课前想一想
1. What do bobcats eat in winter?
2.Have you seen the flamingos'pecu-liar courtship dances?
3. Do you know how to use "thin" as a verb?
词汇装备库
1.hot spring(n.)温泉
2.coyote/kai'outi/(n.)(北美）丛林狼，郊狼，土狼
*也可以说prairie wolf
3.fisherman/ffrmen/(n.)抓鱼（或钓鱼）的人；(尤指）渔民
4.equator/i'kweiter/(n.)赤道
5.summit/'samit/
(n.)峰会，首脑会议；山顶，顶峰
6.savannah/se'vaene/(n.)(尤指非洲等热带国家的）稀树草原
*也可写作savanna
7.bitterly/'biterli/
(adv.)愤怒地；痛苦地
I am bitterly disappointed.
我极其失望。
8.flamingo/fle'mingou/
(n.)红鹤，火烈鸟
词句兵工厂
And this bobcat maybe in luck. For this particular valley is blessed.
这只山猫可能走运了，这条山谷有其得天独厚的环境。
Note:
1.in luck运气好，走运
I am in luck these days and every-thing goes well.
这些天我运气好，一切都进行得很顺利。
You want a red one? You're in luck.
There is one red one left.
你运气太好了，红的只剩一件了。
2.blessed/'blest/(adj.)带来幸福的；带来好运的，受祝福的
Blessed is he that expects nothing,for he shall never be disappointed.
无奢望者有福，因其永不失望。
May we all be blessed with longevity though far apart, we are still able to share the beauty of the moon together.但愿人长久，千里共蝉娟。
词句兵工厂
To survive a winter in these mountains takes tenacity, and bobcats have that in abundance.
想要在这类高山上的冬天存活下来，需要坚韧的意志。
Note:
1.survive/ser'vaiv/(v.)继续生存，存活；(尤指）幸存
2.tenacity/te'naeseti/
(n.)坚持，顽固；固执
Talent, hard work and sheer tenacity are all crucial to career success.
天赋、勤奋和顽强都是事业成功的关键。They competed with skill and te-nacity.他们以技巧和毅力竞争。
Soldiers have great character, resil-ience and tenacity.
军人们拥有巨大的勇气、承受力和意志。
3.abundance/abandens/(n.)大量充足；丰富
*常常搭配介词in使用
The city has fine restaurants in abun-dance.这个城市有很多好吃的餐馆。
词句兵工厂
The groundsels spread their leaves wide to bask in the sunshine once again.
木本千里光舒展它们的叶子，再一次沐浴在阳光之中.
Note:
1.spread/spred/(v.)(使）展开，(使）铺开；伸展
2.bask/baesk/(v.)晒太阳；取暖
*后面常常搭配介词in,表示沉浸在...中
We could see seals on the rocks,basking in the sun.
我们可以看见海豹在岩石上晒太阳。
Lily loves basking in praise.
莉莉喜欢沉浸在赞美中。
For a long time, I basked in the suc-cess of my first book.
很长一段时间，我都沉涌在我的第一本书获得的成功里。
3.once again再次，再度，从头
Once again there's a talk of very dark days ahead in our business.
又有传言说，以后的生意会非常艰难。
词句兵工厂
Walking on the thin ice is always risky.And it's hard to retain one's dignity....especially when you're wearing stilts.在薄冰上总是危机四伏，而且当你踩着高蹄的时候，哪还顾得上体面和优雅。Note:
1.risky/'riski/(adj.)危险的；有风险的risky business 有风险的生意
risky behavior危险行为
2.retain/n'tein/(v.)保持；保留；保有
He struggled to retain control of the situation.他竭力控制住局面。
3.dignity/'digneti/
(n.)端庄；尊严，自尊
I think everyone should be able to die with dignity.
我认为每个人都应该死得有尊严。
retain one's dignity 保持某人的尊严
4.stilt/stilt/(n.)高晓
to walk on stilts 踩高蹄
语法轻知识
The usage of "thin" as a verb
thin作动词时的用法
Marker sentence:
Eventually, the sun thins the ice.
终于，太阳晒薄了冰面。
thin作动词时的几种用法：
1.作动词使用，后面直接加sth,表示使减少，变稀薄
The morning sunshine thins the dense fog.
清晨的阳光使浓雾变得稀薄。
2.后加介词down,表示使变少，稀释，或者形容人变瘦
The soup is too salty. Add some water to thin it down
这个汤太咸了，加点水让它稀释一下。
She has thinned down a lot after finding out the truth.
自从发现真相之后，她瘦了很多。
3.后加介词out,表示使…变少
The traffic will thin out after the holiday.
假期过后车流量将会减少。
实战练兵场
(2016年英语专四真题单选）
If only the patient a different
treatment instead of using the antibi-otics, he might still be alive now.
A.had received B.received
C.should receive D.were receiving解析：
本题考察if only的用法。题目的大意是：如果当时病人接受了不同的治疗而不是使用了抗生素，他现在可能还活着。if only引导虚拟语气，因为是对过去事实的虚拟，所以谓语动词应该用 had done 的形式。正确答案为A选项 had received。
【答案】A
文化加油站
Interesting Flamingo Facts
1. Flamingos have long legs with backward-bending knees,long curvy necks, and of course, their color is the adorable pink.
火烈鸟有着大长腿，膝盖向后弯曲，脖子长而弯曲，颜色是可爱的粉红色。
2. There are six distinct species of flamingo, but it takes a trained eye to distinguish them.
火烈鸟有六种不同的种类，但只有经过训练的眼睛才能分辨出来。
3. Adult flamingos are four to five feet tall, but only weigh between four and eight pounds . That's the kind of as-tonishing body density (or lack of)needed for flight.
成年火烈鸟有四到五英尺高，但只有四到八磅重。这就是飞行所需要的惊人的身体密度。
主题打包盒
1.一只山猫行走在山谷里，这里有一条从不结冰的河，各种饥肠糖糖的动物都会来此觅食。到了冬天，河里满是食物。但对于讨厌下水的山猫来说，捕鱼可不是什么愉快的事情，所以它必须谨慎选择目标。最终它在周围的树林里抓到了一只松鼠，这足以支撑他继续捕食了。
2.在非洲的肯尼亚山，峰顶温度比周围的热带草原低三十度左右。尽管这里是赤道，但一旦太阳下山，每个夜晚都像冬天般寒冷。生长在这里的木本千里光会合上革质叶片形成一道保温层，以保护中心脆弱的蓓蕾。当阳光回归大地，它们会再一次沐浴在阳光之中。
3.在安第斯山脉，黎明到来时动物们也开始活动了，这里是世界上海拔最高的火烈鸟栖息地。这里的夜晚非常寒冷，盐水湖会结冰，这些火烈鸟就被冻在了冰里。太阳出来，它们才能冲破冰层。
在繁殖季节，火烈鸟会不停地表演着奇异的求爱舞蹈。对于它们来说，深山堪称生存的圣殿。
