大学英语综合版学生用书第八单元unit8

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1、Unit8ProtectingOurEnvironmentGlobalReadingⅠ.PartDivisionoftheTextPartsPara(s)MainIdeas11~2AtownintheheartofAmerica,wherealllifelivedinharmonywithitssurroundings.23~6Thedescriptionofthesametownwhichwasnowstrickenwithallkindsofmaladies.37~8Thecauseofthemaladies.49~10Thoughimagined,thetra

2、gedymaywellbecomearealityandtheauthortellsaboutherpurposeinwritingthebook.DetailedReadingⅠ.DifficultSentences1.(Para.1)Inautumn,oakandmapleandbirchsetupablazeofcolourthatflamedandflickeredacrossabackdropofpines.1.Paraphrasethesentence.(=Inautumn,theleavesofoaks,maplesandbirchesturnedbr

3、ightredagainstabackgroundofgreenpines.)2.TranslatethissentenceintoChinese.(=秋季到来时，橡树、枫树和白桦树五彩缤纷，在大片松林的衬托下如同一片火海，熠熠生辉。)2.(Para.2)Thecountrysidewas,infact,famousfortheabundanceandvarietyofitsbirdlife,andwhenthefloodofmigrantswaspouringthroughinspringandautumnpeopletravelledfromgreatdista

4、ncestoobservethem.1.Understandthelongsentence.(=Thisisacompoundsentenceconnectedwiththetransitionalword“and”.Inthesecondmainclause,asub-clauseoftime“whenthefloodof…”isused.)2.TranslatethissentenceintoChinese.(=事实上，这里的乡村鸟类品种丰富，数量可观，因此远近闻名。每当大批候鸟在春秋之际蜂拥而至，许多人远道赶来观看。)3.(Para.2)Soithadbeen

5、fromthedaysmanyyearsagowhenthefirstsettlersraisedtheirhouses,sanktheirwellsandbuilttheirbarns.Whatdoestheauthormeanbysaying“ithadbeenfromthedaysmanyyearsagowhen…”?(=Shemeansthatthelandhadbeenknownforabundanceandbio-diversityforalongtime.)4.(Para.2)Thenastrangeblightcreptovertheareaande

6、verythingbegantochange.Someevilspellhadsettledonthecommunity:mysteriousmaladiesswepttheflocksof9chickens;thecattleandsheepsickenedanddied.TranslatethissentenceintoChinese.(=后来，一种奇怪的疫病在这个地区悄悄蔓延开来，一切不再依旧。这个社区中了一种什么邪，一群群鸡很快都染上了神秘的疾病，牛羊纷纷病死。)5.(Para.6)Theroadsides,oncesoattractive,werenowl

7、inedwithbrownedandwitheredvegetationasthoughsweptbyfire.1.What’sthefunctionof“asthough”?(=Heretheauthorusedafigureofspeech,similetomakeherexpressionmorevividandclear.)2.What’sherpurposebysayingso?(=Shefocusesonthesevereconsequencecausedbythepollution.)6.(Para.9)Thistowndoesnotactuall