Unit2WildlifeProtectionReading&ThinkingReadthetextandanswerthequestionsWhydidthewritervisitTibet?WhathappenedtotheTibetanantelopesinthe1980sand1990s?ThewritervisitedTibettoobserveTibetanantelopes.TheTibetanantelopeswerebeingshotbyhunterstomakeprofitssothepopulationdroppedby50percent.ReadthetextandanswerthequestionsWhatdidpeopledotohelpprotecttheTibetanantelopes?Whatdoes“nationalprotection”mean?Canyoulistmoreexamples?Peoplewatchedovertheantelopesdayandnighttokeepthemsafefromattacks.Besides,peoplebuiltbridgesandgatestoletthemmoveeasilyandtokeepthemsafefromcarsandtrains.“Nationalprotection”meansthatitisthenationalgovernment,ratherthanindividualsornon-governmentalorganizations,thattakesmeasurestoprotecttheendangeredspecies.Suchaspandas,Snub-nosedmonkeys,red-crownedcranes,etc.Firstclassnationalprotectedanimalsgiantpandared-crownedcraneSnub-nosedmonkeysYangtzealligatorsnowleopardReadthetextandanswerthequestionsHowdoesthewriterfeelaboutmodernlife?Howdoyouknow?Thewriterbelievesthatinmodernlife,althoughwearedoingalottoprotectwildlife,itisstillnotenough.Wearestillathreattowildlifeandwehavetochangeourwayoflifeandlearntobeinharmonywithnature.Wecanfindtherelevantinformationinthelastparagraph.Literalmeaningorimpliedmeaning?

TheTibetanantelopesliveshighabovesealevel.(Thisisimpliedby“Theairisthin”)

Whentheyfirstsawtheantelopes,theywereveryfaraway.

Weshouldnotbuygoodsmadefromendangeredanimals.

Humanactivitiesarethreateninganimalsandplants.

TheTibetanantelopesisnotanendangeredspeciesnow.IIILLWecanonlymakeout…Theyarebeinghuntedillegally……sincethethreatto…havenot…theTibetanantelopewasremovedfromtheendangeredspecieslist.Completethepassagewiththecorrectformsofthewordsbelow.hunterillegallyreserveattackexistplainharmonythreatHerdsofelephantsusedtoliveonthe

ofAfricaandintheforestsofAsia.Buttoday,theyfaceaserious

from

.Theselargeanimalsarebeingkilled

fortheirbodypartsthatareconsideredvaluable.Inordertosavethem,somecountrieshavecreated

wheretheycanliveinpeaceandsafety.However,the

onthemwillcontinueaslongasinterestinbuyingelephantproducts

.Toachieve

betweenhumansandanimals,theworldmustprotectthesebeautifulcreatures.plainsthreathuntersillegallyreservesattacksexistsharmonyLanguagepointsinthetextToourleft,snow-coveredmountainsdisappearintocloudsthatseemalmostcloseenoughtotouch.介詞短語做地點狀語，也可以用onourleft過去分詞做定語，修飾mountainsthat引導定語從句，修飾cloudsLanguagepointsinthetextOntheplaininfrontofus,wecanjustmakeoutaherdofgracefulanimals.介詞短語做地點狀語介詞短語做定語，修飾theplain辨認出Canyoumakeoutwhattheyaresaying?Shemadeoutthatshehadbeenrobbed.Thebossmadeoutacheckfor1millionpounds.聽得清聲稱開具支票LanguagepointsinthetextThisiswhywe’rehere----toobserveTibetanantelopes.why引導表語從句動詞不定式短語解釋目的，是“weareheretoobserveTibetanantelopes.”的省略LanguagepointsinthetextWatchingthemmoveslowlyacrossthegreengrass,I’mstruckbytheirbeauty.現在分詞短語做狀語，watching的邏輯主語是IThecoupletalkedandlaughed,totally

(ignore)others.Thecoupletalked,laughed,andtotally

(ignore)others.Heopenedthedoor,

(turn)ontheTV,andsatdownonthesofa.ignoringignoredturnedLanguagepointsinthetextThegovernment,however,doesnotintendtostoptheprotectionprogrammes,sincethethreatstotheTibetanantelopehavenotyetdisappeared.since引導原因狀語從句。插入語LanguagepointsinthetextOnlywhenwelearntoexistinharmonywithnaturecanwestopbeingathreattowildlifeandt