Unit2WildlifeProtectionPeriod2ReadingandThinking课件-人教版（2019）高中英语必修第二册

Unit2WildlifeProtectionReadingandThinkingLearningObjectivesInthissection,youaregoingto:learnaboutprotectingendangeredanimals;predictbeforereading,andsummarisethemainideaofeachparagraph;usethecontexttoidentifytheliteralandimpliedmeaningofwords.BeforeReadingBeforeyouread,discussthesequestionsinpairs.1.Lookatthepicturesbelow.Whatdoyouthinkthetextisabout?2.WhatdoyouknowabouttheTibetanantelopeandtheChangtangNationalNatureReserve?1BeforeReading1.Lookatthepicturesbelow.Whatdoyouthinkthetextisabout?Thepicturesareofantelopes,sothetextmustbeaboutthem.2.WhatdoyouknowabouttheTibetanantelopeandtheChangtangNationalNatureReserve?TheTibetanantelopewasanendangeredanimal,butbecauseofhumanactiontoprotectit,itsnumbersarenowrecovering.TheChangtangNationalNatureReserveisinwesternChinaandcoversanareaofabout120,000squaremiles.Itwascreatedtoprotecttheareaandthewildlifethatlivethere.WhileReadingADAYINTHECLOUDSTheairisthinandwehavetorestseveraltimesontheshorthikefrom

camp.Toourleft,

snow-coveredmountainsdisappearinto

cloudsthatseemalmostcloseenoughtotouch.

Ontheplain

infrontofus,wecanjustmakeoutaherdofgracefulanimals.

Thisiswhywe’rehere—toobserveTibetanantelopes.TibetanantelopesliveontheplainsofTibet,

Xinjiang,

andQinghai.Watchingthemmove

slowlyacrossthegreengrass,

I’mstruckbytheirbeauty.

I’malsoremindedofthedanger

theyarein.

Theyarebeing

hunted,illegally,

fortheirvaluablefur.

MyguideisZhaxi,

avillagerfromChangtang.

HeworksattheChangtangNational

NatureReserve.

Thereserveisashelterfortheanimalsandplantsofnorthwestern

Tibet.

ToZhaxi,

thelandissacredandprotectingthewildlifeisawayoflife.“We’re

nottryingtosavetheanimals,”hesays.“Actually,

we’retryingtosaveourselves.”WhileReadingThe1980sand1990swerebadtimesfortheTibetanantelope.

Thepopulation

droppedbymorethan50percent.

Hunterswereshootingantelopestomakeprofits.

Theirhabitatswerebecomingsmallerasnewroadsandrailwayswerebuilt.Inordertosavethisspeciesfromextinction,theChinesegovernmentplacedit

undernational

protection.

Zhaxiandothervolunteerswatchedovertheantelopes

dayandnighttokeepthemsafefromattacks.Bridgesandgateswereaddedtolet

theantelopesmoveeasilyandkeepthemsafefromcarsandtrains.Themeasureswereeffective.

TheantelopepopulationhasrecoveredandinJune

2015,

theTibetanantelopewasremovedfromtheendangeredspecieslist.

The

government,however,doesnotintendtostoptheprotectionprogrammes,

since

thethreatstotheTibetanantelopehavenotyetdisappeared.Intheevening,

Idrinkacupofteaandwatchthestars.

Ithinkabouttheantelopes

andwhatZhaxitoldme.

Muchisbeingdonetoprotectwildlife,

butifwereallywant

tosavetheplanet,

wemustchangeourwayoflife.

