Period1:Reading—SavingtheAntelopesObjectives●Tolearnaboutanimalsindanger●TolearntoreadwithstrategiesFocusWordsendanger,protect,skin,raid,confiscate,involve,lay,waste,monitorExpressionsbeconcernedabout,feedon,standfor,setupPatterns1.Althoughsurprised,thepoachershadanadvantage---thereweremoreofthem.2.Ashawlmadefromthewoolcansellforfivethousanddollars.3.TheanimalsareskinnedonthespotandthewooltakentoIndia,whereitismadeintotheshawls.4.Butinthe1990stheshawlscameintofashionamongrichpeople.AidsMultimediafacilities,tape-recorder,photos,diagramsProceduresWarmingupbylearningaboutChina’sNationallyProtectedAnimals▇Hello,class.Lookatthepicture.Whatisit?Itisthegiantpanda.ItisoneofChina’sNationallyProtectedAnimals.DoyouknowanyoftheotherNationallyProtectedAnimals?HeretheyareinChinese.●我国的一级保护动物名录Mostoftheseanimalsareindanger,orendangered.Toknowmoreabouttheirfate,let’sgotopage51firsttoreadaboutoneofthem,theSiberiantiger.Beforeyouread▇Weshallreadtheintroductiononpage51.Butlet’sgooverthewordlistforthismodule,payingattentiontothepronunciationoftheword,therelationshipbetweenitspronunciationanditsspelling.Whileyouread▇Whilereadingtheintroductionpleasetrytocut/thesentencesintothoughtgroups,blackenthepredicates,underlinetheusefulexpressionsanddarkentheconnectives.Afteryouread▇CopyalltheusefulexpressionsintoyourExpressionBookandmakeyourownsentenceswiththem.Usefulexpressionsoneofthemost…animals,intheworld,oneoftherarest,inthenaturereserve,ontheborderbetween…and…,createthereserve,helpsave…,endangeredspecies,indanger,thegiantpanda,thesymbolof…,thanksto…,scientists’hardwork,thenumberof…,increaseabout…,thousandsofwildanimals,becomeextinct,accordingto…,indanger,help…insb.’sstrugglefor…Beforeyouread▇Weshallgotopage52toreadthetextSavingtheAntelope.Butfirstpleasegooverthewordlistforthismodule,payingattentiontothepronunciationoftheword,therelationshipbetweenitspronunciationanditsspelling.Whileyouread▇Whilereadingthetexttrytocut/thesentencesintothoughtgroups,blackenthepredicates,underlinetheusefulexpressionsanddarkentheconnectives.SavingtheAntelopesTheSiberiantigerisoneofthemostbeautifulanimals/intheworld.Itisalsooneoftherarest.Today/onlyabout1,000areleft.Someofthem/areintheHunchunnatureReserve/ontheborder/betweenChinaandRussia.TheChineseandRussiangovernments/havecreatedthereserve/tohelpsavethetiger’snaturalhabitat.But/theSiberiantigerisnottheonlyendangeredspecies.Anotherfamousanimal/indanger/isthegiantpanda,whosehabitatisinChina.ThepandaisthesymboloftheWorldWideFund/forNature.Thankstoscientists’hardwork,thenumberofthepandas/livinginthewild/hasincreasedabout1,390.Everyyear/thousandsofwildanimals/andplants/becomeextinct.AccordingtotheRedListoftheInternationalUnion/fortheConservationofNature,morethan12,000animalspecies/arenowindanger.Thequestionis:Whatcanwedo/tohelpthem/intheirstruggleforsurvival?Onafreezingcoldday/inJanuary1994,JiesangSuonandajiefoundwhathewaslookingfor---agroupofpoachers/whowerekillingtheendangeredTibetanantelope.Jiesangknew/hehadtomovequickly.Heshoutedtothepoachers/toputdowntheirguns.Althoughsurprised,thepoachershadanadvantage---thereweremoreofthem.Inthebattle/whichfollowed/Jiesangwasshotandkilled.Whenhisfrozenbody/wasfound/hourslater,hewasstillholdinghisgun.Hehadgivenhislife/tosavetheTibetanantelope.Atthebeginningofthetwentiethcentury/thereweremi...
