7 高中英语-必修第二册-人教版-UNIT 2 Reading and Thinking.pptx

UNIT2WILDLIFEPROTECTION

ReadingandThinking;Guessing;Guessing;Actually,theysuffersomeattacks,becauseoftheirvaluablefur.Forexample,huntersshootthemandusetheirfurstomakeprofits.;Beforeyouread，discussthesequestionsinpairs.

1Lookatthepicturesbelow.Whatdoyouthinkthetextisabout?

Thepicturesareofantelopes，sothetextmustbeaboutthem.

2WhatdoyouknowabouttheTibetanantelopeandtheChangtangNationalNatureReserve?

TheTibetanantelopewasanendangeredanimal，butbecauseofhumanactiontoprotectit，itsnumbersarenowrecovering.TheChangtangNationalNatureReserveisinwesternChinaandcoversanareaofabout120，000squaremiles.Itwascreatedtoprotecttheareaandthewildlifethatlivethere.;ADAYINTHECLOUDS

Theairisthinandwehavetorestseveraltimesontheshorthikefromcamp.Toourleft，snow-coveredmountainsdisappearintocloudsthatseemalmostcloseenoughtotouch.Ontheplaininfrontofus，wecanjustmakeoutaherdofgracefulanimals.Thisiswhywe’rehere—toobserveTibetanantelopes.

TibetanantelopesliveontheplainsofXizang，Xinjiang，andQinghai.Watchingthemmoveslowlyacrossthegreengrass，I’mstruckbytheirbeauty.I’malsoremindedofthedangertheywerein.Theywerehunted，illegally，fortheirvaluablefur.;MyguideisZhaxi，avillagerfromChangtang.HeworksattheChangtangNationalNatureReserve.ThereserveisashelterfortheanimalsandplantsofnorthwesternXizang.ToZhaxi，thelandissacredandprotectingthewildlifeisawayoflife.“We’renottryingtosavetheanimals，”hesays.“Actually，we’retryingtosaveourselves.”

The1980sand1990swerebadtimesfortheTibetanantelope.Thepopulationdroppedbymorethan50percent.Hunterswereshootingantelopestomakeprofits.Theirhabitatswerebecomingsmallerasnewroadsandrailwayswerebuilt.

Inordertosavethisspeciesfromextinction，theChinesegovernmentplaceditu