1. IUCN -- International Union for the Conservation of Nature, is the organization established by the United Nations to promote the conservation of wildlife and habitats as part of the national policies of member states.
2. CITES -- Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species. is an international agreement under the auspices of the IUCN with the aim of regulating trade in endangered species of animals and plants. The agreement came into force in 1975 and by 1991 had been signed by 110 states. It prohibits any trade in a category of 8,000 highly endangered species and controls trade in a further 30,000 species.
3. UNEP -- United Nations Environmental Program, aims to provide leadership and encourage partnerships in caring for the environment by inspiring information and enabling nations and people to improve their quality of life without compromising that of future generations.
4. WWF -- World Wide Fund for Nature (formerly World Wildlife Fund), is an international organization established in 1961 to raise funds for conservation by public appeal. Projects include conservation of particular species, for example, the tiger and giant panda. With almost five million supporters distributed throughout
five continents, WWF has a global network active in over 90 countries. Its headquarters are in Gland, Switzerland. Biological diversity provides us with a variety of special \atmosphere and natural climate control. However, many kinds of wild animals have been so reduced in number that their role in the ecosystem is negligible. Animals like the great apes, the whales, seals, and marine turtles are under particular pressure.
C Listen to the conversation. Match column A, which is a list of the names of some endangered animals, with column B, which gives the information about those endangered animals. Then anwser the questions.
Column A 1. Whales 2 2. Seals 4 3. Turtles 5 4. Crocodiles 5. 'Walruses (海3 象.) Column B bludgeoned to death for fur coats killed to make handbags and shoes hunted for their ivory hunted to extinction 1.6 eggs rolled off and slaughtered for meat and oil 6. Dolphins Questions:
1. What do people at the World Wildlife Fund work for according to the woman?
They work to conserve natural areas that contain endangered wildlife.
2. What are they doing in order to protect those endangered animals? They are campaigning to provide sea sanctuaries for some of these endangered species. Protected-nesting sites for turtles have been set up.
3. Can you guess the meaning of \
It refers to the places of safety in the sea where sea animals are protected and allowed to live freely. Audioscript:
A: Hello, I'm calling on behalf of the World Wildlife Fund. B: The what?
A: The World Wildlife Fund. If you've got a few minutes I'd like to
tell you what that means. B: Oh, all right.
A: We work to conserve natural areas that contain endangered
wildlife. The seas, for example, have become polluted by the industrialized world; whales are being hunted to extinction; turtles are rolled off their eggs when they come ashore to breed or are slaughtered for their meat and oil... B: Oh.
A: Crocodiles are killed to make handbags and shoes; walruses are
hunted for their ivory. B: I see.
A: Seals are bludgeoned to death to provide fur coats and the threat
of extinction hangs over several species of whale, dolphin and porpoise. B: Really.
A: We are now campaigning to provide sea sanctuaries for some of
these endangered species.
B: Very interesting.
A: Aided by our campaign, protected nesting sites for turtles have
already been set up. As you can see, this is very valuable work and I wonder therefore if you'd like to make a donation?
Part II Christmas bird counts
be deemed：（被）认为，视为，断定 fortunes ：命运 critically：危急;严重 perilous：危险的，冒险的 at risk of ：有……危险 imminent extinction：即将灭绝 lose a species：丧失一个物种 residents：居民 maintaining：保持 sustain：维持;支撑;忍受 quality：质量
sustaining the quality of lives ：维持生活质量
John James Audubon ：约翰·詹姆斯·奥杜邦，1785年4月26日-1851年1月27日)，美国画家、博物学家，他绘制的鸟类图