1、Unit2 Wildlife Protectionwild plants wild animalsListening and SpeakingWildlifeorWhales are hunted for food!Elephants are hunted for ivories!illegal hunting habitat lossGlobal warming melt glaciers so that polar bears are losing their homes.People cut trees for various reasons so that natural habita
2、ts are fewer and fewer.People throw away plastic bags there and here,which pollutes wild animals habitat.habitat pollutionwhite pollutionillegal hunting habitat losshabitatpollutionlack of foodl The mass extinction is caused.l An increasing number of wild animals are dying out.posterWhat message do
3、these posters share?Wild animals are in danger!listening part1:What on Earth Are We Doing to Our Planet?Our planets _ is dying out at an alarming rate.Between 150-200 species are becoming extinct every day.This mass extinction is caused by hunting,habitat _,and pollution.We must make people aware of
4、 the problem and help _ the endangered wildlife before its too late!protectlosswild animalslistening part2:1.How many elephants are killed on average every day?_2.What did Prince William say about China?A.China has made a lot of progress.B.China can become a global leader in wildlife protection.C.Ch
5、ina preserves its natural habitats well.3.What does the speaker tell us at the ending of the speech?_Change begins with you!B54If we want things to change,we must change ourselves first and not wait for others to change first.We must be the change we want to see in the world.Someone has to1._.Some f
6、amous people,such as Chinese superstar Yao Ming and Britains Prince William,work hard to help.In October 2015,Prince William 2._ on CCTV:“In the 33 years since I was born,3._of Africas elephant population.Of those that are left,20000 are killed every year.That is 54 elephants killed every single day
7、.”That means 4._In his speech,Prince William also praised Chinas efforts to protect wildlife:“5._ that China can become 6._ in the protection of wildlife.”You dont have to be Prince William or Yao Ming to speak up and do something 7._._.You can 8._ in your area.Remember:Change begins with you!I am a
8、bsolutely convinced animalsweve lost around 70 percent speak up for endangered animalsgave a moving speech are elephants which are being killed right now!therebe the voice of wildlife protection a globalleaderabout endangeredIn face of the massive extinction of endangered animals,what can we do to p
9、reserve them from dying out?What can we do to preserve them from dying out?uIf a problem seems too difficult for a single nation,the global community can sometimes provide a solution.u uLaws should be passed to stop people from killing or hunting them.uNature preserves/reserves are set up so that wi
10、ld animals can live in peace with no hunting.uPeople are educated to be aware of the importance of wildlife protection.People organized international organizations to preserve wildlife together.public service advertisingposterWhen the buying stops,the killing can too.The protection of wild animals a
11、nd plants is essentially to protect the ecological environment on which human beings live,is to protect the homeland of human beings.-Xi Jinping Pronunciation1.Work in pairs.Read the words aloud to each other,and put them into the correct groups.alarmingannouncement authorityarchitectureCivilization
12、competitioncontributionelectricityinvestigateLiteraryrecommendresponsibilityvocabularyvolunteerrefrigeratorfor primary stressfor secondary stressfor unstressed syllablealarmingannouncementrecommendvolunteerliteraryarchitectureauthorityinvestigatecompetitioncontributionvocabularyrefrigeratorelectricitycivilizationresponsibility2.Check your answers with another pair.Then listen and repeat.habitatdownstairs3.Listen to the conversation in Activity 5,practise identifying the stress patterns of the polysyllabic words.Africanelephantshabitatextinctiondifficultterribleauthorities
