高中英語必修二unit4課文與聽力原文

1.HOWDAISYLEARNEDTOHELPWLDLIFE（26頁）Daisyhadalwayslongedtohelpendangeredspeciesofwildlife.Onedayshewokeupandfoundaflyingcarpetbyherbed."Wheredoyouwanttogo?"itasked.Daisyrespondedimmediately."I'dliketoseesomeendangeredwildlife,"shesaid."PleasetakemetoadistantlandwhereIcanfindtheanimalthatgavefurtomakethissweater."AtoncethecarpetflewawayandtookhertoTibet.ThereDaisysawanantelopelookingsad.Itsaid,"We'rebeingkilledforthewoolbeneathourstomachs.Ourfurisbeingusedtomakesweatersforpeoplelikeyou.Asaresult,wearenowanendangeredspecies."AtthatDaisycried,"I'msorryIdidn'tknowthat.Iwonderwhatisbeingdonetohelpyou.Flyingcarpet,pleaseshowmeaplacewherethere'ssomewildlifeprotection."TheflyingcarpettravelledsofastthatnextminutetheywereinZimbabwe.Daisyturnedaroundandfoundthatshewasbeingwatchedbyanelephant."Haveyoucometotakemyphoto?"itasked.InreliefDaisyburstintolaughter."Don'tlaugh,saidtheelephant,"Weusedtobeanendangeredspecies.Farmershunteduswithoutmercy.Theysaidwedestroyedtheirfarms,andmoneyfromtouristsonlywenttothelargetourcompanies.Sothegovernmentdecidedtohelp.Theyallowedtouriststohuntonlyacertainnumberofanimalsiftheypaidthefarmers.Nowthefarmersarehappyandournumbersareincreasing.Sogoodthingsarebeingdoneheretosavelocalwildlife."Daisysmiled."That'sgoodnews.Itshowstheimportanceofwildlifeprotection,butI'dliketohelpastheWWFsuggests."Thecarpetroseagainandalmostatoncetheywereinathickrainforest.Amonkeywatchedthemasitrubbeditself."Whatareyoudoing?"askedDaisy.”I'mprotectingmyselffrommosquitoes,"itreplied."WhenIfindamillipedeinsect,Irubitovermybody.Itcontainsapowerfuldrugwhichaffectsmosquitoes.YoushouldpaymoreattentiontotherainforestwhereIliveandappreciatehowtheanimalslivetogether.Norainforest,noanimals,nodrugs."Daisywasamazed."Flyingcarpet,pleasetakemehomesoIcantellWWFandwecanbeginproducingthisnewdrug.Monkey,pleasecomeandhelp."Themonkeyagreed.Thecarpetflewhome.Astheylanded,thingsbegantodisappear.Twominuteslatereverythinghadgone-themonkey,too.SoDaisywasnotabletomakehernewdrug.Butwhatanexperience!Shehadlearnedsomuch!AndtherewasalwaysWWF,第四單元閱讀一Daisy如何學(xué)習(xí)去幫助野生動物Daisy常?？释椭鸀l臨滅絕的種類的野生動物。一天她醒來發(fā)現(xiàn)一個正在飛行的飛毯在她包里。“你想去哪里？”它問。Daisy立刻回答它?！拔蚁肴タ茨切l臨滅絕的動物，”她說?！罢垘胰ツ莻€我可以找到供給皮毛去制造這件毛衣的動物的一個遙遠的地方?！憋w毯立刻帶她飛去了西藏。在那里Daisy看到了一支看起來很傷心的羚羊。它說，“我們被殺是為了我們肚子下的毛。我們的皮毛被人類用來制造像你這樣的毛衣。因此，現(xiàn)在我們是一種瀕臨滅絕的種類?！