Unit 2 Wildlife Protection Reading and Thinking 课件-2022-2023学年人教版（2019）高中英语必修第二册

Unit2 Wildlife Protection Reading ad Thinking 张亚楠 Learning objectives In this class, you will read the text about the protection of Tibetan antelopes; work out a mind map about protection of Tibetan antelopes; explore the writing purpose of the text. Look at the pictures below. antelopes What do you know about the Tibetan antelope? The Tibetan antelop was an endangered animal. However, because of human action to protect it, the number is now increasing. The writer visited Changtang in order to observe Tibetan antelopes. para.1 Read the text and get the main idea of each para. para.2 Tibetan antelopes are in danger. para.3 The authors’s guide thinks that the land is sacred and protecting the wildlife is a way of life. para.4 Bad times for the Tibetan antelopes. para.5 The goverment and volunteers took effective measures. para.6 The effective measures have helped the population of Tibetan antelopes recover. para.7 Human beings must change the way of life in order to save the planet. Read the text again and answer the questions. What happened to the Tibetan antelope in the 1980s and 1990s? What did people do to help protect the Tibetan antelopes? What happened to the Tibetan antelope in the 1980s and 1990s? In the 1980s and 1990s the Tibetan antelope population dropped by more than 50%, as they were shot by hunters for profits. What did people do to help protect the Tibetan antelopes? People volunteered to watch over the antelopes day and night to protect them. Bridges and gates were built to help them move around safely. What’s the purpose of this text? The author aims to tell us that although the Tibetan antelope has been remove from the endangered species list, the threats to them have not yet disappeared. We must change our life and learn to exist in harmony with nature. Read the sentences below, and decide if each idea is the literal meaning (L)of the text or only implied （I）by the text. Identify literal and implie