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1、unit 15 a fable for tomorrowunit 15n1. pick out the chunks in the textn2.about the authorn3. language pointsn4. vocabulary workunit 15nrachel carson was born on a farm in springdale, pennsylvania. she graduated from pennsylvania college for women (now chatham college), earned a masters in marine bio
2、logy at johns hopkins, taught zoology at the university of maryland, and eventually took a job with the u.s. fish and wildlife service. while there, she wrote three books about the sea which gave her the financial independence to quit her government job and begin the book which made her famous - and
3、 infamous. nin silent spring (1962) she challenged the practices of agricultural scientists and the government, and called for a change in the way humankind viewed the natural world.unit 15nfable noun c or ua short story which tells a general truth or is only partly based on fact, or literature of t
4、his type:the fable of the tortoise and the hareunit 15norchard noun can area of land where fruit trees (but not orange trees or other citrus trees) are grown:an apple/cherry orchardunit 15noak noun c or ua large tree that is common especially in northern countries, or the hard wood of this tree:a mi
5、ghty oakthe timbers of those old sailing ships were mainly oak.an oak table/cupboardunit 15nmaple noun c or ua type of large tree which grows in northern areas of the world, or the wood of this tree:a maple leafmaple treesunit 15nbirch (tree) noun ca tree with a smooth, often white bark and thin bra
6、nchesunit 15nflicker vi.闪动, 闪烁, 摇动, 扑动翅膀, 美俚昏倒, 假装昏倒 vt.使摇曳, 使闪烁 1 i to shine with a light that is sometimes bright and sometimes weak:i felt a cold draft and the candle started to flicker.2 i or t to appear for a short time or to make a sudden movement:a smile flickered across her face.hed been in
7、a coma for weeks, when all of a sudden he flickered an eyelid.unit 15npine (tree) noun c or uan evergreen tree that grows in cooler areas of the world:a plantation of pinesa pine forestpine noun uthe wood of pine trees, which is usually pale in color:pine furniturepine is a softwood.unit 15nfox (ani
8、mal) noun1 c a wild mammal belonging to the dog family which has a pointed face and ears, a wide furry tail and often reddish-brown fur2 u the skin of this animal used to make coats and hats3 c usually singular someone who is clever and good at deceiving people:hes a cunning/sly/wily old fox.unit 15
9、ndeer noun c plural deera quite large four-legged animal which eats grass and leaves. the male has antlers (= wide branch-like horns). the female is called a hind or a doe and the male a stag or buck:a herd of deerunit 15nreindeer noun c plural reindeera type of deer with large horns, which lives in
10、 the northern parts of europe, asia and america:father christmas travels in a sleigh pulled by reindeer. unit 15nlaurel noun c or ua small evergreen tree which has shiny leaves and small black fruitunit 15nviburnum n.荚莲属的植物荚莲属的植物: any of a genus (viburnum) of widely distributed shrubs or trees of th
11、e honeysuckle (n.植忍冬, 金银花) family with simple leaves and white or rarely pink cymose (adj.植聚伞花序的, 聚伞状的) flowers unit 15nalder: n.植桤木 any of a genus (alnus) of toothed-leaved trees or shrubs of the birch family that have catkins (n.植柔荑花(如柳絮等) ) which become woody, that grow in moist ground, and that
12、have wood used in turnery (n.车削产品, 车床工厂, 车工工艺)unit 15nfernnoun c a green plant with long stems, feathery leaves, and no flowers unit 15nberry noun c any of various small, round fruits that grow on plants and trees unit 15nmigrate verb i when an animal migrates, it travels to a different place, usual
13、ly when the season changes:these animals migrate annually in search of food.in september, these birds migrate 2000 miles south to a warmer climate.migrant noun cthese birds are winter migrants from scandinavia.unit 15ntrout (fish) n. 鲑, 鲑鱼 noun plural trout or trouts1 c or u a fish that is a popular
14、 food, especially a brown type that lives in rivers and lakes or a silver type that lives in the sea but returns to rivers to reproduce:thousands of young salmon (鲑鱼,大麻哈鱼)and trout have been killed by the pollution.2 u the flesh of this fish eaten as food:i love smoked trout, dont you?unit 15nbarn n
15、oun ca large building on a farm in which hay and grain are keptunit 15nblight noun 枯萎病, 不良影响, 打击nvt.破坏, 使枯萎1 a disease that damages and kills plants2 something which spoils or has a very bad effect on something, often for a long time:his arrival cast a blight on the wedding day.unit 15nspell (result
16、) verbspell disaster/trouble, etc. to cause something bad to happen in the future:the new regulations could spell disaster for small businesses.this cold weather could spell trouble for gardeners.unit 15nmalady noun c formal1 a disease:all the rose bushes seem to be suffering from the same mysteriou
