2020年高中英语 Module 6 Unexplained Mysteries of Natura

Module6UnexplainedMysteriesoftheNaturalWorldSectionⅢIntegratingSkills&CulturalCorner练读文记词汇学翻译1教材助读[先读通]TheUniversalDragonDragonscanbefriendlyorfierce①，theycanbringgoodluckorcausedeathanddestruction②，butonethingissure—peopletalkaboutthemalmosteverywhereintheworld.Foracreaturethatdoesn'tactuallyexist③，that④'squitesomething⑤.InChineseculture,dragonsaregenerous⑥andwise,althoughtheycanbeunpredictable⑦.Thedragonwascloselyconnectedto⑧theroyalfamily：theemperor⑨'srobes⑩haveasymbolof⑪agolddragonwithfiveclaws⑫.Othermembersoftheroyalfamilywereallowedtowear⑬dragonsymbols,too,butwithfewerclawsandofadifferentcolour⑭.Accordingto⑮popular⑯belief,ifyouwerebornintheyearofthedragon，youareintelligent，brave，andanatural⑰leader.Butinthewest，dragonshadadifferentreputation⑱.TheveryfirsttextinEnglish,theAnglo­SaxonpoemBeowulf,tellsthestoryofaScandinavianhero,Beowulf⑲，whofightsandkillsadangerousdragon⑳butishimselfkilledinthefight.However,acrosstheborderinWales,thereddragonwhichappearsontheWelshflagisapositivesymbol,indicatingstrengthandasenseofnationalidentity.Whyshouldthedragonhaveadifferentcharacterindifferentpartsoftheworld?Someexpertsbelieveitisduetotheanimalsthemythsgrewoutof.Inthewest，theideaofthedragonprobablycamefromthesnake—ananimalwhichpeoplehatedandwereafraidof.ButinChina,theideaofthedragonmayhavecomefromthealligator—ashyanimalwhichlivesinrivers,butwhichisusuallyonlyseenwhenthereisplentyofwater—agoodsignforagriculture.SotheChinesedragonwasabringerofgoodfortune.[再记住]①fierce[fIəs]adj.凶猛的；残暴的③existv．存在thatdoesn'tactuallyexist中that引导定语从句，修饰先行词acreature，that在从句中作主语。existencen．存在comeintoexistence存在④that为指示代词，在句中作主语。⑤that'squitesomething那是非同寻常的something可表示“不简单的事情，重要的人物”等意义。有雅量的；大方的；心地高尚的generosityn．慷慨；大方althoughtheycanbeunpredictable中although引导让步状语从句，同时句中的can表示推测。⑧beconnectedto与……有联系⑨emperor['empərə(r)]n.皇帝empiren．帝国⑪haveasymbolof有……的标志⑬beallowedtodo...被允许做……⑭(be)of＋n.表示“具有……的特点、特征”。⑮accordingto按照；依据⑯popularadj.大众的；流行的bepopularwith受……欢迎⑰naturaladj.自然的；天生的此处可换为born。⑲Beowulf作aScandinavianhero的同位语。⑳非限制性定语从句whofightsandkillsadangerousdragon修饰Beowulf,who在从句中作主语。定语从句whichappearsontheWelshflag修饰thereddragon,which在从句中作主语。negativeadj.负面的asenseof……感；一种……意识asenseofhumor幽默感identity[aI'dentəti]n.身份；特性现在分词短语indicatingstrengthandasenseof...在句中作状语。charactern．特征；特性dueto由于；因……造成myth[mIθ]n.神话；神话故事themythsgrewoutof中省略了引导定语从句的that/which，因为that/which在从句中作outof的宾语。beafraidof害怕；担心beafraidtodo不敢做……whichpeoplehatedandwereafraidof中which引导定语从句，which在从句中作宾语，可省略。