1、Reading and Thinking Period 2 Reading and ThinkingWhat animal is talked about in the video?How to describe this animal? (adj.)Tibetan antelopeThey are beautiful, amazing, graceful,cool.theyre also rare(稀有的），presious（珍贵的）,even endangered.Read the text and get the main idea.1. What is the text mainly
2、about?AThe Changtang National Nature Reserve.BThe protection of Tibetan antelopes.CSnowcovered mountains.DSome effective measures.2. Match the main idea with each paragraph.Para. 1Para. 2Para. 3Para. 4Para. 5Para. 6Para. 7A. The bad times for the Tibetan antelope.B. The guide, Zhaxi, and the Changta
3、ng National Nature Reserve.C. Measures were taken to save this species from extinction.D. We should learn to live in harmony with nature.E. Tibetan antelopes are in danger.F. The reason why we observe Tibetan antelopes.G. The good effects the measures have had.Get more details of the Tibetan antelop
4、e protection.Zhaxi is unwilling to protect the wildlife. ( )Other volunteers attacked the antelopes day and night. ( )Bridges and gates were built to keep the antelopes safe. ( )The threats to the Tibetan antelope have disappeared. ( )True or FalseTibetan antelopes live on the plains of Tibet, Xinji
5、ang, and Qinghai. 1. (watch) them move slowly across the green grass, Im struck by their 2. (beautiful). At the same time, Im also reminded 3. the danger they are in. They 4. (hunt), illegally, for their valuable fur.Zhaxi, a villager from Changtang, works at the Changtang National Nature Reserve.“W
6、ere not trying to save the animals，” he says.“5. (actual), were trying to save ourselves.” Watching beautyofare being hunted ActuallyThe 1980s and 1990s were bad times for the Tibetan antelope. Hunters were shooting antelopes 6. (make) profits. Their habitats were becoming 7. (small) as new roads an
7、d railways were built.In order 8. (save) them, the Chinese government placed them under national protection. The measures were 9. (effect). The antelope population 10. (recover) and in June, 2015, the Tibetan antelope was removed from the endangered species list.to make smallerto saveeffectivehas re
8、coveredThe 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?Reduce huntingBuild reserves(建立建立保护区保护区)Join a volunteer protection group.Make laws to protect them.WildlifeProtectionProtect the environmentDont buy endangered animals products.Protect wildlife habitatsMake a poster to call on everyone to change our way of life and learn to live in harmony with nature.
