37（必修2）2.2 Reading and Thinking 导学案（2）

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Unit 2 Wildlife ProtectionPeriod 2 Reading and Thinking
A Day in the Clouds导学案

• Read quickly to get the main ideas and the purpose of going to Tibetan; read carefully to understand what the author see and think.
  

• Understand the sentences of the present continuous passive voice such as “Much is being done to protect wildlife.” and the inverted sentence “Only when we learn to exist in harmony with nature can we stop being a threat to wildlife and to our planet.”
  

• Enhance the awareness of protecting wildlife.
  

• Use different reading methods according to different materials.
  

• Read quickly to get the main ideas and the purpose of going to Tibetan; read carefully to understand what the author see and think.
  

• Understand the sentences of the present continuous passive voice such as “Much is being done to protect wildlife.” and the inverted sentence “Only when we learn to exist in harmony with nature can we stop being a threat to wildlife and to our planet.”
  

• Use different reading methods according to different materials.
  

Step 1 Leading-in
Watch a video and answer:   Why are they endangered ?
Step 2 Before reading--- use visual reading    Look at the pictures. What do you think the text is about ?   
Step 3: Analyze the title
             A Day in the Clouds
________
From the title, we can know that the article mainly talks about what the author saw, ________ and _______ about the endangered animals---Tibetan antelopes in a day. It is a travel journal.
Step 3: Scanning the whole text and getting the basic information

• Answer the following questions.Q1：Is it easy for the writer to go on the short hike? Why ?   
  

   Q2: Why did the writer visit Tibet ?

   Q3: Where do the Tibetan antelopes live ?

   Q4: What happened to the Tibetan antelope in the 1980s and 1990s ?

   Q5: How to protect them ?

   Q6: Why did the Chinese government stop the protection program after the population has recovered ?

• Find the topic sentences of each paragraph
  

  Paragraph 1: ____________________________________________       ___________
  Paragraph 2: ______________________________________________________      The problem
  Paragraph 3: ________________      Introduce the guide and his opinion.
  Paragraph 4: ___________________________________________________     ___________  Paragraph 5: ___________________________      ___________
  Paragraph 6: ______________________      ___________Paragraph 7:_____________________________________________      The thought of the writer
Step 4: Travel JournalWhat the writer saw:  1._____________________________________________  2._____________________________________________  3._____________________________________________
    What the writer felt:  1._____________________________________________  2._____________________________________________  3._____________________________________________
    What the writer hear:_______________________________________________  
    What the writer know:  1._____________________________________________  2._____________________________________________  3._____________________________________________
    What the writer thought:  1._____________________________________________  2._____________________________________________
Step 5 SummaryThe thinking mode of the article: the subject/topic      ______      problem          _______       ______      reflection
Step 6 Homework
     Understand these sentences carefully and find the sentences in the article .

• The Tibetan antelope lives high above sea level.  _____________________________________________
  

• When they first saw the antelopes, they were very far away.
  

  _____________________________________________

• We should not buy goods made from endangered animals.
  

  _____________________________________________

• Human activities are threatening animals and plants.   _____________________________________________
  

• The Tibetan antelope is not an endangered species now.  _____________________________________________
  

【答案】：
Step 1 Leading-in
Watch a video and answer:   Why are they endangered ?
   They are killed/hunted by humans.
Step 2 Before reading--- use visual reading    Look at the pictures. What do you think the text is about ?    It is about Tibetan antelopes.
Step 3: Analyze the title
             A Day in the Clouds
Tibet
From the title, we can know that the article mainly talks about what the author saw, heard and thought about the endangered animals---Tibetan antelopes in a day. It is a travel journal.
Step 3: Scanning the whole text and getting the basic information
Answer the following questions.
Q1：Is it easy for the writer to go on the short hike? Why ?    No, it’s difficult. Because the air is thin and we have to rest several times. Then it’s cold because there are snow-covered mountains disappear into clouds that seem almost close enough to touch.
   Q2: Why did the writer visit Tibet ?
       To observe Tibetan antelopes.
   Q3: Where do the Tibetan antelopes live ?
       They live on the plains of Tibet, Xinjiang and Qinghai.
   Q4: What happened to the Tibetan antelope in the 1980s and 1990s ?
       They population dropped by more than 50 percent. Hunters were shooting them to make profits. Their habitats were becoming smaller as new roads and railways were built.
   Q5: How to protect them ?
       The government placed them under national protection.
       Volunteers watched over them day and night to keep them safe.
       Bridges and gates were added to let them move easily and keep them safe from cars and trains.
   Q6: Why did the Chinese government stop the protection program after the population has recovered ?
       Because the threats have not yet disappeared.

• Find the topic sentences of each paragraph
  

  Paragraph 1: This is why we’re here-- to observe Tibetan antelopes.       The purpose
  Paragraph 2: I am stuck by their beauty, but also reminded of the danger they are in.     The problem
  Paragraph 3: My guide is Zhaxi.      Introduce the guide and his opinion.
  Paragraph 4: The 1980s and 1990s were bad times for the Tibetan antelope.     The dangerous period of Tibetan antelopes
  Paragraph 5: Save this species from extinction.      Protection
  Paragraph 6: The measures are effective.      The resultParagraph 7: When we learn to exist in harmony with nature can we stop being a threat to wildlife and to our planet.      The thought of the writer
Step 4: Travel JournalWhat the writer saw:  1. the snow-covered mountains disappear into clouds.  2. the antelopes move slowly across the green grass.  3. the stars in the evening.
    What the writer felt:1. The air is thin2. The clouds seem almost close enough to touch.3. He was stuck by the beauty of antelopes.
    What the writer hear:The words was said by Zhaxi   
    What the writer know:1. The history about Tibetan antelopes 2. The measures Chinese government and common people took to protect them.3. The present situation about Tibetan antelopes.
    What the writer thought:1.We must change our way of life.
2.We should learn to exist in harmony with nature
Step 5 Summarythe thinking mode of the article: the subject/topic      reason      problem      solution
               result      reflection
Step 6 Homework
     Understand these sentences carefully and find the sentences in the article .

• The Tibetan antelope lives high above sea level.
  

• When they first saw the antelopes, they were very far away.
  

• We should not buy goods made from endangered animals.
  

• Human activities are threatening animals and plants.
  

• The Tibetan antelope is not an endangered species now.