必修二Unit 4 Wildlife Protection 野生保护
II. Reading HOW DAISY LEARNED TO HELP WILDLIFE
黛西学习怎样保护野生动植物
Daisy had always longed to help endangered species of wildlife.译文：黛西总是渴望帮助频域灭绝的野生动植物物种。【注释：①long vi.渴望; 极想eg. We are longing to see you.我们极想见到你。②endangered species濒于灭绝的物种】One day she woke up and found a flying carpet by her bed.译文：一天，她醒来发现一个飞毯在她的床边。【注释：a flying carpet“一个飞毯”，其中flying是动名词作定语，表示所修饰名词的作用或用途;而a sleeping boy中的sleeping则是现在分词作定语，表示所修饰的名词的状态，即“a boy is sleeping一个小孩正处于睡觉中”.】“Where do you want to go?” it asked.译文：毯子问道：“你想到哪里去？”Daisy responded immediately.译文：黛西立刻应答。【注释：⑴vt. & vi.回答; 回报; 响应eg. 1) I offered him a drink but he did not respond.我请他喝酒, 但他未作回答。2) They responded my joke by laughing.他们对我的笑话报以大笑。⑵vi.有反应; 有效果; 有影响eg. Their envoy showed no sign of responding to our proposals.他们的代表对我方的提议毫无回应的迹象。】“I’d like to see some endangered wildlife,” she said.译文：她说：“我极想看看某种频域灭绝的野生动植物物种。”【注释：I’d like (to do) sth.句中的like是动词，后可跟名词、代词、动词不定式作宾语；而I feel like sth.句中的like为介词，后可跟名词、代词、动名词作宾语。如：I’d like to help you if you feel like asking me to do so.】“Please take me to a distant land where I can find the animal that gave fur to make this sweater.”译文：请把我带到一个遥远的地方，在那里能找到给我们提供做毛衣皮毛的动物。【注释：where I can …sweater是定语从句，修饰限制先行词land；that gave …sweater又是一个定语从句，修饰限制先行词animal; to make this sweater是不定式短语作定语，修饰限制名词fur.】At once the carpet flew away and took her to Tibet.译文：那毯子飞走了，把她带到了。【注释：take sb./sth. to sp.把某人或某物带到某处eg. Tom, take these apples to Kate, please!汤姆，请把这些苹果带给凯特去。】There Daisy saw an antelope looking sad.译文：在那里，黛西看见了一直藏羚羊面色忧伤。【注释：looking sad是现在分词
作定语，修饰名词antelope，当分词作定语时，是用现在分词还是用过去分词主要取决于分词与所修饰的名词之间的关系：即如若是主动关系，就用现在分词（如: 1.(09赣-34) The government plans to bring in new laws ____ parents to take more responsibility for the education of their children.
A. forced
B. forcing
C. to be forced
D. having forced
2. (09浙-7) There is a great deal of evidence _____ that music activities engage different parts of the brain.
A. indicate
B. indicating
C. to indicate
D. to be indicating
3. (06津-10) Don’t respond to any s _____ personal information, no matter how official they look.
A. searching
B. asking
C. requesting
D. questioning ）；如若是被动关系，就用过去分词（如：1. (09申-33) With the government’s aid, those ____ by the earthquake have moved to the new settlements. A. affect B. affecting C. affected D. were affected
2. (09全I-35) Now that we’ve discussed our problem, are people happy with the decisions ___?
A. take
B. taking
C. taken
D. to take
3. (09京-24) For breakfast he only drinks juice from fresh fruit ____ on his own farm.
A. grown
B. being grown
C. to be grown
D. to grow 】It said, “We’re being killed （正被杀）for the wool beneath our stomachs. Our fur is being used to（正被用来）make sweaters for people like you. As a result, we are now an endangered species.”译文：她说：“为了要我们腹部下面的毛，我们正面临杀戮，我们的皮毛被用去给你们这样的人做毛衣。结果，我们成为濒危灭绝的物种。”【注
释：as a result结果eg. 结果, 因此eg. 1) As a result, he had to leave.结果他只得离开。2) There was a substantial(重大的；重要的；大量的；实质的) growth of industry and foreign trade increased as a result.由于工业的大发展, 对外贸易也发展了。】At that Daisy cried, 译文：听到这，黛西哭了：【注释：at在本句中是表示原因“因为, 由于; 由于有, 由于应…”，可以译为“听到…”. eg. 1) We were frightened at the terrible
sight.看到这可怕的景象, 我们被吓呆了。2) I’m very glad at the news that my father will come back in three days.听到爸爸三天后要回来，我非常高兴。另外，at that也可表示“因此，而且”eg. 1)The food was excellent, and cheap at that.饭菜很好而且很便宜。2) So we can let it go at that.因此我们可以就这样了。】
“I’m sorry I didn’t know that.译文：对不起，我不知道这些。I wonder what is being done to help you. 译为：我想知道该做些什么能帮你呢.Flying carpet, please show me a place where there’s some
wildlife protection.”译文：飞毯，请让我看一个有野生动植物保护的地方。
The flying carpet travelled so fast tha t next minute they were in Zimbabwe.译文：飞毯快速飞行，转眼间他们就到了津巴布韦。【注释：①so…that…:如此…以致于…eg. They ran so fast that I couldn’t
follow them. ②next minute 副词短语，译为“转眼间”。】Daisy turned around and found that she was being watched by an elephant.译文：黛西转过身的来，发现一头大象正注视着她。【注释：turn around⑴(使)转身, (使)转换方向eg. The bus had to back up and turn around.那辆公共汽车不得不先往后退, 然后再掉头。⑵(使)好转eg. Do you think our housing sales will turn around during this year?你认为今年我们的住宅销路会好转吗?】“Have you come to take my photo?” it asked.译文：它问道：“你是来给我拍照的吗？”【注释：take one’s photo(= take a photo of sb.)给某人拍照eg. Tom, would you please take my photo?汤姆，请你给我拍照片好吗？】In relief Daisy burst into laughter.译文：显然，黛西突然大笑起来。【注释：①in relief浮雕一般；鲜明地；显著地eg. Tom stood still there, in relief.汤姆静静地站在那里，一动不动，浮雕一般。②burst into laughter突然大笑；burst into flame着火；burst into tears突然大哭】“Don’t laugh,” said the elephant,译文：大象说道：“别笑！”“We used to be an endangered species. 译文：“我们过去曾是濒危灭绝的物种，【注释：used to…指“过去一向,过去时常;过去曾(而现在不再)做”eg. The Greeks used to worship several gods.过去,希腊人崇奉好几种神。eg. 】Farmers hunted us without mercy.译文：农民们无情地捕猎我们。【注释：without mercy无情地eg. He was treated without mercy.他受到无情地对待。】They said we destroyed their farms, and money from tourists only went to the large tour companies.译文：他们说我们破坏了庄稼，而旅游业所得的钱都给了大旅游公司。So the
