第38/774期初二教案

作者：张莉

Gibbons of Hainan (P4)

Pre-reading

Free Talk

Have you ever been to Hainan Island?

Have you ever heard of Hainan Tropical Rainforest National Park?

 

While reading

At around 6:00 am every morning, daily life begins for Hainan gibbons (长臂猿). They start their high whistling (吹口哨). Their sounds break the silence of the forests.

break the silence:打破沉默；打破宁静

翻译：它们的叫声打破了森林的寂静。

练习：

史密斯先生是第一个打破沉默的人。

Mr Smith was the first to break the silence.

 

Hainan gibbons are the world’s rarest primates (灵长类动物). They only live in Hainan Tropical Rainforest National Park. The park has the country’s best-preserved tropical rainforests (保存最完整的热带雨林).

rare: [reə(r)] adj. 少见的，不常发生的；稀罕的，珍贵的。rarest 是rare形容词最高级。

翻译：海南长臂猿是世界上最稀有的灵长类动物。

练习：如今在这个国家，这种鸟已罕见了。

The bird is now a rare sight in this country.

 

Now, five families, totaling 36 gibbons, live in the park. But in the 1980s, there were just two families and fewer than 10 gibbons.

total:[ˈtəʊt(ə)l] v. 总数达，总计；把……加起来

翻译：现在，公园里生活着五个长臂猿家族，总共36只长臂猿。

练习：这家俱乐部的成员总数为300人。

The club has a total membership of 300.

 

To save the species, Hainan has restored (恢复) more than 330 hectares (公顷) of gibbon habitat (栖息地) since 2005, planting around 300,000 trees that grow leaves and fruits they eat, China Daily reported. The protected habitat has grown from 21.4 square kilometers in the 1980s to 4,269 sq km today.

species: [ˈspiːʃiːz] n. （动植物的）种，物种；种类

翻译：据《中国日报》报道，为拯救长臂猿，自2005年以来海南已经恢复了330多公顷的长臂猿栖息地，种植了大约30万棵树木，这些树木提供长臂猿所食树叶和果实。

练习：狗有许多品种。

There are many different shark species.

 

Protection work continues, but it is not easy to track the gibbons. They spend their whole lives in the trees. They usually look for food in the canopy (树冠), around 15 meters above the ground.

track: [træk] v. 追查，追踪，（尤指用特殊电子设备）跟踪

翻译：保护工作仍在继续，但要追踪长臂猿并不容易。

练习：这个研究项目对400名毕业生的事业发展情况进行跟踪调查。

The research project involves tracking the careers of 400 graduates.

 

Chinese scientists are using technology to solve the problem. Whistling is a way for Hainan gibbons to mark their territory (领地). The sounds are now being recorded by devices (设备) in the trees and sent to a database (数据库).

mark:[mɑːk] v. 做记号，做标记

翻译：吹口哨是海南长臂猿标记领地的一种方式。

练习：她在她所有的书上标注她的名字。

She marked all her books with her name.

 

The devices can recognize the sounds of the gibbons. Scientists then analyze (分析) the data to learn more about their lifestyles and the ways they express feelings like joy, anger and sadness.

recognize:[ˈrekəɡnaɪz] v. 认识，辨别出；

翻译：这些设备可以识别长臂猿的声音。

练习：他一进屋我就认出了他。

I recognized him as soon as he came in the room.

 

Jane Smart, global director of International Union for Conservation of Nature’s biodiversity (生物多样性) conservation group, said that the recovery of the gibbon population in Hainan shows China’s achievements in environmental protection.

recovery:[rɪˈkʌvəri] n. 恢复，复苏

翻译：世界自然保护联盟生物多样性保护组织全球理事Jane Smart认为海南长臂猿数量的恢复显示了中国在环境保护方面取得的成就。

练习：病人很快恢复了健康。

The patient made a rapid recovery.

 

Post-reading

Search for more information about Hainan Tropical Rainforest National Park.

 Make a leaflet to introduce it.

 

Practice

1. What do we know about Hainan Tropical Rainforest National Park?

A. It is the best park in the country.

B. It opens around 6:00 every morning.

C. It has Hainan gibbons.

D. It is the only park in China that has rainforests.

 

2. How did Hainan save Hainan gibbons?

A. By restoring 4,269 sq km of their habitat in 2005.

B. By bringing five families of Hainan gibbons into the park in the 1980s.

C. By buying lots of leaves and fruit to feed them.

D. By planting a lot of trees in the park.

 

3. What is Paragraph 6 mainly about?

A. When gibbons communicate with each other.

B. How scientists study the gibbons.

C. Where gibbons live in the park.

D. Why scientists study the gibbons.

 

4. What can we learn from the passage?

A. Gibbons’ feelings are the same as those of humans’.

B. Hainan gibbons are more important than pandas in China.

C. There are about 330 Hainan gibbons in the park now.

D. China has made amazing progress in environmental protection.

 

完成句子。

1. Our radar (雷达) began to t_____ the plane.

2. The black-necked crane is one of the r_____ animals in the world.

3. He has made a full r______ from his operation.

4. I am sure we can r_______ each other immediately.

5. Hainan gibbons are an endangered s______.

 

翻译句子。

1. Chinese scientists are using technology to solve the problem.

2. Scientists then analyze the data to learn more about their lifestyles and the ways they express feelings like joy, anger and sadness.

1. 研究这些动物很不容易。

2. 这次考试太难了，只有不到20个学生考试全部及格。

3. 鸟鸣声打破了乡村的寂静。

 

参考答案：

1. 本题考查获取文章细节事实信息，需要将每个选项带回到语篇中逐一判断正误。语篇的第1—3段是对海南热带雨林公园中生活的长臂猿做一个基本介绍。从第二段可知，海南长臂猿只生活在此地。因此，选项C正确。

2. 本题为获取文章细节事实信息题，需要将每个选项带回到语篇中逐一判断正误。通过阅读第三段，可知选项B不对；通过阅读第四段，可知选项A、C均为错误信息，选项D正确。

3. 本题为概括段落大意题。通过阅读第六段可知：第一句“Chinese scientists are using technology to solve the problem.” 为本段的topic sentence；“the problem”指第五段中提及的“it is not easy to track the gibbons”。通过分析可知，选项B正确。

4. 通过阅读全文可知A、B选项的信息文章未提及；C选项为错误信息。根据最后一段Jane Smart的观点可知：海南长臂猿数量的恢复显示了中国在环境保护方面取得的成就。因此，选项D正确。

 

完成句子。

1. track    2. rarest  3. recovery   4. recognize  5. species

 

翻译句子。

1. 中国科学家正在利用技术来解决这个问题。

2. 然后，科学家们分析数据，更多地了解他们的生活方式以及他们表达喜悦、愤怒和悲伤等情感的方式。

1. It’s not easy to study these animals.

2. The exams were so difficult that fewer than 20 students passed all of them.

3. Birdsong broke the silence of the village.