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1、Unit4Wildlifeprotection教学设计ephotosbelowandlistentometellingyouabouttheanimals,theendangeredanimals. TheGiantPandaisamammalnowusuallyclassifiedinthebearfamily,beside,thatisnativetocentralChina. TheGiantPandalivesinmountainousregions,likeSichuanandTibet.TheGiantPandaisthesymbolo
2、ftheWorldWildlifeFund(WWF),aconservationorganization.Towardthelatterhalfofthe20thcentury,thepandaalsobecamesomewhatofanationalemblemforChina,andisnowusedinChinesegoldcoins. GiantPandasareanendangeredspecies,threatenedbycontinuedlossofhabitatandbyaverylowbirthrate,bothinthewilda
3、ndincaptivity.About1,600arebelievedtosurviveinthewild. MiludeerisaChinesedeer.Ithasalongtail,widehooves,andbranchedantlers.AnotherChinesenameforitis“fourunlikes,.”becausetheanimalswereseenashavingthehornsofastag,theneckofacamel,thefootofacow,andthetailofanass. Theseanimalswere
4、firstmadeknowntoWesternscienceinthe19thcentury,byFatherArmandDavid,aFrenchmissionaryworkinginChina.Atthetime,theonlysurvivingherdwasinapreservebelongingtotheChineseemperor.ThelastherdofMiludeersthatremainedinChinawereeatenbyWesternandJapanesetroopsthatwerepresentatthetimeoftheBo
5、xerRebellion. Thesedeerarenowfoundinzoosaroundtheworld,andaherdofMiludeerwasreintroducedtoDafengReserve,Chinainthelate1980s.Theyareclassifiedas“criticallyendangered.”inthewild,butdonotappeartohavesufferedfromageneticbottleneckbecauseofsmallpopulationsize. Atigerisalargecatfamo
6、usforitsbeautifulfuroforangestripedwithblack.TigersliveinAsiaandarebecomingveryrare.Thisisduetopeoplehuntingthemfortheirfuranddestroyingtheforeststheylivein. II.Pre-reading 1.Definingwildlife Whatdoestheworldwildlifemean? Thetermwildlifereferstolivingorganismsthatarenotinany
7、wayartificialordomesticatedandwhichexistinnaturalhabitats.Wildlifecanrefertoflora(plants)butmorecommonlyreferstofauna(animals).Needlesstosay,wildlifeisaverygeneraltermforlifeinvariousecosystems.Deserts,rainforests,plains,andotherareas—includingthemostbuilt-upurbansites—allhavedi
8、stinctformsofwildlife. Humankindhashistoricall