prey to被捕食,深受其害 easy preγ容易捕获的猎物,容易上钩者,头脑简单的人 a beast/ bird of prey猛兽猛禽
Detailed studies L7 …predators do prey upon farm animals… do: an auxiliary verb used to emphasize the affirmative nature or to add emphasis to an imperative. prey on / upon: hunt and eat (living things) for food 捕食 e.g. Cats prey on mice. Hawks prey on small birds. In the animal world , stronger animals prey upon the weaker. steal from, plunder 掠夺, 劫掠 e.g. Our coasts were preyed upon by pirates. (of fears, etc.) trouble greatly 使苦恼 e.g. Anxieties preys upon my mind. prey n.----- an animal that is hunted and eaten for food 被捕食的动物, 受害人 e.g. The young buck wandered in the jungle and fell prey to a tiger. Away from his family and friends, the young man soon fell a prey to those more cunning than himself. be / become / fall a prey to 被捕食, 深受其害 easy prey 容易捕获的猎物, 容易上钩者, 头脑简单的人 a beast / bird of prey 猛兽 猛禽
Detailed studies ●L9 People try to wipe out entire populations of predators Meaning:/People try to kill off all the predators wipe out: destroy or get rid of complete清除彻底毁灭 e. g. y wipe out a disgrace The disease /epidemic almost wiped off the entire population of the out-of-the-way (remote)village ●L9 with the mistaken idea that they are doing good eg.许多人对他们居住的城市里雨后春笋般地冒出摩天大楼而深感自豪,误 以为摩天大楼是现代化的同义词. Many people are very proud of the skyscrapers that have mushroomed in their cities with the mistaken idea that skyscrapers are the synonym of modernization do sb. Good: be beneficial or useful to sb e.g. Fencing is a good sport which will do you good especially in terms of muscle coordination Swimming every day will do you a world of good
Detailed studies L9 People try to wipe out entire populations of predators: Meaning: People try to kill off all the predators. wipe out: destroy or get rid of completely 清除 彻底毁灭 e.g. ~ wipe out a disgrace The disease / epidemic almost wiped off the entire population of the out-of-the-way (remote) village. L9 … with the mistaken idea that they are doing good… e.g. 许多人对他们居住的城市里雨后春笋般地冒出摩天大楼而深感自豪, 误 以为摩天大楼是现代化的同义词. Many people are very proud of the skyscrapers that have mushroomed in their cities, with the mistaken idea that skyscrapers are the synonym of modernization. do sb. Good : be beneficial or useful to sb. e.g. Fencing is a good sport which will do you good especially in terms of muscle coordination. Swimming every day will do you a world of good
Detailed studies People usually believe that predators have an easy time of it, killing defenseless prey y Meaning: People usually think that predators do not have to make an effort to kill the prey animals, since the prey have no means to protecting themselves have an easy time of it: have a comfortable life, get what one desires without having to work hard for it; do something which requires little effor+过得很安逸 it in this idiom refers to nothing e.g. People tend to take it for granted that the heavyweight boxing champion will have an easy time of it, but beating his opponent might be harder than everyone thinks Being a famous actor, he actually does not have an easy time of it He must constantly improve his acting to meet new challenges
Detailed studies L11. People usually believe that predators have an easy time of it, killing defenseless prey. Meaning: People usually think that predators do not have to make an effort to kill the prey animals, since the prey have no means to protecting themselves. have an easy time of it: have a comfortable life , get what one desires without having to work hard for it; do something which requires little effort. 过得很安逸 it in this idiom refers to nothing. e.g. People tend to take it for granted that the heavyweight boxing champion will have an easy time of it, but beating his opponent might be harder than everyone thinks. Being a famous actor, he actually does not have an easy time of it. He must constantly improve his acting to meet new challenges
Detailed studies ●L13 seemingly;adv. In appearance: apparent看上去,表面上 an array of: a collection of,一列整齐的 acute sense: sharp sense formidable: causing fear or dread令人畏惧的难以克服的 at will: as one wishes随心所欲的,任意的 e.g.The international fair includes an array of all the most up-to-date computer software An increasing number of countries have passed the law which forbids anyone to hunt wildlife at will on the territory of their countries ●L16 contrary: n the opposite on the contrary: contrary to sth to the contrary by contraries
Detailed studies L13 seemingly: adv. In appearance; apparently 看上去, 表面上 an array of : a collection of , 一列整齐的 acute sense: sharp sense formidable: causing fear or dread 令人畏惧的, 难以克服的 at will: as one wishes 随心所欲的, 任意的 e.g. The international fair includes an array of all the most up-to-date computer software. An increasing number of countries have passed the law which forbids anyone to hunt wildlife at will on the territory of their countries. L16 contrary: n. the opposite on the contrary; contrary to sth. ; to the contrary; by contraries