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Module 2 The natural world

Unit 4 Creatures large and small

主讲：蔡卫萍

Friend or enemy?

This is an excerpt（摘录）from the play Winston and the Spider to learn about one kind of small creature. The scene begins with Winston and his wife Betty standing in their kitchen.

Winston and his wife are standing in the kitchen when the scene begins.

这一幕开始时，Winston和他的妻子在厨房里。

1. shelter

n. 庇护所，避难所，庇护，隐蔽处，掩蔽

vt. 庇护，保护，隐匿

vi. 躲避

We took shelter from the storm in a department store.

We sheltered under a tree until the shower passed.

2. survive

vi. 幸存，活下来

These plants cannot survive in very cold conditions.

vt. 比…活得长，经历…之后还存在

Most parents expect that their children will survive them.

Did anyone survive the explosion?

The house survived the storm.

经过暴风雨袭击, 这所房屋并未倒塌。

3. emerge

e- out 出来，外

+ merge 没入水里

vi. 出现；显出；暴露

The ship emerged from behind the fog.

船从雾里露了出来。

He merged from the accident unharmed.

4. bored adj. 感到厌烦的；无聊的

Be bored with 对…感到厌烦

boredom n. 无聊；厌烦；枯燥

5. elastic

adj. 有弹力的，有弹性的

Rubber is elastic.

adj. 可伸缩的，灵活的

Our plans are fairly elastic.

n. 松紧带，橡皮圈

The elastic in my clothes has gone.

6. treat n./v. 招待，款待；治疗；处理

treat...as 作为…对待

Treat other people in the manner that you wish them to treat you.

你希望别人如何待你，就应该如果待别人。

treat sb. with sth. 用来招待

7. get one’s point 明白

keep to the point 围绕主题

Key sentences:

1. Surviving winter in them, the spiders emerge healthy and hungry when spring comes.

2. It’s the silk the spiders make their webs with.

More reading:

While some animals hibernate in the winter, what do many birds do to cope with the cold weather?

They migrate to warmer climates.

In the case of some animals, local weather conditions and lack of food determine when or if they migrate.

The mystery of hibernation

No human has ever experienced hibernation, and yet many creatures experience it every year. Read the following article from a science magazine to see what hibernation is all about.

8．hibernation n. 过冬，冬眠

Hibernation is a state often compared to sleep.

hibernate v. to spend the winter in a deep, sleep-like state 冬眠

Not all the animals hibernate in winter.

9．mystery n. 奥秘；奇迹

Mystery of nature 自然界的奥秘

mysterious adj. 神秘的；诡秘的；故弄玄虚的

10．experience n./v. 经历

11．have sth. in common 有共同之处

to share the same features with 和…有共同的特征

have nothing/ much in common 没有/有很多共同点

12．survive the cold weather/the absence of food 在寒冷天气/缺少食物下存活

13. hang upside down 倒挂

14. slow down 减速；使变得迟钝