17、s malady.2 a problem within a system or organization:apathy (冷漠)is one of the maladies of modern society.unit 15nmoribund (dying)adjective formal disapproving(especially of an organization or business) not active or successful:how can the trade department be revived from its present moribund state?u
18、nit 15nthrob verb i -bb- 1 to produce a strong, regular beat:both records have a good throbbing bass which is great to dance to.2 if a part of your body throbs, you feel pain in it in a series of regular beats:his head throbbed, and his body ached.the throbbing pain in his leg was becoming unbearabl
19、e.unit 15nrobin noun c (literary robin redbreast)a small brown european bird with a red front, or a similar but slightly larger brown bird of north america:robins mostly appear in the winter and are commonly pictured on christmas cards.unit 15ncatbird: an american songbird that is dark gray in color
20、 with a black cap and reddish coverts under the tail and is related to the mockingbird be (sitting) in the catbird seat american, old-fashionedto be in a position of power and importance hell be sitting in the catbird seat when the boss retires.unit 15njay noun cjay the common name given to the numb
21、er of birds nof the crow family found in europe, asia and of the americas. in america the best known is the blue jay and the canada jay.unit 15nwren (bird) noun ca very small, brown birdunit 15nmarsh noun c or uground near a lake, river or the sea, that tends to flood and is always wet:at the mouth
22、of the river is a large area of marsh.rain had been falling steadily all day and the ground had become a marsh.unit 15npollinate noun u (授粉)a powder produced by the male part of a flower, which is carried by insects or the wind and causes the female part of the same type of flower to produce seedspo
23、llinate verb t bees pollinate the plants by carrying the pollen from one flower to another.pollination noun umany species of tree depend on the wind for pollination.unit 15nangling noun uthe sport of trying to catch fish with a rod, line (= plastic thread) and hookangler noun ca person whose hobby i
24、s catching fishunit 15ngutter (channel) noun c1 the edge of a road where rain flows away2 an open pipe at the lower edge of a roof which collects and carries away rainthe gutter noun sthe lowest level, especially of society:born to a poverty-stricken family, she dragged herself out of the gutter to
25、become one of the wealthiest people in britain today.unit 15neaves plural nounthe edge of a roof that sticks out over the top of a wallunit 15nshingle (stones) noun usmall round stones that cover a beach or the ground by the edge of a river:a shingle beachi love the noise of the waves on the shingle
26、.shingle (piece) noun ca thin flat tile usually made of wood, that is fixed in rows to make a roof or wall coveringunit 15ngranule noun ca small grain-like piece of something:coffee granulesgranular adjectivemade of, or seeming like, granules:a granular textureunit 15nlawn noun c or uan area of gras
27、s, especially near to a house or in a park, which is cut regularly to keep it short:will you mow the lawn at the weekend?unit 15ngrim (without hope) adjective grimmer, grimmestworried or worrying, without hope:the future looks grim.her face was grim as she told them the bad news.the expression on hi
28、s face was one of grim determination.unit 15nspectre uk noun1 the spectre of sth the idea of something unpleasant that might happen in the future:the awful spectre of civil war looms over the country.2 c (us specter) literary a ghostunit 15nstark (bare) adjectivebare, simple or obvious, especially w
29、ithout decoration or anything which is not necessary; severe or extreme:it was a stark room with its white walls, and a bed and chair as the only furniture.the stark reality is that we are operating at a huge loss.unit 15nvocabularyn1.bloomn2.abundancen3.migrantn4.maladyn5.desertedn6.moribundn1.flow
30、ern2. a great quantity, plentyn3. bird that travels regularly from one part of the world to another according to the seasons of the yearn4. an illnessn5. left emptyn6. at the point of deathunit 15n7. littern8. anglern9. eavesn10.shinglen11.granularn12.spectre n7. all the newly born young ones of an
31、animaln8. a person who fishes with a hook and linen9. the edges of a sloping roof which come out beyond the wallsn10. small thin pieces of building material laid in rows to cover a roof or walln11. grain-liken12. ghostunit 15n1. pick out the chunks in the textn2. language pointsn3. translation workunit 15nthreshold (entrance) noun cthe floor of entrance to a building or roomunit 15nfascinating, bewitching, bewildering
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