Unit2拓展閱讀講義高中英語人教班選擇性

人教課標選必四Unit2拓展閱讀Winterwonderlands你想置身于野生動物的天堂，沉浸在潔白的冰雪世界，觀賞群鷹翱翔碧空的獨特景象嗎？那就讓我們一起去北美洲看看吧！Surprise!Someofthe

grandest

sightseeinghappensthistimeoftheyear.Herearethree

premier

holidaydestinationsforyourcold-weatheradventures.GoWildinYellowstoneNationalParkWinterinYellowstonemeanssteaming

geysers,coldtemperatures,theintensequietofdeepsnowfallandgreatwildlifeviewing.Italsomeansfewerpeople;some29,000peoplevisittheparkinJanuaryversusanaverageof948,000inthe

peakseason

—July.Yellowstonehoststhelargestconcentrationofwildlifeinthelower48states.Bison(野牛)havecalledtheparkhomesinceprehistorictimes.Some100wolveslivehere,makingitoneofthebest

iconic

sitesintheworldtoseetheonce-endangeredCanislupus.ThevividbluesofYellowstone's

premier

hotspringsglowevenmorebrilliantlyagainstabackdrop(背景)ofwhitesnow.SeetheIceShowatLakeshoresoftheGreatLakesTwoofAmerica'sfourNationalLakeshoresliealong

LakeSuperior,wherewintertransformsthelandscapeintoamagicalworld.Intheseremotenorthernplaces,iceissomethingtobeclimbedandsnowstormsmeanbetterconditionsforskiingandsnowshoeing.AtMichigan'sPicturedRocksNationalLakeshore,massivecurtainsoffrozenwatercoversandstonecliffs(懸崖),andwaterfallsfreezeintodramaticcolumnsofyellowandblueice.TheMichiganIceFest(Feb.12-16)offersfilms,talksandclassesinphotographyandiceclimbing.

Watchingtheiceclimbersisadrawformany.SoarwithBaldEagles

(白頭海雕)Itisamazingtoseeabaldeagleflyinginslowcirclesinthesky,wingsstretchedtoalmost8feetacross,ortowatchitdiveforfoodatspeedsofnearly100mph.America'sfoundingfathersadoptedtheeagle

—

abirdof

“supreme(至高的)powerandauthority”—asthesymbolforanewcountry.JanuaryisNationalBaldEagleWatchMonth,andyoucanspotthesebirdsacrosstheU.S.OntheupperMississippiRiver,asmanyas2,500baldeaglesspendthewinterfeedingonfishbelowdamsandinopenwater.InlateJanuaryandearlyFebruary,thebirdsbegin

nest-building.InVirginia,eaglessettlealongthe

Potomac

intheElizabethHartwellMasonNeckRefuge,just18milesoutsideofWashington,D.C.

Notes:LakeSuperior:蘇必利爾湖，是世界上面積最大的淡水湖。Potomac:波托馬克河是美國中東部最重要的河流，流經(jīng)首都華盛頓。WelcometotheLandDownUnderAustralia

iscalledtheLandDownUnderbecauseitliesentirelysouthoftheequator.Itstandsapartfromtherestoftheworldinmanyways.Itistheonlycountrythatisalsoacontinent,andit’sthesmallestcontinent.Althoughithasafewmountainranges,

Australia

istheworld’sflattestcontinent.Itisalsooneofthedriestplacesonearth.OnlythefrozenAntarcticgetslessrainorsnow.Withsomeofthe

weirdest

rocksandanimals,

Australia

isanentirelydifferentplacetovisit.The

platypus

lookslikeananimalputtogetherwithsparepartsfromotherbeasts.Thecontinent’s

wallabies,

wombats

andoverfiftyvarietiesofkangaroosarefoundalmostnowhereelseonearth.Fifty-foot-highWaveRockwouldbeasurfer’sperfectwave,exceptthatit’ssolidgranite.Inthevastcentreofthecountry,knownastheOutback,youcandriveforhundredsofmileswithoutseeingapersonoracar.OnthePacificseabottomoftheGreatBarrierReefoffthenortheasterncoastof

Australia,schoolsofelectric-pinkfishswimthroughtheworld’slargestsystemofcoralreefs.IndigenousAustralians

澳大利亞土著人是澳大利亞最早的居民，大約七萬年前入住澳洲。他們有著自己的傳統(tǒng)文化、語言及藝術，是澳大利亞一道特殊的風景線。讓我們一起去了解一下吧。Indigenous

Australiansaredescendants(后代）

ofthefirsthumaninhabitantsoftheAustraliancontinentanditsnearbyislands.TheyincludeboththeTorresStraitIslandersandtheAboriginalPeople,whotogethermakeupabout2.5%of

Australia’spopulation.Thelatterisusuallyusedtorefertothosewholiveinmainland

Australia,

Tasmania,andsomeoftheothernearbyislands.TheTorresStraitIslandersareindigenoustothe

TorresStrait

Islands

between

Australia

and

NewGuinea.IndigenousAustralianshavemadegreatcivilization.Aboriginalartisthousandsofyearsold,andthebestknownformsarerockartandbarkpainting（樹皮繪畫).Thesepaintingsusuallyconsistofpaintusingearthlycolors,specifically,frompaintmadefromochre（赭石).Traditionally,Aborigineshavepaintedstoriesfromtheir

