1、Unit 4 Wildlife protectionReading 2023-5-21What are these animals?I.Warming uppanda2023-5-22tigerWarming up2023-5-23antelopeWarming up2023-5-24elephantWarming up2023-5-25Look at a report on some endangered wildlife in China.They are endangered animals.Why?Lack of foodHabitats destroyedClimate change
2、dKilled by ManPollutionWarming up2023-5-26the process of having less of something that you used to have _running after animals in order to kill or catch them _Warming uplosshunting2023-5-271.What other endangered animals do you know of?2.What is being done to protect them?3.Look at the title and the
3、 pictures of the reading passage.Predict what it is about.II.Pre-reading2023-5-28III.While-readingRead the passage and answer the following questions.Who is the main character in the story?What animals has she seen and talked with?What has she learned?DaisyShe has seen and talked with an antelope,an
4、 elephant and a monkey.She has learned the importance of wildlife protection.2023-5-29Daisy took _ to travel and talked with _,which made her know _ of the wildlife protection.a flying carpetsome animalsthe importanceWhile-readingRead the passage quickly and write down its main idea.Tips for summing
5、 up the main idea of a story Who?What happened?Whats the meaning of the story?2023-5-210 Read the passage quickly and put these sentences in the right order.Daisy found her being watched by an elephant.Daisy woke up and found a flying carpet.As Daisy landed,things began to disappear including the mo
6、nkey.Daisy and her flying carpet were in a thick rainforest.Daisy looked at an antelope which was looking sad.12345While-reading2023-5-211Look at the words below.Each has two meanings listed,but only one is used in the reading passage.Choose the meaning that has been used.word meaningsused distant1.
7、far away in space or time 2.unfriendly affect1.to do something to make a change 2.to make believe you have a particular feelingappreciate1.to thank someone 2.to understand how serious something ispowerful1.important 2.having a strong effect(影响)oncertain1.confident and sure without any doubt2.some,en
8、ough or to a degree11212While-reading2023-5-212Read the story carefully 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 lef
9、t.2.Why are elephant numbers increasing in Zimbabwe?The farmers stopped killing the elephants,so the numbers are increasing.While-reading2023-5-2133.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 wh
10、en 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.5.What must be done if wild
11、life protection is to succeed?While-reading2023-5-214Paragraph Main idea Supporting details 1Why we needwildlife protection1 Animal:a Tibetan antelope2 Situation:being hunted for the fur under its stomach3 Result:numbers are decreasing rapidly 21 Animal:2 Situation:3 Result:3 and 41 Animal:2 Situati
12、on:3 Result:Fill in the chart below.While-reading2023-5-215 21 Animal:2 Situation:3 Result:3 and 41 Animal:2 Situation:3 Result:While-reading keyA good example of wildlife protectionWhat we can get from wildlife protectionan elephant in Zimbabwepreviously hunted with numbers decreasing rapidlyprotec
13、tion by farmers who make money from tourisma millipede from tropical rainforestproduces a drug naturally which can protect us from mosquitoesDaisy plans to tell WWF about the drug2023-5-216From the text we know that WWF is an organization that works to save endangered wildlife.Do you want to know mo
14、re about WWF?IV.Post-reading2023-5-217WWF(World Wide Fund for Nature)was founded in the UK in 1961.It began a way to deal with the environmental problems of Africa,but it soon became involved in other projects.Now there are 52 offices in around 100 countries.The WWF has three aims:to protect endange
15、red species to conserve endangered species to try to find solutions to threats to the environment of the world for the benefit of people and nature Post-reading2023-5-218Here is a problem which WWF has to deal with.Read the problem first.In Indonesia there is a wildlife park for endangered animals s
16、uch as tigers,elephants and rhinos.It is very large and has some of the best farmland.Some poor farmers have moved into the park to grow coffee.Although this is not allowed,the coffee is excellent quality and has sold very well.Now 20 per cent of the wildlife park is used in this way.WWF is very con
17、cerned about it as this is a very important park for endangered animals.However,they know that the farmers are very poor and need to have a secure income.What should be done?Post-reading2023-5-219Discussion:Imagine you work for WWF.Discuss in groups of 4 what you would suggest and give a report in c
18、lass.Should the poor farmers move to another place?Can they be employed to work in the park and not hurt the animals?How can the animals be protected from more people coming into the park?What should be done to punish people who do harm to the animals?Post-reading2023-5-220secure:adj.feeling confide
19、nt and certain about a situation and not worried that it might changeincome:n.the money that you earn from your work or that you receiveemploy:vt.give work to sb usually for payment harm:n.damage;injury Post-reading2023-5-2211.Choose one story from the reading passage and retell it.You can add your own ideas while retelling your new story.2.Read the reading passage carefully and try to find the new grammatical structure in it.V.Homework2023-5-222
