Unit 09 Wild and Wonderful

Unit 9 Page 84 Reading Exercise 5 THE WILD side of life More and more people think that life is better in the city than the countryside. For the first time in history more than 50% of the world's population lives in urban areas. However, there are still many groups of people who live in some of the wildest places on the planet. The Kalahari is a large area of bush land in southern Africa. It has two parts. The south part is drier than the north and plants do not grow there very well. Every year at the end of summer it rains and the land becomes more beautiful than at other times of the year. But the grass and the bushes soon get dry and turn brown again. Life there is difficult. The San are a group of people who live in the Kalahari. They live in huts, eat wild animals - even lions - plants and berries. They are very good with bows and arrows, and use them for hunting. Up in the mountains of central Papua New Guinea is the Chimbu Province. This jungle area is one of the world's most remote places. It is also home to Mt Wilhelm, the highest mountain on the island. Several different tribes live in the valleys between the mountains. One of these is the Chimbu skeleton dancers. They paint skeletons onto their bodies. This makes them look scarier and it frightens other people away from their land. The Yamal Peninsula in northern Siberia is one and a half times bigger than France. It is frozen for much of the year and temperatures can reach -50°C in the winter. But this area is home to a tribe of about 10,000 people called the Nenets. The Nenets are nomadic, meaning they frequently move from one place to another. Each year around 300,000 reindeer move around the land and the Nenets always go with them. The recent discovery of gas in the area means more people than before are visiting the Yamal. So the Nenets now have more contact with the outside world. The Bayan-Olgii Province is the highest part of Mongolia. It is a wild area with many mountains, lakes, forests and rivers. It is also home to the Kazakh golden eagle hunters. These people travel around the mountains and use eagles to hunt for foxes and other small animals. When boys turn 13, they can become golden eagle hunters. However, they have to be stronger than most boys their age because they have to show that they can carry the weight of an eagle. There are about 10000 Kazakh people, but only around 250 of them are golden eagle hunters.

第九单元 第84页阅读练习5 生活的狂野一面 越来越多的人认为城市的生活比农村好。 历史上首次有超过50%的世界人口居住在城市地区。 然而，仍然有许多群体 他们生活在地球上最荒凉的地方。 喀拉哈里沙漠是非洲南部的一大片灌木丛。它有两个部分。 南部比北部干燥，植物生长不好。 每年夏末都下雨 土地变得比一年中的其他时候更美丽。 但草和灌木丛很快就会变干，再次变成棕色。那里的生活很艰难。 桑人是生活在卡拉哈里的一群人。 他们住在小屋里，吃野生动物，甚至狮子，植物和浆果。 他们非常擅长弓箭，并用它们来狩猎。 钦布省位于巴布亚新几内亚中部山区。 这个丛林地区是世界上最偏远的地方之一。 它也是岛上最高峰威廉山的所在地。 几个不同的部落住在山脉之间的山谷里。 其中之一是Chimbu骷髅舞者。 他们把骷髅画在身上。 这让他们看起来更可怕，也让其他人远离他们的土地。 西伯利亚北部的亚马尔半岛比法国大1.5倍。 一年中大部分时间都处于冰冻状态，冬季气温可达-50°C。 但这个地区有一个约1万人的部落，名为涅涅茨人。 涅涅茨人是游牧民族，这意味着他们经常从一个地方搬到另一个地方。 每年约有30万头驯鹿在这片土地上活动，涅涅茨人总是跟着它们。 最近在该地区发现的天然气意味着参观亚马尔河的人比以前多。 所以涅涅茨人现在与外界有了更多的联系。 巴彦乌列盖省是蒙古最高的地区。 这是一个有许多山脉、湖泊、森林和河流的荒野地区。 这里也是哈萨克金雕猎人的家园。 这些人绕着山旅行，用鹰捕猎狐狸和其他小动物。 当男孩年满13岁时，他们可以成为金雕猎人。 然而，他们必须比同龄的大多数男孩强壮 因为他们必须证明自己能承受鹰的重量。 哈萨克人约有1万人， 但其中只有大约250人是金雕猎人。

