Book2Unit2ReadingandThinkingCONTENTS:01Lead-in02Reading03LanguagePointsPART1Lead-inLookatthepictures.Whatarethesebeautifulcreatures?Theyareantelopes.Videotime:HowmuchdoyouknowaboutTibetanantelopes?PART2Reading

1.Readthetextquicklyandchoosetherightanswer.

1.WhydidthewritergotoTibet?A.TowatchTibetanantelopes.B.Togocampingintheplain.C.Toenjoythebeautyofthenature.D.Toclimbsnow-coveredmountains.2.WhatareZhaxiandothervolunteerstryingtosaveactually?A.Allkindsofanimals. B.Plantsontheplain.C.Theirsacredland. D.Humanbeings.Fastreading3.WhydidTibetanantelopes’habitatsbecomesmaller?A.Becausetheirnumberwassmaller.B.Becausehunterswereshootingthem.C.BecauseNationalNatureReservesweresetup.D.Becausehumanactivitiesdestroyedtheirhabitats.4.Whatshouldwedoifwereallywanttosavetheplanet?A.Weshouldwatchovertheantelopesdayandnight.B.Weshouldn’tbuygoodsmadeofanimals’fur.C.Weshouldchangeourwayoflife.D.WeshouldnothuntTibetanantelopes.2.Answerthequestions.1.WhydidthewritervisitTibet?2.WhathappenedtotheTibetan

anteiopeinthe1980sand1990s?3.WhatdidpeopledotohelpprotecttheTibetanantelope?HevisitedtoobserveTibetanantelope.Inthe1980sand1990s,theantelopepopulationdroppedbymorethan50%astheywereshotbyhuntersforprofit.Peoplevolunteeredtowatchovertheenvelopesdayandnighttoprotectthem.Bridgesandgateswerebuilttohelpthemmovearoundsafely.4.Whatdoesnationalprotectionmean?5.Howdoesthewriterfeelaboutmodernlife?Howdoyouknow?Nationalprotectionmeanssomethingisprotectedacrossthewholecountryandisillegaltoharmit.Thewriterthinksmodernlifegoesagainstnature,becausehesayswemustchangethewayweliveifwereallywanttoprotectwildlifeandtheplanet.1.Matchthemainideaofeachparagraph.Para.1

Para.2Para.3Para.4Para.5Para.6Para.7a.Tibetanantelopesareindanger.b.ThewritervisitedChangtanginordertoobserveTibetanantelope.c.TheChinesegovernmentandvolunteerstookeffectivemeasurestoprotecttheTibetanantelope.d.TheeffectivemeasureshavehelpedthepopulationofTibetananteloperecover.e.Hisguidethinksthatthelandissacredandprotectingthewildlifeisawayoflife.f.BadtimesfortheTibetanantelope.g.Humanbeingsmustchangethewayoflifeinordertosavetheplanet.baecfdgDetailedreading2.Analyzethestructureofthepassage.ADAYINTHECLOUDSPart1(Para.1)Part3(Para.7)Part2(Para.2-6)IntroductionofthetopicBodyTheauthor'sreflectionTibetanantelopesTibetanantelopescurrentsituation,theresonfortheirreductioninthepastthemeasurestakenlearntoexistinharmonywithnatureThegracefulandbeautifulTibetanantelopesThepopulationrecoveredandwasremovedfromthelistThepopulationdroppedgreatlyandbecameendangeredillegalhuntingThegovernment'sandvolunteers'effortschangeourwayoflifethreatsstillexistHowthepassagedevelops:Postreading1.Readthesentencesbelow,anddecideifeachideaistheliteralmeaning(L)ofthetextoronlyimplies(I)bythetext._______TheTibetanantelopeliveshighabovesealevel.（Thisisimpliedby“Theairisthin”.）_______Whentheyfirstsawtheantelopes,theywereveryfaraway._______Weshouldnotbuygoodsmadefromendangeredanimals._______Humanactivitiesarethreateninganimalsandplants._______TheTibetanantelopeisnotanendangeredspeciesnow.

IIILI2.Discussion1.What'sthepurposeofthisarticle?TheauthorintendstotellusthatalthoughtheTibetanantelopehasbeenremovedfromtheendangeredspecieslist,thethreatstothemhavenotyetdisappeared.Wemustchangeourwayoflifeandlearntoexistinharmonywithnature.2.Asstudents,whatshouldwedotoprotectthewildanimals?Firstly,weshouldworkhardtoknowsomeknowledgeoftheprotectionofwildanimals.Secondly,weshouldprotecttheenvironmentandsaveenergy.Thirdly,weshouldspreadtheimportanceandknowledgeoftheprotectionofthewildanimals....PART3Languagepoints1.Learnaboutelephantsbyreadingandcompletingthepassagewiththecorrectformsofthewords.

