Unit2WildlifeProtectionReadingandThinkingLearnaboutprotectingendangeredanimals.Lead-insnow-coveredmountainaherdofTibetanantelopestouristswhoisobservingantelopesChangtangNationalNatureReserve羌塘國家級自然保護區Tibet(西藏)ADayintheClouds在云間度過的一天Journal(日志)record(記錄)ofwhathappenedinadayTibetwheretheairisthin(空氣稀薄).Seeing所見Hearing所聞Feeling所感Thinking所想TheTibetanAntelopesWhatdidtheauthorsee,hear,feelandthinkabouttheTibetanantelopesduringthedayinTibet.FindthemainideaofthisjournalSkimming(略讀)MatchthemainideaofeachparagraphScanning(細讀)ThepopulationofTibetanantelopeshasbeenrecovering.Tibetanantelopesareindanger.Governmentandvolunteerstookeffectivemeasurestoprotectthem.ThewritervisitedChangtanginordertoobserveTibetanantelopes.BadtimesfortheTibetanantelopes.Humanbeingsmustchangethewayoflifetosavetheplanet.Thelandissacredandprotectingwildlifeisawayoflife.6251473Readfordetails(para.1)Whywastheauthor“inthecloud”?Theairisthinandwehavetorestseveraltimesontheshorthikefromcamp.snow-coveredmountainsdisappearintocloudsthatseemalmostcloseenoughtotouch.Tibetisnotasuitableplaceforhumanbeings.(不適宜人類生存)Readfordetails(para.1)WhydidthewritervisitTibet(西藏)?Ontheplaininfrontofus,wecanjustmakeoutaherdofgracefulanimals.Thisiswhywe’rehere—toobserveTibetanantelopes.TibetisasuitableplaceforTibetanantelopes.(適宜藏羚羊生存)Readfordetails(para.2)WheredotheTibetanantelopesliveon?TheplainsofTibet,Xinjiang,andQinghai.Howdidthewriterfeelabouttheantelopes?Hewasstruckbytheirbeauty.Healsoremindedofthedangertheywerein.Theywerehunted,illegally,forit’svaluablefur.Readfordetails(para.4)WhathappenedtotheTibetanantelopesinthe1980sand1990s?Thepopulationdroppedbymorethan50percent.Hunterswereshootingthemtomakeprofits.Theirhabitatswerebecomingsmallerasnewroadsandrailwayswerebuilt.Readfordetails(para.5)WhatdidpeopledotohelpprotecttheTibetanantelope?TheChinesegovernmentplaceditundernationalprotection.Volunteers

watchedovertheantelopesdayandnighttokeepthemsafefromattacks.Bridgesandgateswereaddedtolettheantelopesmoveeasilyandkeepthemsafefromcarsandtrains.Readfordetails(para.6)Werethemeasureseffective?Yes!TheantelopepopulationhasrecoveredandinJune2015,theTibetanantelopewasremovedfromtheendangeredspecieslist.Canthegovernmentstoptheprotectionnow?No!thethreatstotheTibetanantelopeshavenotyetdisappeared.ADayintheCloudsSee_______________________________Hear_______________________________Feel_______________________________Think_______________________________Whatdidtheauthorsee,hear,feelandthinkabouttheTibetanantelopesduringthedayintheclouds?Seeingsnow-coveredmountainsdisappearingintoclouds.theantelopesmovingslowlyacrossthegreengrass.beautyHearingChangtangNationalNatureReserve

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effectsachievedafteryearsofprotectionWhyandhowtoprotectantelopesZhaxiFeelingthewriterwasstruckbytheirbeautythewriterwasangrywithhunters.Thinkingchangingourwayoflife(改變生活方式)existinginharmonywithnature(與自然和諧共生)harmonyMindmap(思維導圖)ProtectingtheTibetanantelopeWhyHowResultsFurtheractionsHunters____________________________.Habitats___________________________.Government____________________________._______and______wereaddedforsafety.Volunteers_________________________.Theantelopepopulation______________.InJune2015,_______________________.Change___________________________.Exist_____________________________.shotthemtomakeprofitweregettingsmallerplaceditundernationalprotectionBridgesgateswatchedoverthemdayandnighthasrecoveredtheywereremovedfromtheendangeredspecieslistourwayoflifeinharmonywithnaturehearingthinkingthepurposeofthisarticle?Literalmeaning:istheusual,basicmeaningofthewords.(字面意義)Impliedmeaning:issuggestedbutnotdirectlyexpressed.(隱含意義)ReadfordetailsReadthesentencesbelow,anddecideifeachideaistheliteralmeaning(L)ofthetextoronlyimplied(I)bythetext._____Whentheyfirstsawtheantelopes,theywereveryfaraway.IWecanjustmakeoutaherdofgracefulanimals._____Weshouldnotbuygoodsmadefromendangeredanimals.ITheywerehuntedillegallyfortheirvaluablefur(毛皮).Readthesentencesbelow,anddecideifeachideaistheliteralmeaning(L)ofthetextoronlyimplied(I)bythetext._____Humanactivitiesarethreatinganimalsandplants.IThereserveisashelterforthem,butthreatstothemstillexist._____TheTibetanantelopeisnotanendangeredspeciesnow.LInJune2015,theTibetanantelopewasremovedfromtheendangeredspecieslist(瀕危物種名錄).ADayintheCloudsSummaryTibetwheretheairisthin.ToobserveTibetanantelope.ProtectingtheTibetanantelopeWhyHowResultsFurtheractionsChangeourwayoflife.Existinharmonywithnature.Post-readingThewritersaysthatwemustchange