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Unit2 Wildlife Protection
Reading and Thinking P16-17
A Day in the Clouds
Antelopes
A day in the clouds?
Pre-reading
Prediction
the author spent with
the antelopes
Oh, no... Baa, baa...
While-reading
Skim the text quickly and answer the questions.
1. Where did the writer visit ? What does it look like?
2. How did the writer feel when he first saw the Antelopes?
3.How did the writer think about after knowing the stories of the Antelopes?
1. Where did the writer visit ? What does it look like?
The plains of Tibet.
“ The air is thin. Snow-covered mountains disappear... to touch. ”
While-reading
Skim the text quickly and answer the questions.
2. How did the writer feel when he first saw the Antelopes?
He was struck by their beauty and also reminded of the danger they are in.
Danger:
They are being hunted illegally, for their valuable fur.
3.How did the writer feel after knowing the stories of the Antelopes?
“ Much is being done to protect wildlife, but if we really want to save the planet, we must change our way of life. Only when we learn to exist in harmony with nature can we stop being a threat to wildlife and to our planet. ”
National nature reserves...
What is being done?
Further-learning
Scan the text carefully and answer the questions.
1. What's the Changtang National Nature Reserve?
2. What happened to the Tibetan antelopes in the
1980s and 1990s?
3. What measures were being taken to save this species from extinction?
Further-learning
Scan the text carefully and answer the questions.
1. What do you know about the Changtang National
Nature Reserve?
It is a shelter for the animals and plants of northwestern Tibet.
2. What happened to the Tibetan antelope in the
1980s and 1990s?
In the1980s and1990s the antelope's population dropped by more than 50%, as they were shot by hunters for profit.
3. What measures were being taken to save this species from extinction?
In order to save