了解今日课堂：

10月11日至15日，举世瞩目的联合国《生物多样性公约》缔约方大会第十五次会议(COP15)在“春城”云南昆明拉开帷幕。中国将再次为共建地球生命共同体贡献“中国智慧”“中国方案”，与全球代表共商生物多样性保护大计，一同绘就地球“人与自然和谐共生”的新图景。【地道美语】正在关注 The UN Biodiversity Conference

Dialogue:

China's abundant wildlife

dialogue 1

Jingjing:　Mark, do you ever wonder ______ those elephants ______ southern China?

Mark:　You mean the ones that ______ Kunming?　I read recently that they ______ of more than 500km.

Jingjing:　I can't remember ______ I've ______ .

Mark: ______ can I.　It's pretty ______.

Jingjing: ______ impressive, do you know that the UN Biodiversity Conference will ______ in Kunming this year?

Mark:　Is that the one that meets once ______?　If so, that's ______.　They make ______ plans and have a lot of ______.

Jingjing:　That's the one. ______ meetings, as part of phase one, ______ the 11th and will continue through the 15th.　The ______ started yesterday and continues today, actually.

Mark:　Do you know if I can ______ the meeting?

Jingjing: ______ the CBT.int website.　You'll ______ a link there.

Mark:　That'd be ______.

Jingjing:　As for the ______ meetings: those will ______ from April 25th through May 8th.

Mark:　And all of that's in Kunming, ______?　That's a beautiful city.

Jingjing:　Have you ever been?

Mark: ______.　But I've ______ from people who have.

Jingjing:　Anyway, I'm glad to see China ______ the biggest meeting of this type to ______ in these past 10 years, possibly the biggest ever.

Mark:　Sure.　We've seen ______ here ______ conservation and sustainability.

Jingjing:　Yeah, actually—it looks you're just about ready to go out for your ______.　But, when you come back, I'd like to ______ a few facts and figures with you about China's ______.

Mark:　I'll be ______ that.

Jingjing:　Great.　See you ______.

dialogue 2

Jingjing:　Mark, are you ready to talk more about ______ and China's progress?

Mark:　I am.　And I tried ______.　It works, but I have to ______ when a meeting is ______.　Also, the site has ______.

Jingjing:　Good to hear.　So, take a guess: ______ of China's land area is ______ wildlife protection?

Mark:　I don't know, ______.

Jingjing:　Try ______.　Those ______ national parks, nature ______ and nature parks.　In total, China has 10,000 ______.

Mark:　Those are bigger numbers than I would ______.

Jingjing:　China is ______.

Mark:　How's that?

Jingjing:　Ten percent of the world's ______, and 40% of ______ have ______ in China.

Mark:　That's a ______, and also a ______.

Jingjing:　So, China has brought 90% of ______ under protection, as well as 71% of ______.

Mark:　Well, if that doesn't sound like ______, I don't know ______.

Jingjing:　The numbers feel even more ______ when we're talking about ______ animals.　Take pandas in the wild. There were ______ in the 1980s.　Now there are more than ______.

Mark:　That's pretty ______, considering the way pandas ______.

Jingjing:　If you want something ______, try the crested ibis.　That's a ______, known as the oriental gem.　

In 1981, their numbers had ______ 7.　Today, more than ______ of those birds live in China.

Mark:　That's ______, within a ______.

Jingjing: ______, China has added 25% of the ______ visible by satellite during the years 2000 through 2017.

Mark:　Well, Jingjing, you've told me some ______ of ______.

Jingjing:　Let's hope ______ will have ______ three decades or so from ______.

new words and phrases

what became of :　

backbone:　

I take it:　

megabiodiversity:　

vertebrate:　

terrestrial:　

dwindle:　

the wild kingdom: