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Unit 2 Wildlife Protection
1．I grabbed(v.攫取，抓住) my camera and carefully positioned(熟词生义：v.采取某种姿势
或位置以适应某种情况或环境)myself to take this wildlife encounter(n.偶遇)．
2．I was there to shoot(熟词生义：v.拍摄电影、照片等) a story about island restoration in the
Seychelles，far off the east coast of Africa in the Indian Ocean.
3．Until roughly(adv.粗略地，大约) the middle of the past century，the small island nation
showed signs of real environmental killing—local vegetation cleared(独立主格结构) to make
way for(为……让路) coconut plantations，foreign rats and mice running uncontrolled(独立主
格结构)，native sea turtles and giant tortoises being exploited(独立主格结构)．
4．In the late afternoon or early evening，whenever(引导让步状语从句) they’d finished
eating，the tortoises would drop themselves down and fall asleep(入睡) with their heads
outstretched(with的复合结构：with＋宾语＋宾补)
5．Ask the tourists from around the world that flood into(涌入) Yellowstone National Park what
they most hope to see，and their answer is often the same：a grizzly bear.
6．Grizzly bears are re-occupying large areas of their former range(n.分布区域；领地)．
7．As grizzly bears expand their range into places where they haven’t been seen in a century or
more，they’re increasingly being sighted by(被看到；被目击) humans.
8．Obviously，if precautions aren’t taken，grizzlies can become troublesome，sometimes
killing farm animals or walking through yards in search of(寻找) food.
9．This in turn(反过来) can be dangerous，both for dolphins and humans.
10．Rescue biologist Brittany Baldrica said，“The goal was just to be a barrier that was
novel(熟词生义：adj.新奇的，新颖的) to the animal...”
11．Horses，SpongeBob and the Monkey King from Chinese legend(n.传说)—you probably
wouldn’t expect to see this collection of animals，pop cultural icons and mythological creatures
flying(see的复合结构：see＋宾语＋doing)together in the sky，but this event happens every year
in Weifang，the World Kite Capital in Shandong Province.
12．More than 10,000 participants(n.参与者) from over 30 countries and regions around the
world compete(v.竞争) in the festival every year.
compete v．竞争；参加比赛，常用作不及物动词，后接宾语时需加介词。
compete in参加比赛(或竞赛)；compete with/against 与……竞争/比赛；compete for为了……
而竞争
competition n．竞争，比赛
competitor n．比赛者，参赛者Nearly 12,000 competitors from 45 nations and regions competed for 481 gold medals in Hangzhou
Asian Games.
