Unit3ConservationLesson1TheSixthExtinction知識點課件高中英語北師大版選擇性

Unit3ConservationLesson1知識點by:EmilyTheTheSixthExtinctionExtinctions,whereentirespeciesarewipedout,arenotunusualinourEarth'shistory.Infact,over90percentofallspeciesthateverlivedarenowextinct.Inthelast500millionyears,therehavebeenfivetimeswhenlifeonEarthhasalmostended.Theseincludethe

thirdmassextinction,knownasthe“GreatDying”,徹底消滅，全部摧毀n.物種(單復數同形)

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amatteroffact事實上定從adj.滅絕的過去的現在完成時whichis定從whichkilled90%to96%ofallspecies.Andthefifthevent,which

occurred66millionyearsago,causedthedeathofthedinosaurs.Thereasonsforextinctionsarevaried.Accordingtoscientists,theyincludevolcaniceruptions,asteroidshittingtheEarthfromspace,changesinsealevels,thedecreaseoftheoxygencontent定從，修飾thethirdmassextinction非限制性定從

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n.原因；事業(yè)

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v.變化;variety

n.種類,多樣化;various

adj.各種各樣的火山噴發(fā)小行星現在分詞做后置定語海平面含氧量oftheseaandglobalwarming.ManyscientistssaywearenowenteringtheEarth'ssixthmassextinction.Thistime,humanactivitywillbetoblame.Althoughitisnotunusualforspeciestodieoutnaturally,therateatwhichthisisnowhappeningiscauseforconcern.A2015studybyscientistswhowere全球變暖betoblame(forsth.)(對壞事)負有責任It+is+adj+forsb.+todosth.滅絕介詞+關系代詞”引導的定語從句，修飾therate；固搭：attherate以……速度擔憂的原因定從basedatBrownUniversityandDukeUniversityintheUS,lookedathowquicklyspeciesdieoutduetonaturalcauses,thatis,the“backgroundextinctionrate”.Theyfoundthathumanactivityiscausingspeciestodieout1,000timesfasterthannormal.Thereisalonglistofreasonswhysomanyspeciesaredyingout:airadj.在……居住(或工作)思考，考慮，研究因為，由于=becauseof/owingto/thanksto背景滅絕率：是指地球正常的滅絕率，通常被認為是每100年里10000個物種中就有0.1到1個物種滅絕。大規(guī)模滅絕事件是指物種的消失速度遠快于背景滅絕率，通常指的是不到280萬年里，就大約有75%的物種消失。賓從why引導的定語從句，修飾reasons,why在從句中作狀語。andwaterpollution,forestsbeingdestroyed,factoryfarmingandoverfishing.ItisclearthathumanactivityhasnegativelyaffectedallotherspeciesonEarth,includinganimalsandplants.Ifasixthmassextinctionoccurs,scientistswhohavestudiedtheissuebelieve

thatuptothreequartersofallspeciesonEarthcoulddieout.Ofcourse,aswe過度捕撈，over過于…；overproduction生產過剩工廠化養(yǎng)殖主從，it做形式主語vt.影響定從quartern.1/4；一刻鐘賓從某人突然想到一個主意：Itoccurs/occurredtosbthat+句子.Itstrikes/strucksbthat+句子.as因為，由于+(原因狀從)humansdependonsomanyspeciesforoursurvival,wewouldalsobeatriskofdyingout.Ourworldandourlivesdependonthebalanceinnaturebetweenanimalsandplants.Withoutforests,wewouldhavenoairtobreathe,andwithoutcleanwaterwewouldbeunabletosurvive.Canasixthextinctionbeavoided?Expertssaythatit依靠/賴；取決于n.生存，幸存有(做某事)的危險；riskyadj.有危險的，有風險的breathn.呼吸；takeadeepbreath深呼吸beabletodosth.能夠做某事該句為含蓄條件句。介詞短語Withoutforests和withoutcleanwater相當于條件，“wewouldhavenoairtobreathe”和“wewouldbeunabletosurvive”表示與現在事實相反的假設。avoid(doing)sth.避免(做)某事賓從isnotyettoolate,ifwetakeactionnow.Thiswouldmeanwehavetosignificantlychangethewaywelive.Forexampleweneedtotakestepstosaveendangeredspecies,includingsettingupspecialareaswhereplantsandanimalscanbeprotected.Weneedtochangehowweworkandtravelbyusingcleaner,morenaturalsourcesofenergy,suchaswind采取行動采取行動includedoingsth.包括做某事where引導的定語從句，修飾areas,where在從句中作狀語andsolarenergy.Wealsoneedtoimproveourfarmingmethodstoreducewater,airandlandpollution.Inshort,ifwewanttosurvive,weneedtostopdestroyingtheplanetthat

weliveonandstarttoprotectit.太陽能減少……污染總之，簡言之destroy-destroyed;n.destruction破壞；adj.destructive毀滅性的定從

TheBlackRobinBlackrobinsarethebirdsthathumanssavedfromextinction.In1980,therewereonlyfiveblackrobinsleftintheworld.TheyalllivedonasmallislandoffthecoastofNewZealand.Onlyoneofthosebirds,afemalecalledOldBlue,wasabletolayeggs.Wildlifeworkersbeganaprogrammeforraisingblackrobin定從非謂，做后置定語，被遺留下來的遠離海岸的非謂，做后置定語，被稱為……產卵，下蛋開始一項計劃vt.飼養(yǎng)，培育chicks.TheyprotectedOldBlue'seggs,helpedthemtohatch,andtookcareofthechicks.Thankstotheirefforts,therearenowmorethan250blackrobins,andthepopulationisspreading.Tohelpthemsurvive,peo