比缓驞aisy哭喊著，“我很抱歉我不知道那些。我想知道神馬可以被做來幫助你們。飛毯，請帶我去一個有一些野生動物保護區(qū)的地方?！憋w毯飛得如此的快以至于他們下一分鐘就在ZimbabWe。DaiSy轉(zhuǎn)來轉(zhuǎn)去然后發(fā)現(xiàn)她被一頭大象盯著?！澳氵^來跟我照相了么？”它問。Daisy松了口氣突然笑起來?！安灰?，”大象說，“我們曾經(jīng)是瀕臨滅絕的品種。農(nóng)民好不仁慈地獵殺我們。他們說我們破壞了他們的天地，和來自那些只游覽大工廠的游客的錢。所以政府決定去幫助。他們允許游客給錢農(nóng)民然后可以去獵殺確定數(shù)量的動物。現(xiàn)在農(nóng)民很高興而且我們的數(shù)量在增加。所以好事情正被做于營救當(dāng)?shù)氐囊吧鷦游铩?”DaiSy微笑了?！澳鞘莻€好消息。它展示了野生動物保護的重要性，不過我喜歡去幫助像WWF這樣的建議?！憋w毯再次升起然后幾乎同一時間他們在一個陰霾的熱帶雨林。一支猴子看著他們就像它摩擦它自己?！澳阍诟缮耨R？”DaiSy問。“我在保護自己不受蚊子的傷害，”它回答?！爱?dāng)我找到一只千足蟲昆蟲，我會在我身上摩擦它。它包涵了一種強大的可以影響蚊子的藥物。你應(yīng)該更加注意那些我居住的熱帶雨林并好好鑒賞動物們?nèi)绾尉幼≡谝积R。沒有雨林，沒有動物，沒有藥物?！盌aiSy很驚訝?！帮w毯，請帶我回家這樣我可以聯(lián)系WWF并開始保護這種新的藥物。猴子，請過來幫忙?！蹦呛镒油饬恕ｏw毯飛回家了。當(dāng)他們降落時，事物開始消失了。兩分鐘后所有東西都消失了 -那只猴子也是。所以DaiSy不能去制造她的新藥物。不過如此的一段經(jīng)歷！她已經(jīng)學(xué)習(xí)了那么多！還有那里的 WWF ANIMALEXTINCTION（30頁）ManyanimalShavediSappearedduringthelonghiStoryoftheearth.ThemoStfamouSoftheSeanimalSaredinoSaurS.TheylivedontheearthtenSofmillionSofyearSago,longbeforehumanScameintobeingandtheirfutureSeemedSecureatthattime.ThereWeremanydifferentkindSofdinoSaurandanumberofthemuSedtoliveinChina.Theeggsoftwenty-fivespecieshavebeenfoundinXixia,County,Nanyang,HenanProvince.Notlongagoararenewspeciesofbird-likedinosaurwasdiscoveredinChaoyangCounty,LiaoningProvince.Whenscientistsinspectedthebones,theyweresurprisedtofindthatthesedinosaurscouldnotonlyrunliketheothersbutalsoclimbtrees.Theylearnedthisfromthewaytheboneswerejoinedtogether.Dinosaursdiedoutsuddenlyabout65millionyearsago.Somescientiststhinkitcameafteranunexpectedincidentwhenahugerockfromspacehittheearthandputtoomuchdustintotheair.Othersthinktheearthgottoohotforthedinosaurstoliveonanymore.Nobodyknowsforsurewhyandhowdinosaursdisappearedfromtheearthinsuchashorttime.Weknowmanyotherwildplants,animals,insectsandbirdshavediedoutmorerecently.AccordingtoaUNreport,some844animalsandplantshavedisappearedinthelast500years.Thedodoisoneofthem.ItlivedontheIslandofMauritiusandwasaveryfriendlyanimal.Pleaselistentoastoryofthedodoandhowitdisappearedfromtheearth.從地球有史以來的這段漫長時期，許多動物都消失了。這些動物中最有名的是恐龍。千百萬年前，恐龍就在地球上生活，比人類的出現(xiàn)要早得多，當(dāng)時它們的前景好像也很安全。當(dāng)時有許多不同種類的恐龍，其中有很多種類曾經(jīng)生活在中國。25個種類的恐龍蛋是在河南省南陽西峽縣發(fā)現(xiàn)的。不久前，在遼寧省的朝陽縣新發(fā)現(xiàn)了一種罕見的、形狀像鳥一樣的恐龍?？茖W(xué)家們觀察它們的骨頭時，驚奇地發(fā)現(xiàn)它們不僅跟其他恐龍一樣可以跑，而且還可以爬樹?？茖W(xué)家們是根據(jù)恐龍骨骼的連接方式得知的這些?？铸埓蠹s在6500萬年前就突然地滅絕了。