Unit 7

Text I A Sunrise on the Veld

Text II The Killers on the March

Text I

Text II

Oral Work

Listening

Pre-reading Activity

Structure

Vocabulary Acquisition

Intensive Reading

Text 1: A Sunrise on the Veld

Text I Pre-reading Activity

红火蚁、外引红火蚁、泊来红火蚁（台湾）

入侵红火蚁是最近进入中国的入侵物种，也是世界自然保护联盟（ IUCN ）收录的最具有破坏力的入侵生物之一。 红火蚁工蚁多型，体长 2.4-6mm(Hedges 1998) ，上颚 4 齿，触角 10 节，身体红色到棕色，柄后腹黑色。蚁巢向外突起呈丘状，直径一般小于 46 厘米。当蚁丘受到破坏时，入侵红火蚁将异常愤怒。其可用后腹部的尾刺进攻入侵者，一般被蛰刺后次日会有水疱出现。成虫食性广泛，其捕杀昆虫、蚯蚓、青蛙、蜥蜴、鸟类和小哺乳动物也采集植物种子。其进攻体型相对大的鸟类等的眼等要害器官。入侵红火蚁给被入侵地往往带来严重的生态灾难，是生物多样性保护和农业生产的大敌。红火蚁入侵住房、学校、草坪等地，与人接触的机会较大，叮咬现象时有发生。其尾刺排放的毒液可引起过敏反应，甚至导致人类死亡。入侵红火蚁同时也啃咬电线，经常造成电线短路甚至引发小型火灾。

红火蚁、外引红火蚁、泊来红火蚁（台湾）

入侵红火蚁是最近进入中国的入侵物种，也是世界自然保护联盟（ IUCN ）收录的最具有破坏力的入侵生物之一。 红火蚁工蚁多型，体长 2.4-6mm(Hedges 1998) ，上颚 4 齿，触角 10 节，身体红色到棕色，柄后腹黑色。蚁巢向外突起呈丘状，直径一般小于 46 厘米。当蚁丘受到破坏时，入侵红火蚁将异常愤怒。其可用后腹部的尾刺进攻入侵者，一般被蛰刺后次日会有水疱出现。成虫食性广泛，其捕杀昆虫、蚯蚓、青蛙、蜥蜴、鸟类和小哺乳动物也采集植物种子。其进攻体型相对大的鸟类等的眼等要害器官。入侵红火蚁给被入侵地往往带来严重的生态灾难，是生物多样性保护和农业生产的大敌。红火蚁入侵住房、学校、草坪等地，与人接触的机会较大，叮咬现象时有发生。其尾刺排放的毒液可引起过敏反应，甚至导致人类死亡。入侵红火蚁同时也啃咬电线，经常造成电线短路甚至引发小型火灾。

Text I Pre-reading Activity

Text I Features of Writing

Concrete words exaggeration

Different terms for the buck

Vary sentence length

Third-person narrator

Simile

Rhetorical Questions at last

Text I Vocabulary Acquisition

Write down the meaning of each word that fits the context.

1. scurry (L.3)

2. peer (L.9)

3. jerk (L.12)

4. twitch (L.19)

5. anguish (L. 35)

6. ebbing (L. 70)

7. pincers (L.75)

8. frisk (L.89)

9. sniff (L.95)

Move in haste (at a low level)

Look carefully, perhaps with some difficulty

Move suddenly

repeated unconscious small movement of the muscles

great physical and mental suffering

Going back (as a group)

Hand-like parts of an ant, for seizing & holding

Move quickly from side to side and up & down

Draw air into the nose with a sound, “smell”

Text I Vocabulary Acquisition

Write down the meaning of each word that fits the context.

1. glistening (L.4)

2. writhe (L.8)

3. trickle (L.19)

4. skeleton (L.28)

5. glittering (L. 32)

6. incredulously (L. 36)

7. exhilarated (L.38)

shining

twist (the body)

Flow in small drops or in a thin stream

The framework of all the bones in a human or animal body

Shinning brightly, showing tiny flashes

Showing disbelief, unbelievingly

In very high spirits

…that took no notice of him,…

not take any/much notice (of something) e.g. I hope you'll take notice of what I'm going to tell you. I waved but they took no notice . I waved, but he didn't take any notice (=pretended not to notice)

Task: Translate 我没太理会她的建议。

I did not take much notice of her suggestions.

glisten gleam glitter

[intransitive] to shine and look wet or oilyglisten with

e.g. The boy's back was glistening with sweat. glistening black hair

gleam [intransitive] to shine softly [Syn] glimmer e.g. His teeth gleamed under his moustache.

glitter [intransitive] to shine brightly with flashing points of light[syn] sparkle e.g. The river glittered in the sunlight.

And, as he drew in his breath and pity and terror seized him, the beast fell and the screaming stopped.

Task: Paraphrase the sentence

Just as he took a breath, feeling pity for the buck and somehow

afraid, the buck was no longer on its feet and became silent.

He peered over at the writhing blackness that jerked convulsively with the jerking nerves.

1. to move with a quick sudden movement, or to make part of your

body move in this way

E.g. Wilcox jerked his head to indicate that they should move on.

jerk back / up / forwards etc

e.g. Suddenly he jerked back in his chair.

The sound of the phone jerked me awake .

2. to pull something suddenly and roughly

jerk at

e.g. Doyle jerked at the girl's hair, to make her sit down.

She jerked open the car door and got out.

He peered over at the writhing blackness that jerked convulsively with the jerking nerves.

