Module6AnimalsinTheconstructionofthenewQinghaiTibetRailroadinKekexili,Chinaisconsideredathreattoendangeredanimals.Therailway,partiallyfunctioningsince2001,brokeupthelocalecosystembyseparatingtheregion’sTibetanantelopes,blockingtheirmigration(迁移)routes,andleavingconstructionwastebehind.Itisfearedthatinadditiontothesedirectnegativeimpacts(影响),thedevelopmentoftherailwaywillopenuptheareatohuntersandrapidlydevelopinglocalvillages.In1995,YangXinfoundedGreenriver—theonlygovernmentapprovedNGO(NonGovernmentalOrganization)fornaturalprotectioninQinghai.HealsosetuptheSuonandajieNatureProtectionStationforenvironmentalprotectioninKekexiliarea.YangXinisdevotedtoprotectingtheendangeredTibetanantelopeinKekexili.In1975,strictinternationalprotectionfortheantelopeswasintroducedafterseverehuntingthroughoutthe20thcentury—Tibetanantelopewoolnearlydrovethemtoextinction.However,todayhuntingisagainontheincreaseandthenumberofTibetanantelopesisnomorethan75,000.Inadditiontoresearchingthebiologyoftheantelopes,YangXinisrunningsomepubliceducationprogrammestoraiseawarenessofthethreatstheyfaceduringmigration.Greenriverhasmadeasuccessfultrafficsystemthatallowstheantelopestomigrateacrossamajorroad.Thesystemhashadameasurableimpact,andinJune2005,about2,800antelopeswereseentocrosstheQinghaiTibetanroad,seventimestheamountfromthesameperiodin2004.YangXinisnowworkingtofindnewwaystoreducethenegativeimpactthedevelopmentwillhaveonthefreemigrationoftheantelopes.YangXinreceivedfurtherAssociateAwardsupportfromtheWhitleyFundforNaturetohelpthecontinuingeffortsofGreenriverinChina.Withinthenextfiveyears,heintendstofullyincorporate(并入)thegovernmentintoprotectionefforts.Section_ⅠIntroduction_&_Reading_—_PrereadingSavingtheAntelopes①Onafreezing②colddayinJanuary1994,JiesangSuonandajiefoundwhathewaslookingfor—agroupofpoachers③whowerekillingtheendangered④Tibetanantelope.Jiesangknewhehadtomovequickly.Heshoutedtothepoacherstoputdown⑤theirguns.Althoughsurprised⑥，thepoachershadanadvantage—thereweremoreofthem.Inthebattle⑦whichfollowed⑧Jiesangwasshotandkilled.Whenhisfrozen⑨bodywasfoundhourslater,hewasstillholdinghisgun.Hehadgivenhislifetosave⑩theTibetanantelope.①antelope/'æntIlˌəʊp/n.(藏)羚羊②freezingadj.极冷的；冰冻的，freezingcold(＝extremelycold)极度寒冷，具体的某一天前要用介词on。③poacher/'pəʊtʃ/ən.盗猎者；偷猎者④endanger/In'deIndʒ/əvt.使……处于险境；危及endangeredadj.(生命等)有(灭绝)危险的⑤putdown放下；写下；镇压⑥Althoughsurprised为让步状语从句的省略形式，补全应为Althoughtheyweresurprised。⑦battle/'bætl/n.战斗⑧whichfollowed为定语从句，修饰先行词thebattle。⑨frozenadj.冻僵的，冰冷的⑩giveone'slifetodosth.为做某事献出生命拯救藏羚羊[第1段译文]1994年1月一个滴水成冰的寒冷日子，杰桑·索南达杰发现了他一直在寻找的目标——正在猎杀濒临灭绝的藏羚羊的一群偷猎者。杰桑知道，他必须迅速行动。他大声喊叫着让偷猎者放下他们的枪。偷猎者虽然感到惊慌，但他们占着人多的优势。在接下来的枪战中，杰桑被击中身亡。几个小时后，当人们发现他冻僵的尸体时，他仍然握着枪。他为拯救藏羚羊献出了生命。Atthebeginningof⑪thetwentiethcenturythereweremillionsofantelopesontheQinghaiTibetanPlateau⑫.Bythe1990s⑬thenumberhadfallento⑭about50,000.Thereasonissimple:thewooloftheTibetanantelopeisthemostexpensiveintheworld.Itissoft,light,andwarm—theideal⑮coatforananimalwhichhastosurviveathighaltitudes.Ashawl⑯madefromthewool⑰(knownas“...
