必修五 module6 Reading 11

For poachers the profits can be huge.
Para 3
1. The poachers shoot whole herds of antelopes at a time, ______________________________ leaving only the babies, whose _________________________ (只留下那些毛不 wool is not worth so much. 那么值钱的幼崽.) are skinned on the spot 2. The animals _____________________(就地剥皮) and the wool taken to India, where it is made into the shawls. illegal 3. The business is _______(非法) and there has a ban _____(禁令) on the trade . In the 1990s 4. _____________(在二十世纪九十年代)the shawls came into fashion _________________(盛行) among rich people.
The poachers often shoot whole at a time herds of antelope _______________, leaving _____________ only the babies. The on the spot animals are skinned _____________ taken and the wool ____________ to India, where ________ it is made into the shawls.
Tibetan antelope.
Para 2
What was the reason that the number of the antelopes on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau had fallen ?
Its wool is the most expensive in the world. It is soft, light and warm--- the ideal coat for an animal.
Module 6 — Reading
Activity 1
What is the passage about?
The passage is about saving the Tibetan antelope from poaching.
Fast Reading
Para 1
Para 2 Para 3 Para 4 Para 5
Meanwhile __________, in those countries where the shawls are sold, police are getting tough with ______________________ the dealers. International co-operation also gives a band. Now, the number of poachers has fallen and the antelope population slowly begun to grow again. We hope survive the Tibetan antelope will_________.
Para 4
What did the Chinese government do to protect the antelopes?
took an active part They ______________________ in
protecting them.They caught the confiscated poachers and _____________ the vehicles.
In the 1990s the Chinese government began to take measures protect to _______ the antelopes. Sometimes there were gunfights. Suonandajie ____________________ to save the had given his life Tibetan antelopes. But nowadays, volunteers with the help of _____________, the government often wins the battle.
3,000
5,000 meters
1997
Once there were millions of antelopes _________ on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. The number had ________ fallen to about 50,000 by the 1990s. Research indicates the wool of the Tibetan antelope can be made into shawls, popular which are ________ with rich people in European countries.Poachers profits make huge ________ on the deal.
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. F. The battle against the trade. G. The illegal trade of wool.
Para 1
___a freezing On ________cold day, Jiesang Suonandajie poachers found a group of __________ killing the
endangered _______________ Tibetan antelope. He asked put down them to __________ their guns. But the advantage poachers had an ___________-- there were more of them. As a result, Jiesang was shot given his life and killed. He had ____________ to save the
PHale Waihona Puke ra 51. The small group of officials who work in the reserve are helped by volunteers who come from all over the country, and who are ready for the difficult conditions of life at 5,000 metres. 2. meanwhile —— at the same time 3. get tough with the dealers
1.What do we learn from the text? 2.Why do we have to prevent the animals from dying out? 3.What can we do to help the animals?
Read the passage quickly once more, then do Activity 3 on page 53.
Activity 3
Numbers & dates
What they refer to
In 1994 Jiesang Suonandajie was killed by the cruel pochers. By the 1990s the number of antelope has fallen to about 50,000. A shawl from the wool can sell for $5000.
The business is completely illegal—there has been a ban on the trade since 1975.
1994 50,000
$5,000 1975
138 2%
A police raid on a shop in London found 138 shawls. About 1000 antelopes—or 2% percent of the world population—had been killed to make them. Over the next ten years about 3,000 poachers were caught and 300 vehicles confiscated. The volunteers are really for the difficult conditions of life at 5,000 meters. Since 1997 the antelope population has slowly began to grow again.