He looked closely at the twisting body of the buck covered with

black ants; its only movement now was short, quick twitches.

Task: Understand and Paraphrase the sentence

It was a swelling feeling of rage and misery and protest that expressed itself in the thought:…

Task: Understand and Paraphrase the sentence

The thought well expressed his growing feeling of anger and

unhappiness, and objection to what was happening.

Swell 膨胀；增大；增多

风使船帆鼓胀。

大雨使河水上涨。

这些小项目使总额增加了。

The wind swelled the sails.

The heavy rain swelled the river.

These small items help to swell the total.

…were ants trickling back with pink fragments in their mouths.

1. liquid flows slowly in drops or in a thin stream

trickle down /into / out

e.g. The tears trickled down her cheeks.

2. people, vehicles, goods etc move there slowly

trickle in /into / away

e.g. The first few fans started to trickle into the stadium.

Task: Translate

观众们鱼贯而入。 The audience trickled in.

水从水管里流出来了。 Water trickled out of the pipe.

Saw the blackness thin.

1. to become fewer in number, especially when there were many beforee.g. The crowd had thinned out and only a few people were left. The trees thinned as we got closer to the top of the mountain. Traffic was finally thinning. Her hair had been thinned and cut shorter.2. to make something thinner or to become thinner[opposite] thickene.g. The clouds had begun to thin.

Task: Translate 战争与疾病使人口减少。

War and disease thinned (down) the population.

And he fancied that the ants turned and went away.

1.[BE] = feel like

e.g. Fancy a quick drink, Emma?

Sorry, but I don't fancy going out tonight.

fancy yourself (as) something (usually wrong thinking)

e.g. He fancies himself an artist. She fancies herself as

another Madonna.

2. literary to think or believe something without being certain

fancy (that)

e.g. She fancied she heard a noise downstairs.

…exhilarated by it.

exhilarate [transitive]to make someone feel very excited and happy

Task: Translate 这个大胆的设计激起了观众的想象力。

The bold design exhilarate the viewer's imagination.

Task: Translate 清新的空气振作起我们的精神。

The fresh air exhilarated our spirit.

Proudly stepping the earth, frisking a pretty white tail, it had sniffed the cold morning air.

Task: Understand and Paraphrase the sentence

The buck, walking around happily and proudly with its beautiful

white tail swishing from side to side, had breathed in and smelt the

cold morning air.

Explain why the savagery of the soldier ant is a legend in Africa.

What is an ants’ nest like in structure?

How is a Queen ant different from ordinary ants?

What task do the soldier ants have when the Queen is disturbed?

Explain why the savagery of the soldier ant is a legend in Africa.

What is an ants’ nest like in structure?

How is a Queen ant different from ordinary ants?

What task do the soldier ants have when the Queen is disturbed?

Text II Extensive Reading Questions

Tiny Killers on the March

Useful expressions

Oral Work

Discuss your New Year’s resolutions with your

partner, following are suggested topics:

Study plan

Hobbies and Interests

Travel

Your planed methods to achieve these goals

Dictation A

Dictation B

Listening

Key

Key

Listening Dictation A

* step-by-step adj. 按部就班的* give instructions指挥 [命令 ](做某事 )

ask for instruction 请示 give instruction in 讲授 give instructions to do sth. 指挥 [命令 ](做某事 )

receive in instruction 接受教导* electrical wire, n. 电线* redecorate v. 重新装饰 , 再装饰 (装修 )

* complex adj. 复杂的 , 综合的 a complex idea 一个复杂的观念 a complex machine 一台复杂的机器

Listening Dictation A

“How to” BooksBooks which give instructions on how to do things are popular in the United States today. Thousands of these “how to” books are available. In fact, there are about four thousand books with titles that begin with the words “how to". Many “how to” books give advice on careers. They tell you how to choose a career and how to succeed in it. Many of these books help people to use their free time better. Some people want books which will give them useful information about sports, hobbies, and travel. Other people use their free time to make repairs and improvements on their homes. They prefer books which give step-by-step instructions on how to repair things like plumbing and electrical wiring or on how to redecorate or enlarge a house. Why have ‘‘how to’’ books become so popular? Probably because life has become more complex. Today people have far more free time to use, more choices to make, and more problems to solve, “how to” books help people to deal with modern life. (173 words)

Listening Dictation A

* accomplish vt. 完成 , 实现* persevere v. 坚持*diligent adj. 勤勉的 , 用功的* thoroughly adv. 完全地 , 彻底地* worthwhile adj. 值得做的 , 值得出力的* pathway n. 路 , 径* conquer vt. 征服克服 (困难等 )

conquer shyness 战胜羞怯 conquer bad habits克服不良习惯 I finally conquered my fear of heights.

我终于克服了我的恐高症。

Listening Dictation B

Don’t Give UpIf we would ever accomplish anything in life, let us not forget that we must persevere. If we would learn our lessons in school, we must be diligent and not give up whenever we come to anything difficult. We shall find many of our lessons very hard, but let us consider that the harder they are the better they will do to us if we will persevere and learn them thoroughly. But there are some among us who are ready to give up when they come to a hard example in mathematics, and say, “I can’t do this. ” They never will if they feel so. “I can’t” never does anything worthwhile, but “I’ll try” accomplishes wonders. Let us remember that we shall meet with difficulties all through life. They are in the pathway of everyone. If we will only try and keep trying, we shall be sure to conquer and overcome every difficulty we meet. (155 words)