Page 86 Vocabulary Exercise 3 1 beach C 2 desert J 3 forest I 4 hill H 5 island A 6 jungle D 7 lake E 8 mountain G 9 ocean B 10 river F Page 87 Listening Exercise 7 & 8 You know so much about the wildlife here, PK. How come? My family are San, bush people, and I learned about nature from the time when I was a child. I was born in the Kalahari. And you grew up and found your wife here? Yes, finding a wife here was very interesting. Tell us more. Yes, let's say a young man wants to marry a girl. So he has to ask her father and he says before you can marry my daughter, you have to do a task. OK. So what type of task does the young man have to do, PK? Well, for example, he has to show that he can take a kill away from a lion. What do you mean 'take a kill away from a lion'? Well, imagine a lion kills an antelope or another large animal. The young man has to find that lion and get the meat, so he can show that he has courage. That's important for his future family. Wow, but how can you do that? How can you find a lion and its kill? You have to look. You have to look for the big birds, the vultures. They are watching the lion because they want some of the meat. OK, so let's say you find the lion and its kill. How can you then get the meat? Isn't that dangerous? Yes, of course the lion is dangerous. You mustn't take the meat away from the lion at night. You have to do that during the day. Why's that? During the day it's very hot. And the big cats can't run fast when it's hot. A man can run even when it's very hot, but lions can't. No? No, they can't. When they eat some meat, they feel very, very hot and get very tired. So they often just lie around and they sleep all the time during the day. At night they are more dangerous because they don't sleep. And at night their eyes are better than your eyes. So you can't get the kill from the lion at night. OK, so you have to do that during the day. But what do you do to get the kill from the lion? OK. So let's say the lion is sleeping. You hold your spear in your hand. You have to be very quiet. And you go up to that lion. Do you attack him with your spear? Kill him? No, no, no, no. You just go up to him and shout, 'Arrrrggggghhhhh!' You mustn't hurt him or kill him, just surprise him, shock him, so he runs away. Wow!

第86页词汇练习3 1海滩C 2沙漠J 3森林I 4山H 5岛A 6丛林D 7湖E 8山G 9海洋B 10河F PK，你对这里的野生动物了解很多。为什么？ 我的家人是桑族人， 我从小就了解大自然。 我出生在卡拉哈里。 你长大了，在这里找到了你的妻子？ 是的，在这里找到一个妻子很有趣。 告诉我们更多。 是的，假设一个年轻人想娶一个女孩。 所以他必须问她的父亲，他说在你娶我女儿之前， 你必须完成一项任务。 好的。那么这个年轻人要做什么样的任务，PK？ 例如，他必须证明他能从狮子身上夺走猎物。 你说“从狮子身上夺走猎物”是什么意思？ 想象一下，一头狮子杀死了一只羚羊或其他大型动物。 这个年轻人必须找到那只狮子并得到肉， 这样他就可以证明自己有勇气。 这对他未来的家庭很重要。 哇，但你怎么能这么做？你怎么能找到一头狮子并杀死它？ 你必须看看。你必须寻找那些大鸟，秃鹫。 他们正在看狮子，因为他们想要一些肉。 好吧，假设你找到了狮子和它的猎物。 那你怎么能得到肉呢？这难道不危险吗？ 当然，狮子是危险的。 晚上你不能把肉从狮子身上拿走。 你必须在白天这样做。 为什么？ 白天天气很热。天气热的时候，大猫跑不快。 即使天气很热，人也能跑，但狮子不能。 不？ 不，他们不能。当他们吃肉时，他们会感到非常非常热，非常累。 所以他们经常只是躺着，白天一直睡觉。 晚上他们更危险，因为他们不睡觉。 晚上，他们的眼睛比你的眼睛好。 所以你不能在晚上从狮子那里得到猎物。 好吧，所以你必须在白天这样做。 但是你怎么做才能从狮子那里得到猎物呢？ 好的。假设狮子正在睡觉。你手里拿着长矛。 你必须非常安静。然后你走到那只狮子跟前。 你用长矛攻击他吗？杀了他？ 不，不，不。你只要走到他跟前大喊，‘啊，啊！’ 你不能伤害他或杀了他，只要给他一个惊喜，让他大吃一惊，让他跑掉。 哇！

Page 88 Reading Exercise 1 EXTREME NATURE! At 7.30 am on 22 January 1943, the people of Spearfish in South Dakota, US woke up to find the temperature outside was a freezing -20°C. Two minutes later, thermometers were showing a much warmer 7°C - a rise of 27°C in 120 seconds. But it didn't stop there. The temperature continued to go up and by 9 am it was 12°C. Just as the people started to think about enjoying a warm winter's day, the temperature fell 16°C in just under half an hour back down to -4°C and the residents had to put their coats back on! It was the most dramatic temperature change in the history of American weather. The village of Capracotta is in the mountains near the Adriatic coast of Italy. It gets a lot of snow in the winter. But on 5 March 2015 its 1,000 inhabitants saw 256 cm of snowfall in 18 hours. It was the biggest snowfall ever in a day. One photo taken on the day shows a woman in a house shaking hands through the window with her neighbour in the street. The neighbour is standing on top of the snow. The woman is on the second floor of her home! Do you like long sunny days? Then the best city in the world to live in is Reykjavik. 21 June is the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere and the Icelandic capital gets 21 hours and 45 minutes of daylight. The sun hardly ever goes down. However, Reykjavik could also be the worst place to be. On the shortest day of the year, 21 December, the sun hardly rises there and people get only four hours and seven minutes of daylight. But during winter nights, you can often see the Northern Lights - one of the world's most beautiful natural events. Page 89 Vocabulary Exercise 9 A sunny B rainy C cloudy D cold E freezing F warm G hot H windy I foggy J dry K wet L humid

