文档介绍：Text A
Wild Jaguars in Arizona
Unit Eight
1. it takes 4 years to do something花了4年时间干某事
花了6个月时间干某事 6 months something
2. near the border between Arizona and Mexico在亚利桑那州和墨西哥交界处附近
在江苏与上海交界的附近 Nanjing and Shanghai

3. well worth the wait很值得一等
很值得一搏 the effort
4. run across the desert穿行奔跑于沙漠间
横穿马路 the street
5. one of the most powerful animal in the world世上最强有力的动物之一
全世界最强大的国家之一 countries in the world
6. a rare visitor to the United States美国的一位稀客
我们学校的稀客 our school
7. be after the jaguar寻找美洲豹
寻找那个老人 that old man
8. there is a chance that …有可能······
没有机会,不可能…… there is no that…
9. in large numbers数量很多
数量很少 small .
10. expand that number to…将那个数量增加到…… 将那个高度增加到…… that height to…
11. wind up with a lion最后得到一头狮子
以失败告终 failure
12. illegal immigrants非法移民
非法持有物 possession of something
13. turn out to be a jaguar结果是一只美洲豹
结果是我的一个朋友 a friend of mine
Main Ideas
Fill in the blanks with appropriate words or expressions according to the above reading passage
While hunting a mountain lion with his hounds in 1996, Jack Childs, a retired wildlife __________, caught _____of a jaguar. He thought that these _________ cats might be attempting to recolonize the _________ part of the . because jaguars used to ________in that area. Then he decided to take a picture of the _______. But he did not expect the he had to _____for 4 years and waste a lot of _____before he got the rare photo of the wild animal. He captured it with his _________, motion-sensing cameras near the ________between Arizona and Mexico.
researcher
sight
wild
southern
roam
jaguar
wait
film
automatic
border
Detailed Understanding
Complete each of the following sentences according
to the text.
1. What did Jack Childs get after 4 years’ waiting?
________________________________________.
2. Why did Childs go on with his research work about the jaguars even everybody thought he would never get it?
Because he ___________________and some scientists believe that ____________________________