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Unit 6 Nurturing nature
1．Tom Brown’s orchard，known as Heritage Apples，is home to(是……的所在地) 700
varieties of apples.
2．Actually，most of the leads(熟词生义：n.线索) about the whereabouts(n.下落，所在地) of
these old trees come from people in their 70s,80s，and 90s，many of whom he met at local
businesses and at festivals where he exhibited heritage apples.
3．He compares leaves and apples to historical seed catalogs，and uses photos to correspond
with(与……联系或沟通) experts for further confirmation.
4．Here’s a recipe for a good animal rescue story：Take one residential creek (小溪)，add one
lone dolphin and then bring in 28 determined(adj.坚决的；有决心的；意志坚定的) biologists.
be determined to do sth 决心做某事表状态
determine v.决定；查明；裁决
determine to do sth决心做某事表动作
determination n.坚定；决心
5．Biologists with Clearwater Marine Aquarium had been monitoring(过去完成进行时表示动
作的持续) it since Jan.1.
6．Clearwater Marine Aquarium partnered(熟词生义：与……合作) with NOAA Fisheries and
the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission to guard the dolphin to safety.
7．The biologists had to stay shoulder to shoulder(肩并肩地) and navigate[熟词生义：小心翼
翼地绕过(障碍)] trees and docks without giving the dolphin an opportunity to slip by.
8．The human encouragement worked(奏效，起作用)，though there was a moment of
uncertainty as(as引导时间状语从句) the team members neared(near此处用作动词，意为：接
近，靠近) the bridge and weren’t sure if the dolphin went through.(if 引导宾语从句)
9．Days earlier，Sarah Bellamy had received a mysterious email saying (现在分词作定语修饰
email) that(that引导宾语从句作saying的宾语) a wealth management company was interested in
discussing the financial crisis of Penumbra.
10．As this story went to press，Scott had just donated her latest money bomb(熟词生义：很多
钱)，revealing in late March that she’d given away(捐赠)$3.9 billion.
11．The Wentian lab module was launched from the Wenchang space base (n.基地) on the
tropical island province of Hainan with a large crowd of amateur photographers and space
lovers watching(with复合结构作伴随状语)．
base...on/upon...把……建立在……；以……为根据be based on/upon以……为根据基础
basis n.原因；基础
on a daily/regular basis每天/定期
basic adj.基本的；基础的
12 ． After 13 hours of flight ， it successfully(adv. 成 功 地 ； n.success ； v.succeed ；
adj.successful) docked(对接) with the Tiangong station’s main Tianhe living module at 3：13
a．m.
13．The Wentian was designed for(为……而设计) science and biology experiments，and its
feature is that(that 引导表语从句) the 23-ton lab module was heavier than any other single-
module spacecraft currently in space.
1be designed for.../to do sth为……而设计/旨在做……
2by design ＝on purpose故意地，蓄意地
by accident/by chance偶然地
14．China’s space program launched its first astronaut into orbit in 2003，making it only the
third country to do so on its own.(不定式作后置定语修饰the third country)
1当中心词是序数词或中心词被序数词、形容词最高级等修饰时或前有the next，the only，
the last等时，常用不定式作后置定语。
2一些抽象名词常用动词不定式作后置定语，常见的抽象名词有：ability，chance，
ambition，attempt，belief等。
