By Hainsworth/王 玲（編）

◆語(yǔ)篇導(dǎo)讀

看到文章的題目，你可能會(huì)好奇，紅熊貓是不是熊貓？其實(shí)，紅熊貓中文學(xué)名是小熊貓，與熊貓有著相似的飲食習(xí)性，但不像熊貓那樣憨態(tài)可掬。紅熊貓有著紅色的皮毛，動(dòng)作靈巧，大多數(shù)時(shí)間生活在樹上。

Red pandas live in forests high in the mountains.They usually live alone.

Red pandas spend most of their lives eating and sleeping in the trees.Their main food isshootsand leavesof bamboo plants.A red panda eats lots and lots of bamboo leaves every day.It also sleeps a lot.A red pandacurls upon a nice tree branch andwrapsits tailaroundits body like a blanket（毛毯）.When it runs to the treetop,the long claws（爪子）on its feet help it take hold of branches.Its long tail helps the red panda keep balance in the trees.A red panda climbs along the branches of a green tree,putting one claw in front of the other like a gymnast（體操運(yùn)動(dòng)員）on a balance beam.But then,the red panda loses its footing（立足處）.A fall from this height—about a hundred feet—could be deadly.But the red panda quickly catches hold of the branch with its sharp claws,makes itselfsafe, and keeps moving.Red pandas spend about 90 percent of their time in the trees.In fact,red pandas haveadaptedso welltolife in the trees that theyare famous fortheir excellent gymnastic skills.But red pandas can't exactly spread out their arms like a gymnast.Instead they hold their tails straight behind them.If they start to swingin one direction,they can move their tailsthe opposite way.And they jump down trees headfirst.How?They turn their ankles（腳踝）180 degrees—that means they are able to turn their feet backward!The move gives their claws a better angle（角度）tohang on tothe tree.And the special fingers and toes help them climb down trees headfirst.When red pandas need to cool off,they hang their legs down the sides of branches.

They are cute,aren't they?But now they are endangered.

◆語(yǔ)塊收藏

shoots and leaves嫩芽和樹葉

curl up蜷縮起來

wrap around用……纏繞

adapt to適應(yīng)

be famous for因……而著名

in one direction朝著一個(gè)方向

the opposite way相反的方式

hang on to緊緊握住

◆典句賞析

1.A red panda climbs along the branches of a green tree,putting one claw in front of the other like a gymnast on a balance beam.一只紅熊貓沿著綠樹的樹枝爬行，它把一只爪子放在另一只的前面，像體操運(yùn)動(dòng)員在平衡木上一樣。

現(xiàn)在分詞短語(yǔ)putting one claw...在句中作狀語(yǔ)，意為“把一只爪子放在……”，表示謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞climb的伴隨狀況；like在這里作介詞，意為“像……一樣”，后接名詞或代詞。

2.But the red panda quickly catches hold of the branch with its sharp claws,makes itself safe,and keeps moving.但是這只紅熊貓快速地用鋒利的爪子抓住樹枝，讓自己平穩(wěn)，然后繼續(xù)往前移動(dòng)。

catch hold of是固定短語(yǔ)，意為“抓住；捉住”；with是介詞，意為“用……（工具）”；makes itself safe是“make+名詞（代詞）+形容詞”結(jié)構(gòu)，意為“使某人……”，該名詞（代詞）作make的賓語(yǔ)，形容詞作名詞（代詞）的賓語(yǔ)補(bǔ)足語(yǔ)。

3.They turn their ankles 180 degrees—that means they are able to turn their feet backward!它們把腳踝轉(zhuǎn)動(dòng)180度，這就意味著它們能夠把腳向后轉(zhuǎn)動(dòng)！

復(fù)合句that means they are able to turn their feet backward對(duì)破折號(hào)前面的句子作進(jìn)一步解釋說明，此句為賓語(yǔ)從句。句中的they are able to turn their feet backward作動(dòng)詞me

ans的賓語(yǔ)。be able to...是情態(tài)動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)，意為“有能力……”，后接動(dòng)詞原形。

◆理解自測(cè)

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選擇適當(dāng)?shù)拇鸢浮?/p>

1.A red panda lives mainly on _________most of time.

A.the mountain B.a blanket

C.the branches of a tree D.a balance beam

2.A red panda keeps balanced with its _________.

A.feet B.claws C.tail D.a balance beam

3.Red pandas climb and jump down trees headfirst because of__________ .

A.their special claws B.their special tails

C.their special feet D.their special fingers and toes

4.What does this passage want us to know?

A.Red pandas'life style. B.Red pandas'climbing trees.

C.Red pandas are endangered. D.Red pandas'claws and feet.

◆詞句微練

根據(jù)所給漢語(yǔ)句子，完成下列英語(yǔ)句子。每空詞數(shù)不限。1

.四川臥龍以熊貓聞名。

Wolong,Sichuan______________________________________________________________.

2.北方人不適應(yīng)南方的潮濕天氣。

People in the north_______________________________________the weather in the south.

3.橫過街道時(shí)，小姑娘緊抓著她媽媽的手。

The little girl_______________________her mother's hand when they crossed the street.

4.聽到槍聲，鳥兒都向四面八方飛走了。

Hearing the gunshot,the birds flew away ______________________________.

5.確保你認(rèn)識(shí)路，否則你會(huì)朝相反方向走。

Make sure you know the way,or you will go __________________________.

6.中學(xué)生每天要花費(fèi)大量的時(shí)間讀書和寫作業(yè)。

Middle school students ____________________reading and doing homework every day.