高中英语选择性必修4Section A　Reading and Thinking (3).pptx

;内容索引;[素养导航];[晨读晚诵];GoWildinYellowstoneNationalPark

WinterinYellowstonemeanssteaminggeysers,coldtemperatures,theintensequietofdeepsnowfallandgreatwildlifeviewing.Italsomeansfewerpeople;some29,000peoplevisittheparkinJanuaryversus②anaverageof948,000inthepeakseason—July.

Yellowstonehoststhelargestconcentration③ofwildlifeinthelower48states.Bison(野牛)havecalledtheparkhomesinceprehistoric④times.Some100wolveslivehere,makingitoneofthebesticonicsitesintheworldtoseetheonce-endangeredCanislupus.ThevividbluesofYellowstone’spremierhotspringsglow⑤evenmorebrilliantlyagainst⑥abackdrop(背景)ofwhitesnow.;SoarwithBaldEagles(白头海雕)

Itisamazingtoseeabaldeagleflyingincirclesinthesky,wingsstretchedtoalmost8feetacross,ortowatchitdiveforfoodatspeedsofnearly100mph.America’sfoundingfathersadopted⑦theeagle—abirdof“supreme”(至高的)powerandauthority—asthesymbolforanewcountry.?

JanuaryisNationalBaldEagleWatchMonth,andyoucanspot⑧thesebirdsacrosstheU.S.OntheupperMississippiRiver,asmanyas2,500baldeaglesspendthewinterfeedingonfishbelowdamsandinopenwater.InlateJanuaryandearlyFebruary,thebirdsbeginnest-building.InVirginia,eaglessettlealongthePotomacintheElizabethHartwellMasonNeckRefuge,just18milesoutsideofWashington,D.C.;词海拾贝

①premieradj.第一的,首位的,最初的

②versusprep.对;相对

③concentrationn.集中,集结

④prehistoricadj.史前的

⑤glowv.发光

⑥againstprep.以……为背景;在……的衬托下

⑦adoptv.采用;收纳

⑧spotvt.看见;典句欣赏

Itisamazingtoseeabaldeagleflyingincirclesinthesky,wingsstretchedtoalmost8feetacross,ortowatchitdiveforfoodatspeedsofnearly100mph.

译文:看见白头海雕在空中盘旋,它的翅膀伸展出几乎8英尺宽,或者观看它以接近每小时100英里的速度俯冲下来觅食,是一件非常神奇的事情。

分析:it是形式主语,真正的主语是由两个不定式短语组成,即:toseeabaldeagleflyingincircles...ortowatchitdivefor...。wingsstretchedtoalmost8feetacross是独立主格结构做状语。stretch在这里是及物动词,与wings构成动宾关系,故用过去分词