Unit 4 Wildlife protection Reading

I. Warming up What are these animals? panda

Warming up tiger

Warming up antelope

Warming up elephant

They are endangered animals. Warming up They are endangered animals. Habitats destroyed Lack of food Climate changed Why? Killed by Man Pollution … Look at a report on some endangered wildlife in China.

Warming up the process of having less of something that you used to have ______ running after animals in order to kill or catch them _______ loss hunting

II. Pre-reading 1. What other endangered animals do you know of? 2. What is being done to protect them? 3. Look at the title and the pictures of the reading passage. Predict what it is about.

III. While-reading Read the passage and answer the following questions. Daisy Who is the main character in the story? What animals has she seen and talked with? What has she learned? She has seen and talked with an antelope, an elephant and a monkey. She has learned the importance of wildlife protection.

While-reading Read the passage quickly and write down its main idea. Daisy took ______________ to travel and talked with ______________, which made her know ________________ of the wildlife protection. a flying carpet some animals the importance Tips for summing up the main idea of a story Who? What happened? What’s the meaning of the story?

Read the passage quickly and put these sentences in the right order. While-reading 3 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 monkey. Daisy and her flying carpet were in a thick rainforest. Daisy looked at an antelope which was looking sad. 1 5 4 2

While-reading word meanings used distant affect appreciate powerful Look 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 meanings used distant 1. far away in space or time 2. unfriendly affect 1. to do something to make a change 2. to make believe you have a particular feeling appreciate 1. to thank someone 2. to understand how serious something is powerful 1. important 2. having a strong effect (影响) on certain 1. confident and sure without any doubt 2. some, enough or to a degree 1 1 2 1 2

While-reading Read the story carefully and answer the following questions. 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 left. 2. Why are elephant numbers increasing in Zimbabwe? The farmers stopped killing the elephants, so the numbers are increasing.

While-reading 3. 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 when 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 don’t yet know about. 5. What must be done if wildlife protection is to succeed?

While-reading Fill in the chart below. Paragraph Main idea Supporting details 1 Why we need wildlife protection 1 Animal: a Tibetan antelope 2 Situation: being hunted for the fur under its stomach 3 Result: numbers are decreasing rapidly 2 1 Animal: 2 Situation: 3 Result: 3 and 4

While-reading key 2 3 and 4 1 Animal: 2 Situation: 3 Result: an elephant in Zimbabwe A good example of wildlife protection previously hunted with numbers decreasing rapidly protection by farmers who make money from tourism a millipede from tropical rainforest produces a drug naturally which can protect us from mosquitoes What we can get from wildlife protection Daisy plans to tell WWF about the drug

IV. Post-reading From the text we know that WWF is an organization that works to save endangered wildlife. Do you want to know more about WWF?

Post-reading WWF (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 endangered 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-reading Here is a problem which WWF has to deal with. Read the problem first. In Indonesia there is a wildlife park for endangered animals such 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 concerned 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-reading Discussion: Imagine you work for WWF. Discuss in groups of 4 what you would suggest and give a report in class. 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-reading secure: adj. feeling confident and certain about a situation and not worried that it might change income: n. the money that you earn from your work or that you receive employ: vt. give work to sb usually for payment harm: n. damage; injury

V. Homework 1. 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.