北师大版高中英语选修8课件：Unit22EnvironmentalProtection.pptxVIP

Unit 22 Environmental Protection典句欣赏理解诱思【文章导语】 由于气候、环境等多种因素的影响,很多动物濒临灭绝。我们应该如何拯救它们呢?典句欣赏理解诱思An animal species becomes extinct when it fails to produce enough young in each generation to keep pacewith the death-rate.We can tell from fossil evidence in rocks that many living species have become extinct over the millions of years since life began.It is a natural process and extinction is the fate of any animal that has specialized too far to change when its environment changes,or has to compete with a better-adapted and more powerful animal.Because of remarkable technical developments during the past few centuries,man has destroyed or nearly destroyed some species by killing them at such a rate that they couldn’t produce enough offspring,or by completely changing their natural environment at surprising speed.典句欣赏理解诱思A number of examples can be given of the way in which natural environments are being rapidly changed—Amazonia,for instance.There is every likelihood that many species of animals will be made extinct because of these and similar clearances of natural vegetation.Large numbers of animals have been hunted and killed for food.The North American buffalo is a case of the near-extinction of a species through hunting.Often the numbers are so great that the hunters may not realize the danger.But even when the danger is widely publicized,the financial rewards for the hunters may be so great that they choose to ignore the threat to the species.Attitudes like this have led to hunters killing animals for furs,for ivory or merely for ornaments.典句欣赏理解诱思A slight variation on this is when tourists hunt animals for trophies.Magnificent creatures such as lions and tigers have been hunted out of existence in some parts of the world.It is important to realize,though,that animals are sometimes killed out of fear.Big cats are killed in this way.And animals are sometimes killed out of a wish to reduce numbers to help the species to survive.典句欣赏理解诱思Many people are concerned abou