Period2ReadingandThinkingUnit2WildlifeProtectionLearningaims1.Totalkabouttheprotectionofendangeredanimals.2.Tolearnthemainideaofthetext.3.Toidentifyliteralandimpliedmeaning.4.Tolearnusefullanguagepoints.Leading-inWhatdoyouknowaboutTibetanantelope?Height:75-85cmWeight:30-60kgAveragelife:8yearsMainhabitat:liveontheplainsofTibet,XinjiangandQinghaiINTHECLOUDS?Where?ADAYINTHECLOUDS?aplacewhichisveryhighpara1para2para3para4para5para6para7ToobserveThepresentproblemAprotectorThebadtimesProtectivemeasuresEffectReflectionintheeveningADAYINTHECLOUDStoobservepresentproblembadtimesmeasureseffectreflectionstructurepart1part2part3The__________takentoprotecttheantelopes.The______________we’vemadeandwealsohave____________togo.Protectingwildlifeissaving________.Para.5:Para.6:Para.7:FastreadingbadtimesprotectingsituationpurposemeasuresachievementsourselvesalongwayachievementsourselvesalongwaymeasuresTask4:What'sthemainideaofeachparagraph?CarefulReadingwhatcanyouseeinthevideo?aherdofgracefulanimalstheplainthemountainsthebluesky&thecloudsthegrassThepurposeofthejournalThingstheauthorseesHowtheauthorfeelsorthinks____________mountainsdisappearingintocloudstheantelopesmovingslowly_________________.acrossthegreengrasssnow-covered

bestruckby_______________beremindedof_______________theirbeautytheirdangeroussituationCarefulReadingTask5:ScanPara.1-2,andfillintheblanks.

To_________Tibetanantilopes.observeNameIdentityJobBelief__________________________________________Tibetan(AvillagerfromChangtang)

1._______________2._______________ProtectorSavinganimalsissavingourselves.CarefulReadingTask6:ScanPara.3,andfillintheblanks.

_________.ZhaxiGuideLookatthepicturebelow.Whatdoyouthinkthetextisabout?Possibleanswer:ThepictureisofayoungoranadultTibetanantelope.sothetextmustbeaboutthem.Now,let'sreadthetexttolearnmoreaboutTibetanantelope.Task1.Readthetextquicklyandthenticktheinformationmentionedinthetext.TheTibetanantelope's

averagelifeis8years.Tibetanantelopes

arebeinghunted,illegally,fortheirvaluablefur.

Tibetanantelopeshavethe

finest

andwarmest

hairintheanimalkingdom.Theantelopepopulationhasrecovered.TheTibetanantelopewasremovedfromtheendangeredspecieslist.√√√ReadingComprehensionTask2.Readthetextandanswerthequestions.1.WhydidthewritervisitTibet?HevisitedtoobserveTibetanantelopes.2.WhathappenedtotheTibetanantelopeinthe1980sand1990s?Inthe1980sand1990stheantelopepopulationdroppedbymorethan50%,astheywereshotbyhuntersforprofit.3.WhatdidpeopledotohelpprotecttheTibetanantelope?Thepeoplevolunteeredtowatchtheantelopesdayandnighttoprotectthem.Bridgesandgateswerebuilttohelpthemmovearoundsafely.4.Whatdoes“nationalprotection”mean?Canyoulistmoreexamples?“Nationalprotection”meanssomethingisprotectedacrossthewholecountry,meaningitisillegaltoharmit.5.Howdoesthewriterfeelaboutmodernlife?Howdoyouknow?Thewriterthinksmodernlifegoesagainstnature,becausehesayswemustchangethewayweliveifwereallywanttoprotectwildlifeandtheplanet.compareAdayintheclouds.Thewriterishighabovesealevel.literalimpliedTheTibetanantelopeliveshighabovesealevel.

Whentheyfirstsawtheantelopes,theywereveryfaraway.TheTibetanantelopeisnotanendangeredspeciesnow.Weshouldnotbuygoodsmadefromendangeredanimals.Humanactivitiesarethreateninganimalsandplants.

