2019-2020学年高中英语 Module 6 Animals in Danger Section

AdeadpolarbearfoundontheArcticislandhasshocked①expertswhosayclimatechangemaybetoblame②fortheanimal'sdeath.ThestarvedpolarbearinNorwaywassaidtobeingoodhealthinAprilwhentheNorwegianPolarInstituteexaminedandtaggedit.However,theanimalwasreducedtoskinandbonesbythetimeagroupofexplorershappenedtofindhisbodyinJuly.“Fromhislyingpositionindeaththebearappearstosimplyhavestarved③anddiedwherehedropped，”polarbearexpertDr.IanStirlingtoldTheGuardian.“Hehadnoanyremainingfat,havingbeenreducedtolittlemorethanskinandbones.”Stirlingbelievesthebearstarvedtodeathasaresultof④alackofseaice,whichtheanimalsuseasaplatformforhuntingseals.Thatmayalsoexplain⑤whythe16­year­oldmalebearwasfoundabout155milesnorthofwhereitwasseeninApril.Arcticseaicereachedarecordlowin2012,accordingtoareportreleased⑥thisweekbytheNationalOceanicandAtmosphericAdministration,whichpointedtocontinuedsignsofclimatechange.[多积词汇]①shockv．使震惊②betoblame应受责备③starvev．挨饿；饿死④asaresultof由于，因为⑤explainv．解释⑥releasev．&n．释放，发布SectionⅠIntroduction&Reading—Pre­reading[原文呈现]SavingtheAntelopes①Onafreezing②colddayinJanuary1994,JiesangSuonandajiefoundwhathewaslookingfor—agroupofpoachers③whowerekillingtheendangered④Tibetanantelope.Jiesangknewhehadtomovequickly.Heshoutedtothepoacherstoputdown⑤theirguns.Althoughsurprised⑥，thepoachershadanadvantage—thereweremoreofthem.Inthebattle⑦whichfollowed⑧Jiesangwasshotandkilled.Whenhisfrozen⑨bodywasfoundhourslater,hewasstillholdinghisgun.Hehadgivenhislifetosave⑩theTibetanantelope.[读文清障]①antelope/'æntIˌləʊp/n.(藏)羚羊②freezingadj.极冷的；冰冻的，freezingcold(＝extremelycold)极度寒冷的。③poacher/'pəʊtʃə/n.盗猎者；偷猎者④endanger/In'deIndʒə/vt.使……处于险境；危及endangeredadj.(生命等)有(灭绝)危险的⑤putdown放下；写下；镇压⑥Althoughsurprised为让步状语从句的省略形式，补全应为Althoughtheyweresurprised。⑦battle/'bætl/n.战斗⑧whichfollowed为定语从句，修饰先行词thebattle。⑨frozenadj.冻僵的，冰冷的⑩giveone'slifetodosth.为做某事献出生命拯救藏羚羊[第1段译文]1994年1月一个滴水成冰的寒冷日子，杰桑·索南达杰发现了他一直在寻找的目标——正在猎杀濒临灭绝的藏羚羊的一群偷猎者。杰桑知道，他必须迅速行动。他大声喊叫着让偷猎者放下他们的枪。偷猎者虽然感到惊慌，但他们占着人多的优势。在接下来的枪战中，杰桑被击中身亡。几个小时后，当人们发现他冻僵的尸体时，他仍然握着枪。他为拯救藏羚羊献出了生命。Atthebeginningof⑪thetwentiethcenturythereweremillionsofantelopesontheQinghai­TibetanPlateau⑫.Bythe1990s⑬thenumberhadfallento⑭about50,000.Thereasonissimple:thewooloftheTibetanantelopeisthemostexpensiveintheworld.Itissoft,light,andwarm—theideal⑮coatforananimalwhichhastosurviveathighaltitudes.Ashawl⑯madefromthewool⑰(knownas“shahtoosh”，or“kingofwools”inPersian)cansellforfivethousanddollars.Forpoacherstheprofits⑱canbehuge.⑪atthebeginningof在……的开始⑫plateau/'plætəʊ/n.