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Unit 2 Wildlife Protection
Reading and Thinking:
Learn about protecting endangered animals
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Learning Objectives
To learn how to identify the literal and implied meaning .
To learn the difficult situations and the current situation of Tibetan antelopes.
To read and know what people have done to make better living environment for Tibetan antelopes.
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Step1
Lead in
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Step I Lead-in Let’s enjoy a video
When the buying stops, the killing can too.没有买卖,就没有杀害。
—WildAid野生救援协会
Lead-in
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Pre-reading
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Tibetan antelope
Which animal appeared in the video?
What do you know about it?
Are they cute? Do they always live happily? we don't know , let's find the answer in this text.
Let’s watch a short video to know about it.
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Height: 75-85 cm
Weight: 30-60 kg
Average life: 8 years
Main habitat: live on the plains of Tibet,
Xinjiang and Qinghai
1) It is good at running and jumping.
2) It is one of the Beijing Olympic mascots(吉祥物).
3) It mainly lives in Qinghai and Tibet(西藏).
4) Its name is closely connected with Changtang Nature Reserve(羌塘自然保护区).
Lead in
the Tibetan antelope
Let’s watch a video about Qiangtang National Nature Reserve.
Look at the pictures below.
What do you think the text is about?
Now,let's read the text to learn more about Tibetan antelope.
Possible answer:
We can see some antelopes in the pictures, so the text must be about them.
A Day in the Clouds
Step3
While-reading
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A Day in the Clouds
Whose day is it?
Where do they go?
Why do they go there?
What do they see?
The author's
Zhaxi's
snow-covered mountains
on the plain
Tibet
To observe Tibetan antelopes
A herd of graceful animals
They move slowly across...
Skimming
1.Answer the questions.
1. What type of the text is it ?
A. An exposition B. A news report
C. A travel journal D. A narrative writing
Listen to the tape and