赖世雄初级美语入门篇 58

12.  king of the beasts

1. elephant
2. gigantic¹
3. feed
4. no feeding sign
5. poor
6. left
7. in the world
8. kill
9. tusk²
10. in dangerous
11.  species
12. man
13. sometimes
14. behave
15. animal

1. can i take a picture with the lion dad?
    may i take a picture with you?
    i want to take a picture of this flowers.
    mr , can you take a picture for us?
2.  but don't  go to near/close to  the cage.
    his house is near the school./is close to the school.
    i live within walking distancs of school.
3. i will stand behind the railing.
     there is a man siting on the railing.
     he is as thin as a rail.
4. are you ready? say cheese...
    are you ready to go home.
    they are ready for the test.
5. that's a good one.
6. lions are beautiful, aren't they?
    he is nice, isn't he?
    you are not a student, are you?
    she can dance, can't she?
    you haven't done , have you?
   he get up early, doesn't he?
    you like movies, don't you?
   come over here, will you?
   stop smoking³, will you?
   let's go home, shall we?
   let him go , will you?
   let me do it, will you?
7. they sure are, after all , they are king of the beasts.
    we can't give him much work.
    you are right. after all,  they are new hand./seasoned./experienced.

1. wow, look at the elephant, they are gigantic
    look at that girl, is it she beautiful?
   mam, take look at that flower is beautiful.
2. it sure is.
3. can i feed it?
   john feeds his dog every day.
4. poor telephant.

A: mammy, tom is pulling my hair. 
B: oh, poor girl. i will tell him to stop.

the poor man have no money to buy food.
5. there aren't many elephants left in the world.
   i have no money left.
6. pepole kill them for their tusks⁴, now they are in dangerous pecies.
    the pipe is made of ivory⁵.
    tigers are one of in dangerous pecies.
    so so.
7. man sometimes behave worse than animal.
    behave yourself, or you will be punished.
    tom behaves well in school.

 

1 gigantic   

adj.巨大的，巨人似的

参考例句：

• He has a gigantic appetite and eats gigantic meals.他有很大的食量，能吃很多的食物。
• The earth may be thought of as a gigantic magnet.整个地球可以想像为一块硕大无朋的磁石。

2 tusk   

n.獠牙，长牙，象牙

参考例句：

• The wild boar had its tusk sunk deeply into a tree and howled desperately.野猪的獠牙陷在了树里，绝望地嗥叫着。
• A huge tusk decorated the wall of his study.他书房的墙上装饰着一支巨大的象牙。

3 smoking   

n.吸烟，抽烟；冒烟

参考例句：

• He was wise to give up smoking.他戒烟是明智的。
• He has decided to cut out smoking and drinking.他已决心戒烟、戒酒。

4 tusks   

n.（象等动物的）长牙( tusk的名词复数 )；獠牙；尖形物；尖头

参考例句：

• The elephants are poached for their tusks. 为获取象牙而偷猎大象。
• Elephant tusks, monkey tails and salt were used in some parts of Africa. 非洲的一些地区则使用象牙、猴尾和盐。 来自英语晨读30分（高一）

5 ivory   

n.象牙，乳白色；adj.象牙制的，乳白色的

参考例句：

• My grandmother has some jewelry made of ivory.我祖母有一些象牙首饰。
• It is carved from ivory.它是用象牙雕成的。