综合英语II 第二册参考书 Unit 7 Text A Eye of the Tiger.docVIP

Unit Seven Text A Eye of the Tiger Detailed Study of the Text: This is key to the baiting method of hunting them. (para.1) This is very important for attracting and hunting tigers. be key to: to be important, e.g. Wen also said stricter regulation might be key to economic recovery. Officials said the agreement would be key to helping stamp out cross - border animal smuggling. When they depart, they leave the buffalo tethered to a tree. (para.1) When they left, they didn’t take the buffalo with them but tied it to a tree. leave sth. done: to put sth. in a particular state, e.g. Don’t leave your head exposed. The guests left most of the dishes untouched, because they did not taste delicious. … two of the hunters have stayed behind and are hiding on a tree platform, guns ready. (para.1) … two of the hunters have stayed behind and are hiding on a tree platform, and their guns are ready to fire. guns ready: an independent genitive（独立主格结构）which functions as the adverbial in the sentence, showing the simultaneous action. Independent genitive is commonly used in written English which consists of two parts: the former is a noun or pronoun; the latter a non-predicate verb (to infinitive, gerund, participle, adjective, adverb or prepositional phrase), used as an adverbial to show time, reason, condition, manner, etc., e.g. It was still misty and cold, the first pale sun teasing at the edge of the sky. (Para.13) He was lying on the grass, his hands crossed under his head. Her work done, she sat down for a cup of tea. Weather permitting, they will go on an outing to the beach tomorrow. An air accident happened to the plane, nobody alive. An important lecture to be given tomorrow, the professor has to stay up late into the night. … where he secured the country’s first-ever hunting concession on a beautiful 60,000- acre park called the White Grass Plains. (Para.2) …where he got, for the first time in the country, the privilege to hunt on a b