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课件网) The Harmonious Journey B1U5 Into the wild 群文阅读 Learning objectives By the end of the lesson, you are expected to be able to: 1. compare the structure and content of the three expository passages; 2. improve critical thinking by knowing the importance of wildlife protection and how to take effective measures to protect them; 3. share your own ideas about coexistence between human and wildlife. Task 1 Leading in Passage The Monarch’s Journey Animals that migrate Time of animal migration Reasons for animal migration Influence of human activities on migration Protection measures Achievement/Results of protection Recall the content of The Monarch’s Journey and fill in the form. monarch butterfly every autumn to find food, seek a partner, or in search of warmer weather the monarch butterfly’s population has crashed record its migration and ensure enough food the number of monarch butterflies increases once again Task 2 Group text reading 1. Read the following three passages and fill in the form. Passage Passage 1 Passage 2 Passage 3 Animals that migrate Time of animal migration unknown Reasons for animal migration unknown Influence of human activities on migration Protection measures Achievement/Results of protection Task 2 Group text reading Passage 1 The city of Marquette in Michigan is closing a section of a road to vehicular（车辆的）traffic every night to protect migrating salamanders（蝾螈）. From 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. daily until the migration is completed, a section of Peter White Drive in Presque Isle Park will be closed, the city declared. "Protecting the salamanders is important, as they are an indicator species, informing us about the health of our environment," said Kathleen Henry, Superior Watershed Partnership (SWP) special projects coordinator and education specialist. The salamanders spend the cold winter underground. Then every spring, they make their way to the water where they mate and lay eggs. It was in 2018 that Eli Bieri, a former Northern Michigan University student, noticed vehicles were killing hundreds of these migrating salamanders. "We would see thousands of salamanders crossing the street in just one night," Bieri said. "It was really amazing — until we see cars pass by and kill salamanders. That really troubled me — it kept me awake at night." He sought the help of the SWP, who reached out to Marquette city officials. Last spring, they got the relevant section of road within the park temporarily（暂时地） closed to evening and overnight vehicular traffic. In 2019, before the road was closed, they found 429 salamanders dead in the road. Last year, they found only 3. With a sharp decline in the death rate, city officials are doing the same this year. "The goal is to apply our science to wildlife management," Bieri said. "For me, to be able to see the science applied to successful management practices was very satisfying." animal time reason influence meas ... ...
