1、高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家Unit 2Wildlife ProtectionPeriod 2Reading and Thinking学习目标1.To learn about the current situation of Tibetan antelopes.2.To figure out the authors views and attitudes expressed in the article.3.To identify literal meaning and implied meaning of some sentences.4.To express your opinions
2、 on wildlife protection.课堂探究Part Predicting possible informationLook at the pictures and the title.Predict:1.Whats the type of writing of the text?2.Whats the text probably about?Part Skimming for main ideasActivity 1Skim the text and answer the following questions.1.Whats the text mainly about?2.Wh
3、ats the purpose of the article?Activity 2Read the text again and summarize the main idea of each paragraph.Paragraph 1:Paragraph 2:Paragraph 3:Paragraph 4:Paragraph 5:Paragraph 6:Paragraph 7:Part Scanning for detailsActivity 1Read the text and answer the following questions.1.Why did the writer visi
4、t Tibet?2.What does “national protection” mean?3.How does the writer feel about modern life?How do you know?Activity 2Read the text again and fill in the form.Things the author seesThings the author hearsHow the author feels or thinksActivity 3Read the text once more and try to finish the mind map.A
5、ctivity 4Read the sentences below,and decide if each idea is the literal meaning (L) of the text or only implied (I) by the text.The Tibetan antelope lives high above sea level.When they first saw the antelopes,they were very far away.We should not buy goods made from endangered animals.Human activi
6、ties are threatening animals and plants.The Tibetan antelope is not an endangered species now.Part DiscussionDiscuss the questions in pairs.The writer says that we must change our way of life and learn to live in harmony with nature in order to save our planet.Do you agree?What do you think we shoul
7、d do or change?核心素养专练1.Retell the passage in your own words.2.Do some research on other endangered animals by surfing the Internet and make a report.参考答案Part 1.The type of writing of the text is a travel journal.2.The pictures are of antelopes,so the text must be about them.Part Activity 11.The Tibe
8、tan antelope was an endangered animal,but because of human action to protect it,its population has recovered and it was removed from the endangered species list.2.The author intends to tell us that although the Tibetan antelope has been removed from the endangered species list,the threats to it have
9、 not yet disappeared.We must change our way of life and learn to exist in harmony with nature.Activity 2Paragraph 1:The writer visited Changtang in order to observe Tibetan antelopes.Paragraph 2:Tibetan antelopes are in danger.Paragraph 3:The authors guide thinks that the land is sacred and protecti
10、ng the wildlife is a way of life.Paragraph 4:Bad times for the Tibetan antelope.Paragraph 5:The Chinese government and volunteers took effective measures to protect Tibetan antelopes.Paragraph 6:The effective measures have helped the population of Tibetan antelopes recover.Paragraph 7:Human beings m
11、ust change the way of life in order to save the planet.Part Activity 11.He wanted to observe Tibetan antelopes.2.“National protection” means something is protected across the whole country,and it is illegal to harm it.3.The writer thinks our modern life goes against nature,because he says we must ch
12、ange the way we live if we really want to protect wildlife and the planet.Activity 2Things the author sees*snow-covered mountains disappear into clouds (Para.1)*the antelopes move slowly across the green grass (Para.2)Things the author hears*Changtang National Nature Reserve (Para.3)*bad times for t
13、he Tibetan antelope (Para.4)*measures to protect the Tibetan antelope (Para.5)*effects achieved after years of protection (Para.6)How the author feels or thinks*struck by their beauty (Para.2)*change our way of life (Para.7)*exist in harmony with nature (Para.7)Activity 3What:Tibetan antelopes are g
14、raceful animals.(Para.1)They live on the plains of Tibet,Xinjiang,and Qinghai.(Para.2)They have valuable fur.(Para.2)Why:Hunters were shooting them to make profits.(Para.4)Their habitats were getting smaller.(Para.4)How:The Chinese government placed it under national protection.(Para.5)Bridges and g
15、ates were added to let them move easily and safely.(Para.5)Volunteers watched over them day and night.(Para.5)Results:The antelope population has recovered.(Para.6)The Tibetan antelope was removed from the endangered species list in 2015.(Para.6)More to do:Change our way of life.(Para.7)Exist in har