高原theQinghai­TibetanPlateau青藏高原⑬bythe1990s“到20世纪90年代”，常与过去完成时态连用。⑭fallto下降到……，fallby下降了……⑮ideal/aI'dIəl/adj.理想的⑯shawl/ʃɔːl/n.披肩⑰过去分词短语madefromthewool作定语，修饰ashawl，相当于whichismadefromthewool。⑱profitn．利润；益处，作“利润”讲时，用huge/large或small修饰。[第2段译文]20世纪初期，青藏高原上有数百万只藏羚羊。截止到20世纪90年代，藏羚羊的数目下降到了大约5万只。原因很简单：藏羚羊的毛是世界上最昂贵的毛。它又软又轻又暖和，是高海拔地区动物赖以生存的理想皮毛。一条藏羚羊毛织成的披肩名为“沙图什”，即波斯语中的“众毛之王”，能卖到5000美元。这对偷猎者来说利润是丰厚的。Oftenworkingatnight⑲，thepoachersshootwholeherds⑳ofantelopesatatime○21，leavingonlythebabies,whosewoolisnotworth○22somuch○23.Theanimalsareskinned○24onthespot○25andthewooltakentoIndia,whereitismadeintotheshawls○26.Fromthere,itisexported○27torichcountriesinNorthAmericaandEurope.Thebusinessiscompletelyillegal—therehasbeenabanon○28thetradesince1975.Butinthe1990stheshawlscameintofashion○29amongrichpeople.Apoliceraid○30onashopinLondonfound138shawls.About1,000antelopes—or2percentoftheworld'spopulation○31—hadbeenkilledtomakethem.⑲现在分词短语workingatnight作伴随状语。⑳herd/hɜːd/n.牧群；兽群aherdof一群；herdsof一群群○21atatime一次，atonetime从前，曾经○22worth/wɜːθ/adj.值……钱be(well)worthdoing...……(很)值得做○23现在分词短语leavingonlythebabies作结果状语；whose引导非限制性定语从句，修饰thebabies。○24skin/skIn/vt.(skinned，skinned)剥皮；去皮○25spot/spɒt/n.(某事发生的)准确地点；现场onthespot当场○26where...为非限制性定语从句，修饰India。○27exportv．出口，(反义词)importv．进口○28abanon表示“……方面的禁令”。○29comeintofashion成为时尚；开始流行起来○30raid/reId/n.&vt.(警方的)突击搜查○31populationn．这里指“藏羚羊的总数目”。[第3段译文]那些偷猎者常常在夜里出动，一次就捕杀掉整群的藏羚羊，只留下那些毛不那么值钱的幼崽。那些被猎杀的藏羚羊被就地剥皮，羊毛被运送到印度，在那里被制成披肩。然后出口到北美和欧洲的富裕国家。这种贸易是完全违法的——自1975年以来一直被禁止。但是到了20世纪90年代，这种藏羚羊毛披肩在有钱人中间流行开来，成为时尚。在伦敦，警察在对一家商店的一次突击搜查中竟发现了138条披肩。这就意味着大约1000只藏羚羊——或者全球总数的2%——被猎杀来做这些披肩。Inthe1990stheChinesegovernmentbegantotakeanactivepartin○32protectingtheantelopesintheHohXilNatureReserve—thehugenationalparkontheQinghai­TibetanPlateau,whichisthemainhabitat○33oftheantelopes○34.Overthenexttenyearsabout3,000poacherswerecaughtand300vehiclesconfiscated○35.Sometimesthereweregunfights,liketheoneinwhichJiesangSuonandajiewaskilled○36.Buttodaythegovernmentseemstobewinningthebattle○37.Thenumberof○38poachershasfallen.Thesmallgroupofofficials○39whoworkinthereserve○40arehelpedbyvolunteerswhocomefromalloverthecountry,andwhoarereadyforthedifficultconditions○41oflifeat5,000metres○42.Meanwhile○43，inthosecountrieswheretheshawlsaresold,policearegettingtoughwith○44thedealers○45.Internationalco­operationseemstobeworking.Since1997theantelopepopulationhasslowlybeguntogrowagain.○32takeanactivepartin积极参加/参与○33themainhabitat主要的栖息地○34which...antelopes为非限制性定语从句，修饰theQinghai­TibetanPlateau。○35confiscate/'kɒnfIˌskeIt/vt.没收○36inwhich...为“介词＋关系代词”引