Module 6 Animals in Danger

Earth Song

Why some animals are becoming extinct ? 1.They are killed for body parts or food. 2.People want them for pets. 3.People have moved into their natural habitat. 4.They are killed by pollution. 5.They are killed by climate change.

Antelope

Saving the Antelopes

Fast Reading 1. How many paragraphs are there in the text? Mark them.

Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2 Paragraph 3 Paragraph 4 Paragraph 5 A The reason for the trade. B The result of the battle. C Jiesang Suonandajie died when protecting antelopes. D The present situation and the future of the battle. E The process of the trade. Find out the main idea of each paragraph.

A. It tells us the poachers is our enemy, and we must take measures to throw them into prison. B. It introduces the Hoh xil Nature Reserve to us. C. It tells us the antelopes are in danger, and we must do something we can to protect them. 2.What does the passage mainly tell us?

Pay attention Words: Poacher plateau shawl herd confiscate meanwhile

1.How did Jiesang Suonandajie die? A. He froze to death. B. He was killed by criminals. C. He had an accident in his jeep. Ⅱ.choose the best answers

2. Why are Tibetan antelopes in danger? A. They have lost their natural habitat. B. They are killed for their wool. C. They cannot survive at high altitude.

3. What has the Chinese government done to help the antelopes? A. It is protecting the antelope in a nature reserve. B. It has sent police to countries where “shahtoosh” is sold. C. It has closed the border with India.

4. What’s happened to the trade in “shahtoosh”? A. It has grown quickly. B. It has become legal. C. It has become harder to sell “shahtoosh.”

5. What will happen to the Tibetan antelope? A. Its number will continue to increase. B. It may survive. C. It will soon become extinct.

Read the passage again.Say what the numbers and dates refer to. 1.50,000: 2.$5,000: 3. 5,000 metres: :

1.50,000: The number of antelopes left by the 1990s. 2.$5,000: The price of a shawl made from “shahtoosh”

3. 5,000 metres: The height of Qinghai- Tibetan Plateau : The year when the antelope population started to grow again.

Writing Suppose you are a dying mother antelope, what do you want to say to human beings?

Bye-bye