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Unit 2 Wildlife Protection
Reading and Thinking(I)
Let’s guess!
I’ve got long horns(角).
I come from the plain of Tibet .
Who am I?
I eat grass.
Tibetan antelope
I am good at running and jumping.
Lead in
Tibetan antelope lives for only 10 years.
Female antelopes have no horns.
Changtang National Nature Reserve is a shelter for Tibetan antelopes and other wildlife.
Antelopes were once an endangered animals.They were killed for their valuable fur.
Some basic information about Tibetan antelope :
Pre-reading
1.Look at the pictures and title on the textbook.
What do you think the text is about ?
It is about Tibetan ________ .
antelopes
在云间度过的一天
Tibet
西藏
Part 1(Paras.1&2) A.The reason for Zhaxi saving animals.
Part 2(Para.3) B.What I thought about wildlife protection.
Part 3(Paras.4~6) C.What we saw on the plain and my feeling about
antelopes.
Part 4(Para.7) D.The bad time for antelopes and the government’s
protection programmes.
答案 Part 1 C Part 2 A Part 3 D Part 4 B
While-reading
Activity 1. Skim the text to find out the main idea of each part, then match them.
Activity 2. Read the text carefully and choose the best answer.
1.Why did the author visit Tibet?
A.To climb the mountains.
B.To enjoy the beautiful scenery.
C.To watch Tibetan antelopes.
D.To catch the men who hunt antelopes.
答案 C
2.Which of the following places is NOT the habitat of the Tibetan antelope?
A.The plains of Tibet.
B.The mountainous area of Tibet.
C.The plains of Xinjiang.
D.The plains of Qinghai.
答案 B
3.According to the author’s point of view,how can we really save the earth?
A.We must try our best to protect wildlife.
B.We must do more in environmental protection.
C.We must change our way of life.
D.We must remove all threats to wildlife.
答案 C
4.What is the author’s attitude towards the wildlife protection?
A.Negative. B.Supportive.
C.Doubtful. D.Unclear.
答案 B
Activity 3. Read the sentences below, and decide if each idea is the literal meaning (L)of the text or only implied (l) by the text.
Identify literal and implied meaning
Literal meaning(字面意思) is the usual, basic meaning of the words, i.e. exactly what the words say.
Implied meaning(隐含意思) is suggested but not directly expressed, i.e.you guess the meaning based on what you know.
EXAMPLE
___ The Tibetan antelope lives high above sea level.
(This is implied by”The air is thin”.)
___ When they first saw the antelopes, they were very far away.
(Implied by “we can just make out a herd of graceful animals”.)
___ We should not buy goods made from endangered animals.
(Implied by “They are being hunted, illegally, for their valuable fur” and “Hunters were shooting antelopes to make profits”.)
___ Human activities are threatening animals and plants.
(Implied by “The reserve is a shelter for the animals and plants” and “the threat
to the Tibetan antelope have not yet disappeared”.)
___ The Tibetan antelope is not an endangered species now.
(The same meaning as “in June 2015, the Tibetan antelope was removed from the endangered species list”.)
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L
1.why引导的表语从句
This is ________________—to observe Tibetan antelopes.
这就是我们来此地的原因——观察藏羚羊。
2.only放句首后接状语,主句要部分倒装
__________________________________________________ stop being a threat to wildlife and to our planet.
只有学会和大自然和谐共处,我们才不会成为野生生物和地球的威胁。
why we’re here
Only when we learn to exist in harmony with nature can we
Post-reading
Activity 1. 细读课文,完成下列佳句并背诵
[句式分析]
[尝试翻译] ____________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
1.To our left,snow-covered mountains disappear into clouds that seem almost close enough to touch.
在我们的左方,白雪皑皑的群山消失在似乎触手可及的云层中。
Activity 2. 分析长句难句
2.The government,however,does not intend to stop the protection programmes,since the threats to the Tibetan antelope have not yet disappeared.
[句式分析] 本句是复合句,since“因为”,引导原因状语从句。however放在了主句中,表示转折关系。
[尝试翻译] ____________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
然而,政府并没有打算停止这些保护项目,因为对藏羚羊的威胁依然存在。
3.Much is being done to protect wildlife,but if we really want to save the planet,we must change our way of life.
[句式分析] 并列连词but连接两个并列分句。Much is being done to protect wildlife为第一分句;we must change our way of life为第二分句的主句,if引导的部分在第二分句中作状语。
[尝试翻译] ____________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
在野生动物保护方面尽管我们正在做大量工作,但是,如果我们真想拯救地球,就必须改变我们自己的生活方式。
Thanks!
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