Unit 2 Reading for writing 课件-高中英语人教版（2019）选择性必修第四册

TheamazinganimalsofAustraliaU2DescribeaniconicanimalBeforereadingKangarooKoalaTasmaniandevilDuck-billedplatypusWhaticonicanimalsinAustraliadoesthepassagetalkabout?well-knownfewpeopleknowCompletethecharacteristicsofthefouranimals.THEAMAZINGANIMALSOFAUSTRALIAkangaroos:a______ofthecountry;awide_________koala:cutebut_______Tasmaniandevil:makea_______noiseandhavea____________duck-billedplatypus:____

eggsbuta______________sensitivelayprimitivemammaldistributionsymbolfrightingterriblesmellWhilereading1.Whendobabykangaroosbegintospendlesstimewiththeirmothers?Aftertheylearntojump.2.Whyshouldn’tyoutrytopetawildkangaroo?Theycanhitandkickveryhard.3.Whatdokoalasspendmostoftheirtimedoing?Theyspendquitealotoftimeeating,sleeping,andhangingontotreetrunks.4.Whyhasthegovernmentmadeitagainstthelawtohandlekoalas?Interactionwithhumanscancausethemalotofstress.5.WhattwothingsaboutTasmaniandevilscanbotherpeoplemost?Thenoisetheymakecouldwakethedeadandtheyhaveaterriblesmell.6.WhatdoTasmaniandevilsliketoeat?Theirdietismostlydeadanimals.7.Whatmakesthewayduck-billedplatypusesgivebirthsodifferentfromothermammals?Itlayseggsinanestlikeabird.8.Whatistheuniquewayusedbyduck-billedplatypusestofindfood?Itfindsfoodinthewaterbyusingelectricalsensorsinitsbill.

Ithastobethekangaroo,asithasawidedistributionthroughoutthecountry.It'satoughanimalthathastosurviveinadifficultenvironment.Also,itcannotwalkbackwards,soitisalwaysmovingforwards.原因状语从句distributev.分配；分发adj.健壮的;彪悍的distributesthto/amongsbTheorganizationdistributedfoodtotheearthquakevictims.

ThisexpressesthestrengthandresolveoftheAustraliansasindividualsandasanation.Babykangaroosweighonlytwogrammesatbirth.Theythenfindtheirwayintotheirmother'spouch—akindofpocket—tostaysafeandwarm.v.决定;解决n.决心出生时v.重;有...重

Kangaroosmaylookcute,butencounterswiththemdon'talwaysendsowell.Kangarooscanhitandkickveryhard,sopleasefolks,ifyouseesomekangaroos,rememberthey'renotforpetting!与...相遇v./n.相遇；邂逅；遭遇n.人们adj.民俗的petn.宠物v.抚摸

Koalasarecute,andweseesomanypicturesofpeopleholdingthem.ButinmanyplacesinAustralia,itisagainstthelawtoeventouchthem.Canyouclarifythat?违法v.阐明；澄清

Theyarereallyquitecute,butthetruthis,koalasareverysensitivecreatureswhocaneasilypanicbecauseofevensmallchangesintheirenvironment.Theyspendquitealotoftimeeating,sleeping,andhangingontotreetrunks,sointeractionwithhumanscancausethemalotofstress.v./n.惊慌inpanic惊慌地panickedpanicking悬挂interactewith...与...互动n.互动；相互影响

Becauseofthis,thegovernmentbegantomakelawsagainsttouching

koalas,intheinterestofanimalprotection,aswell

aspublicsafety.So,ifyouseeoneinthewild,youshouldn'tapproachittopickituporeventouchit.制定法律禁止（做）某事为了...拾起；（开车）接；不费力地学会=forthesakeof

Ifyouwanttoholdakoala,youhavetogotocertainlicensedzooswhereanimalexpertsmakesurethatthekoalasselectedforeachsessionareinagoodstateforhumancontactandthattheyarehandledforonlyalimitedtimeandonalimitedfrequency

ofoccasions．定从宾从宾从过去分词短语作定语ina...state

处于...的状态v.（用手）触摸；拿frequentadj.频繁的n.频率

Australiaalsohassomeanimalsthatmanypeoplehaveneverheardof,forexample,theduck­billedplatypus.Isthatsomekindofbird?Notatall.Whileitmaylayeggsinanestlikeabird,it'sreallyaprimitivemammal,withauniquebiology.“虽然,尽管”引导让步状从原始的

Itseggshatchafterabouttendays,andthenthebabyplatypu