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Unit 2 Wildlife Protection
Reading and Thinking
Let’s guess!
I’ve got long horns. (角)
I come from the plain of Tibet.
Who am I?
I eat grass.
Tibetan antelope
/tɪˈbetən ˈæntɪləup/
I am good at running and jumping.
Lead in
What do you know about the Tibetan antelope ?
What can you see in this video?
2. What do you know about the Tibetan antelope and the Changtang National Nature Reserve?
They live on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau/'plætəʊ/.
They are being killed for fur and horns.
Their habitat is being destroyed.
Para.2:
The ________ of our journey.
The ________ of the Tibetan antelopes.
The __________ for Tibetan antelopes.
My guide, Zhaxi, working for _________ the wildlife.
Para.1:
Para.3:
Para.4:
The __________ taken to protect the antelopes.
The __________ of these measures.
Protecting wildlife is saving ________.
Para.5:
Para.6:
Para.7:
Read for the main idea of each paragraph
result
purpose
ourselves
situation
bad times
measures
protecting
While reading
Read for the structure.
Part 1: Para _____ What I see
Part 2: Para _____ What I hear
Part 3: Para _____ What I think
1-2
3-6
7
Read for details.
Part. 1
Read para 1-2 and fill in the blanks.
The purpose of the journal
What I see
How I feel
____________ mountains disappearing into clouds
the antelopes moving slowly ___________________
be struck by _______________
be reminded of ________________________
to _________ Tibetan antilopes
across the green grass
snow-covered
their beauty
the danger they were in
observe
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beauty
danger
They are being hunted, illegally, for their valuable fur.
Why are they in danger?
valuable fur
villus 绒毛
shahtoosh 沙图什
huge profits
When the buying stops,the killing can too.
沙图什,发音shahtoosh,它的发音来自于波斯语,“shah”意为皇帝,“toosh”则是羊绒,“shahtoosh”意为“羊绒之王”。沙图什通常来说,是指所有由藏羚羊绒加工的产品,但主要是指一种用藏羚羊绒毛织成的披肩。藏羚羊是一种生活在青藏高原的动物。由于原料来源的原因沙图什产品非常昂贵,一个沙图什披肩的价格可卖几千上万美元以上。
Read para 3 and find out who is Zhaxi and what is his attitude towards protecting wildlife.
Part. 2
Zhaxi
job
attitude
He works at the Changtang National Nature Reserve to protect animals and plants.
The land is sacred and protecting the wildlife is a way of life.
“We’re not trying to save the animals. Actually, we’re trying to save ourselves.”
Where do the antelopes inhabit(栖息) ?
羌塘国家级自然保护区
Changtang National Nature Reserve
Read para 4. What happened to the Tibetan antelope in the 1980s and 1990s?
population
habitats
dropped by more than 50 %
Hunters were shooting antelopes to make profits.
became smaller
New roads and railways
were built.
Read para 5-6 and find out the answers.
What measures to take?
government
Zhaxi and other volunteers
bridges and gates
placed antelopes under national protection
watched over the antelopes day and night
were added to let the antelopes move easily and keep them safe
results
①population recovered
②was removed from the endangered species list
How to save the endangered species?
Part. 3
Read para 7 and find out the answers.
In the evening, what did the author think about the day’s observation?
If we really want to save the planet, we must change our way of life. Only when we learn to exist in harmony with nature can we stop being a threat to wildlife and to our planet.
Read the text and answer the questions.
1. Why did the writer visit Tibet?
2. What happened to the Tibetan antelope in the 1980s and 1990s?
In the 1980s and 1990s the antelope population dropped by more than 50%, as they were shot by hunters for profit.
He visited to observe Tibetan antelopes.
3. What did people do to help protect the Tibetan antelope?
People volunteered to wacth over the antelopes day and night to protect them. Bridges and gates were built to help them move around safely.
4. What does “national protection” mean? Can you list more examples?
“National protection” means something is protected across the whole country, and it is illegal to harm it.
5. How does the writer feel about modern life? How do you know?
The writer thinks the modern life goes agaist nature, because he says we must change the way we live if we really want to protect wildlife and the planet.
Read the sentences below, and decide if each idea is the literal meaning (L) of the text or only the implied (I) by the text.
EXAMPLE
______ The Tibetan antelope lives high above sea level. (This is implied by “The air is thin”.)
I
______ 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”.)
I
I
______ Human activities are threatening animals and plants.
(The same meaning as “Only when we learn to exist in harmony with nature can we stop being a threat to wildlife and to our planet”.)
______ 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”.)
L
L
Tibetan antelopes are _________animals.
They live on___________________________________.
They have_________ fur.
What
Hunters were shooting them to ____________ .
Their habitats were________________ .
Why
The Chinese government______________________________.
______________ were added to let them move easily and safely.
Volunteers ____________ them day and night.
The antelope population has _____________ .
They were ______________ the endangered species list in 2015.
Results
Change_________________ .
Exist _________________________.
More
to do
graceful
the plains of Tibet, Xinjiang, and Qinghai
valuable
make profits
becoming smaller
placed it under national protection
Bridges and gates
watched over
recovered
removed from
our way of life
in harmony with nature
Protecting the Tibetan Antelope
How
Summary
What should we do to protect the wild animals?
Stop illegal hunting
Build reserves
(建立保护区)
Join a volunteer protection group
Make more laws
Protect the environment
Don’t buy endangered animals’ products
Wildlife
Protection
Protect habitats
Learn about elephants by reading and completing the passage with the correct forms of the words.
hunter illegally reserve attack
exist plain harmony threat
Herds of elephants used to live on the _________ of Africa and in the forests of Asia. But today, they face a serious _________ from _________. These large animals are being killed _________ for their body parts that are considered valuable. In order to save them, some countries have created _________ where they can live in peace and safety. However, the _________ on them will continue as long as interest in buying elephant products _________. To achieve _________ between humans and animals, the world must protect these beautiful creatures.
hunters
illegally
reserves
attacks
exists
plains
harmony
threat
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