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Unit2WildlifeProtectionReadingandThinkingTeachingobjectives:Bytheendofthisperiod,youwillbeableto…1.learnaboutthecurrentsituationofTibetanantelopes.2.figureouttheauthor'sviewsandattitudesexpressedinthearticle.3.identifyliteralandimpliedmeaning.4.voicetheiropinionsonwildlifeprotection.Whatdoyouseeinthepictures?Whatdoyouthinkofwhenyouseethepictures?LeadinChangTangNatureReservesnow-coveredmountainsTibetanantelopes1.What’sthetypeofwritingofthetext?traveljournal2.What’sthetextprobablyabout?Thepicturesareofantelopes,sothetextmustbeaboutthem.PredictingforpossibleinformationSkimmingformainideasSkimthetextandanswerthefollowingquestions.1.What’sthetextmainlyabout?2.What’sthepurposeofthearticle?TheauthorintendstotellusthatalthoughtheTibetanantelopehasbeenremovedfromtheendangeredspecieslist,thethreatstothemhavenotyetdisappeared.Wemustchangeourwayoflifeandlearntoexistinharmonywithnature.TheTibetanantelopewasanendangeredanimal,butbecauseofhumanactiontoprotectit,itsnumbersarenowrecoveringandithasbeenremovedfromtheendangeredspecieslist.SkimmingformainideasReadthetextagainandsummarizethemainideaofeachparagraph.Para1Para2Para3Para4Para6Para5Para7Humanbeingsmustchangethewayoflifeinordertosavetheplanet.ThewritervisitedChangtanginordertoobserveTibetanantelopes.Tibetanantelopesareindanger.Hisguidethinksthatthelandissacredandprotectingthewildlifeisawayoflife.BadtimesfortheTibetanantelope.TheChinesegovernmentandvolunteerstookeffectivemeasurestoprotecttheTibetan.TheeffectivemeasureshavehelpedthepopulationofTibetanantelopesrecover.ScanningfordetailsTask1Readthetextandanswerthefollowingquestions.3.Howdoesthewriterfeelaboutmodernlife?Howdoyouknow?1.WhydidthewritervisitTibet?2.Whatdoes“Nationalprotection”mean?Thewriterthinksourmodernlifegoesagainstnature,becausehesayswemustchangethewayweliveifwereallywanttoprotectwildlifeandtheplanet.HewantedtoobserveTibetanantelopes.“Nationalprotection”meanssomethingisProtectedacrossthewholecountry,anditisillegaltoharmit.Task2Readthetextagainandfillintheform.ScanningfordetailsThingstheauthorseesThingstheauthorhearsHowtheauthorfeelsorthinks*snow-coveredmountainsdisappearingintoclouds*theantelopesmovingslowlyacrossthegreengrass*ChangtangNationalNatureReserve*badtimesfortheTibetanantelope*measurestoprotecttheTibetanantelope*effectsachievedafteryearsofprotection*struckbytheirbeauty*changingourwayoflife*existinginharmonywithnatureScanningfordetailsReadthetextoncemoreandtrytofinishthemindmap.WhyResultsHowWhatMoretodoProtectingtheTibetanAntelope*Tibetanantelopesaregracefulanimals.*TheyliveontheplainsofTibet,Xinjiang,andQinghai.*Theyhavevaluablefur.*Hunterswereshootingthemtomakeprofits.*Theirhabitatsweregettingsmaller.*TheChinesegovernmentplaceditundernationalprotection.*Bridgesandgateswereaddedtoletthemmoveeasilyandsafely.*Volunteerswatchedoverthemdayandnight.*Theantelopepopulationhasrecovered.*Theywereremovedfromtheendangeredspecieslistin2015.*Changeourwayoflife.*Existinharmonywithnature.Task4Readthesentencesbelow,anddecideifeachideaistheliteralmeaning(L)ofthetextoronlyimplied(I)bythetext.ScanningfordetailsLiteralmeaning:usual,basicmeaningofthewords,i.e.exactlywhatthewordssay.(字面意思）Impliedmeaning:suggestedbutnotdirectlyexpressed,i.e.meaningisguessedbasedonwhatyouknow.(隐含意思）___TheTibetanantelopeliveshighabovesealevel.___Whentheyfirstsawtheantelopes,theywereveryfaraway.___Weshouldnotbuygoodsmadefromendangeredanimals.___Humanactivitiesarethreateninganimalsandplants.___TheTibetanantelopeisnotanendangeredspeciesnow.Scanningfordetails___TheTibetanantelopeliveshighabovesealevel.Impliedby“Theairisthin”..___Whentheyfirstsawtheantelopes,theywereveryfaraway.Impliedby“wecanjustmakeoutaherdofgracefulanimals”.___Weshouldnotbuygoodsmadefromendangeredanimals.Impliedby“Theywerebeinghuntedillegally,fortheirvaluablefur”and“HunterswereshootingantelopestomakeprofitsIIIScanningfordetails___TheTibetanantelopeisnotanendangeredspeciesnow.___Humanactivitiesarethreateninganimalsandplants.Impliedby“Thereserveisashelterfortheanimalsandplants(Para.3)”and“ThethreattotheTibetanantelopehavenotyetdisappeared.Thesamemeaningas“InJune2015,theTibetanantelopewasremovedfromtheendangeredspecieslist.ILDiscussionDiscussthequestions.Workinpairs.Thewritersaysthatwemustchangeourwayoflifeandlearntoliveinharmonywithnatureinorderdosaveourplanet.Doyouagree?Whatdoyouthinkweshoulddoorchange?Iagreethatwemustchangeourwayoflifeandlearntoliveinharmonywithnatureinorderdosaveourplanet.Ithinkwhatwemustdoistorealizethatwearepartofnatureandnotseparatefromit.Wecan’tsurvivewithoutitandsowhenwedamageit,weliterallydamageourselves.Therefore,Ithinkeducationisveryimportanttochangehowwerelatetonature.1.Retellthepassageinyourownwords.2.DosomeresearchonotherendangeredanimalsbysurfingtheInternetandmakeareport.