1、Unit 2 Wildlife Protection Listening and Speaking 1 2 3 Goals Use visuals to predict content before listening; Listen and talk about facts and opinions about endangered wildlife; Recognize the stress patterns of polysyllabic words, and read these words correctly. Lead inWatch and answer: How do you
2、think of these animals? Would you like to make friends with them? Animals are friendly. However, some of them are under threat, especially the wildlife: they are facing the extinction! What other animals are under threat? Endangered Animals Golden Monkey Dolphin Polar Bear Yangtze Alligator Panda .
3、Koala Antelope Before listening 1 Discuss these questions in pairs. 1. What message do these posters share? 2. Which one moves you the most? Why? The message of these posters is that wildlife is under threat. Use visuals to predict content Before you listen, look at pictures, charts, videos and othe
4、r visuals to help you predict what you will hear. While listening 2 Listen to the first part and fill in the blanks. Our planets _ is dying out at an alarming rate. Between 150 and 200 species are becoming extinct every day. This mass extinction is caused by hunting, habitat _, and pollution. We mus
5、t make people aware of the problem and help _ the endangered wildlife before its too late! wildlife loss protect 3 Listen to the second part and answer the questions. (1) How many elephants are killed on average every day? _ (2) What did Prince William say about China? A. China has made a lot of pro
6、gress. B. China can become a global leader in wildlife protection. C. China preserves its natural habitats well. 5454 1. What does “Change begins with you” mean? It means that if we want things to change, we must change ourselves first and not wait for others to change first. We must be the change w
7、e want to see in the world. 2. How to protect the endangerd wildlife? Mustnt eat /buy wildlife. Cutting more trees down. Sharing wildlife information to our friends. Setting up more nature reserves. Broking laws to kill animals. Speaking4 Discuss the questions in groups 1 What do you know about the
8、animals in the photos? 2 What is being done to help them? Mustnt eat /buy wildlife. Stop cutting more trees down. Sharing wildlife information to our friends. Setting up more nature reserves. Making more laws to forbid anyone to kill animals. blue whale panda Africa elephants 5 Discuss the questions
9、 Dangers: being hunted, Habitat Role-play the example A: Im concerned about the African elephants. What do you know about them? B: Well, I know that theyre being hunted and their habitat is getting smaller, so theyre in danger of extinction. Elephants need large living spaces, so its difficult for t
10、hem to adapt to the changes. A: Thats terrible What measures are being taken to help them? B: The authorities are under pressure to build elephant parks and tell people not to buy elephant products. Im concerned about They are being hunted or killed and their habitat is getting smaller, so theyre in
11、 danger of extinction. They need , so its difficult for them to adapt to is being done to help them. I think I can I think its also necessary to Useful Expressions 1. Work in pairs. Read the words aloud to each other, and put them into the correct groups. and stand for stressed syllables ( for prima
12、ry stress, and for secondary stress), and for unstressed syllable. alarming announcement authority architecture civilisation competition contribution electricitity investigate literary recommend responsibility vocabulary volunteer refrigerator Pronounciation EXAMPLE habitat downstairs alarmingannoun
13、cement recommendvolunteer literary architectureauthorityinvestigate competition contributionvocabularyrefrigerator electricititycivilisationresponsibility 2. Check your answers with another pair. Then listen and repeat. 3. Listen to the conversation in Activity 5, paying attention to the stress patterns of the polysyllabic words and repeat them. 1.talking about the previous questions. 2. write a passage about wildlife protection 3. preview the reading and thinking part Bye-bye!