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threatHerdsofelephantsusedtoliveonthe_________ofAfricaandintheforestsofAsia.Buttoday,theyfaceaserious_________from_________.Theselargeanimalsarebeingkilled__________fortheirbodypartsthatareconsideredvaluable.Inordertosavethem,somecountrieshavecreated_________wheretheycanliveinpeaceandsafety.However,the__________onthemwillcontinueaslongasinterestinbuyingelephantproducts_________.Toachieve__________betweenhumansandanimals,theworldmustprotectthesebeautifulcreatures.plainsthreathuntersillegallyreservesattacksexistsharmony2.Translationsnow-coveredmountainsdisappearintocloudsmakeoutaherdofgracefulanimalsdropbymorethan50percentmakeprofitsplaceitundernationalprotectionexistinharmonywith白雪皚皚的山脈消失在云里辨認出一群優雅的動物

下降了50%多獲利置于國家保護之下與......和諧共處3.Keysentences1.Toourleft,snow-coveredmountainsdisappearintocloudsthatseemalmostcloseenoughtotouch.在我們的左邊，白雪皚皚的山脈消失在云層中，看上去幾乎觸手可及。2.

Watchingthemmoveslowlyacrossthegreengrass,I'mstruckbytheirbeauty.看著他們在綠色的草地上緩緩移動，我被他們的美打動了。V-ing非謂語:伴隨狀語；表示主動+同時。bestruckby被...所打動3.Zhaxiandothervolunteerswatchedovertheantelopesdayandnighttokeepthemsafefromattacks.Bridgesandgateswereaddedtolettheantelopesmoveeasilyandkeepthemsafefromcarsandtrains.扎西和其他志愿者晝夜守衛著羚羊，保護它們免受襲擊。橋梁和大門的增設，讓藏羚羊可以輕松移動，并使它們免受汽車和火車的傷害。keepsafefrom...保持安全免受...的危險/危害1.savesbfrom...2.protecsbfrom...表示“保護...免受...的危害”的表達:4.Thegovernment,however,doesnotintendtostoptheprotectionprogrammes,sincethethreatstotheTibetanantelopehavenotyetdisappeared.但是，由于對藏羚羊的威脅尚未消失，政府并沒有打算停止這些保護項目。since在此處引導的是原因狀語從句,可以翻譯成：因為，由于Sincehewaslazy,hedidn’tfinishhishomework.5.Onlywhenwelearntoexistinharmonywithnaturecanwestopbeingathreattowildlifeandtoourplanet.只有學會與大自然和諧相處，我們才不會成為野生動植物和地球的威脅。當only位于句首時,如果后面跟有副詞、介詞短語或從句等狀語,則用部分倒裝結構。(1)Onlyyesterdaydidhisfathertellhimthetruth，whichwasabigsurprise.昨天他父親才把真相告訴他，這真是一個很大的驚喜。(2)Onlybypractisingpaper-cuttingmore

thefolkart.只有通過多練習剪紙，你才能掌握這門民間藝術。(3)OnlywhenIleftmyparentsforItaly

howmuchIlovedthem.只有當我離開父母去意大利時我才意識到我多么愛他們。注意：若only修飾主語，即使在句首也不倒裝。(4)Onlyshecanfinishtheworkinanhour.只有她能在一小時內完成這個工作。can

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realize6.Elephantsneedlargelivingspaces，soit’sdifficultforthemtoadapttothechanges.大象需要很大的生活空間，因此對他們來說適應這些變化很難。it’sdifficultforthemtoadapttothechanges是“主語＋be＋adj.(＋forsb.

)＋todo...”結構，是用不定式的主動形式表示被動意義。常用于此結構的形容詞還有difficult，hard，easy，comfortable，pleasant，interesting，exciting等。注意：在此結構中，不定式和主語之間是邏輯上的動賓關系，經常使用及物動詞的主動形式，若是不及物動詞要加相應的介詞。(1)Today’shomeworkwaseasytodo，soMikefinisheditquicklyandwentouttoplay.今天的作業容易做，因此邁克很快完成作業出去玩了。(2)Thequestiontheyaskedseemsverysimplebutdifficult____________

(answer).他們問的這個問題看似很簡單卻很難回答。(3)Ifindthemanisveryhard