wildlife protection reading ii & listening unit 4 period 3: using language

Wildlife Protection

Reading II & ListeningReading II & Listening

Unit 4

Period 3:Period 3:

Using language

Why are these animals dying out?

too much hunting／ killing

(meat / fur / skin / horn…)

food /money

Revision

Different kinds of dinosaurs

(霸王龙 )

(翼龙 )

(雷龙 )

(剑龙 )

(偷蛋龙 )

Long Triangle

(三角龙 )

Long Stealing eggs

Pterosaur

Tyrannosaurus

Brontosaurus

Dragon Sword

What else do you know about the dinosaurs?

Answer these questions:

• What does “extinction” mean?

• When did dinosaurs live?

• When did dinosaurs die out?

• How did dinosaurs die out?

extinction

die out

Questions

disappear (completely)

What does “extinction” mean?

When did dinosaurs live? Tens of millions of years ago

When did dinosaurs die out?About 65 million years ago.

How did dinosaurs die out?

A. A large rock hit the earth and put too much dust into the air.

B. The earth got too hot to live on.

1. There were many different kinds of dinosaur and all of them have been found in China. 2. The eggs of twenty-five species have been found in Xixia County, Henan Province. 3. Some scientists are sure that dinosaurs died out because the earth got too hot for the dinosaurs to live on any more.

True or false

1.There were many different

kinds of dinosaur and

them have been found in China.

( )F

True or false

a number of

all of

2. The eggs of twenty-five species

have been found in Xixia County,

Henan Province. ( )T

3. Some scientists that dinosaurs died out because the earth got too hot for the dinosaurs to live on any more. ( )F

think

are sure

flightless

Mauritius (Indian Ocean)

large size

small/weak wings

no enemy friendly

The dodo (渡渡鸟 )

Brief introduction

dodo

渡渡鸟

die out / disappear / extinct in 1681

set a trap have a clever idea to catch someone

species

spear

n. 种类；物种

Difficult?

fierce adj. 凶猛的；猛烈的

n. 矛

Difficult words

A. The story is about how foolish the dodo was. B. The story is about how the dodo became extinct. C. The story is about how the dodo and man became friends D. The story is about how the other birds and animals tried to save the dodo.

Listening for main idea

The Story of The Dodo I was called ______, living on Mauritius. We are _______ with the other animals on the island. One day, _____ came here. We seemed good friends at first and I _______ my food with him. However, I began to wonder why my dodo friends had _____________ and our numbers began to _________ quickly. The other animals told me that it was Man that killed my friends and ate them while I was _________ for food. I couldn’t believe it. So I set a trap to prove their words. I saw my last friend was being run after by man. I felt so angry that I rushed out and straight at his spear. After that there were _______ dodos in the world. So my _______ is: _______________________.

dodo friends

Manshared

disappeareddecrease

hunting

no moremotto be careful who you trust

Listening for gap-filling

Homework

2. Find out what is being done to

protect the Tibet antelope in china.3. Write a composition on how you think

you can do to protect the wild life.

1.Review this unit and finish

the exercises in the guide book

Thank you!

授课人 : 陈小希

授课班级 : 高一 (6)班