高一英语必修2unit4reading.ppt
wildlife:animals or plants which live or grow in natural conditions Name as many wild animals that you think should be protected as you can.panda Milu deer South China tiger antelope elephantPenguinHawkPolar bear rhinowhalewhale red-crowned crane 丹顶鹤丹顶鹤(仙鹤仙鹤)dolphingolden monkeyDo you know what endangered animals are dying out in China?milu deer pandaantelope tiger Many animals are dying out.Why are they in danger of disappearing?Why are they in danger of disappearing?have been eaten killed by peopleair pollutionrivers have been pollutedlack the food.trees are cut downNew wordsThey are being hunted and killed,so their numbers decrease.Their habitat is threatened.As a result,they are endangered animals and they may even die out.They have not enough food because the loss of growing areas.Read the report on some endangered wildlife in China and answer the questions.1Which animal disappeared from China before concern?2Which animal needs the most protect now?3 Which animal is living in Wolong Nature Reserve in Sichuan?Milu deer.South China tiger because it is still seriously endergered.Panda is living there.So they have been most successfully protected.Since they are endangered,what should we do with this problem?Treat them as our friends.Protect the environment around us.Build reserve areas to protect them.Let them have enough food and good living conditions.We can collect money to protect the endangered animals.DiscussionWe shouldnt hunt or kill them freely.LetterName Problem12Bengi3He doest know which fish he can eat.He cant understand why humans kill him.She doesn t understand why the best animals and plants are kept in zoos and parks.Li KunZhao Jing ListeningListen to the three letters and fill in the chart.1Try to write a report with sentences.2 Preview the reading.For example:The problem the pandas face in China is that they do not have enough food because of the loss of bamboo growing areas.To solve this problem,China has set up a protection zone in Sichuan Province for the pandas.Thanks to the effort,the number of pandas has risen from very few to around 1,600 after the increase of bamboo areas for the pandas.Pre-readingPre-readingI believe that you are concerned about animals and plants disappearing.Why should you worry about this?Because the animals and plants are closely linked with human being.How Daisy learned to help wildlife?Whats this passage about?Reading How Daisy Learned to Help WildlifeListen and find out the main Listen and find out the main idea of the passage:idea of the passage:A.It is about some protection of wildlife.B.It is about a journey of a flying chair.C.It is about Daisys wonderful experience with some animals.Fast Reading1.At first,the flying carpet flew to Hebei in China.2.Farmers always like to hunt elephants in Zimbabwe.3.Daisy would like to help the wildlife as the WWF suggests.4.Daisy learned so many things in this experience.F FF FT TT T Fill in the form.DaisyantelopeTibetelephantZimbabwemonkeyRainforest_ used to make sweaterskilled for _ beneath our stomachsEvery year over_killedfurwool29,000_ used to hunt themnow farmers _ themfarmerslikeA _ insect affects mosquitoes No _,no _and no _rain forestanimalsdrugsmillipedeCareful Reading Read the passage again,and answer the following questions.1.Why has the antelope in Tibet become an endangered species?Its fur is being used to make sweaters.As the sweaters become popular,more and more animals are killed.So very few antelopes are left.2.Why are elephant numbers increasing in Zimbabwe?The farmers stopped killing the elephants,so the numbers increased.3.How does the government of Zimbabwe help protect wild animals?The government helps the farmers.It makes sure that the tour companies pay the farmers when tourists come to visit and hunt a few animals.4.Why is it important to protect the rainforest?Looking after the rainforest helps protect plants and animals we know nothing about.They may make it possible for us to produce medicines and drugs that we dont yet know about.One day,Daisy _ a strange dream.She flew in a flying _ to _ with an _ in Tibet.The antelope told her they were hunted because of their _ which can be used to make _ like hers.Later,she _ to Zimbabwe where she talked with an _ and got to know the farmers there no longer _ them.Thats because the _ decided to help and the farmers finally made a lot of _.At last she _ at the thick rain _ where a monkey told her“No rain forest,no _ and no _.”although finally everything had _,she had _ so much.dreamedcarpettalkantelopefursweatersflewelephanthuntedgovernmentmoneyarrivedforestanimalsdrugsgonelearnedRetell the storyUnit 3 life in the future1.Find the word or expression for each of the following meanings from the text._ far away in space or time_ to go down to a lower level_ able to control events_ to do something to make a change_ to understand how serious a situation is_ to run after animals in order to kill or catch themdistantdecreasepowerfulaffectappreciatehunt7._ to keep someone or something safe from harm8._ to do something as a reaction to something done or said9._ feeling of comfort when something worrying has ended or not happenedProtect fromrespondrelief2.Complete the passage with words and phrase below in their proper forms.Protect from wild reserve powerful appreciate hunt relief species Wendy Lee was a famous photographer and always photographed_ animals in their natural habitat.One day she drove her car into the local game _ as usual to _for some animals to photograph.After a while she saw some zebra with black and white lines going beneath their stomachs.“This must be a special _ of zebra,”thought Wendy.“Ive never seen one like this before.”Suddenly the zebra looked up and moved away as quickly as they could.Wendy looked around and saw a _ lion in the grass.She _ the danger,so she sounded her horn loudly until the lion turned and walked away.Wendy waited for several minutes to make sure the lion was not coming back.Then she gave a smile of _.But soon her smile disappeared because she realized that in _ the zebra _ the lion she had lost her best chance of taking some amazing photographs!wildreservehuntspeciespowerfulappreciatedreliefprotectingfromUnit 3 life in the futuredinosaursmiludodosGuess:What the reasons might be for their disappearance?Read the text,and answer the following questions.1.When did the dinosaurs live?2.Whats the rare new species of dinosaurs?3.What might be the possibilities of their disappearance?1.When did the dinosaurs live?Tens of millions of years ago,long before Humans came into being.2.Whats the rare new species of dinosaurs?A bird-like dinosaur which could not only run but also climb trees.3.What might be the possibilities of their disappearance?Maybe thats because a large rock hit the earth or because the earth got too hot to live on.Why are these animals dying out?too much hunting What do people kill them for?fur&skin tusk meatWWF:The World Wildlife Fund 世界野生动物基金世界野生动物基金 The WWF has three aims:1.To protect endangered species.2.To conserve endangered species.3.To try to find solutions to threats to the environment of the world for the benefit of people and nature.Background Information