1、Unit 4 Wildlife ProtectionUsing Language Reading and listeningQ1: What are they? They are .Q2: What happened to them? They a long time ago. When, why, how?dinosaursdisappeared/died out Part 1 Reading: Animal Extinction extinction /kstkn/ 灭绝灭绝 die out disappearance1. When did dinosaurs live? Tens of
2、millions of years ago.2. When did dinosaurs disappear? About 65 million years ago.3. How many animals and plants have disappeared in the last 500 years? About 844 animals and plants.Fast readingRead the passage and answer the questions.1Most animals have died out during the long history of the earth
3、.2Dinosaurs are the most famous of the animals that have disappeared.3There used to be many different kinds of dinosaurs on the earth.4A rare species of birdlike dinosaur could both run and climb trees.Careful reading. Read the first paragraph and decide the sentences True or False.FMany animalsTTTP
4、ara. 11According to the passage, what can we know about the dinosaurs?ADinosaurs were once the kindest animals on the earth.BThey lived on the earth together with humans.CThey died out for some unknown reasons.DIt was the temperature（气温）（气温） that caused them to die out.Careful reading. Read the seco
5、nd paragraph and choose the best answer.Nobody knows for sure why and how dinosaurs disappeared.Para. 2What are the two possible reasons mentioned in the passage?1.A huge rock from space hit the earth and put too much dust into the air.2.The earth got too hot for the dinosaurs to live on any more. n
6、atural causesPart 2 Listening: The story of the dodo.Before listeningSome information about the dodo.Before listeningSome information about the dodo.Name: Birthplace（出生地）（出生地）: Figure（身材）（身材）: Favorite food: Appearance(外形外形): Dodo（渡渡鸟）（渡渡鸟）Island of Mauritiusextremely bigfruitbird-likeBefore listeni
7、ng Mauritius /mrs/ 毛里求斯毛里求斯 decrease 减少减少 set a trap 设陷阱设陷阱 run after 追捕追捕 rush out of 从从.冲出来冲出来 spear /spr/ 矛矛Some new words and expressions.1. The dodo is_. A. fierce B. unkind C. friendly D. foolish2. He wants to believe that Man is telling the truth because _. A. Man is friendly B. he think Man
8、is friendly C. he thinks the bears and monkeys lie D. Man is his best friend3. He didnt realize who had killed many of his friends until _. A. Man told him the truth B. the other birds told him C. he saw how his friend was being killed by Man D. the monkeys told himWhile listeningThe story of the do
9、do Once upon a time I lived on the island of Mauritius. I was called “dodo”. There were many of us and we were friends with all the other animals on the island. One day a new animal came to my island. His name was Man, and at first we seemed to be good friends. We went everywhere together and I shar
10、ed my food with him. However, I began to wonder why several of my dodo friends had disappeared. Then the number of our species began to decrease quickly. I was so worried that I asked the other animals and they all told me, “Your friends are being killed and eaten by Man while you are hunting for fo
11、od.” Had Man eaten them? I couldnt believe it! When I asked Man directly, he seemed surprised. “I havent seen the other dodos either.” he said. “Maybe someone else killed them.” I believed him but when more dodos disappeared I set a trap. I went off as if I was going to hunt but instead I hid in the
12、 forest and waited. Sure enough（果然）（果然）Man came along. He ran after（追捕（追捕）the last of my dodo friends and killed her. I felt so angry that I rushed out of my hiding place and straight at Mans spear（矛）（矛）. He killed me too. After that there were no more dodos in the world. So my motto is: be careful
13、who you trust.From the story of the dodo, we can know that dodos died out because of human hunting and killing.Part 3: Writing In addition to dinosaurs and dodos, there are many other animals have died out. And because of man-made causes, there are also many other animals being in danger of dying ou
14、t.elephantswhaleSouth China tigerdolphinred-crowned crane Tibetan antelopeAs students, what can we do to help these endangered animals?Writing You can use the following expressions:Intention Im going toI intend/mean/plan to.I willId like toId rather notIm ready toI feel likePurpose to help/save to p
15、rotect from so that in order to but do to teach them a lesson to punish those who do harm to wildlifeP31 IntentionPurposeIm going to_to help _.I intend/ mean/ plan to_to protect _ from _.I will _so that _.Learn to use the sentence patternsI am going to be a volunteer to help the endangered animals.
16、I will plant more trees so that they will have a better environment. I plan to raise more money to protect them from being hunted. volunteer raise money plant trees protect the environment not to eat or buyI feel like_Id like to _Im ready to _I would rather not _to punish those who do harm to wildli
17、fe. in order to _. to teach them a lesson.but_.Learn to use the sentence patterns. I d like to protect our environment in order to give them a better living condition. Id rather not eat or buy them but try my best to help them. I feel like asking government to set up some laws to punish those who do harm to wildlife. I am ready to punish the bad people to teach them a lesson. Remember： When the buying stops, the killing can, too. 没有买卖，就没有杀害！没有买卖，就没有杀害！Summary Homework: Write down the sentences and recite them.