16、mony with nature.(Para.7)Activity 4I Implied by “The air is thin”.(Para.1)I Implied by “we can just make out a herd of graceful animals”.(Para.1)I Implied by “They were being hunted,illegally,for their valuable fur (Para.2)” and “Hunters were shooting antelopes to make profits (Para.4)”.I Implied by
17、 “The reserve is a shelter for the animals and plants (Para.3)” and “the threats to the Tibetan antelope have not yet disappeared (Para.6)”.L The same meaning as “in June 2015,the Tibetan antelope was removed from the endangered species list (Para.6)”.Part I agree that we must change our way of life
18、 and learn to live in harmony with nature in order to save our planet.I think what we must do is to realize that we are part of nature and should not separate from it.We cant survive without it and so when we damage it,we literally damage ourselves.学习目标1.To know more about the current situation of T
19、ibetan antelopes.2.To figure out the main structure of the passage.3.To judge the writing purpose and the source of the passage.4.To express your own ideas on given topics by critical thinking.课堂探究Part Discourse analysis with the help of different approaches of discourse analysis.1.Whats the main id
20、ea of each paragraph?Paragraph 1:Paragraph 2:Paragraph 3:Paragraph 4:Paragraph 5:Paragraph 6:Paragraph 7:2.Discourse Pattern AnalysisParagraph 4General statement:Supporting details:Paragraph 6General statement:Supporting details:Problem-Solution PatternSituation:ParagraphProblem:ParagraphSolution:Pa
21、ragraphResult:ParagraphReflection:Paragraph3.Theme:4.Find out and share the lexis relevant to each part.TopicRelated lexisPart Pragmatic Analysis1.Whats the writing purpose of the article?2.To whom does the author write this article?3.Where can you possibly read this article?Part Critical ThinkingTh
22、e writer says that we must change our way of life and learn to live in harmony with nature in order to save our planet.Do you agree?What do you think we should do or change?核心素养专练1.Retell the passage in your own words.2.Do some research on other endangered animals by surfing the Internet and make a
23、report.参考答案Part 1.Paragraph 1:The writer visited Changtang in order to observe Tibetan antelopes.Paragraph 2:Tibetan antelopes are in danger.Paragraph 3:The authors guide thinks that the land is sacred and protecting the wildlife is a way of life.Paragraph 4:Bad times for the Tibetan antelope.Paragr
24、aph 5:The Chinese government and volunteers took effective measures to protect the Tibetan antelope.Paragraph 6:The effective measures have helped the population of Tibetan antelopes recover.Paragraph 7:Human beings must change the way of life in order to save the planet.2.General statement:The 1980
25、s and 1990s were bad times for the Tibetan antelope.Supporting details:The population dropped by more than 50 percent.Their habitats were becoming smaller.General statement:The measures were effective.Supporting details:The antelope population has recovered.The Tibetan antelope was removed from the
26、endangered species list.Situation:Paragraph 1Problem:Paragraphs 24Solution:Paragraph 5Result:Paragraph 6Reflection:Paragraph 73.Theme:The Tibetan antelope was an endangered animal,but because of human action to protect it,its population has recovered and it was removed from the endangered species li
27、st.4.TopicRelated lexisTo observe Tibetan antelopessnow-covered mountains;close enough to touch;on the plain;a herd of graceful animalsBad times for the Tibetan antelopein danger;being hunted;illegally;a shelter for the animals;the population dropped;the habitats were becoming smallerEffective measu
28、resplaced it under national protection;watched over.day and night;.were added;move easily;keep.safe from.Tibetan antelope population has recoveredeffective;population has recovered;was removed from the endangered species listChange the way of lifechange our way of life;exist in harmony with nature;s
29、top being a threat to wildlifePart 1.The author intends to tell us that although the Tibetan antelope has been removed from the endangered species list,the threats to it have not yet disappeared.We must change our way of life and learn to exist in harmony with nature.2.Those who are concerned about
30、wildlife especially the endangered species.3.We can possibly read this article from a magazine,newspaper or textbook related to wildlife.Part I agree that we must change our way of life and learn to live in harmony with nature in order to save our planet.I think what we must do is to realize that we are part of nature and should not separate from it.We cant survive without it and so when we damage it,we literally damage ourselves.- 6 - 版权所有高考资源网
