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A Day in the Clouds
Unit 2
Reading & Thinking
Lead in: disscuss the question below
What do you know about the Tibetan antelope and the Chantang National Reserve
Lead in：
Activity 1：Talking
Look at the pictures below. What do you think the text is about
What do you know about the Tibetan antelope
Endangered animals;
Human actions to protect them are underway(Changtang National Nature Preserve)
恩信实验
Q: Guess what kind of passage it is.
A. Argumentation议论文
B. Exposition说明文
C. Narration记叙文
A DAY IN THE CLOUDS
Predicting
Read the first and the last paragraph and find out what type of the text it is.
an introduction
a report
a short novel
advertisement
a travel journal
what I see
what I learn
what I think
恩信实验
Para.2:
The ________ of our camping.
The ________ of the Tibetan antelopes.
The __________ for Tibetan antelopes.
My guide, Zhaxi, working for _________ the wildlife.
Para.1:
Para.3:
Para.4:
The __________ taken to protect the antelopes.
The ______________ we’ve made and we also have ____________ to go.
Protecting wildlife is saving ________.
Para.5:
Para.6:
Para.7:
Read for the main idea of each paragraph
achievements
purpose
a long way
ourselves
situation
bad times
measures
protecting
While-reading
Para 1
Listen and find out the main idea of each paragraph.
E. We're here to observe Tibetan antelopes.
Para 2
A. Tibetan antelopes are in danger.
Para 3
F. The guide, Zhaxi, and the Changtang National Nature Reserve.
Para 4
B. The bad times for the Tibetan antelope.
Para 5
C. Measures were taken to save this species from extinction.
Para 6
G. The measures were effective.
Para 7
D. We should learn to live in harmony with nature.
The text mainly talks about the protection of Tibetan antelopes.
Reading and Thinking
Learn about protecting endangered animals
A Day in the Clouds
What I see
What I hear
What I think
1. Read the text quickly and divide it into three parts.
Para _______: What I see
Para _______: What I hear
Para _______: What I think
1-2
3-6
7
While-reading
Read para. 1&2 and find out the answers.
what
Tibetan antelopes
③They have fur.
But
why
plains
graceful
valuable
mountains
Snow-covered
① Tibetan antelope live on the
, moving slowly across the green grass.
②They are animals.
Part 1. What I see
The 1980s and 1990s were bad times for Tibetan antelopes.
________________disappear into clouds.
________
snow-coverd mountains
____________________________
a herd of graceful Tibetan antelopes
Why did the writer visit Tibet
To observe Tibetan antelopes.
Para（1-2）
What do the antelopes look like
graceful
move slowly across the green grass
beautiful
live in harmony/ hɑ m ni/(和谐/融洽） in nature
How does the habitat of antelopes look like
see
nature
animal
green grass
恩信实验
Why are Tibetan antelopes being illegally hunted
A．For their valuable meat.
B．For their valuable fur.
C．For their habitats.
D．For their bones.
We should not buy goods made from endangered animals.
When the buying stops, the killing can too.
---WildAid
恩信实验
藏羚羊生活在西藏、新疆和青海的平原上。看着它们在绿色的草地上慢慢移动，我被它们的美丽所打动
② Tibetan antelopes live on the plains of Tibet, Xinjiang, and Qinghai. Watching them move slowly across the green grass, I’m struck by their beauty.
藏羚羊生活在西藏、新疆和青海的平原上。看着它们在绿色的草地上慢慢移动，我被它们的美丽所打动
Read para. 1&2 and find out the answers.
what
Tibetan antelopes
③They have fur.
But
why
plains
graceful
valuable
mountains
Snow-covered
① Tibetan antelope live on the
, moving slowly across the green grass.
②They are animals.
Part 1. What I see
The 1980s and 1990s were bad times for Tibetan antelopes.
Part 2. What I hear
My guide is Zhaxi, a villager from Changtang. He works at the Changtang National Nature Reserve. The reserve is a shelter for the animals and plants of northwestern Tibet. To Zhaxi, the land is sacred and protecting the wildlife is a way of life. We’re not trying to save the animals, " he says. "Actually, we're trying to save ourselves. (para.3)
Q1: What is Zhaxi’s opinion of protecting wildlife
What we have given to nature will be given back one day.
Read para. 4 and find out the reasons.
