课前想一想
1.世界上唯一一种喙比身体更长的鸟类是什么？
2.丛林如何自己创造气候？
3.“……的命脉”用英语如何表达呢？
词汇装备库
1.absorb /əb'sɔ:rb/(v.)(尤指逐渐)吸收
2.hummingbird /'hʌmɪŋbɜ:rd/(n.)蜂鸟
3.nectar /'nektər/(n.)花蜜
4.otter /'ɑ:tər/(n.)水獭
5.supreme /su:'pri:m/(adj.)(等级、水平或重要性)最高(的),至高无上(的)
6.wary /'weri/(adj.)谨慎的,小心翼翼的(后一般跟介词of)
Be wary of strangers who offer you a ride.小心让你搭车的陌生人。
7.stealth /stelθ/(n.)偷偷摸摸;秘密行动;不声张的活动
8.vapour /'veɪpər/(n.)蒸气;雾气
9.scratch /skrætʃ/(v.)抓;摇;擦;划
10.downpour /'daʊnpɔ:r/(n.)暴雨;骤雨
词句兵工厂
But having a beak longer than your body does have its drawbacks.不过喙比身体长也是有缺点的。
Note:
1.beak /bi:k/(n.)(鸟类的）嘴，喙
Birds use their beaks to pick up food.鸟用喙叼食。
2.does,在这句话中表示强调，与单数名词和第三人称单数放在一起使用。
She thinks I don't love her, but I do love her.她觉得我不爱她，可是我真的很爱很爱她。
3.drawback/'drɔ:bæk/(n.)缺点，弱点；不利因素（后面一般跟介词of)
One of the drawbacks of living with someone is having to share a bathroom.
跟别人合住的缺点之一就是不得不共用一个洗手间。
词句兵工厂
It's a little unrefined, but a small price to pay for an exclusive food supply, especially when feeding times are only too frequently interrupted by storms.
虽然不太优雅，但这是独享食物要付出的一点小代价，尤其是进食时间经常被暴雨天气打断的时候。
Note:
1.unrefined /ʌnrɪ'faɪnd/(adj.)未精制的；不优雅的，粗俗的
2.exclusive /ɪk'sklu:sɪv/(adj.)专有的；独有的，独占的
an exclusive interview独家专访
This lounge is for the exclusive use of VIP.这间休息室是VIP专用的。
3.frequently /'fri:kwəntli/(adv.)频繁地，经常地
4. interrupt /, ɪntə'rʌpt/(v.)打断（其他人说话）;短暂中止
Sorry to interrupt, but there's someone to see you.不好意思打断一下，外面有人找。
The sports meeting was interrupted several times by rain.运动会因为下雨被打断了好几次。
词句兵工厂
Rain is the lifeblood of every jungle. 雨是雨林的命脉。
Note:
1.lifeblood/'larfbʌl/(n.)命脉，生命线；最重要的，成功发展的必要条件(后一般跟介词of) the lifeblood of sth某个事物的命脉
Tourism is the lifeblood of Hawaii's economy. 旅游业是夏威夷的经济命脉。
Freedom of inquiry is the lifeblood of a university.探究自由就是一所大学的命脉。
Small businesses are the lifeblood of the economy.小型企业是带动经济发展的必要条件。
词句兵工厂
At the shallow margins of the flooded jungle, rivers flow through lush vegetation.
这片泛洪雨林边缘的泥岸浅水区，河流穿过茂密的植被。
Note:
1.shallow/'ʃæloʊ/(adj.)浅的，不深的
She told her children to stay in the shallow end (of the swimming pool).
她叫孩子们留在（游泳池的）浅水区。
2.margin /'ma:rdʒɪn/(n.)边缘，边沿
3.flooded /'flʌdɪd/(adj.)被水淹没的flooded jungle 被水淹没的丛林
4.flow through流过，流经
There's a lovely stream that flows through my garden.一条可爱的小溪流过我的花园。
5.lush/lʌʃ/(adj.)(地区）郁郁葱葱的，植被茂盛的
the lush green countryside郁郁葱葱的绿色乡村
语法轻知识
后缀“-ful”的用法
Marker sentence: But there are more artful hunters...然而还有更狡猾的捕猎者。
artful在这句中表示机灵的，狡猾的。那后缀“-ful”在这应该如何理解呢？下面我们来简单总结一下后缀“-ful”的用法。
.后缀“-ful”表示“characterized by”，意思是有……特征，以……为特点。例如：
·joyful欢喜的——characterized by joy or happiness ·peaceful和平的——characterized by peace
.后缀“-ful”表示“full of”，意思是充满。例如：
·prideful高傲的——full of pride · artful狡猾的——full of art
(art做名词的时候有技术，技巧的含义，相当于skill,所以artful就是“full of
skill",表示充满技巧的，即狡猾的，机灵的。）
.名词+-ful,表示充满时的量。
handful一把，一把的量
spoonful一匙的量
mouthful一口的量
实战练兵场
(2015年5月秘书三级英语国考题,单项选择题)
Sports can help build character and competitiveness.
[if !supportLists]A. [endif]cultivate B. accomplish C. assist D. restore
重点解析:
题干的意思是:运动有助于塑造性格并且……竞争力。我们先来看一下四个选项分别是什么意思。
A. cultivate培养,养成
B. accomplish完成,实现 一般指完成了某项任务或者取得了什么丰硕的成果。
C. assist协助,援助 在……方面给予援助assist in sth;或者协助某人某事,assist sb with sth。
D. restore修复,恢复根据句意,运动应该是可以帮助培养竞争力的,也就是cultivate competitiveness,因此正确答案应该是A。
怎么样?你答对了吗?
文化加油站
今天我们来读一首关于蜂鸟的诗歌吧~
The Humming Birds
-- Poetry by Alfred Noyes
Green wing and ruby throat,
What shining spell, what exquisite sorcery,
Lured you to float
And fight with bees round this one flowering tree?
Petulant imps of light,
What whisper or gleam or elfin-wild perfumes
Thrilled through the night
And drew you to this hive of rosy bloom?
One tree, and one alone,
Of all that load this magic air with spice, Claims for its own
Your brave migration out of Paradise;
Claims you, and guides you, too,
Three thousand miles across the summer's waste
Of blooms ye knew Less finely fit for your ethereal taste.
To poets' youthful hearts, Even so the quivering April thoughts will fly,
Those irised darts,
Those winged and tiny denizens of the sky.
Through beaks as needle-fine,
They suck a redder honey than bees know.
Unearthly wine
Sleeps in this bloom; and, when it falls, they go.
主题打包盒
1.雨林中植物物种的数量是地球上最多的，而这些植被则是大量动物赖以生存的家园。
2.在厄瓜多尔，生存竞争尤为激烈，因为光是蜂鸟就有一百多种，它们都在争夺花蜜。于是，就进化出了刀锋鸟，一种喙比身体还要长的鸟。
retell
Jungles are home to more species of plants than anywhere else on Earth. And they, in turn, support a wealth of animals. In Ecuador, the competition is at its most intense. Here, there are 100 species of hummingbirds alone all fighting for nectar. Therefore, we have swordbills whose beak is longer than their body .Rain is the lifeblood of every jungle. And all the animals have to do their best to endure the daily downpour. In some jungles in Brazil, the supreme jungle predator--jaguar is itching to hunt the Capybara. Will it succeed? The answer will be revealed tomorrow~