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Unit 3 S2 教学设计 1． Australia is home to more than 170 different kinds of snake and 115 of these are poisonous．澳洲是超过 170只不同类型的蛇的家园，其中115种是毒蛇。 句中home意思是native habitat: the place where an animal is most common or indigenous。例如 It is home to the grizzly bear.下面是一些由home构成的短语和句子： at home， be close to home， be nothing much to write home about， bring something home (to someone)， Charity begins at home. Chickens come home to roost. drive/hammer something home， eat someone out of house and home， hit a home run， hit/strike home， a home away from home， Home is where the heart is. The lights are on but nobodys/no-ones home. make yourself at home， nothing to write home about， Whats something when its at home？ 2． Australia has more kinds of venomous snake than any other country in the world．However，the majority have no effect on humans or cause only mild sickness．澳洲毒蛇的类型超过全球任何其他国家。然而多数毒蛇对人类没有影响或者只能导致一些小毛病。 第一句句号前可以加一个does。第二句中majority作主语，看作复数。 有些名词，如variety， number， population， proportion， majority 等有时看作单数，有时看作复数。例如：A number of +名词复数+复数动词。The number of +名词复数+单数动词。A number of books have lent out. The majority of the students like English. 3． However，although they look dangerous because of their wide mouths and sharp teeth， all but two or three kinds are harmless to humans．然而，虽然他们因为宽嘴和利齿看起来危险，但是除了两三种以外几乎都对人无害。 句中but意思是except，used to indicate the exception to a statement just made。例如：He could do nothing but stand and watch her leave. There was nothing but a lump of moldy bread in the drawer. 4． There are no more than a handful of shark attacks each year and only three deaths have been reported in the last five years．每年只会发生七八起鲨鱼对人的攻击，而过去五年只有三次死亡报告。　 句中a handful of是一种量词用法，类似的例子还有：a drove of horses(一群马)， a flock of goats(一群山羊)， a herd of elephants(一群大象)， a pack of wolves(一群狼)， a pride of lion(一群狮子)， a skulk of foxes(一群狐狸) 5. Treatments for jellyfish stings and snakebites have also been developed and in the last five years there have been only three deaths from jellyfish stings and about