Unit2拓展阅读讲义高中英语人教版选择性

人教课标选必四Unit2拓展阅读Winter wonderlands你想置身于野生动物的天堂，沉浸在洁白的冰雪世界，观赏群鹰翱翔碧空的独特景象吗？那就让我们一起去北美洲看看吧！Surprise!Some of the grandestsightseeing happensthis timeof theyear.Here arethreepremier holidaydestinations foryour coldweatheradventures.Go Wildin YellowstoneNational ParkWinterin Yellowstonemeans steaminggeysers,cold temperatures,the intensequiet ofdeepsnowfall andgreat wildlifeviewing.It alsomeans fewerpeople;some29,000people visitthe park inJanuary versusan averageof948,000in thepeak season—July.（野Yellowstone hoststhe largestconcentration ofwildlife in the lower48states.Bison牛）have calledtheparkhome sinceprehistoric times.Some100wolves livehere,making itoneof thebest iconicsites in the worldto seethe onceendangeredCanis lupus.The vividblues（背景）of Yellowstone^premier hotsprings gloweven morebrilliantly againsta backdropofwhite snow.See theIce Showat Lakeshoresof the Great LakesTwoof Americasfour National Lakeshores liealong Lake Superior,where wintertransformsthe landscapeinto amagical world.In theseremote northernplaces,ice issomethingto beclimbed andsnowstorms meanbetter conditionsfor skiingand snowshoeing.At MichigansPictured RocksNationalLakeshore,massive curtainsof frozenwater cover（悬崖），sandstone cliffsand waterfallsfreeze intodramatic columnsof yellowand blueice.（）The MichiganIce FestFeb.1216offers films,talks andclasses inphotography andiceclimbing.Watching theice climbersis adraw formany.（白头海雕）Soar withBald EaglesIt is amazingto seea baldeagle flyingin slowcircles inthe sky,wings stretchedto almost8feet across,or towatch itdive forfood atspeeds ofnearly100mph.Americas founding（至高的）fathers adoptedthe eagle—a birdof supremepower and authority”—as thesymbolfor anew country.January isNational BaldEagle WatchMonth,and you can spotthese birdsacross theU.S.On theupper MississippiRiver,as manyas2,500bald eaglesspend thewinter feedingon fishbelowdams andin openwater.In lateJanuary andearly February,the birdsbegin nestbuilding.In Virginia,eagles settlealong thePotomac inthe ElizabethHartwell MasonNeck Refuge,just18miles outsideof Washington,D.C.Notes:苏必利尔湖，是世界上面积最大的淡水湖LakeSuperior:波托马克河是美国中东部最重要的河流，流经首都华盛顿Potomac:Wele to the LandDown UnderAustralia is calledthe LandDown Underbecause itlies entirelysouth of the equator.It standsapartfrom therest of the worldin manyways.It is the onlycountry that is alsoa continent,andits thesmallest continent.Although ithas afew mountainranges,Australia isthe worldsflattestcontinent.Itisalso oneof thedriest placeson earth.Only thefrozen Antarcticgets lessrainor snow.With someof theweirdest rocksand animals,Australia isan entirelydifferent placetovisit.The platypuslooks likean animalput togetherwith spareparts fromother beasts.Thecontinents wallabies,wombats andover fiftyvarieties ofkangaroos arefound almostnowhereelse onearth.Fiftyfbothigh WaveRock wouldbe asurfer,s perfectwave,except thatits solidgranite.In thevast centreof thecountry,known asthe Outback,youcandrive forhundreds ofmileswithout seeinga personor acar.On the Pacific seabottom of theGreatBarrier Reefoffthe northeasterncoast of Australia,schools ofelectricpink fishswim through the worldslargestsystem ofcoral reefs.Indigenous Australians澳大利亚土著人是澳大利亚最早的居民，大约七万年前入住澳洲他们有着自己的传统文化、语言及艺术，是澳大利亚一道特殊的风景线I让我们一起去了解一下吧（后代）Indigenous Australiansare descendantsof thefirst humaninhabitants oftheAustralian continentand itsnearby islands.They includeboth the Torres Strait Islanders andtheAboriginal People,who togethermake upabout

