Unit 2 Wildlife Protection Period 1 Listening and Speaking 课件-高一英语同步精品课堂(人教版新教材必修第二册)

Reading and Thinking Period 1 Listening and Speaking 1 Listening and Speaking A News Script Animal Planet/DCL Last year, 33,000 African elephants were murdered, victims of senseless ivory poaching. Fortunately, these magnificent giants have a defender in basketball superstar and wildlife advocate, Yao Ming. On Tuesday, Nov. 18, at 10 PM / 9 PM C, Yao travels to Africa to witness first-hand the horrible consequences of poaching. “The huge price motivates poachers to persist,” says Yao. “And if we buy ivory, it makes all of us killers as well.” 2 Listening and Speaking When the buying stops, the killing can too.没有买卖，就没有杀害。WildAid WildAid is an international non-government organization whose goal is to end the illegal wildlife trade. Rather than a campaign of biology or culture, WildAid views the illegal wildlife trade completely as a matter of economics—of supply and demand.Yao Ming is a spokesman for WildAid. WildAid's unique Active Conservation Awareness Program(ACAP)is designed to