参考答案 - 必修第二册第二单元
UNIT 2 WILDLIFE PROTECTION
Reading and Writing
① Tell a partner what you know about the milu deer. Then read the text.
THE STRANGE TALE OF THE MILU DEER
The milu deer, one of China's most beloved animals, is also one of its strangest. How else could you describe a creature that has the face of a horse. the hoofs of a cow, the antlers of a red deer, and the tail of a donkey?
The history of the species is nearly as strange as its body. The milu deer used to be common in China long ago. Like other deer, they lived together and ate grass as well as the soft parts of trees, such as small branches. However, milu deer were often hunted for food or sport in the past. The Ming and Qing dynasties did not protect them and many were killed. In 1900, the milu deer disappeared from China.
However, before all the deer were killed in China, some were taken to Europe. The Duke of Bedford from Britain collected all the milu deer from Europe and put them in his deer park. The deer liked the cool, wet weather in England, and their numbers increased year by year. In 1985, 20 milu deer were reintroduced from Britain to China and placed in the Beijing Nanhaizi Milu Park in southern Bejing. The next year another herd of 39 arrived from the UK to the Dafeng Milu Nature Reserve in Jiangsu Province.
The milu deer certainly seemed happy to be back in China because their numbers started to grow steadily. There were soon so many of them that 64 milu deer were sent to a newly opened reserve in Shishou, Hubei Province from Beijing in the 1990s. They can move freely in the reserve, feed entirely on wild plants, and continue to safely thrive.
At the moment, the milu deer are still living in reserves where they are being protected and cared for. As a result, their population is now recovering fast. Soon a new chapter will be added to the strange tale of these special animals. The deer are being trained to survive outside the park so that they can one day all return to the wild. The rescue of the milu deer is already a success story. Now it is up to us to make sure that the deer live happily ever after.
② Answer the questions.
1 Why do people think the milu deer looks strange?
2 Why did the milu deer become extinct in China?
3 How did the milu deer return to Beijing?
4 What do you think will happen to the milu deer in the future?
③ Write a letter to the WWF asking them for help to save one of the endangered animals you are most concerned about.
Decide on an endangered wildlife species
Do some research to find out why the animal is endangered
Is it being hunted and killed? Why?
Is its food source in danger? Why?
Is its habitat being threatened? Why?
Do people know that the animal is endangered? How?
Give your ideas on how to save it and explain what the WWF could do to help
What are some ways to protect the animal?
How could its habitat be preserved?
What could be done to let people know about the situation?
Draft a letter to the WWF
Dear Sir/Madam,_________________
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Yours faithfull,
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第二单元 野生动物保护
Suggested Answer
The milu deer is a well-known animal throughout China. Male deer have large antlers on their heads. They became extinct in the wild because of hunting in the past but now they have returned in some areas.
Suggested Answers
1 People think the milu deer looks strange because its body parts look like those of other animals.
2 The milu deer became extinct in China because they were hunted for food and sport and were not protected.
3 The milu deer returned to Beljing when some that had been taken to Europe were brought back to China years later.
4 I hope the milu deer will successfully learn to live in the wild again and their numbers will increase.
Sample Writing
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am writing to you to ask for help to protect the pangolin. The pangolin is now critically endangered. It is one of the most hunted animals although it is illegal to hunt and sell. People hunt it for its meat to eat, and for its blood and scales for traditional medicine.
Its natural habitats of forests are also being threatened, when they are cut down and built on.
Although people know the pangolin is endangered, they are still being hunted. I believe we can protect the pangolin by stopping the demand for it. We can spread knowledge about the pangolin by using social media with the help of famous people to show how bad the situation is. Once it becomes socially unacceptable to consume pangolin products, the hunters will have no reason to continue killing these animals. We can also help preserve its habitat by protecting forests where they live.
I hope you will help to protect these animals for their benefit and for the benefit of us all.
Yours faithfully,
Robert Smith
