新编英语教程4unit7.pptVIP

LOGO Unit 7 Text I A Sunrise on the Veld Text II The Killers on the March Text I Text II Oral Work Listening Pre-reading Activity Structure Vocabulary Acquisition Intensive Reading Text 1: A Sunrise on the Veld Text I Pre-reading Activity 红火蚁、外引红火蚁、泊来红火蚁（台湾）  入侵红火蚁是最近进入中国的入侵物种，也是世界自然保护联盟（IUCN）收录的最具有破坏力的入侵生物之一。 红火蚁工蚁多型，体长2.4-6mm(Hedges 1998)，上颚4齿，触角10节，身体红色到棕色，柄后腹黑色。蚁巢向外突起呈丘状，直径一般小于46厘米。当蚁丘受到破坏时，入侵红火蚁将异常愤怒。其可用后腹部的尾刺进攻入侵者，一般被蛰刺后次日会有水疱出现。成虫食性广泛，其捕杀昆虫、蚯蚓、青蛙、蜥蜴、鸟类和小哺乳动物也采集植物种子。其进攻体型相对大的鸟类等的眼等要害器官。入侵红火蚁给被入侵地往往带来严重的生态灾难，是生物多样性保护和农业生产的大敌。红火蚁入侵住房、学校、草坪等地，与人接触的机会较大，叮咬现象时有发生。其尾刺排放的毒液可引起过敏反应，甚至导致人类死亡。入侵红火蚁同时也啃咬电线，经常造成电线短路甚至引发小型火灾。 Text I Pre-reading Activity Text I Features of Writing Concrete words exaggeration Different terms for the buck Vary sentence length Third-person narrator Simile Rhetorical Questions at last Text I Vocabulary Acquisition Write down the meaning of each word that fits the context. scurry (L.3) peer (L.9) jerk (L.12) twitch (L.19) anguish (L. 35) ebbing (L. 70) pincers (L.75) frisk (L.89) sniff (L.95) Move in haste (at a low level) Look carefully, perhaps with some difficulty Move suddenly repeated unconscious small movement of the muscles great physical and mental suffering Going back (as a group) Hand-like parts of an ant, for seizing holding Move quickly from side to side and up down Draw air into the nose with a sound, “smell” Text I Vocabulary Acquisition Write down the meaning of each word that fits the context. glistening (L.4) writhe (L.8) trickle (L.19) skeleton (L.28) glittering (L. 32) incredulously (L. 36) exhilarated (L.38) shining twist (the body) Flow in small drops or in a thin stream The framework of all the bones in a human or animal body Shinning brightly, showing tiny flashes Showing disbelief, unbelievingly In very high spirits …that took no notice of him,… not take any/much notice (of something) e.g. I hope youll take notice of what Im going to tell you. I waved b