The 1980s and 1990s were bad times for Tibetan antelopes.
Part 2. What I hear
Hunters
antelopes to make .
Built and .
were shooting
profits
roads
railways
population:
habitats:
dropped by
became
50%
Reasons
smaller
endangered species
How
Part 2. What I hear
Read para. 5&6 and find out the answers.
something is protected across the whole country, and it is illegal to harm it
How
① government
② Zhaxi and other volunteers
③ bridges and gates
place antelopes under national protection.
watch over antelopes day and night.
added to let them move easily and keep them safe.
measures
population: recovered
antelope was removed from the endangered species list
Results
results
national protection
Did the measures work
That’s enough
NO!
More to do!
Part 2. What I hear
What’s the author’s feeling after watching the antelopes
I am struck by their beauty.
I am also reminded of the danger they are in.
③My guide is Zhaxi, a village from Changtang.
He works at the Changtang National Nature Reserve. The reserve is a shelter for the animals and plants of northwestern Tibet.
保护区
避难所、庇护所
我的向导是羌塘的一位村民扎西。
他在羌塘国家级自然保护区工作。
该保护区是 西藏西北地区动植物的 庇护所。
To Zhaxi, the land is sacred and protecting the wildlife is a way of life. “We’re not trying to save the animals,” he says. “Actually, we’re trying to save ourselves.”
对于扎西来说，这片土地是神圣的，保护野生动植物是一种生活方式。
“我们不是在拯救动物。” 他说到，“事实上，我们是在拯救自己。”
神圣的
主语
The basic information of Zhaxi
Name:
Identity: Tibetan (A villager from Qiangtang)
Job: 1. Guide
2. ________
Belief:
Zhaxi
Saving animals is saving ourselves.
Protector (Qiangtang National Nature Reserve)
Personal Resume
What do we think of Zhaxi from the text
A. Brave
B. Responsible
C. Shy
D. Helpless
Reduce hunting
Build reserves
(建立保护区)
Join a volunteer protection group.
Make laws
to protect them.
Wildlife
Protection
Protect the environment
Don't buy endangered animals’ products.
Protect wildlife habitats.
Post-reading
What do you think we should do
Tibetan antelopes are __________ animals.
They live on_______________________________________.
They have________________.
Protection of the Tibetan Antelope
What
Hunters _______________________________ .
Their habitats were__________________________ .
Why
The Chinese government_______________________________.
_______________ were added to let them move easily and safely.
Volunteers ____________ them day and night.
How
The antelope population has _____________ .
They were ______________ the endangered species list in 2015.
Results
More
to do
graceful
the plains of Tibet, Xinjiang, and Qinghai
valuable fur
were shooting them to make profits
getting smaller
placed it under national protection
Bridges and gates
watched over
recovered
removed from
our way of life
in harmony with nature
The structure of the text
Summary
Change_________________ .
Exist _________________________.
Identify literal and implied meaning
Literal meaning is the usual, basic meaning of the words, i. e. exactly what the words say.
字面意思是单词常见的、基本的意思，即单词所确切表达的意思。
Implied meaning 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，即你根据你所知道的来猜测意思。
EXAMPLE
___ The Tibetan antelope lives high above sea level.
(This is implied by”The air is thin”.)
___ When they first saw the antelopes, they were very far away.
(Implied by “we can just make out a herd of graceful animals”.)
___ We should not buy goods made from endangered animals.
(Implied by “They are being hunted, illegally, for their valuable fur” and “Hunters were shooting antelopes to make profits”.)
___ Human activities are threatening animals and plant
(Implied by “The reserve is a shelter for the animals and plants” and “the threat
to the Tibetan antelope have not yet disappeared”.)
___ The Tibetan antelope is not an endangered species now.
(The same meaning as “in June 2015, the Tibetan antelope was removed from the endangered species list”.)
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1 National Nature Reserve
2 snow-covered mountains
3 make out
4 be struck by
5 remind sb of sth
6 make profits
国家自然保护区
白雪覆盖的群山
辨认出；理解；填写
被…所触动，被…打动
提醒某人某事；使某人想起某事
谋利
7 watch over
8 save ... from
9 be recovered from …
10 intend to do sth
11 live in harmony with nature
从……中救出
从……中恢复
打算做某事
与自然和谐相处
监视；照顾

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