2020秋高中英语Module6AnimalsinDangerSectionⅠIntroductionReadingandSpeaking学案含解析外研版必修5

Module6Module6AnimalsinDangerAnimalsinDangerWildlifeprotectionistoprotecthumanoneselfWildlifeprotectionistoprotecthumanoneself！Manyanimalsarebeingendangeredorattheedgeofdisappearance.Thefollowingfourspeciesarethemostendangeredanimalsintheworld.Todaywhiteelephantsareveryrare.ThewhiteelephantisanativeofSoutheastAsia—Laos,Cambodia,VietnamandThailand.ThelastwhiteelephantinBurmawasseenin1961.Elephantsrepresentpowerandpeace.ToAmericans,awhiteelephantisametaphor(隐喻)foraworthlessobject.TothepeopleofThailand,awhiteelephantisregardedassacred(神圣的)．TheTibetanantelopeisprizedforthefurarounditsthroat.Expertsguessthatthereare75,000to100,000Tibetanantelopesleftandthatasmanyas20,000ayeararekilledinChinaalone.Therearefivespeciesofrhinos,twoAfricanspeciesandthreeAsianspecies.TheAfricanspeciesarethewhiteandblackrhinos.Bothspecieshavetwohorns.Asianrhinoseachhaveonehorn.RhinosrankamongthemostendangeredspeciesonEarth.