M6 animals in danger introduction and reading

Module6Howmanyanimalsdoyouknow?Canyoumakealistofthem?Activity1elephanttigerpandarhinokangaroozebralioncamelgiraffekoalaplatypuspeacockeaglesparrowswallowturtlecrocodileswanfrogdeer鹿leopard豹tiger虎fox狼monkey猴子squirrel松鼠bear熊seal海豹hippopotamus河马buffalo水牛hedgehog刺猬gorilla大猩猩chimpanzee黑猩猩lizard蜥蜴dragonfly蜻蜓cobra眼镜蛇puma美洲狮hyena土狼Doyouknowanythingabouttigers?Canyoutellthespeciesoftigers?BalineseTiger巴里虎,分布于印尼巴里岛，于1940年代灭绝。JavanTiger爪哇虎,分布于印尼爪哇岛，于1980年代灭绝。CaspianTiger里海虎，土耳其至亚洲中部以及西部，于1970年代灭绝。SumatranTiger苏门达腊虎，体型最小，印度尼西亚的苏门达腊岛。SiberianTiger东北虎，虎中体型最大者。俄罗斯西伯利亚，我国东北小兴安岭和长白山一带。SouthChinaTiger华南虎，我国东南、西南、华南各省。据估计其野外数量现不足20头，数量极度稀少。Indo-ChineseTiger印支虎，体型较孟加拉虎小，东南亚大陆东部、越南、老挝、泰国、马来西亚、中国和缅甸等。Pantheratigris孟加拉虎，栖息地范围很广，喜玛拉雅山、印度半岛。Matchthewordsintheboxwiththeirmeanings.1.atypeofanimalorplant2.theplacewhereananimallivesnaturally3.protection,especiallyofnaturalthings4.indanger5.afightwhichlastsalongtime6.anareaoflandwhereanimalsareprotected7.dead(foraspecies,notasingleanimal)8.continuingtolive9.livinginanaturalstate,awayfrompeople10.wildanimalsspecieshabitatconservationendangeredstrugglereserveextinctsurvivalwildwildlifeKekexili,thelastvirginwildernessofchina.ThisplainnearlyfourmileshighistheonlyremaininghabitatoftheTibetanantelope.In1985,poachersbeganhuntingantelopesfortheirfinewool,whichwaspricedinforeignmarkets.Withafewyears,thenumberofantelopesplungedfromonemilliontoundertenthousand.Choosethebestanswers.1()HowdidJiesangSuonandajiedie?aHefrozetodeathbHewaskilledbycriminalscHehadanaccidentinhisjeep2()WhyareTibetanantelopesindanger?aTheyhavelosttheirnaturalhabitatbTheyarekilledfortheirwoolcTheycannotsurviveathighaltitudeNow,readthepassageandthenfinishtheexercises.bb3()WhathastheChinesegovernmentdonetohelptheantelopes?aItisprotectingtheantelopeinanaturalreserve.bIthassentpolicetocountrieswhere“shahtoosh”issold.cIthasclosedtheborderwithIndia.4()What’shappenedtothetradein“shahtoosh”?aIthasgrownquicklybIthasbecomelegalcIthasbecomehardertosell“shahtooh”.5()WhatwillhappentotheTibetanantelope?aItsnumberwillcontinuetoincrease.bItmaysurvive.cItwillsoonbecomeextinct.acaReadthepassageagain.Saywhatthenumbersanddatesreferto.150,0002$5,00031975413852%63,00075,000meters81997Thenumberofantelopesleftbythe1990s.Thepriceofashawlmadefrom“shahtoosh”.Theyearwhenthetradebanon“shahtoosh”shawlswasstarted.Thenumberof“shahtoosh”shawlsfoundinaLondonshop.Thepercentageoftheantelopepopulationthoseshawlsrepresented.Thenumberofpoacherscaughtintenyears.TheheightoftheQinghai—TibetanPlateau.Theyearwhentheantelopepopulationstartedtogrowagain.Readthepassageandtrytofindthewordsinthepassagewhichmean:1highground________2apieceofclothpeoplewearontheirshoulders_______3moneyyoumakebysellingsomething_______4agroupofanimalswhichliveormovetogether________5tocuttheskinoffananimal________6anordernottodosomething________7asurprisevisit(especiallybypolice)________8takeawayofficially________9hard________10workingtogether________plateaushawlprofitherdskinbanraidconfiscatedtoughco-operation