LiteralImpliedexpressDirectlyornot

Theairisthinandwehavetorestseveraltimesontheshorthikefromcamp.Toourleft,snow-coveredmountainsdisappearintocloudsthatseemalmostcloseenoughtotouch.Onthe

plain

infrontofus,wecanjustmakeoutaherdofgracefulanimals.Thisiswhywe’rehere—to

observe

Tibetanantelopes.

TibetanantelopesliveontheplainsofTibet,Xinjiang,andQinghai.Watchingthemmoveslowlyacrossthegreengrass.I’mstruckbytheir

beauty.

I’m

alsoremindedof

thedangertheyarein.Theyarebeinghunted,illegally,fortheirvaluablefur.

MyguideisZhaxi,avillagefromChangtang.HeworksattheChangtangNationalNatureReserve.ThereserveisashelterfortheanimalsandplantsofnorthwesternTibet.ToZhaxi,thelandissacredandprotectingthewildlifeisawayoflife.“We’renottryingtosavetheanimals,”hesays.“Actually,we’retryingtosaveourselves.”

The1980sand1990swerebadtimesfortheTibetanantelope.Thepopulationdroppedbymorethan50percent.Hunterswere

shooting

antelopestomakeprofits.Theirhabitatswerebecomingsmallerasnewroadsandrailwayswerebuilt.

Inordertosavethisspeciesfromextinction,theChinesegovernmentplaceditundernationalprotection.Zhaxiandothervolunteerswatchedovertheantelopesdayandnightto

keepthemsafefrom

attacks.

Bridgesandgateswereaddedtolettheantelopesmoveeasilyandkeepthemsafefromcarsandtrains.

Themeasureswereeffective.Theantelopepopulationhas

recovered

andinJune2015,theTibetanantelopewas

removed

fromtheendangered

specieslist.Thegovernment,however,doesnot

intend

tostoptheprotectionprogrammes,sincethethreats

totheTibetanantelopehavenotyetdisappeared.

Intheevening,Idrinkacupofteaandwatchthestars.IthinkabouttheantelopesandwhatZhaxitoldme.Muchisbeingdonetoprotectwildlife,butifwereallywanttosavetheplanet,wemustchangeourwayoflife.

Onlywhen

welearnto

exist

in

harmony

withnaturecanwe

stopbeingathreattowildlifeandtoourplanet.TheTibetanantelopeliveshighabovesealevel.

Theairisthin.Toourleft,snow-coveredmountainsdisappearintocloudsthatseemalmostcloseenoughtotouch.Implied

Theairisthinandwehavetorestseveraltimesontheshorthikefromcamp.Toourleft,snow-coveredmountainsdisappearintocloudsthatseemalmostcloseenoughtotouch.Onthe

plain

infrontofus,wecanjustmakeoutaherdofgracefulanimals.Thisiswhywe’rehere—to

observe

Tibetanantelopes.

TibetanantelopesliveontheplainsofTibet,Xinjiang,andQinghai.Watchingthemmoveslowlyacrossthegreengrass.I’mstruckbytheir

beauty.

I’m

alsoremindedof

thedangertheyarein.Theyarebeinghunted,illegally,fortheirvaluablefur.

MyguideisZhaxi,avillagefromChangtang.HeworksattheChangtangNationalNatureReserve.ThereserveisashelterfortheanimalsandplantsofnorthwesternTibet.ToZhaxi,thelandissacredandprotectingthewildlifeisawayoflife.“We’renottryingtosavetheanimals,”hesays.“Actually,we’retryingtosaveourselves.”

The1980sand1990swerebadtimesfortheTibetanantelope.Thepopulationdroppedbymorethan50percent.Hunterswere

shooting

antelopestomakeprofits.Theirhabitatswerebecomingsmallerasnewroadsandrailwayswerebuilt.

Inordertosavethisspeciesfromextinction,theChinesegovernmentplaceditundernationalprotection.Zhaxiandothervolunteerswatchedovertheantelopesdayandnightto

keepthemsafefrom

attacks.

Bridgesandgateswereaddedtolettheantelopesmoveeasilyandkeepthemsafefromcarsandtrains.

Themeasureswereeffective.Theantelopepopulationhas

recovered

andinJune2015,theTib