2024_2025学年新教材高中英语UNIT2WILDLIFEPROTECTIONSectionⅠListeningandSpeakingReadingandThinking学案新人教版必修第二册.docVIP

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UNIT2WILDLIFEPROTECTION

单元核心素养

单元话题导读

KillerWhales

Youareabouttobeintroducedtotheworld’sbiggestfamily!Killerwhalesaresocialwhalesthatliveingroupscalledpods①.Apodcaninclude40whales,witheachmemberbeingabletogrowasbigasaschoolbus.Imaginegoingoutforaswimandseeing40busesswimmingtowardsyou，that’swhatitwouldbeliketomeetapodofkillerwhales!

Killerwhalescangrowto23to32feetinlength②andreachaweightofupto6tons.Theyareeasytoidentify③dueto④theirblackandwhitemarkingsandthelargedorsalfin⑤ontheirback.Killerwhalesmusthavesmilesbecausetheirteethcangrowtofourinchesinlength.

Killerwhalesusetheirbigteethtohelpthemselvescapture⑥prey⑦，butdon’tworry！Eventhoughthey’recalledkillerwhales,peoplearenottypically⑧attackedbythesewhales.Killerwhaleseatsquid⑨，octopuses⑩，sharks,andalltypesoffishes.Theycanevengrab?dinnerofftheshoreifaseal?orabirdgetstooclosetothewater’sedge.

①podn．一小群

②lengthn．长度，时间的长短

③identifyvt.确定；鉴定

④dueto由于

⑤dorsalfinn．背鳍

⑥capturevt.俘获；夺得；捕获

⑦preyn．猎物

⑧typicallyadv.典型地；有代表性地

⑨squidn．乌贼；鱿鱼

⑩octopusn．章鱼

?grabvt.攫取；霸占

?sealn．海豹

SectionⅠListeningandSpeaking，ReadingandThinking

课前自主预习

Ⅰ.重点单词

1．__poster__n．海报

2．__illegal__adj.不合法的；非法的→__illegally__adv.不合法地；非法地→__legal__adj.合法的；法律的→__legally__adv.合法地；在法律上

3．__hunt__vt.vi.打猎；搜寻；追捕→__hunter__n．猎人

4．__immediately__adv.马上→__immediate__adj.马上的；即刻的→__immediately__conj.一……就……

5．__species__n．物种

6．__shark__n．鲨鱼

7．__alarming__adj.惊人的；使人惊恐的→__alarm__vt.使惊恐；使胆怯 ；使担忧n．恐慌；警报；警报器

8．__rate__n．速度；(比)率vt.划分等级→__rating__n．等级；级别

9．__extinct__adj.已灭亡的→__extinction__n．灭亡

10．__mass__adj.大量的；广泛的n．大量；堆；群

11．__habitat__n．(动植物的)生活环境；栖息地→__habitation__n．居住；住处；居处；聚居地

12．__aware__adj.知道；发觉；有……意识的→__awareness__n．意识；相识；感悟实力

13．__average__n．平均数；平均水平adj.平均的；正常的；一般的

14．__concern__vt.涉及；让……担忧→__concerned__adj.担忧的；关切的→_