unit 9专用课件.ppt

Some interesting facts about animals The White Shark has teeth that rank on a scale of hardness with steel. is the only creature in the sea with no natural enemies; even killer whales normally avoid it; can survive brain damage better than any animal in the world; never gets sick. It has mysterious antibodies that give it immunity to practically ever known bacterial invader. It is also one of the few animals known to be completely immune to cancer; can hear sounds a mile away; is always hungry; no matter how much it eats, it appetite is never satisfied—it lives in a state of continual hunger; The Crocodile: is a cannibal; it will occasionally eat other crocodiles; does not chew its food, but swallows it whole. It carries several pounds of small stones in its stomach to aid in grinding up and digesting its nourishment. does cry tears, but they are crocodile tears—not real tears at all, but glandular excretions that serve to expel excess salt from the eyes; continually grows new sets of teeth to replace old teeth; cannot move its tongue; is surprisingly fast on land. If pursued by a crocodile, a person should run in a zigzag motion, for the crocodile has little or no ability to make sudden changes of direction Text Study Summary Writing During the next few weeks, though his brothers and sisters take great efforts to bring him back, Flint withdraws from the large group of chimpanzees and refuses food, thus grows more and more spiritless. 5. …the traits helped them to survive and reproduce at a time when subsistence was a full-time job: ..with these traits, they were able to go on to live and have offspring at a time when people were struggling just to maintain life. 儿女, 子孙, 后代, 产物 by biologists of all stripes(para.20) by biologists of all kinds stripe: a distinctive type, kind or sort ___ e.g. a man of his stripe spur: to strongly encourage sb/sth to do better; achieve more; incite or stimulate ___ e.g. The magnificent goal spurred the team on t