第88页阅读练习1 极端自然！ 1943年1月22日上午7时30分，美国南达科他州的斯皮尔菲什人民 醒来发现外面的温度是零下20°C。 两分钟后，温度计显示温度上升了7°C，在120秒内上升了27°C。 但它并没有就此止步。 气温继续上升，到上午9点时已达到12°C。 正当人们开始考虑享受一个温暖的冬日时， 温度在不到半小时的时间里下降了16°C 气温降至-4°C，居民们不得不重新穿上外套！ 这是美国天气史上最剧烈的温度变化。 卡普拉科塔村位于意大利亚得里亚海沿岸附近的山区。 冬天雪下得很大。 但在2015年3月5日，其1000名居民在18小时内降雪256厘米。 这是一天中最大的一场雪。 当天拍摄的一张照片显示，一名妇女在一所房子里 在街上和邻居隔着窗户握手。 邻居站在雪地上。 那个女人在她家的二楼！ 你喜欢阳光明媚的日子吗？ 那么，世界上最适合居住的城市是雷克雅未克。 6月21日是北半球一年中最长的一天 冰岛首都有21小时45分钟的日照。 太阳几乎从不落下。 然而，雷克雅未克也可能是最糟糕的地方。 在一年中最短的一天，即12月21日，太阳几乎不会在那里升起 人们只能得到4小时7分钟的日光。 但在冬夜，你经常可以看到北极光- 世界上最美丽的自然事件之一。 第89页词汇练习9 阳光明媚 B下雨 C多云 D冷 E冷冻 F温暖 G热 H有风 我起雾了 J干燥 K湿 L潮湿

Page 90 Developing Speaking Exercise 1 & 2 Excuse me. Can we get our ball, please? Yes, of course. Oh, what a lovely garden! Thank you. That's a nice thing to say. Do you like gardening then? Well, not really. I don't know much about flowers and things. But my sister loves them, don't you, Gill? That's right. And your flowers really look wonderful. I love your roses. Thank you again. I do it all myself, you know. My husband helped me before, but he can't walk very well now, so I have to do it all. It's a lot of work. I get very, very tired. Well, we can help you - can't we, James? We're in the middle of a game and I'm winning! Maybe another day. We can finish our game later, James. What would you like us to do? What nice people you are! Well, perhaps you can help me move the table and chairs under that tree. They're in the sun at the moment and it's very hot. But first, I just need to make a phone call and a cup of tea. I'll be back in a minute. No problem. We're fine here. OK. Let's move the table first. We can do that together. Then the chairs. moments later ... Oh, that's fantastic. Well done! Look, let me give you some money for some ice cream or chocolate. To say thank you. No, please. We're happy to help. Come on, James. Bye! How nice! She wanted to give us some money! I know. And I feel so good now. I don't want ice Cream, or chocolate, either. Her smile was enough. That's right. But let's get some ice cream anyway!

打扰一下，我们能拿到球吗？ 是的，当然。 哦，多么可爱的花园啊！ 非常感谢。这话说得真好。那你喜欢园艺吗？ 嗯，不是真的。我对花和东西不太了解。 但我妹妹很喜欢它们，是吗，吉尔？ 这是正确的。你的花真好看。我爱你的玫瑰。 再次感谢。你知道，这一切都是我自己做的。 我丈夫以前帮过我，但他现在走路不太好了， 所以我必须做这一切。工作量很大。我非常非常累。 好吧，我们可以帮你，不是吗，詹姆斯？ 我们正在进行一场比赛，我要赢了！也许改天吧。 我们可以晚些时候结束比赛，詹姆斯。 你想让我们做什么？ 你是多么好的人啊！ 好吧，也许你可以帮我把那棵树下的桌子和椅子挪一下。 他们现在在阳光下，天气很热。 但首先，我只需要打个电话和喝杯茶。 我马上回来。 没问题我们在这里很好。好的 让我们先移动桌子。我们可以一起做。然后是椅子。 片刻之后。.. 哦，太棒了。做得好！ 看，让我给你一些钱买些冰淇淋或巧克力。说谢谢。 不求你了。我们很乐意提供帮助。来吧，詹姆斯。再见！ 多好！她想给我们一些钱！ 我知道。我现在感觉很好。 我也不想吃冰淇淋或巧克力。她的笑容已经足够了。 这是正确的。但不管怎样，我们还是去买些冰淇淋吧！

Unit 9 Pronunciation Exercise 1 I'd like to live in the wild. What about you, Mike? I prefer a city lifestyle. I don't like lions or tigers - or insects! But living in the wild's much more exciting! Yes, jill - and it's more frightening, too. Pronunciation Exercise 3 I'd like to live in the wild. What about you, Mike? I prefer a city lifestyle. I don't like lions or tigers - or insects! But living in the wild's much more exciting! Yes, jill - and it's more frightening, too.

第九单元发音练习1 我想住在野外。你呢，迈克？ 我更喜欢城市的生活方式。我不喜欢狮子、老虎或昆虫！ 但生活在野外更令人兴奋！ 是的，吉尔——而且更可怕。 发音练习3 我想住在野外。你呢，迈克？ 我更喜欢城市的生活方式。我不喜欢狮子、老虎或昆虫！ 但生活在野外更令人兴奋！ 是的，吉尔——而且更可怕。