有些科學(xué)家認(rèn)為恐龍滅絕是發(fā)生在一件意外事故之后，當(dāng)時宇宙間一塊巨石擊中地球因而在空氣中揚起太多的塵土。另外一些科學(xué)家們則認(rèn)為，地球變得太熱，因此恐龍無法在地球上生活了。沒有人確切地知道恐龍是由于什么原因，又是怎樣在這么短的時間里從地球上消失的。我們知道，近來許多其他的野生動植物、昆蟲和鳥類也滅絕了。根據(jù)聯(lián)合國的一份報告，在過去500年里，有844種動植物消失。渡渡鳥就是其中的一種。它生活在毛里求斯島上，是一種非常友好的動物。請聽一個關(guān)于渡渡鳥的故事，看看它是如何從地球上消失的。Thestoryofthedodo（30頁聽力）OnceuponatimeIlivedontheislandofMauritius.Iwascalled “dodo”.Thereweremanyofusandwewerefriendswithalltheotheranimalsontheisland.Onedayanewanimalcametomyisland.HisnamewasMan,andatfirstweseemedtobegoodfriends.WewenteverywheretogetherandIsharedmyfoodwithhim.However,Ibegantowonderwhyseveralofmydodofriendshaddisappeared.Thenthenumberofourspeciesbegantodecreasequickly.IwassoworriedthatIaskedtheotheranimalsandtheyalltoldme, “YourfriendsarebeingkilledandeatenbyManwhileyouarehuntingforfood.”HadManeatenthem?Icouldn'tbelieveit!WhenIaskedMandirectly,heseemedsurprised. “Ihaven'tseentheotherdodoseither.”hesaid.“Maybesomeoneelsekilledthem.IbelievedhimbutwhenmoredodosdisappearedIsetatrap.IwentoffasifIwasgoingtohuntbutinsteadIhidintheforestandwaited.SureenoughMancamealong.Heranafterthelastofmydodofriendsandkilledher.IfeltsoangrythatIrushedoutofmyhidingplaceandstraightatMan'sspear.Hekilledmetoo.Afterthattherewerenomoredodosintheworld.Somymottois:becarefulwhoyoutrust.Problem1（62頁workbook聽力）DearAuntyGladys,Iamveryconcernedabouttheenvironment,butIalsolikeeatingfishverymuch.Iknowsomefishspeciesareendangeredbytoomuchfishing.Ialsoknowthatfishermanhavetocountthenumberoffishtheycatch.Iftheyhavetoomanyofonespecies,theyhavetothrowthembackintothesea.PleasetellmewhichfishIcaneatwithouthurtinganyendangeredspecies. Yours,LiKunProblem2DearAuntyGladys,IamaBengaltigerandIamveryunhappythatsomanypeoplewanttokillme.Iamaquiet,kind-heartedanimalandIliketolivealoneinmyforest.TheonlyanimalsIkillarethoseIamgoingtoeat.Ican'tunderstandananimallikemanwhoattacksmefornoreason.IknowIhaveabeautifulskin,butIamamazedthatIshouldbekilledforit.NowIfindmyhabitatisgettingsmallerandsmallerandIcannotmissmeetingman.Iamfrightened.WhatcanIdo? Yours,BengiProblem3DearAuntyGladys,IamayoungvisitorfromChina.IamveryinterestedinallthewonderfulplantsandanimalsyouhaveinEngland.But'Ivenoticedthatyoukeepthebestanimalsinzoosandtheprettiestplantsintheparks.Whyaretheanimalsnotrunningaroundfreelyinthewildandwhyaretheplantsnotgrowinginforests?Yours,ZhaoJingTheReturnOfTheMiluDeer（65頁）MynameisLinHui.Iliketotellstoriesaboutpeoplewhoworktogether.Whatisevenbetteriswhencountrieshelpeachotherandbuildagoodfriendship.AnexcellentexampleofthishappenedwhenBritainandChinaworkedtogethertobringtheMiludeerbacktoChina.Miludeer,akindofanimalwithlargehorns（角）,usedtobecommoninChinalongago.Likeotherdeertheylivedtogetherandategrassandthesoftpartsoftrees.Miludeerwereoftenkilledforfoodorsport.TheMingandQingdynasties（ 朝代）didnotprotectthemandmanywerekilled.ThatishowtheMiludeerdisappearedfromChina.Luckilybeforeallofthemwerekilled,someweretakentoBritaintoimprovetheenvironmentofthebeautifulparkwhichbelongedtotheDukeofBedford.HelikedthemsomuchthathetookthemfromChinatoBritain.Miludeerlikedthecool,wetweatherinEnglandandtheirnumberincreasedyearbyyear.Asaresult,whenin1985thegovernmentofChinawantedtobringbacktheMiludeer,theDukeofBedfordwasabletohelp.ThefirstdeercamebacktoChinatotheNanhaiziMiluPark20kilometerssouthofBeijingandthecentreinDafeng,Jiangsuprovince.ThedeercertainlyseemhappytobebackinChinabecausetheirnumberhasgrownquickly.TherearenowsomanyofthemthatanewparkhasbeenopenedfortheminHubeiProvince.AtthemomenttheMiludeerliveincentreswheretheyarebeingwellprotectedandcaredfor.Itishopedthatonedaytherewillbeenoughanimalstoletthemliveinthewildagain.我的名字叫林回。我喜歡講一些關(guān)于和我一起工作的人故事。更好的情況是國家互相幫助,營造一個良好的友誼。比如，英國和中國一起把麋鹿運回中國，就是一個很好的例子。麋鹿，作為一種有角的物種，很久以前就在中國了，這是很平常的事。像其他鹿類一樣，他們都住在一起 ,吃草和果樹的柔嫩部分，比如小樹枝。在過去，麋鹿經(jīng)常為尋找食物而活動。明清時期沒有保護他們 ,因此很多都死了。那就是麋鹿消失在中國的原因。幸運的是,在所有麋鹿都被殺了的情況下,其中一些被送往英國,以改善貝德福德公爵的公園的環(huán)境。他喜歡他們,以至于他把他們從中國領(lǐng)到英國來。麋鹿喜歡英格蘭涼爽潮濕的天氣，并且它們的數(shù)量在逐年增長。結(jié)果,當(dāng)1985年中國政府想讓麋鹿回來時,貝德福德公爵也非常愿意幫忙。第一個鹿回到中國20公里的天然公園Nanhaizi中心，它位于北京南部,江蘇省大豐。那只鹿好像很開心能回到中國,因為他們的數(shù)量也在迅速增加?，F(xiàn)在有很多的麋鹿,一個在湖北的新公園已經(jīng)為他們而開啟。此刻的麋鹿住在公園中心,在那里他們得到很好的保護和照顧。希望有一天將會有足夠多的動物 ,重新生活在野外。所以，英國通過帶回消失在我國故土上的一種動物來幫助了中國。這是一個在這兩個國家之間，友誼和理解的很好的例子。66頁聽力HuXiaoisaseniorhighschoolstudentwhoshowsagreatinterestinwildlifeprotection.Todayhehasgotagoodchancetointerviewavolunteer,AliceBrown,fromIBRRC.HX:Hello,Alice.'Imsointerestedinyourworksavingbirds!Whatdoyouthinkisthemostdifficultpartofyourwork?AB:Well...Isupposeit'ssavingwildbirdscoveredinoil.That'sthemostdifficultofall.HX:Howdoesthathappen?AB:Theoilcomesfromboats.ItfloatsonThewaterandcoversthebirds'featherswhentheyswimthroughit.HX:Thatsounds