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1、Animals in DangerModule 6 世界上有很多瀕危的動物,你知道哪四種動物是最瀕危的嗎? Many animals are being endangered or at the edge of disappearing.The following four species are the most endangered animals in the world.White elephantToday white elephants are very rare.The white elephant is a native of Southeast AsiaLaos,Cambod
2、ia,Vietnam and Thailand.The last white elephant in Burma was seen in 1961.Elephants represent power and peace.To Americans,a white elephant is a metaphor for a worthless object.To the people of Thailand,a white elephant is regarded as sacred. Tibetan antelopeThe Tibetan antelope is prized for the fu
3、r around its throat.Experts guess that there are 75,000 to 100,000 Tibetan antelopes left and that as many as 20,000 a year are killed in China alone.RhinosThere are five species of rhinos,two African species and three Asian species.The African species are the white and black rhinos.Both species hav
4、e two horns.Asian rhinos each have one horn.Rhinos rank among the most endangered species on Earth.Valued for their horns,they face a serious threat from poaching. Davids deerChinese scientists find it hard to explain how the population of Davids deer,known as Milu deer among Chinese,bounced back af
5、ter dying out in China.The Dafeng Nature Reserve in Jiangsu Province introduced 64 Davids deer in 1993 and 1994,and the population has grown to 450 today. 詞 匯 積 累1species n種,物種2.native n本地的動物(或植物)3.represent v代表4.metaphor n隱喻5.rank v排列6bounce v(使)彈起,彈跳;反射7.be regarded as被當(dāng)作是,被認(rèn)為是8.die out滅絕,消失 謝謝觀看!