Unit2+Reading+for+writing高中英语人教版（2019）选择性必修第四册

Unit2UsingLanguageDescribeaniconicanimal

ToknowsometypicalanimalsinAustralia.Todeepenthereadingskills,suchassummarizing,skimmingandscanning.Todescribeaniconicanimal.LearningObjectivesLeadinDoyouknowthepremieranimalsinAustralia?BeforereadingKangarooKoalaTasmaniandevilDuck-billedplatypusWhatarethefeaturesofthem?Let’sreadthepassageforinformation.Whatisthetypeofthetext?QAQuestionandanswercolumn

ExpositoryessayBeforereadingTherearelotsofamazinganimalsinAustralia.SkimthesubtitleandfindouttheanimalsthatareuniquetoAustralia.CreaturesUniquetoAustraliaplatypuskangarooTasmaniandevil

koalaBeforereadingWhilereadingReadthetextinPart1andanswerthefollowingquestions.1Appearance：Uniqueness：Relationshipwithothers：Babies：lookcutecannotwalkbackwardsbabykangaroosweigh2g.,staysafeandwarminmother’spouch.notforpettingasymbolofthecountryCoalaAppearance：Uniqueness：Relationshipwithothers：Others：WhilereadingReadthetextinPart2andanswerthefollowingquestions.1cutebutsensitiveeating,sleepingandhangingstressgovernmentbegantomakelaws

againsttouchingkoalas.KoalaTasmaniandevil

Appearance：Diet：Relationshipwithothers：Others：WhilereadingReadthetextinPart3andanswerthefollowingquestions.1aboutthesizeofsmalldogsandlooklikeratherlargeblackrats.

mostlydeadanimals

notviolenttowardspeoplehuntatnight,loudcries/noisewhenfightingoreating---couldwakethedead

Tasmaniandevil

Duck-billedplatypusAppearance：Uniqueness：Others：WhilereadingReadthetextinPart4andanswerthefollowingquestions.1nose&feetlikea

duck’slayeggsinanestbutisaprimitivemammal,withauniquebiologycandiveunderthewater;useelectricalsensorstofindfood.theduck-billedplatypusWell-knownFewpeopleknowKoala:____________________cutebutsensitiveTasmaniandevil:___________notsocuteKangaroo:__________________asymbolofthecountryPlatypus:____________________________layeggsbutaprimitivemammalGiveageneralideaaboutthefourcreatures.WhilereadingThisexpressesthestrengthandresolveoftheAustraliansasindividualsandasanation.…andthattheyarehandledforonlyalimitedtimeandonalimitedfrequencyofoccasions.Thenoisetheymakecouldwakethedead.Theyareaboutthesizeofsmalldogsandlooklikeratherlargeblackrats.AnalogyRepetitionHyperboleSimileAfterreadingReadthetextagain.Howdoesthewriterdescribetheseanimals?Findatleastthreerhetoricaldevicesthewriterusestoarousethereaders’interest.2

Thekangarooisa_________ofAustralia,asithasawide____________(distribute)throughoutthecountry.However,encounters_______cutekangaroosdon’talwaysendsowellbecausetheycanhitandkickveryhard.

Koalasarereallyquitecute,buttheyarevery________(sense)creatureswhocaneasilypanicbecauseofevensmallchangesintheirenvironment.Theyspendquitealotoftimeeating,sleeping,and________(hang)ontotreetrunks,_______interactionwithhumanscancausethem

alotofstress.

symboldistributionwithsensitivehangingsoSummary

Tasmaniandevilshuntatnight.Thenoise_________(make)bythemcouldwakethedead.Theyareaboutthesizeofsmalldogsandlooklikeratherlargeblackrats.Theirdietis_________(most)deadanimals.

Theduck-billedplatypusmaylayeggsinanestlikeabird;it’sreallyaprimitivemammal,withauniquebiology.Itseggshatchafterabouttendays,andthenthebabyplatypusnursesfromitsmother______allothermammals.Ithasacapacity_________(find)foodinthewaterbyusingelectricalsensorsinitsbill.Thereareonlyasmallhandfulofanimalsintheworld___________candothat!

mademostlyliketofindthat/which总结他们的观点国家的象征广泛分布整个国家生存于恶劣的环境中…的力量与决心sumuptheiropinionsasymbolofthecountryhaveawidedistributionthroughoutthecountrysurviveinadifficultenvironmentthestrengthandresolveofsb.inthewildlicensedzoosforonlyalimitedtimeasmallhandfulofanimalspetawildkangaroointeractwithpeople在野外获得正式许可的动物园只在有限的时间内几只/少数动物抚摸一只野生袋鼠与人互动CanyounamesomeiconicanimalsofChina.PandaYangtzeRiverDolphinGoldenMonkeySouthChinatigerRed-crowncraneDescribeaniconicanimalinChinaReadingforwriting

Writing—Adescriptionofaniconicanimal

本单元的写作任务是标志性动物描写。这种类型的文章属于介绍类说明文，是对一种标志性动物进行说明或描述的写作。

它通常要求抓住该动物的主要特征进行描述，写作内容可以从外形、生活环境、生活习性等方面展开描写，要求语言简明扼要，通俗易懂，描写详略得当。假设你是李华，某国际英文杂志的IconicAnimals栏目正面向全球中学生举行征文活动，请你写一篇介绍大熊猫的英语短文应征。1.

主要习性；2.

现状；3.独特/有趣之处。注意：1.

词数：80词左右；2.

可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。WritingTask审题1.文体：说明文。2.时态：一般现在时为主。3.人称：主要为第三人称谋篇Part1：tointroducethetopicanditsappearance；Part2：todescribeitshabitatandbehaviors；Part3：todepictitsuniquenessandsymbolicvalue短语①一提到中国代表性的动物，我首先想到的是熊猫。翻译句子whenitcomestosth.comestoone’smindiconicanimals当谈到…代表性的动物某人想到…WhenitcomestoChina'siconicanimals,thefirstthingthatcomestomymindispandas.短语②作为世界上最受欢迎的动物之一，大熊猫主要以竹子为食，竹子几乎占其饮食的99%。（定语从句）最受欢迎的…之一以…为食组成Asoneofthemostbelovedanimalsintheworld,pandasmainlyfeedonbamboo,whichmakesupalmost99%oftheirdiet.oneofthemostbeloved+n.sb./sth.feedsonsth.makeup③这些可爱的动物的另一个亮点是它们独特的黑白毛皮，帮助它们适应周围的环境。（-ing非谓语）短语可爱的另一个亮点是…独特的黑白毛皮适应周围的环境Anotherhighlightoftheseadorableanimalsistheirdistinctiveblackandwhitefur,helpingthemadapttotheirsurroundings.adorableAnotherhighlightof…is…distinctiveblackandwhitefuradapttowiththesurroundings④然而，栖息地的丧失和偷猎已经使大熊猫面临威胁。短语栖息地丧失偷猎使…面临威胁However,habitatlossandpoachinghaveputpandasunderthreat.habitatlosspoachingput…underthreat/⑤熊猫不仅是中国的国宝，而且还是和平大使。（倒装句）短语国宝和平大使NotonlyisthepandaanationaltreasureofChina,butitalsoservesasapeaceambassador.nationaltreasurepeaceambassador⑥因此，珍惜我们可爱的朋友对我们来说至关重要。短语珍惜对…至关重要Thus,it'sofpremieri