高中一年級下學(xué)期英語 必修2 Unit2 Wildlife Protection-Cultural Background

人教版必修二Unit2:WildlifeProtectionCulturalBackground

LearningObjectivesInthisclass,youareabletogetsomebasicinformationofsomeendangered(瀕危的)

animalsintheworld;knowtheeffortsofwildlifeprotectionmadeathomeandabroad.01WildAnimalsEndangeredUsefulEconomicHarmfulEndangeredwildanimalsrefertowildanimalsindangerofextinction(滅絕)inthewholedistributionareaorthemainpartofthedistributionarea.Accordingtointernationallyrecognizedstandards,aspeciesisconsideredendangeredwhenitsnumberisassmallasonehundred.ConceptCriterionEndangeredWildanimalsAccordingtorelevantstatistics,therearemorethan100kindsofrareanimalsinChina,suchasgiantpanda,goldenmonkey,BaijidolphinandChinesealligatorSouthChinatiger華南虎ItisoneofthetoptenendangeredanimalsinChinaExtinctinthewild.

SouthChinatigerisonlydistributedinChinaandisauniquetigersubspeciesinChina.chinesesturgeon中華鱘Itisalsoknownasthe"livingPanda"inthewaterandthefirst-classprotectedwildanimalinChina；Ithashighscientificresearch,medicinalandornamentalvalue.是指在大自然的環(huán)境下生長且未被馴化的動物。野生動物有廣義和狹義之分。野生動物“”Theonlytwohornedrhinoceros（[ra??n?s?r?s]犀牛）inAsia.Themostprimitiverhinocerosinexistencebecauseitretainsmanycharacteristicsofitsancestors.Duetooverhuntingandhabitatdestruction,thereareonlymorethan200wildSumatranrhinoceros,whichareonlydistributedinIndonesiaandMalaysia.SumatranRhinoceros蘇門答臘犀white-headedlangur白頭葉猴Itisnamedsuchbecauseofeatingleaves;Nowthereareonlyhundredsofthisspecies,whichisrecognizedastherarestmonkeyintheworld;Thehabitatofwhiteheadedlangurislocatedinthesubtropicalkarstarea(亞熱帶喀斯特地區(qū))withlushvegetationinthesouthofGuangxi,China.CaliforniaCondor加州禿鷹TheCaliforniacondor

([?k?nd??(r)])isthelargestbirdinNorthAmerica;Livingonthecarrion

([?k?ri?n]

動物的腐肉)

ofanimals,itisknownasthescavenger

（[?sk?v?nd??(r)]

清道夫；清潔劑）ofnature.Itisaveryimportantspeciesintheecosystem;Duetohunting,leadpoisoning,habitatreductionandotherfactors,thenumberofCaliforniacondorhasdecreasedsharply.NowthenumberofCaliforniacondorinthewildisabout330.02MeasuresofwildlifeprotectionTheWorldWidelifeFund

WorldWildlifeFund(WWF)isoneoftheworld'smostprestigious([pre?st?d??s]有威望的)

andindependentnon-governmentalenvironmentalprotectionorganizations.Sinceitsestablishmentin1961,WWFhasbeencommittedtoenvironmentalprotection,withmorethan5millionsupportersandaprojectnetworkinvolvingmorethan100countriesaroundtheworld.WorldAnimalProtection

foundedin1981inLondon.Beingactiveinmorethan50countriesaroundtheworld,itactivelystrengthenandpromotetheconceptandpracticeofanimalprotection.Establishanimalnaturereserves.Strengthenthemanagementandguidanceoftouristsandadvocatecivilizedanimalviewing.Strengthentherelocation(移遷)protectionofwildanimals.St