2.5%of Australiaspopulation.The latterisusually usedto referto thosewho livein mainlandAustralia,Tasmania,and someoftheothernearby islands.The Torres StraitIslanders are indigenoustotheTorres StraitIslands betweenAustraliaand New Guinea.Indigenous Australians have madegreat civilization.Aboriginal art is thousands of years（树皮绘画）.old,and thebest knownforms arerock artand barkpainting Thesepaintings（赭usually consistof paintusing earthlycolors,specifically,from paintmade fromochre石）.Traditionally,Aborigines havepainted storiesfrom theirDreamtime.Modern Aboriginalartistscontinue thetradition usingmodern materialsin theirartworks.Also,Aboriginal Peopledevelopedunique instrumentsand folkstyles.The didgeridoois monlyconsidered thenationalinstrument of Aboriginal People,and itis claimedto bethe worldsoldest windinstrument.Themore interestingthing isthat indigenousAustralias oraltradition andspiritual valuesare baseduponadmiration for the landandabelief inthe Dreamtime.Although theculture and the lifestyleofAboriginalgroups havemuch inmon,Aboriginalsociety isnot asingle entity.In fact,there area greatmany differentgroups,each withtheirown individualculture,belief structure,and language.For example,theTorresStrait Islanderspossessa traditionand culturalhistory differentfrom mainlandindigenous traditions.Inparticular,the easternTorresStraitIslandersarerelated tothe Papuanpeoples ofNewGuinea,and speaka Papuanlanguage.Australian Aboriginalart澳大利亚土著居民（）是世界上最古老的民族之一，澳洲独特的地理环境孕育Aborigine了澳洲土著独特的文化和艺术Australia isa verylarge countrywith differentlandscapes.It hasrainforests,the outbackdesertandtheseaside.Australia alsohas avery longhistory thatgoes backto anancient people.They livedthere manythousandsofyears agoand stilllive therenow.In fact,they aretheoldest continuoushuman cultureon Earth.They arethe Aboriginesof Australia.Long beforethere weretowns inAustralia,Aboriginal artistspainted theDreamtime.theAboriginal storyofthebeginning ofthe world.The ancientAboriginal artiststhought thattheirpaintings had special powers.If theywanted tocatch a lot of fish,they paintedalot offish.They alsohadspecialrules.For example,they paintedcertain typesof picturesat specifictimesof theyear.Today,many ofthe originalrock paintingsare losingtheir colour.This isbecause ofbadweather aswell asinsects andreptiles walkingover them.Naturalists aretrying totake stepstoprevent theloss ofthese wonderfulpaintings.They arethe oldestart recordsof humancivilisationintheworld andthey mustbe protected.Hopefully thesepaintings willhelp savethememories ofthe ancientworld ofthe Aboriginesin amodern worldthatisrapidly changing.Modern Aboriginalartists arealso tryingto helpkeep theirtraditions aliveby paintingpictures（树皮），（当代的）on barkpaper andwood.Contemporary Aboriginalartisgetting moreandmore famousand expensive.AustraliaPhrases世界上最大的煤炭出口国the worldslargest exporterof coal被印度洋和太平洋围绕着surrounded bythe IndianOcean andthePacificOceanattract hundredsof thousandsof immigrants吸引了成千上万的移民spend alotoftheir freetime outdoors他们花很多业余时间在户外SentencesAustralia isthe sixthbiggest countryintheworld.澳大利亚是世界第六大国家Australiaishome tomany animalspecies.In fact,Australia housesmore than10%of theworldsbiodiversity.澳大利亚是许多动物物种的家园事实上，澳大利亚拥有世界上超过的生物物种10%Australians lovetheir beaches.When summerapproaches,going totheir belovedbeaches forthesummer holidayisthemost discussedtopic.澳大利亚人喜欢他们的海滩当夏天来临时，去他们心爱的海滩度假是人们最常讨论的话题Among themost wellknownAustralian animalsare kangaroosand koalas.澳大利亚最著名的动物包括袋鼠和树袋熊Many peoplevisit Australiafor itsbrilliant beachesand yearroundsunshine.许多人去澳大利亚旅游是因为那里有漂亮的海滩和终年的阳光4Facts AboutAustralias NationalAnimal为澳大利亚的象征之一，袋鼠一直是当地人的骄傲但袋鼠也给人们的生活带来了烦恼，怎么解决呢？一People fromevery corneroftheglobe travelto Australiato meetthe kangaroothelovely,unusual anduniquely Australiananimal thatjumps allover thissunburnt continent.Read onfor4things youmight nothave knownabout thered kangaroo.The kangaroois oneoftheearliest symbolsofAustralia.The Britishcolonists ofthe late18th Centurywere amazedby thisunusual animal,whichwas firstrecorded asa kanguruby BotanistJoseph Banksin

1770.They weredescribed ashavingthe headof adeer andthe jumpof afrog.After picturesattracted Europeanaudiences,they soonbecame asymbol ofthis farawayAustralian continent.Theyve remainedthe countrysmost wellknownsymbol.Over thelast twocenturies,the kangaroohas beeAustralians mostlasting symbol.The rooappearson theAustralian Coatof Arms,the tailsof Qantasplanes,Tourism Australianslogo,coins,stamps...the listgoes on.Theyre aserious trafficdanger.（内地）Almost everyonewhos driventhroughtheoutback hasseen kangaroowarningsigns,because kangaroosare somon anddangerous onAustralian roads.A90kilogrammekangaroo jumpingat50km/h cancause someserious damageto acar flyingalong theopenroad.As aresult,kangaroo barsare oftenfixed toprotect them.Australianshavebeen toldto eatmore ofthem.It mightsound wrongto eatyour nationalsymbol,but severalexperts haveencouragedAustralians toeat kangaroosforthesake ofthe environment.Kangaroos giveoff lessmethane（甲烷）than cows,and harvestingtheir outofcontrolnumbers helpspreserve thenaturalecosystem.You cantry kangaroosteak,sausages andpizza ifyoure upfbr it.。