1、Theres a display featuring one of Kandulas old toys: a 750pound tire. Visitors can watch a video of him playing.There are several other handson activities, including a machine that compares elephant sounds and human voices. You also can make a promise to save the elephants.Lastly, “protection” is th
2、e message zoo officials hope visitors will take away from the exhibition. “Were hoping people will come to . and become educated,” Galloway said. “And take action to protect elephants.”Section_Warming Up & Reading PrereadingHOW DAISY LEARNED TO HELP WILDLIFEDaisy had always longed to help endangered
3、 species of wildlife. One day she woke up and found a flying carpet by her bed.“Where do you want to go?” it asked. Daisy responded immediately.“Id like to see some endangered wildlife,” she said.“Please take me to a distant land where I can find the animal that gave fur to make this sweater.” At on
4、ce the carpet flew away and took her to Tibet. There Daisy saw an antelope looking sad. It said,“Were being killed for the wool beneath our stomachs. Our fur is being used to make sweaters for people like you. As a result, we are now an endangered species.” At that Daisy cried,“Im sorry I didnt know
5、 that. I wonder what is being done to help you. Flying carpet, please show me a place where theres some wildlife protection.”long vt.&vi.渴望;极想long to do sth.渴望做某事此句中had longed to do sth.是过去完成时形式,意为“早就渴望做某事”,发生在以下所讲故事之前,所以用过去完成时。species/spiiz/n.种类;物种(单复数同形)carpet/kpIt/n.地毯respond/rIspnd/vi.回答;响应;做出反应
6、respond to sth.对某事做出反应distant/dIstnt/adj.远的;远处的fur/f/n.毛皮;毛;软毛where和that都引导的是定语从句;分别修饰land和animal。saw an antelope .为“感官动词宾语宾补”结构。beneath prep.在下面,在底下(相当于under)此处介词at表示“针对做出反应”。where引导定语从句,修饰先行词a place。戴茜是如何学会帮助野生动植物的第1段译文戴茜一直都渴望帮助那些濒临灭绝的野生动植物。一天她醒来,发现床边有一块飞毯。飞毯问:“你想去哪儿?”戴茜立刻回答。“我想去看一些濒临灭绝的野生动植物。请带我到
7、一个遥远的地方,在那里我可以找到为制作这件毛衣而提供皮毛的动物。”她说。飞毯立刻起飞了,带她到了西藏。在那里,戴茜看到一只藏羚羊面带忧郁的神色。它说:“为了取得我们肚皮底下的羊毛,我们正在被屠杀。我们的毛皮被用来为像你一样的人们制作毛衣。因此,我们现在濒临灭绝了。”听了这话,戴茜哭了:“我很抱歉,我过去不知道还有这回事儿。我想知道为了帮助你们正在采取什么措施。飞毯啊,请把我带到一个有野生动植物保护的地方去吧。”The flying carpet travelled so fast that next minute they were in Zimbabwe. Daisy turned arou
8、nd and found that she was being watched by an elephant. “Have you come to take my photo?” it asked. In relief Daisy burst into laughter. “Dont laugh,” said the elephant, “We used to be an endangered species. Farmers hunted us without mercy. They said we destroyed their farms, and money from tourists
9、 only went to the large tour companies. So the government decided to help. They allowed tourists to hunt only a certain number of animals if they paid the farmers. Now the farmers are happy and our numbers are increasing. So good things are being done here to save local wildlife.”so . that如此以至于,that
10、引导结果状语从句。turn around转身;环顾;翻身take ones phototake a photo of sb.给某人拍照in relief如释重负;松了口气(一般情况下作状语)relief/rIlif/n.(痛苦或忧虑的)减轻或解除;减轻痛苦的事物burst into laughter突然笑起来;大声笑了出来burst inton.相当于burst out doing。laughter/lft/n.笑;笑声mercy/msI/n.仁慈;宽恕;怜悯without mercy毫无怜悯地;无情地certain/stn/adj.确定的;某一;一定a certain number of一定
11、(数)量的So good things are being done .是现在进行时的被动语态,表示现阶段正在发生的被动动作。第2段译文飞毯飞行得如此快,以至于一转眼他们就来到了津巴布韦。戴茜转过身去,看到一头大象正望着她。大象问道:“你是来给我拍照的吗?”戴茜如释重负,突然笑了起来。“不要笑了,”大象说道,“我们过去是濒危动物,农民们残忍地捕杀我们。他们说,我们破坏了他们的农田,而旅游者的钱过去都流进了大型旅游公司。于是政府决定出面提供帮助。如果游客付给农民钱的话,他们允许游客猎取一定数量的动物。如今农民高兴了,我们的数量也在增加。为了拯救当地的野生动植物,他们也在做一些好事。Daisy smiled, “Thats good news. It shows the importance of wildlife protection, but Id like to help as the WWF suggests.”The carpet rose again and almost at once they were in a thick rainforest. A monkey watched them as itrub
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