The Return of the Milu Deer Reading task

Everyday Proverb

Task 1 Read the passage for the first and try to finish some true or false _____ 1. An excellent example of friendship happened when Britain and China worked together to bring the milu deer back to China. ____ 2. Milu deer, a species with large horns, used to be common in America. ___ 3. Milu deer live separately and ate grass and soft parts of trees. ____ 4. The Ming and Qing dynasties protect them well. ____ 5. Duke of Bedford liked them so much that he took them from China to Britain T F T F F

____ 6. Milu deer liked the warm, dry weather in England and their number increased year by year. ____ 7. The first deer came back to China to the Nanhaizi Milu park 20 kilometres north of Beijing. ____ 8. There are now so many of them that a new park has opened for them in Hebei Province. ____ 9. Britain helped China by bringing back an animal that had disappeared. F F F T

Task 2 Read the passage for the second time and try to finish following blanks in the table. Information for research into Milu deer

Appearance of Milu Deer Features of Milu deer Reasons for disappearance Milu deer in Britain How they returned Present situation Value of the cooperation Like other deer but with large horns Live together,eat grass and tree branches;like cool,wet weather Over-hunted and killed Lived happily and number increased In 1985 the government of china asked for some to be returned to China Great increase in number and several Milu deer centres have been set up friendship and understanding between China and Britain

Homework  Words and sentences  English Weekly No

After listening to three letters, you should try to decide what advice you might give to one of these worried letter writers. Then,discuss and share your ideas with classmates. At last, make a dialogue with your partner. Ideas to help Li kun Ideas to help Bengi 1 eat grass carp, big head and mackerel 2 eat those species which are not endangered 1 be careful with man 2 not be too friendly or too fierce,or he will attack you Ideas to help Zhao Jing 1 look for them in gardens and zoos 2 help put them back in the wild