Unit 6 TextA Summary Culture is thought to be the thing only humans have. Studies of animals owever, show that chimpanzees can make and use tools like man. Monkeys can learn do something from each other. Apes can even be taught some forms of language. We find that certain animals do have culture similar to that of human beings and the line dividing us from them is not as clear as we used to think II. Language points 1. defense(美) defence(英) n.①保卫,防卫,维护 eg; He spoke In defense of the governments record.他发言维护政府的政绩。 ②防御的手段,防御物 eg; Good strong locks are the best defense against burglars.坚固的锁是防盜贼的 最好防御物 ③辩护,辩词,答辩 e.g: She said, in her defense, that she had not seen the "No parking"sign. tt>y 自己辩护说,她没有看见“不准停车”的标志 【常用短语】 in defense of sth.orsb.为某事或某人辩护; defend against/ from sb 防御某人或某物 2. cooperate 合作,协作 eg: They'11 get the Job finished much more quickly if they all cooperate.如果他们 都合作,他们会更快完成这项工作 eg: The British cooperated with the French In designing the satellite.英法两国合作 设计人造卫星 【常用短语】 cooperate with sb.和某人合作; cooperate to do sth.合作干某事 3. attempt n.努力,尝试,企图 e.g: The government announced big tax cuts in an attempt to regain its lost popularity 政府宣布大幅度减税,企图以此恢复失去的声望。 .试图,尝试,企图 e.g: The second question was so difficult I didn't even attempt it 第二道题太难了,我连碰都不敢碰 【常用短语】 attempt to do sth.试图干某事 make an attempt to do sth.企图做某 4. command n.①命令Unit 6 Text A I．Summary Culture is thought to be the thing only humans have．Studies of animals, however，show that chimpanzees can make and use tools like man．Monkeys can learn to do something from each other．Apes can even be taught some forms of language．We find that certain animals do have culture similar to that of human beings and the line dividing us from them is not as clear as we used to think． II. Language points: 1．defense（美 ）defence (英) n. ①保卫，防卫，维护 e.g: He spoke In defense of the governments record．他发言维护政府的政绩。 ②防御的手段，防御物 e.g: Good strong locks are the best defense against burglars．坚固的锁是防盗贼的 最好防御物。 ③辩护，辩词，答辩 e.g: She said，in her defense，that she had not seen the“No parking”sign．她为 自己辩护说，她没有看见“不准停车”的标志。 【常用短语】in defense of sth．or sb．为某事或某人辩护；defend against／from sb. ／sib．防御某人或某物 2．cooperate v．合作，协作 e.g: They’11 get the Job finished much more quickly if they all cooperate．如果他们 都合作，他们会更快完成这项工作。 e.g: The British cooperated with the French In designing the satellite．英法两国合作 设计人造卫星。 【常用短语】cooperate with sb．和某人合作；cooperate to do sth．合作干某事 3．attempt n．努力，尝试，企图 e.g: The government announced big tax cuts in an attempt to regain its lost popularity． 政府宣布大幅度减税，企图以此恢复失去的声望。 v．试图，尝试，企图 e.g: The second question was so difficult I didn’t even attempt it． 第二道题太难了，我连碰都不敢碰。 【常用短语】attempt to do sth．试图干某事 make an attempt to do sth．企图做某 事 4. command n．①命令