Onlywhenwelearntoexistin

harmonywithnaturecanwestopbeingathreattowildlifeandtoourplanet.WhileReadingReadthetextquicklyandfindoutthemainideaofeachparagraph.Paragraph1:Paragraph2:Paragraph3:Paragraph4:Paragraph5:

Paragraph6:Paragraph7:ThewritervisitedChangtanginordertoobserveTibetanantelopes.Tibetanantelopesareindanger.Hisguidethinksthatthelandissacredandprotectingthewildlifeisawayoflife.BadtimesfortheTibetanantelope.TheChinesegovernmentandvolunteerstookeffectivemeasurestoprotecttheTibetanantelope.TheeffectivemeasureshavehelpedthepopulationofTibetanantelopesrecover.Humanbeingsmustchangethewayoflifeinordertosavetheplanet.WhileReadingReadthetextagainandcompletethetable.ThingstheauthorseesThingstheauthorhearsHowtheauthorfeelsorthinkssnow-coveredmountainsdisappearingintocloudstheantelopesmovingslowlyacrossthegreengrassChangtangNationalNatureReservebadtimesfortheTibetanantelopemeasurestoprotecttheTibetanantelopeeffectsachievedafteryearsofprotectionstruckbytheirbeautychangingourwayoflifeexistinginharmonywithnatureWhileReadingWhileReadingWhat’sthepurposeofthisarticle?TheauthorintendstotellusthatalthoughtheTibetanantelopehasbeenremovedfromtheendangeredspecieslist,thethreatstothemhavenotyetdisappeared.Wemustchangeourwayoflifeandlearntoexistinharmonywithnature.WhileReadingReadthetexttoanswerthequestions.1.WhydidthewritervisitTibet?HevisitedtoobserveTibetanantelopes.2.WhathappenedtotheTibetanantelopeinthe1980sand1990s?Inthe1980sand1990stheantelopepopulationdroppedbymorethan50%,astheywereshotbyhuntersforprofit.3.WhatdidpeopledotohelpprotecttheTibetanantelope?Peoplevolunteeredtowatchovertheantelopesdayandnighttoprotectthem.Bridgesandgateswerebuilttohelpthemmovearoundsafely.2WhileReadingReadthetexttoanswerthequestions.4.Whatdoes“nationalprotection”mean?Canyoulistmoreexamples?“Nationalprotection”meanssomethingisprotectedacrossthewholecountry,anditisillegaltoharmit.5.Howdoesthewriterfeelaboutmodernlife?Howdoyouknow?Thewriterthinksmodernlifegoesagainstnature,becausehesayswemustchangethewayweliveifwereallywanttoprotectwildlifeandtheplanet.2AfterReading3Readthesentencesbelow,anddecideifeachideaistheliteralmeaning(L)ofthetextoronlyimplied(I)bythetext.EXAMPLE

ITheTibetanantelopeliveshighabovesealevel.(Thisisimpliedby“Theairisthin”.)

Whentheyfirstsawtheantelopes,theywereveryfaraway.

Weshouldnotbuygoodsmadefromendangeredanimals.

Humanactivitiesarethreateninganimalsandplants.

TheTibetanantelopeisnotanendangeredspeciesnow.Identifyliteralandimplied

meaningLiteralmeaningistheusual,

basicmeaningofthewords,

i.e.

exactlywhatthewordssay.

Impliedmeaningissuggested

butnotdirectly

expressed,

i.e.

youguessthemeaningbased

onwhatyouknow.Answers

Whentheyfirstsawtheantelopes,theywereveryfaraway.(Thisisimpliedby“wecanjustmakeoutaherdofgracefulanimals”.)

Weshouldnotbuygoodsmadefromendangeredanimals.(Thisisimpliedby“Theyarebeinghuntedillegallyfortheirvaluablefur”and“Hunterswereshootingantelopestomakeprofits”.)

Humanactivitiesarethreateninganimalsandplants.(Thisisimpliedby“Thereserveisashelterfortheanimalsandplants”and“thethreatstotheTibetanantelopehavenotyetdisappeared”.)

