1、UNIT 5HUMANS AND NATURE美 文 導 入素養(yǎng)解讀：普通高中英語課程標準(2017年版)在第4頁“學科核心素養(yǎng)”方面指出：英語學科核心素養(yǎng)主要包括語言能力、文化意識、思維品質(zhì)和學習能力。同時，還對“文化意識”的概念進行了闡述：指對中外文化的理解和對優(yōu)秀文化的認同，是學生在全球化背景下表現(xiàn)出的跨文化認知、態(tài)度和行為取向。下面這篇文章就是圍繞“文化意識”這一學科素養(yǎng)展開的。它介紹了農(nóng)耕與保護野生動物的密切關系，有助于提升同學們在保護野生動物方面的意識。主題： 人與自然學科素養(yǎng)：文化意識難度系數(shù)：Farming and Wildlife ProtectionAlmost half

2、of the worlds 17,000 wildlife protected areas are being used for farming.A report says using land for agriculture is causing many kinds of plants and animals to disappear.Farmers must use better farming methods that provide food while protecting wildlife.Experts say ten percent of the land on Earth

3、has been designed to protect wildlife.Yet these nature preserves often share common ground with farms in many poor countries.Many of these areas are where animal species are most at risk.Experts say many species，in preserves are dying out because of the agricultural areas that surround them.This is

4、because many animals need to move to other places to survive.The limited space in nature preserves cannot fill this need.The lands that would be needed to increase protected areas already are being used to grow food for local people and support local economies.Experts say half of the animal species

5、in the preserves could be lost because their populations are too small to guarantee their survival.重要短語be designed to 目的是；被設計用于做at risk 在危險中die out 滅絕tootoo太而不能句型精析The lands that would be needed to increase protected areas already are being used to grow food for local people and support local economies.分析：該句子中that would be needed to increase protected areas為定語從句，修飾先行詞The lands。are being used 是現(xiàn)在進行時的被動語態(tài)，是這個句子的謂語，to grow food和support是其目的狀語。譯文：增加保護區(qū)所需的土地正被用于為當?shù)厝嗣穹N植糧食和支持當?shù)亟?jīng)濟。核心素養(yǎng)目標【語言技能】知道如何表達“人與自然的關系”；掌握重