必修二 第四单元Reading.ppt

Find the word or expression for each of the following meanings from the text. 1 far away in space or time 2 to go down to a lower level 3 able to control events 4 to do something to make a change 5 to understand how a serious situation is 6 to run after animals in order to kill or catch them 7 to keep someone or something safe from harm 8 to do sth as reaction to sth done or said 9 feeling of comfort when sth worrying has ended or not happened. Complete the passage with the words and phrases below in their proper forms. protect…from wild reserve powerful appreciate hunt relief species Wendy Lee was a famous photographer and always photographed animals in their natural habitat. One day she drove her car into the local game as usual to for some animals to photograph. After a while she saw some zebra with black and white lines going beneath their stomachs. “this must be a special of zebra,” thought Wendy. “I have never seen one like this before.” Suddenly the zebra looked up and moved away as quickly as the could. Wendy looked around and saw a lion in the grass. She the danger, so she sounded her horn loudly until the lion turned and walked away. Wendy waited for several minutes to make sure the lion was not coming back. Then she gave a smile of . But soon her smile disappeared because she realized that in the zebra the lion she had lost her best chance of taking some amazing photographs! 动物灭绝 从地球有史以来的这段漫长时期，许多动物都消失了。这些动物中最有名的是恐龙。千百万年前，恐龙就在地球上生活，比人类的出现要早得多。当时他们的前景好像也很安全。当时有许多不同种类的恐龙，其中有很多种类曾经生活在中国。25个种类的恐龙蛋是在河南省南阳西峡县发现的。不久前，在辽宁省的朝阳县新发现了一种罕见的、形状像鸟一样的恐龙。科学家们观察他们的头骨时，惊奇地发现他们不仅跟其他恐龙一样可以跑，而且还可以爬树。科学家是根据恐龙骨骼的连接方式得知的这些。 恐龙大约在6500万年前就突然地灭绝了。有些科学家认为恐龙灭绝是发生在一件意外事故之后，当时宇宙间一块巨石击中地球因而在空气中扬起太多的尘土。另外一些科学家则认为，地球变得太热，因此恐龙无法在地球