Text B[整理版].ppt

True or False Questions 1. Frogs are called an “indicator species” because their skin is sensitive to environmental pollution and global climate change. 2. The “sober folks” refer to adults not addicted to alcohol. 3. The author’s purpose in writing the story is that he wants to encourage readers to fight against pollution. Sentence Analysis 1. As a tool of that trade I have a computer and a studio.(para.2) 作为干这一行的工具， 我有一台电脑和一间工作室。 2.I figured that he (and I say he, though I really don’t have a clue if she is a he or vice versa) would be more comfortable in the greenhouse. (para 4) 3.After a while I got quite used to the fact that as I would check my morning email and on-line news, he would be there with me surveying the world. (para. 4) 很快我就习惯了有他做伴，清晨我上网查收邮件和阅读新闻的时候，他也在一旁关注这个世界。 4.For five months now he had been riding there with me and I was suddenly overtaken by an urge to know why he was there and not in the greenhouse, where I figured he’d live a happier frog life. (para.6) 五个月了，他一直这样陪着我。我突然有一股强烈的欲望想了解他：为什么他要呆在这儿而不乐意呆在花房里？我认为对树蛙来说，花房显然要舒适得多 5. At that rate I knew that the maple trees that I love to tap each spring for syrup would not survive for my children. (para.10) 我知道，照这种速度下去，每年春天我都爱去提取树浆的这片枫林，到我孩子的那一代就将不复存在。 糖枫的树干中，含有大量的淀粉。到了寒冷的冬季就变成蔗糖。第二年春天以后，气温增高，蔗糖又变成香甜的能够流动的树液。这时候，人们在树上钻些孔洞，糖液就会从孔洞中源源流出来。 6. He then began to turn a very subtle, but brilliant shade of green and leaped full force onto the computer. (para.11) 他的皮肤起了微妙的变化，呈现出一种亮丽的绿色，然后他就用尽全力跳到电脑上。 7.It said that frogs were being found whose skin was like paper.(para.12) 据说已经发现有些青蛙的皮肤已变得像纸一样干瘪 . 9. In a serious ______ of voice, the doctor warned him to keep off sugar. tone audio boundary cup (v.) decade directly focus overtake species subtle tone 10. She ______ her hands around the mug of hot coffee to warm them. cupped Ex. 11 Fill in the blanks with the words given below. Make changes where necessary. 别棱泥蕴师桥冶宛迄趁菊沽橇隋渺篮郊连豆骏序囤趁鬃表撞意餐颧窗装最Text BText B 1. I didn’t expect