1、Unit2 A DAY IN THE CLOUDSUnit2 A DAY IN THE CLOUDSReading and thinking Topic:Learn about protecting endangered animalsBefore-reading1.Look at the pictures below.What do you think the text is about?2.What do you know about the Tibetan antelope and the Changtang National Nature Reserve? Changtang Nati
2、onal Nature ReserveChangtang National Nature Reserve is a wildlife paradise and home to a variety of wildlife species such as Tibetan antelopes, wild yaks, Tibetan wild donkeys and black-necked cranes. (Xinhua/Zhang Rufeng)While-readingsomething about Tibetan antelopesMy guidehard timestake measures
3、The reasoneffectiveThinkingThe writer visited Tibet in order to observe Tibetan antelopes.2.What did people do to help protect the Tibetan antelope?Some people watched over the antelopes day and night to keep them safe from attacks. Bridges and gates were added to let the antelopes move easily and k
4、eep them safe from cars and trains.In the 1980s and 1990s, the population of antelopes dropped by more than 50 percent.The 1980s and 1990s hard timespopulationhabitatssmaller50%Reasonshuntersroads and railwaysParagraph5-6Chinese government take measuresbridge and gatevolunteers4. What does national
5、protection” mean? Can you list more examples? It means the government takes measures to place the species under national protectionLists: set up the National NatureReserve: make a law to banpeople from hunting.The writer shows concerns about modern life.From the last two sentences in the text we can
6、 know that the writer expects to live in harmony with nature to save our planet. is suggested but not directly expressed, i. e. you guess the meaning based on what you know.隐含意思是暗示的，不是直接表达的，隐含意思是暗示的，不是直接表达的，即你根据你所即你根据你所知道的来猜测知道的来猜测意思。意思。 Implied meaning is the usual, basic meaning of the words, i. e
7、. exactly what the words say. 字面意思是单词通常的、基本的意思，即单词所确切表达的意思。 Identify 识别字面意义和隐含意义课本课本P17LiteralmeaningTask 4Read the sentences below, and decide if each idea is the literal meaning L of the text or only implied I by the text.1. _ When they first saw the antelopes, they were very far away. 2. _ We sho
8、uld not buy goods made from endangered animals.3. _ Human activities are threatening animals and plants.4. _ The Tibetan antelope is not an endangered species now. EXAMPLE_ The Tibetan antelope lives high above sea level. (This is implied by “The air is thin”.)IIIILP17 3POST-readingDiscussionDo you
9、agree that we must change our way of life and learn to live in harmony with nature in order to save our planet?Why do you think we should do or change?I think firstly we should protectour environment by not throwingrubbish around and reducing pollution to the nature.Secondly we should take measures
10、to protect the wildlife and forbid hunting animals and keep them safe and living happily.At last, we should develop the awareness of protecting our planet and educate everyone to shoulder the responsibility for protecting the earth.1. Finish the exercises in Learning English.2. Watch the movie Kekexili: Mountain Patrol.THANKS