TheTibetanantelopeisnotanendangeredspeciesnow.(Thesamemeaningas“inJune2015,theTibetanantelopewasremovedfromtheendangeredspecieslist”.)IIILAfterReadingAfterReading4Learnaboutelephantsbyreadingandcompletingthepassagewiththecorrectformsofthewords.hunterillegally

reserve

attack

exist

plain

harmony

threatHerdsofelephantsusedtoliveonthe

ofAfricaandintheforestsofAsia.Buttoday,theyfaceaserious

from

.Theselargeanimalsarebeingkilled

fortheirbodypartsthatareconsideredvaluable.Inordertosavethem,somecountrieshavecreated

wheretheycanliveinpeaceandsafety.However,the

onthemwillcontinueaslongasinterestinbuyingelephantproducts

.Toachieve

betweenhumansandanimals,theworldmustprotectthesebeautifulcreatures.plainsthreathuntersillegallyreservesattacksexistsharmonyAfterReadingDiscussthequestionsbelowinpairs.Thewritersaysthatwemustchangeourwayoflifeandlearntoliveinharmonywithnatureinordertosaveourplanet.Doyouagree?Whatdoyouthinkweshoulddoorchange?Iagreethatwemusttryandliveinharmonywithnatureinordertosaveourplanet.Ithinkwhatwemustdoistorealisethatwearepartofnatureandnotseparatefromit.Wecan’tsurvivewithoutitandsowhenwedamageit,weliterallydamageourselves.Therefore,Ithinkeducationisveryimportanttochangehowwerelatetonature.5LanguagePoints1.WhatdoyouknowabouttheTibetanantelopeandtheChangtangNationalNatureReserve?关于藏羚羊和羌塘自然保护区，你了解些什么？reserve

n.

（动植物）保护区；储藏（量）

vt.预订；预留；保留LastsummerIworkedasavolunteeratawildlifereserve.去年夏天我在一个野生动物保护区当志愿者。【拓展】reserve主要指为了将来的用途或其他用途而保存、保留；preserve主要指为防止损害、变质等而保存。Theoldmanreservedalotoffirewoodforcoldweather.

这位老人贮存了大量木柴以备天冷时使用。Thisisaprogrammetopreserveourcountry’swetland.

这是一项保护我国湿地的方案。Icehelpstopreservefood.

冰有助于保存食物。Nohuntingisallowedinthereserve.

在保护区内不许打猎。LanguagePoints2.Thisiswhywe’rehere—toobserveTibetanantelopes.这就是我们来到此地的原因——观察藏羚羊。observe

vt.

观察（到）；注视；遵守；庆祝Theyhadobservedregularitiesinthebehaviouroftheanimals.他们曾观察过这些动物的习性。Ofcourse,

notonlythedriversbutthepedestrianshavethesameresponsibilitytoobservethe

trafficrules.当然，驾车的人和行人都有同样的责任来遵守交通规则。Flowershavenowbecomemoreandmorecitizens’firstchoicetoobservethefestival.如今，用鲜花庆祝节日已成为越来越多市民的首选。LanguagePoints3.Watchingthemmoveslowlyacrossthegreengrass,I’mstruckbytheirbeauty.看着它们（藏羚羊）缓缓穿过绿色的草地，我被其美丽震撼。struck是strike的过去分词，这里是“打动”的意思。【拓展】strikevt.

(1)

击打；敲击Hewassoangrythathestruckthetablewithhisfist.

他愤怒地用拳头砸桌子。(2)

突然攻击；突然袭击Whenthesnakestrikes,itsmouthopenswide.

蛇发起进攻时嘴张得很大。(3)打出（火花等）；打火Thelittlematchgirltriedtostrikeamatchtowarmherself.卖火柴的小女孩想要划火柴来取暖。LanguagePoints(4)使突然想到Ahappythoughtstruckme.一个愉快的想法涌上心头。Itstrikesmethatheisanorphanandlivingalone.我突然意识到他是个无依无靠的孤儿。(5)罢（工、课等）Theunionhasvotedtostrikeforapayincreaseof10%.工会投票决定为要求提高一成工资而举行罢工。【名师点拨】goonstrike的意思是“举行罢工”，此时strike用作名词。上一句也可以如此表达：Theunionhasvotedtogoonstrikeforapayincreaseof10%.LanguagePoints