Dreamtime.ModernAboriginalartistscontinuethetraditionusingmodernmaterialsintheirartworks.Also,AboriginalPeopledevelopeduniqueinstrumentsandfolkstyles.The

didgeridoo

iscommonlyconsideredthenationalinstrumentofAboriginalPeople,anditisclaimedtobetheworld’soldestwindinstrument.Themoreinterestingthingisthatindigenous

Australia’soraltraditionandspiritualvaluesarebaseduponadmirationforthelandandabeliefintheDreamtime.AlthoughthecultureandthelifestyleofAboriginalgroupshavemuchincommon,Aboriginalsocietyisnotasingle

entity.Infact,thereareagreatmanydifferentgroups,eachwiththeirownindividualculture,beliefstructure,andlanguage.Forexample,theTorresStraitIslanderspossessatraditionandculturalhistorydifferentfrommainlandindigenoustraditions.Inparticular,theeasternTorresStraitIslandersarerelatedtothePapuanpeoplesof

NewGuinea,andspeakaPapuanlanguage.AustralianAboriginalart澳大利亞土著居民(Aborigine)是世界上最古老的民族之一，澳洲獨特的地理環(huán)境孕育了澳洲土著獨特的文化和藝術。Australia

isaverylargecountrywithdifferentlandscapes.Ithasrainforests,theoutbackdesertandtheseaside.

Australia

alsohasaverylonghistorythatgoesbacktoanancientpeople.Theylivedtheremanythousandsofyearsagoandstilllivetherenow.Infact,theyaretheoldestcontinuoushumancultureonEarth.TheyaretheAboriginesofAustralia.Longbeforethereweretownsin

Australia,Aboriginalartistspaintedthe

Dreamtime,theAboriginalstoryofthebeginningoftheworld.TheancientAboriginalartiststhoughtthattheirpaintingshadspecialpowers.Iftheywantedtocatchalotoffish,theypaintedalotoffish.Theyalsohadspecialrules.Forexample,theypaintedcertaintypesofpicturesatspecifictimesoftheyear.Today,manyoftheoriginalrockpaintingsarelosingtheircolour.Thisisbecauseof

badweatheraswellasinsectsandreptileswalkingoverthem.Naturalistsaretryingtotakestepstopreventthelossofthesewonderfulpaintings.Theyaretheoldestartrecordsofhumancivilisationintheworldandtheymustbeprotected.HopefullythesepaintingswillhelpsavethememoriesoftheancientworldoftheAboriginesinamodernworldthatisrapidlychanging.ModernAboriginalartistsarealsotryingtohelpkeeptheirtraditionsalivebypaintingpicturesonbark(樹皮),paperandwood.Contemporary(當代的)Aboriginalartisgettingmoreandmorefamousandexpensive.AustraliaPhrasestheworld'slargestexporterofcoal世界上最大的煤炭出口國surroundedbytheIndianOceanandthe

PacificOcean被印度洋和太平洋圍繞著attracthundredsofthousandsofimmigrants吸引了成千上萬的移民spendalotoftheirfreetimeoutdoors他們花很多業(yè)余時間在戶外

SentencesAustralia

isthesixthbiggestcountryintheworld.澳大利亞是世界第六大國家。Australia

ishometomanyanimalspecies.Infact,

Australia

housesmorethan10%oftheworld'sbiodiversity.澳大利亞是許多動物物種的家園。事實上，澳大利亞擁有世界上超過10%的生物物種。Australianslovetheirbeaches.Whensummerapproaches,goingtotheirbelovedbeachesforthesummerholidayisthemostdiscussedtopic.澳大利亞人喜歡他們的海灘。當夏天來臨時，去他們心愛的海灘度假是人們最常討論的話題。Amongthemostwell-knownAustraliananimalsarekangaroosandkoalas.澳大利亞最著名的動物包括袋鼠和樹袋熊。Manypeoplevisit

Australia

foritsbrilliantbeachesandyear-roundsunshine.許多人去澳大利亞旅游是因為那里有漂亮的海灘和終年的陽光。4FactsAbout

Australia’sNationalAnimal為澳大利亞的象征之一，袋鼠一直是當?shù)厝说尿湴?。但袋鼠也給人們的生活帶來了煩惱，怎么解決呢？Peoplefromeverycorneroftheglobetravelto

Australia

tomeetthekangaroo—thelovely,unusualanduniquelyAustraliananimalthatjumpsalloverthissunburntcontinent.Readonfor4thingsyoumightnothaveknownabouttheredkangaroo.Thekangarooisoneoftheearliestsymbolsof

Australia.TheBritishcolonistsofthelate18thCenturywereamazedbythisunusualanimal,whichwasfirstrecordedasakangurubyBotanistJosephBanksin1770.Theyweredescribedashavingtheheadofadeerandthejumpofafrog.AfterpicturesattractedEuropeanaudiences,theysoonbecameasymbolofthisfarawayAustraliancontinent.They’veremainedthecountry’smostwell-knownsymbol

.Overthelasttwocenturi