Unit 2 Wildlife Protection 课文字帖-2025-2026学年高中英语人教版（2019）必修第二册

B2 U2 Wildlife Protection Unit 2 Reading and Thinking P16 A DAY IN THE CLOUDS 云中的一天 The air is thin and we have to rest severat times on the short hike from camp.To our teft,now-covered 空气很稀薄，我们不得不在从营地出发的短途徒步旅行中休息几次。在我们的左边，白雪皑皑的山脉消失在云层中 mountains disappear into clouds that seem almost close enough to touch.On the plain in front of us, 看上去几乎触手可及。在我们面前的平原上， we can just make out a herd of gracefut animats.This is why we're hereto observe Tibetan antelopes. 我们隐约看到一群体形优美的动物。这就是为什么我们在这里观察藏羚羊。 Tibetan antetopes tive on the plains of Tibet,Xinjiang,and Qinghai.Watching them move stowty 藏羚羊生活在西藏、新疆和青海的平原上。看若它们在绿色的草地上 across the green grass.I'm struck by their beauty.I'm atso reminded of the danger they are in.They 缓慢移动。我被它们的美丽打动了。我还想起了它们所处的危险。 are being hunted,itlegatty,for their vatuable fur. 因其珍贵的羊毛，它们正遭受非法猎杀。 My guide is Zhaxi,a village from Changtang.He works at the Changtang Nationat Nature Reserve.The 我的导游是羌塘的一位村民扎西。他在羌塘国家级自然保护区工作 reserve is a shetter for the animats and plants of northwestern Tibet.To Zhaxi,the land is sacred and 该保护区是西藏西北地区动植物的庇护所。对于扎西来说，这片土地是神圣的， protecting the wildtife is a way of tife."We're not trying to save the animats,he says."Actuatty,we're 保护野生动植物是一种生活方式。他说：“我们不是在拯救动物。其实我们是在拯救自己 trying to save ourselves." 13 The 1980s and 1990s were bad times for the Tibetan antelope.The population dropped by more than 上个世纪80年代和90年代对于藏羚羊来说是一个糟糕的时期 50 percent.Hunters were shooting antelopes to make profits.Their habitats were becoming smatter as 藏羚羊的数量下降了50%以上。猎人为了赚钱而射杀羚羊。它们的栖息地变得越来越小。 new roads and raitways were buitt. 随若新公路和铁路的修建， In order to save this species from extinction,the Chinese government placed it under national 为了使这个物种免于灭绝，中国政府将其置于国家保护之下。 protection.Zhaxi and other volunteers watched over the antelopes day and night to keep them safe 扎西和其他志愿者昼夜守卫若羚羊，保护它们免受袭击。 from attacks.Bridges and gates were added to tet the antetopes move easity and keep them safe from 桥梁和大门的增设，让藏羚羊可以轻松移动，并使它们免受汽车和火车的伤害。 cars and trains. The measures were effective.The antelope population has recovered and in June 2015,the Tibetan 这些措施是有效的。藏羚羊的数量已经恢复，2015年6月，藏羚羊 antelope was removed from the endangered species list.The government,however,does not intend to 从濒危物种名单中被剔除。但是，由于对藏羚羊的威胁尚未消失， stop the protection programmes,since the threats to the Tibetan antelope have not yet disappeared 政府并没有打算停止这些保护项目。 In the evening,I drink a cup of tea and watch the stars.I think about the antelopes and what Zhaxi 13 晚上，我喝着茶，看着星星。我想起了藏羚羊和扎西告诉我的。 told me.Much is being done to protect wildlife,but if we realty want to save the planet,we must 为了保护野生动物，我们已经做了很多工作，但是如果我们真的想拯救地球，就必须 change our way of life.Only when we learn to exist in harmony with nature can we stop being a 改变生活方式。只有学会与大自然和谐相处，我们才不会成为 threat to wildtife and to our planet. 野生动植物和地球的威胁。 Reading for Writing P20 Give Ugly a Chance! 给难看的动物一个机会！ When it comes to wildtife protection,all species-the good,the bad,and the ugly-should be treated 在野生动物保护方面，所有物种一一包括好的、坏的和丑的一一都应受到平等对待。 equally.Pandas,dolphins,and other cute wildlife are important,but we must pay attention to less 熊猫、海豚和其他可爱的野生动物很重要，但我们也必须关注那些不那么可爱的动物。 cute animats,too.The world needs all kinds-without variety,our planet cannot survive.So if you 世界需要万物，没有多样性，我们的地球就无法生存。 want the future to be beautiful,you have to give ugty a chance. 所以如果你想让未来变得美丽，你必须给难看的动物一个机会。 Don't Make Paper with My Home! 别用我的家来造纸！ Bittions of trees are being cut down every year to make paper for humans,Every tree that is cut down 每年有数十亿棵树被砍伐，以供人类造纸。 is a part of the habitat of animats such as these koalas.In this way a tot of animat homes are being 13 每一棵被砍倒的树都是这些树袋熊等动物栖息地的一部分。这样，很多动物的家 destroued!is it riaht to make animats hometess so that humans can have more paper? 都被摧毁了！让动物无家可归，人类能有更多的纸是对的吗？ 夕