but连接两个which引导的定语从句，均修饰ashyanimal，而在but后的分句中又包含一个when引导的时间状语从句。bringern．使者[再翻译]世界上的龙龙可能是友好的也可能是凶猛的，可能会带来好运也可能带来死亡与毁坏，但有一点是确定的——几乎世界上所有地方的人都谈论它们。对于一种实际上并不存在的生物，那是非同寻常的。在中国的文化里，龙是慷慨的和有智慧的，尽管它们也许是变化莫测的。龙跟皇室家族是紧密联系在一起的：皇袍上有一个五爪金龙的标志。皇室其他成员也被允许穿带有龙的标志的服装，但爪子要少，颜色也不同。根据大众的看法，如果出生在龙年，你就聪明、勇敢，并且是天生的领导者。但是在西方，龙的名声就不同了。最早的英语文章是盎格鲁——撒克逊人的诗《贝奥武夫》，它讲述了这样一个故事：一位斯堪的纳维亚英雄贝奥武夫与一条危险的龙战斗并杀死了它，可英雄自己也死于战斗中。然而，越过威尔士的边境，出现在威尔士国旗上的红色的龙则是一个正面象征，象征着力量与民族特性的认同感。为什么龙在世界不同地区有不同的特征？一些专家认为是由于这些神话源于不同的动物(才有了不同的认识)。在西方，龙的概念可能来自蛇——一种人们既讨厌又害怕的动物。而在中国，龙的概念可能来自短吻鳄——一种生活在江河里的害羞的动物，但通常只能在水源充沛的时候才能见到——这对农业来说是好兆头。因此，中国的龙是带来好运的使者。通语篇学理解重分析2语篇理解Readthetextcarefullyandchoosethebestansweraccordingtothetext.1．FromParagraph1wecanknowthat________.A．dragonsactuallyexistB．peoplealllikedragonsverymuchbecausetheycanbringgoodluckC．dragonsexistinthewesternandeasternculturesD．it'scertainthatdragonssometimescausedeathtoo2．Paragraph2suggeststhat“________”isWRONG.A．ThedragonisagoodsigninChineseculture.B．ThedragonisasignrelatedtotheroyalfamilyinChina.C．Theroyalfamilyallwearclotheswithasymbolofdragonwithfiveclaws.D．Accordingtopopularbelief，ifyouwerebornintheyearofthedragon,youareintelligent,braveandanaturalleader.3．Wecaninferfromthepassagethat________.A．thedragoninEnglandhasagoodreputationB．ChinahasalonghistorywiththedragoninthecultureC．thealligatorisakindofanimalthatdoesnotlikewaterD．althoughdragonsexistindifferentcultures，theyareofdifferentimportance答案：1～3CCB记单词记短语记句型3基础梳理记住新知识重点词汇基础词汇1._________adj.有雅量的；大方的；心地高尚的2.___________n.名誉；名声3._________vt.象征；暗示4._________n.身份；特性generousreputationindicateidentity记住新知识重点词汇拓展词汇5.______vi.适应；适合→adaptationn．适应；改编；改写6.__________vi.不见；消失→appearvi.出现(反义词)7.________adj.绝种的；消亡的→extinctionn．灭绝；绝种8.____________n．毁坏→destroyv．破坏adaptdisappearextinctdestruction记住新知识重点词汇拓展词汇9.______________adj.变化莫测的→predictableadj.可以预测的→predictv．预测→predictionn．预测10._________adj.正面的→negativeadj.反面的；消极的(反义词)11.________n．运气；命运；财富→fortunateadj.幸运的→fortunatelyadv.幸运地unpredictablepositivefortune记住新知识重点词汇阅读词汇12.evolvevi.______________13.fierceadj.________________14.emperorn.______15.roben.______16.bordern.____________17.mythn.________________进化；演变凶猛的；残暴的皇帝长袍边境；国界神话；神话故事记住新知识重点短语1．________灭绝；(风俗等)逐渐消失；(火)熄灭2．_______________使……显得清楚；阐明某事3．______________________谈正题；开门见山4．_______由于；因……造成；归功于5．_______袭击(某人)；适用于(某人/某事物)；去取；去拿dieoutthrowlightoncomestraighttothepointduetogofor记住新知识重点句型1.be＋of＋名词Othermembersoftheroyalfamilywereallowedtoweardragonsymbols，too，butwithfewerclawsand______________________(颜色也不同)．2．现在分词短语作状语However,acrosstheborderinWa