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A DAY IN THE CLOUDS Unit 2 Wildlife Protection Reading and Thinking Learning Objectives 1.Read and learn the difficult situations the Tibetan antelopes once faced. 2.Read and know what people have done to make better living environment for Tibetan antelopes. 3.Read and think how people live in harmony with wildlife. Tibetan antelope 藏羚羊 Before Reading Changtang National Nature Reserve 羌塘国家自然保护区 The second largest nature reserve in China With the average highest altitude(平均海拔最高) While Reading 1. Scan and find out the main ideas of each paragraph. Para 1 A. Tibetan antelopes are in danger. Para 2 B. The bad times for the Tibetan antelopes. Para 3 C. Measures were taken to save this species from extinction. Para 4 D. We should learn to live in harmony with nature. Para 5 E. We’re here to observe Tibetan antelopes. Para 6 F. The guide, Zhaxi and the Changtang National Nature Reserve. Para 7 G. The measures were effective. The text mainly talks about the protection of Tibetan antelopes. 2. What type of the text is it? ① In the first person(第一人称) ② What happened in a day. It is a journal(日志). A day in the clouds What I see? What I hear? What I think? 3. Scan the text again and divide it into three parts. Para _: What I see? Para _: What I hear? Para _: What I think? 1-2 3-6 7 Part 1: What I see? (Read Para 1-2) What _ mountains _ snow-covered Tibetan antelopes (move slowly;graceful;valuable fur) How did the write feel? Struck by their beauty Reminded of the danger Part 2: What I hear? (Read Para 3-4) ① What is Zhaxi’s opinion of protecting wildlife? ② What happened to the Tibetan antelopes in the 1980s and 1990s? We are not trying to save the animals but trying to save ourselves. The population dropped by more than 50 percent. Their habitats were becoming smaller. Hunters were shooting antelopes to make profits. New roads and railways were built. endangered species How? Part 2: What I hear? (Read Para 5-6) What did people do to help protect the Tibetan antelopes? ① gover