《2025年情景导学高中英语必修第二册外研版》

Ⅳ. 课文导读
The 1975 film *Jaws* was 1. a great success. It tells the story of a great white shark that 2. attacks (attack) and kills swimmers. The film made people 3. more scared (scared) of sharks than before. So some people stopped swimming in the sea and other people wanted sharks killed.
After 1975, the number of large sharks around America fell 4. quickly (quick), and soon fell all over the world. This was not only due to fear of sharks, but also 5. finning (fin). When people catch sharks, they cut off their fins and throw the sharks back into the sea 6. where they die slowly and painfully. Peter Benchley, the writer of the book that *Jaws* was based on, was 7. shocked (shock) by sharks being killed. He came to see people 8. as a danger to sharks. He said that sharks didn't target humans. Experts have proved that only about six people 9. are killed (kill) by sharks every year.
Fortunately, there are still many people who want 10. to learn (learn) more about sharks and try to protect them from extinction.
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答案： 1. a 2. attacks 3. more scared 4. quickly 5. finning 6. where 7. shocked 8. as 9. are killed 10. to learn

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People have always been scared of sharks, but *Jaws* made things worse. 人类本就害怕鲨鱼,而电影《大白鲨》加深了这种恶劣印象。
读句入境
Loud noises can scare animals or birds. In other words, loud noises can make them feel scared.
噪声太大会惊吓到鸟兽。换句话说,噪声太大会让鸟兽感到害怕。
She is scared of hiking in remote forests.
她不敢在偏僻的森林里徒步旅行。
The scientist was scared (that) sharks might become extinct due to finning.
这名科学家担心采割鱼鳍可能会导致鲨鱼灭绝。
Are you scared to dive in the sea?
你害怕在海里潜水吗?
Nick was scared to death when he found a crocodile swimming towards him.
当发现一条鳄鱼朝他游过来时,尼克吓得要死。
归纳小结
① scare v. 使(某人)惊恐,吓唬→scared adj. 害怕……的;对……感到惊慌/恐惧的
② be scared $\begin{cases} $of$ (doing) sth 害怕\\ ($that$)... 害怕……\\ $to$ $do$ sth 害怕\\ $to$ $death$ 被吓得\\ 要死 \end{cases} $
高考链接
单句语法填空
We're scared of the things that we don't understand.
趣味拓展
scare the pants off sb 把某人吓得屁滚尿流

答案： [归纳小结] ①scare; scared ②of; that; to do; to death [高考链接] of