ADAYINTHECLOUDS

ReadingQ:Inwhatwayyoucanbe“intheclouds”?Bybeingonaplane.PredictingByclimbingtothetopofQomolangma.PredictingQ:Inwhatwayyoucanbe“intheclouds”?Bygliding.PredictingQ:Inwhatwayyoucanbe“intheclouds”?habitathighaltitudelowtemperaturethinairthickfurAnendangeredspeciesin1996.Only47thousandantelopeswereleft.LeadinChangtangNational

Nature

Reserve(羌塘國家自然保護(hù)區(qū))isashelterforTibetanantelopesandotherwildlife.ADayintheCloudsPredictionTask1:Whatwillthetextmainlytalkabout?Task2:Whatmightthestyleofthetextbe?A.Anadvertisement.B.Areport.C.Ashortnovel.D.AtraveljournalSkimmingandThinkingTask3:Skimthetextandsummarizewhatthetextisabout.The________________wasanendangeredanimal,butbecauseofhumanactionto________it,itspopulationhas_________andithasbeen_________fromtheendangeredspecieslist.removedrecoveredprotectTibetanantelopePara.2:The________ofourcamping.The________oftheTibetanantelopes.The__________forTibetanantelopes.Myguide,Zhaxi,workingfor_________thewildlife.Para.1:Para.3:Para.4:badtimesFastreadingbadtimesprotectingsituationpurposemeasuresachievementsourselvesalongwaypurposeprotectingsituationTask4:What'sthemainideaofeachparagraph?Para.2:The________ofourcamping.The________oftheTibetanantelopes.The__________forTibetanantelopes.Myguide,Zhaxi,workingfor_________thewildlife.Para.1:Para.3:Para.4:badtimesbadtimesprotectingsituationpurposemeasuresachievementsourselvesalongwaypurposeprotectingsituationWhat'sthemainideaofeachparagraph?SkimmingformainideasThe__________takentoprotecttheantelopes.The______________we’vemadeandwealsohave____________togo.Protectingwildlifeissaving________.Para.5:Para.6:Para.7:badtimesprotectingsituationpurposemeasuresachievementsourselvesalongwayachievementsourselvesalongway

measuresWhat'sthemainideaofeachparagraph?SkimmingformainideasScanningfordetails

Task1Readthetextandanswerthefollowingquestions.3.Howdoesthewriterfeelaboutmodernlife?Howdoyouknow?1.WhydidthewritervisitTibet?2.Whatdoes“Nationalprotection”mean?Thewriterthinksourmodernlifegoesagainstnature,becausehesayswemustchangethewayweliveifwereallywanttoprotectwildlifeandtheplanet.HewantedtoobserveTibetanantelopes.“Nationalprotection”meanssomethingisProtectedacrossthewholecountry,anditisillegaltoharmit.4.WhathappenedtotheTibetanantelopeinthe1980sand1990s?Thepopulationdroppedbymorethan50%.Hunterswereshootingantelopestomakeprofits.Newroadsandrailwayswerebuilt.Theirhabitatsbecomesmaller.resultinFindtheanswersonthetextandmarkthem.Scanningfordetails

ReadingI

Where?Who?Why?ChangtangNationalNatureReserveTheauthorandhis/hercompanions,Zhaxi,TibetantelopesTheyweretoobserveTibetanantelopes.ReadingII

Q:Isitagreatplaceforpeopletolive?Q:IsitagreatplaceforTibetanantelopestolive?Readthepassageagain.Theairisthinandwehavetorestseveraltimesontheshorthikefromcamp.Toourleft,snow-coveredmountainsdisappearintocloudsthatseemalmostcloseenoughtotouch.Ontheplaininfrontofus,wecanjustmakeoutaherdofgracefulanimals.Thisiswhywe’rehere—toobserveTibetanantelopes.ReadingII

Q:Isitagreatplaceforpeopletolive?Why?Maybenot.It’saplaceofhighaltitude.It’sverycoldthere.ImpliedmeaningPara1

Q:IsitagreatplaceforTibetanantelopestolive?ReadingII

Yes!TibetanantelopesliveontheplainsofTibet,Xinjiang,andQinghai.Watchingthemmoveslowlyacrossthegreengrass,I’mstruckbytheirbeauty.I’malsoremindedofthedangertheyarein.Theyarebeinghunted,illegally,fortheirvaluablefur.Para2

Impliedmeaning:Theyhaveenough______.Theyareliving__________.foodpeacefully

①.WhathappenedtotheTibetanantelopeinthe1980sand1990s?（Para.4）②.WhatdidpeopledotohelpprotecttheTibetanantelope?(Para.5)③.What’stheeffectsoftheprotectionmeasures?(Para.6)④.Howdoesthewriterfeelaboutmodernlife?Howdoyouknow?CarefulReadingTask7:.Scanpara.4-6andfindtheanswerstothethreequestions.

①.WhathappenedtotheTibetanantelopeinthe1980sand1990s?（Para.4）CarefulReadingThepopulationdroppedbymorethan50%.Hunterswereshootingantelopestomakeprofits.Newroadsandrailwayswerebuilt.Theirhabitatsbecomesmaller.resultin

②.WhatdidpeopledotohelpprotecttheTibetanantelope?(Para.5)CarefulReadingTheChinesegovernment…Zhaxiandothervolunteers…Bridgesandgateswereaddedto…③.What’stheeffectsoftheprotectionmeasures?(Para.6)CarefulReadingThepopulationhasrecovered…Beremovedfromtheendangeredspecieslist…Scanningfordetails

___TheTibetanantelopeliveshighabovesealevel.Impliedby“Theairisthin”..___Whentheyfirstsawtheantelopes,they