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Tracking
The Snow Leopard
Reading Explorer 3-3B
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Snow Leopard
雪豹
Before You Read
Before You Read
中文名 雪豹
外文名 Snow leopard,Ounce
别 名 艾叶豹、荷叶豹、萨(藏语)
拉丁学名 Panthera uncia
界 动物界
门 脊索动物门
亚 门 脊椎动物亚门
纲 哺乳纲
亚 纲 真兽亚纲
目 食肉目
亚 目 猫型亚目
Before You Read
1. It might be difficult to find food, and the weather gets very cold high up in the mountains.
2. I think the snow leopard has adapted to the cold by growing a thick coat, and it can see well at night to hunt nocturnal animals.
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reach out 伸出
reach out a foot 伸出一只脚
perfectly silent 完全沉默
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distinctive adj. 独特的
elusive adj.难以捉摸
1. Something that is elusive is difficult to find.
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officially adv.正式地;公开地
enforce v.强制执行,强行实施
conflict n.冲突
drag v.拖,拽
market n. 市场
2 If something is bought or sold on the black market, it is done illegally.
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pressures n.压力
reverse v.使反转;颠倒
status n.状态;地位
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fragile adj.脆弱的
landscpe n.风景
survive v.生存;存活
poverty n.贫困;贫穷
To address this problem, local religious leaders have called for an end to snow leopard killings, saying that these wild animals have the right to exist peacefully. They've also tried to convince people that the leopards are quite rare, and thus it is important to protect them.
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Preservation n.保存;保护
environment n.环境
environmental adj.环境的;生态环境的
In exchange 作为交换...
The Value of Preservation
Financial incentives are also helping to slow snow leopard kllings. The organization Snow Leopard Conservancy India Trust has established Himalayan Homestays, a program that sends visitors to herders' houses. For a clean room and bed, meals with the family, and an introduction to their culture, visitors pay about ten U.S. dollars a night. If guests come once every two weeks through the tourist season, the herders will earn
enough income to replace the animals lost to snow leopards. In addition, the organization helps herders build protective fences that keep out snow leopards. It also conducts environmental classes at vllage schools, and trains the organization's members as nature guides, available for hire. In exchange, the herders agree not to kill snow leopards.
In Mongolia, a project called Snow Leopard Enterprises (SL E) helps herder communities earn extra money in exchange for their promise to
protect the endangered cat. Women in Mongolian herder communities make a variety of products yarn for making clothes, decorative floor
rugs, and toys - using the wool from their herds. SLE buys these items from herding families and sells them abroad. Herders must agree to
protect the snow leopards and to encourage neighbors to do the same.
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Mongolia 蒙古
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reward v.奖励;回报
bonus n.奖金;红利
a fighting chance 一线生机
The arrangement increases herders' incomes by 10 to 15 percent, and elevates the status of the women. If no one in the community kills the protected animals over the course of a year, the program members are rewarded with a 20 percent bonus in addition to the money they've already made. An independent review in 2006 found no snow leopard kllings in areas where SLE operates. Today, the organization continues to
add more communities.
Projects like the Homestays program in India and SLE's business in Mongolia are doing well. Though they cover only a small part of the snow leopard's homeland, they make the leopards more valuable to more people each year. If these programs continue to do well, the snow leopard may just have a fighting chance.
Post -Reading
Reading Comprehension
Reading Comprehension
Reading Comprehension
Reading Comprehension
Reading Skill
Reading Skill
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Vocabulary Practice
Vocabulary Practice
officially
drag
reverse
enforce
landscape
status
Vocabulary Practice
Before You Watch
Before You Watch
While You Watch
While You Watch
A giant panda and a koala are similar because they both eat plants. Koalas are losing their eucalyptus trees and pandas are losing their bamboo due to habitat loss caused by human activity. Their habitats are very different though: Pandas travel on land and koalas mostly live in trees. Also the intervention is different for each animal. The koalas are being monitored in the wild and looked after if they are found to be injured. Giant pandas are being breed in captivity to try to boost the numbers of pandas in the wild.
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