WILD ANIMALS Every animal knows more than you do. Unit 4 MAIN TASK

Do you know that animal? Let’s figure it out! Guess! ★ golden fur ★ favourite food : peaches and bananas ★ Like climbing, hanging from the trees with its tail, can walk upright

Do you know that animal? ★ white fur with black stripes ★ run fast, good at hunting, like meat ★ sharp teeth, a kind of tiger

Do you know that animal? ★ live in the sea, white, clever, ★ swim fast, do tricks in the park ★ a kind of dolphin

Do you know that animal? ★ have horns( 角 ) ★ have spots over their bodies, they look like flowers ★ friendly to people, eat grass

Appearance: fat but lovely, black eyes, black and white fur Ability: can climb trees Favourite food: bamboo shoots and leaves The best place they live in: in the wild / forests Danger: It’s difficult for them to live in the wild. Getting fewer and fewer

Giant pandas are in danger now. If hunters catch a giant panda, they will kill it for its fur. If farmers cut down trees and forests, giant pandas will have nowhere to live. Mothers often leave baby pandas for two whole days on their own. If people find baby pandas alone, they will often take them away. C

Useful Expressions : Do you know these expressions? Can you use them freely? be in danger be quiet and peaceful spend a lot of time doing something at a time keep doing something take actions do something to help know about these problems The number is getting smaller and smaller. If sentences

Giant pandas are in danger Baby pandas Giant pandas appearance look like ___________ _______________________ animals look like _______ character ________________ animals fooddrink____________ for _________________a day bamboo shoots and leaves problems only ____________ giant pandas in the world because their _________ are becoming ________.If farmers _______________, giant pandas___________________ If people ___________________, then _________________________________ actions_____________________________about the giant pandas in China, Tell them about the problems for giant pandas white mice beautiful black and white bears quiet and peaceful mums’ milk up to fourteen hours about a thousand living areasfarmland keep taking the landwill have nowhere to live hunt them for their fur there will be no giant pandas in the world write to newspapers and magazines

Bears appearance character ability danger big and strong; small eyes; black or brown fur; sharp paws like to move around in the daytime; seldom hurt people can walk upright; good at swimming and climbing trees hunters hunt them for their fur and paws; do not take action; no bears in the world

Report: ________ are in danger! Bears are _____ and ______. They have _____ eyes, _______ or brown fur and ______ paws. Bears can __________________. They are good at ________ and _______ _____. Bears like to _______ around in the ________. They ________ hurt people. Bears big strongsmall blacksharp walk upright swimming climbingtrees movedaytime seldom Sadly, many hunters kill bears for their ____ and ______. We must stop this. If we do not take any action, ______________________ ___________. fur paws there will be no bears in the world

Sika Deer Appearance: beautiful fur, the male have horns( 角 ), white spots over its back, the spots look like flowers, big eyes, weigh kg Characters: good hearing and smell, jumping, clever and quick, mothers take good care of their babies, eat fruit, plants, live together, live up to 20 years Ability: can run very fast Danger: Hunters hunt them for their fur and the horns to make money and medicine. Chinese Golden Monkeys Appearance: dark brown eyes, big mouths, golden fur, round heads Characters: mild, smart and quick, eat fruit, small birds and insects, live together, mothers have only one baby at one time, need 4-6 years to grow up Ability: can climb, hang from the trees Danger: living areas disappear, people cut down trees to have more farmland, catch them for fun Chinese White Dolphins Appearance: look like a fish, clever, white, grey when getting old Ability: swim fast, do tricks for people in the park Characters: mother dolphins have babies once 3 years, and only have one baby at one time, live in the Pearl River and near South China Sea Danger: Not many left in China now, being attacked by ships, and killed by people for money. No food, die from hunger. WhiteTigers Appearance: white fur with black stripes; bright eyes Characters: live alone; live as a family once they have babies, eat other animals like rabbits, deer and sheep Ability: run fast; good at hunting Danger: Hunters hunt them for their fur and bones to make furs and medicine, the number is getting smaller and smaller,not enough living areas

Strategies of writing a report Get enough useful related information Make a list of headlines( 提纲 ) Think about the sentence patterns you want to use, then write them down. Start to write, look up the new words you might need in the dictionary Read through your report,see if there are any mistakes. Use some decoration if you like.

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ANIMAL PROVERBS The child of a tiger is a tiger. Every dog has its day. A hero only appears once the tiger is dead. A bird is known by his feathers. Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come. If the camel once gets his nose in a tent, the body will soon follow."

Homework: Write a report on a wild animal in danger in your written books.

苏州市彩香中学 袁英