2020-2021学年新高中英语外研版选择性必修第一册课件：Unit 6 Section A

点 to travel along the railway that many foreign experts claimed was
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“impossible”. 2.A group of Tibetan antelopes is moving under the bridge,with some stopping to eat grass at their leisure.
A.Vivid.
B.Well-designed.
C.Delicate.
Impossible.
答案:B
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4.Why were so many bridges built on the Sky Railway? A.To prevent damage to wetland. B.To climb up the mountains. C.To allow animals to move safely. D.To shorten the length of the railway. 答案:A 5.What’s the function of thousands of sandbags along the lake? A.Preventing the grassland being brushed. B.Protecting the lake from construction waste. C.Making a safe distinct mark for the birds. D.Stopping the cattle and sheep running away. 答案:B
B.The air there was too thin.
C.The ecosystem was too delicate.
D.The working condition was too poor.
答案:C
3.Which of the following words can be used to describe the railway?
词海拾贝 ①monolith n.巨型独石;庞然大物 ②permanently adv.永存地;不变地 ③momentous adj.重大的;重要的 ④ancestral adj.祖先的;祖传的 ⑤flank n.侧面,侧腹 典句欣赏
There is a moment just before the sun sets when the west-facing
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Ⅱ.词汇拓展
1.massive→(n.) mass
2.delicate→(adv.) delicately
3.leisure→(adj.)leisurely
4.radiation→(v.)radiate →(adj.) radiant →(n.) adiance
And a short time from now,not ever.Two days before our arrival,the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park board announced that from October 26,2019,Uluru will be permanently② closed to climbing.
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1.Why did Australian government close the climbing of Uluru? 答案:To protect Uluru and worship the Aboriginal culture. 2.What does Uluru stand for in the eyes of Aboriginals? 答案:Uluru is a great sacred place which is related to their ancestors who lived on the land.
There is a moment just before the sun sets when the west-facing flanks⑤ of Uluru blaze orange as if the rock has caught fire.The glow is fierce,intense,alive.A quarter of a million people come each year to watch this symphony of light and,increasingly,to learn something of the oldest living civilization on Earth.
5.wander→(n.) wanderer
6.scenery(n.) scene
→(adj.) scenic
7.economy→(adj.)economic
8.disturb→(n.) disturbance →(adj.) disturbing
9.emission→(v.)emit
10.operator→(v.) operate
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1.at one’s leisure 空闲时
2.be about to do sth即将做某事
3.work on从事 重 4.overcome the challenges 克服挑战
Unit 6 Nurturing nature
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It is November,springtime in the Australian desert,and I am standing at the base of the massive rust-coloured monolith① known as Uluru,or Ayers Rock,along with a group of travelers whom I am guiding on a two-week tour of Australia and New Zealand.Above us a path snakes up the smooth face of the sandstone rock.
答案:D
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2.What’s the biggest challenge for the Sky Railway?
A.The length was out of imagination.
Since the 1930s,when this formation started to become known to outsiders—and then became one of Australia’s top tourist attractions—hundreds of thousands of visitors have climbed this track to the top of the rock.
点 5.catch one’s eyes 吸引某人的注意
短 6.be located at 位于 语 7.above sea level 海平面以上
8.reach out 伸手去够
9.bring...to life 使……焕发生机
10.thanks to 幸亏,由于
重 1.Sitting back in my seat,I can’t quite believe that I’m about
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But not today.A sign at the start of the track says the climb is closed due to extreme heat and a risk of high winds.
flanks of Uluru blaze orange as if the rock has caught fire. 译文:就在太阳下山前一刻,乌鲁鲁的西侧被夕阳映成橙色,仿佛
着火了一样。 分析:这是一个复合句。before引导时间状语从句, as if引导方式
状语从句。
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In Aboriginal life,sacred stories are not just narrative accounts of something that happened once.They can be powerful charms to ancestral presences that remain active in “country”—the English word used to express the deep Aboriginal relationship to land.Country is like a family member.If the story is wrong,country suffers.When country suffers,people suffer.
By not climbing,they honour Aboriginal Tjukurpa.By honouring Tjukurpa,they honour the land.
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Ⅰ.知识体系图解
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1.steadily adv.平稳地 2.delicate adj.脆弱的 3.splendid adj.壮丽的 4.leisure n.空闲,闲暇 5.radiation n.辐射 6.mirror-like adj.如镜面般的 7.wander v.徘徊 8.scenery n.风景,景色
11.conservationist→(n.)conservation →(v.) conserve
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Ⅲ.阅读导学 根据P62—P63课文内容,回答下列问题。 1.What did the author do several years ago? A.He was a singer. B.He was a composer. C.He was a journalist. D.He was a worker on the Sky Railway.
For the rock’s Aboriginal owners,whose tenure here goes back tens of thousands of years,this is a momentous③ decision,one they have dreamed of and worked toward for decades.To them,Uluru is an intensely sacred site and a potent link to spirit ancestors who shaped the land.For the best part of a century,they have felt sickened as people defecated on,stripped naked on,and drove golf balls off this spot where Aboriginals believe that the spirits of ancestral④ beings continue to live.