Wildlife protection
Language Points
1. decrease 反义词 increase
1) v. 减少,降低
decrease to…..减少到….
decrease by….减少了….
decrease from….to…从….减少到….
Ex. The number of the students in our grade
has decreased ____ 746.
A. to B. by C. with D. for
His income has decreased ____ 6%.
A. to B. by C. with D. for
B
A
2) 减少;降低
a decrease in…. 在…方面减少
be on the decrease 在减少
After lots of exercise, Tom’s weight
has decreased by/ to/ from…to…
2. As a result these endangered animals
may even die out.
die out 灭绝,灭亡;(习惯等)消失
E.g
Because of climate becoming worse, several
species have died out.
Many old customs are gradually dying out.
die of (illness/hunger/cold/sadness
/excitement /old age…) 死于内因
die from (an electric shock / overwork
/accident/pollution/ a wound) 死于外因
die away (footsteps/ noise/ light) 逐渐消失
die down( storm, wind, excitement, anger,
fire)渐渐减弱,平息
die off 相继死去
be dying for 渴望…
die for (our homeland) 为…而死
die away die down die of
die from die off be dying for
Tom is dying ____an expensive car.
The little match girl died ____ cold and hunger.
Her parents died ____ in two years, which
made her sorrow to death.
After a while, the sound gradually died ____.
Her brother died ____ a traffic accident last
week.
With nothing left to burn, the fire died _____
finally.
for
of
off
away
from
down
1. The man who had set off a bomb in the
crowd was sentenced to __.
A.death B. die C. dead D. dying
A
2. It was not until a large number of
endangered animals __that they __the
importance of wildlife protection.
A. died off ; did realize B. died out ; realized
C. died away; realize D. died down; did realize
B
3. loss n. 丧失,损失, v. lose
a sense of loss 失落感
at a loss 不知所措,困惑
at a loss for words 无言以对
make up for the loss 弥补损失
4. hunt v. 猎杀; 打猎
n. hunting 打猎 n. hunter 猎人
go hunting 去打猎
hunt for 寻找 be on the hunt for 正在寻找
The police are on the hunt for further clues
One day, Ada went______(hunt) with her friend,
a __________(hunt) , in a forest. However, she
suddenly found that she _________(lose) her
bag in which all her important things were. She
was at a________(lose). And a sense
of________(lose)stroke her. The hunter was
sorry that Ada ________(suffer) such losses.
Anyway, the most important thing for Ada was to
_____________(弥补)for the loss.
hunting
hunter
lost
loss
loss
suffered
make up
Fill the blank with the proper form of the words
Good
job!!!
5. reserve
n: 1) nature reserve
2) We have large reserve of oil.
3) They discussed the problem without ~.
vt: 1) You’d better reserve some money
for future need .
2) I’d like to reserve a table for two.
自然保护区
储备
保留
预定
坦率地,毫无保留地
~one’s judgement /opinion 保留意见
make a reservation for … 为…预订
Look at the pictures and speak out the
Chinese meaning of reserve.
6. Daisy responded immediately.
vt. & vi. 回答; 反应; 回应
Eg. I invited him to dinner but he didn’t ~ .
She didn’t ~ to his kindness.
He ~ed that he would be pleased to attend.
response n. 回答; 回应
in response to / as a response to 作为…的回应
make/give /no response to 没有作出回应
Eg. She opened the door in response to the
knock.
听到敲门以后, 她便打开了门。
Yuan Fang responds to Di’s questions by ...
Yuan Fang ... in response to Di’s questions.
7. In relief Daisy burst into laughter.
relief n. 安慰; 减轻; 缓解
in relief 如释重负, 松了口气
In a way it was a relief to know there was
nothing serious.
知道没什么严重的在一定程度上是一种宽慰.
In relief, the children all arrived home safely.
孩子们都安全到家, 令我们大大松了一口气.
To our relief, the boy was saved in the end.
-- The teacher didn’t know you were late
again.
-- What a relief!
relieve one’s pain/pressure vt. 减轻;缓解
relieved adj. 放心的;感到宽慰的
In relief/ To his relief,
Obama finally finds that ……
8. Farmers hunted us without mercy. 毫不怜悯
mercy n. 仁慈, 宽恕, 怜悯
In a battle, you should show no mercy to
enemies.
He showed little mercy to the prisoners.
= He had / took little mercy on the prisoners.
at the mercy of …
It’s a mercy (that)…
Eg. They were lost at sea, at the mercy of
wind and weather.
It’s a mercy (that) the accident
happened
so near the hospital.
任凭…的控制/ 摆布
幸亏…
No matter….., you should show your mercy to the poor.
You should…. If you don’t want to be at the mercy of….
9.protect …from/against 保护…免受
under the protection of 在…的保护下
Try to protect your skin from /against the sun.
Troops have been sent to protect aid workers
against attack.
Under the protection of his parents , the little
boy survived the snowstorm.
protective gloves adj. protector n.
Er Kang does what he can to protect
Sakura from/ against…..
10.Contain
1)包含, 含有;容纳 n. container 容器
This book contains what you need.
The hall can contain 3,000 people.
2) vt. 控制,抑制
contain oneself 克制自己的情绪
注意:contain不用于进行时态
Sea water ________ salt.
There were 9 people injured in the accident,
________ three children / three children______.
This book ________ 10 units, _________ 2 main
revision units.
contain 容器里面装有;包含的全部内容或容量;
所含的成分
include 指作为一部分被包括在内
contains
including included
contains including
辨析 contain / include
11. affect vt
1) 影响;感动; (疾病)侵袭 effect n.
come into effect 起作用/生效
affect = have an effect/influence/impact
on…
have a positive/negative/far-reaching effect
on..
Their opinion will not affect my decision.
2) 感动 move
All the people present were affected to tears.
affect sb to tears 把某人感动得流泪
be greatly affected by…. 被…深深打动
affection n. 喜爱,感情
3) 使感染
He is affected with high fever. 发高烧
be affected by heat/ cold 中暑,着凉
12. appreciate vt. 欣赏;感激;意识到
appreciate + n. / pron. / v-ing 重视;感激
I would appreciate it if ….假如….我将不胜感激
appreciation n. 欣赏;感激; 理解
in appreciation of…. 作为对….的感激;为感谢…
appreciative adj. 感激的;欣赏的
They appreciated my helping greatly.
I would appreciate it if you could
give me some advice.
I would appreciate it if……
用appreciate 的适当形式填空
Thanks so much for your help, I really
____________it. Your teaching method helps
children to develop the ability of___________
of poetry and literature. We have been very
________of your help. Words fail to express
my_____________to you.
appreciate
appreciatiation
appreciative
appreciation
13. We don’t exactly know when the universe came
into being.
It is said that this old building has ___ for more
than 300 ages.
A.existed B. appeared
C. been built D. come into being
A
Guess: 1.When do the new regulations come into
force/effect/ operation?
2.Long skirts have come into fashion again.
3.When did Hitler come into power/office?
4.The flying car is considered to come into use
soon.
5.An artificial lake came into sight/view when we
got there.
come into effect/ force/ operation
开始生效、执行
come into existence
开始形成;形成;产生
come into sight/ view
看得见
come into use
开始使用