Unit 4 Wildlife protection Warming up and reading

What made the world around us so wonderful? Look at the picture. What is the animal? Giant panda They are lovely but their number is smaller. So we can call them endangered animals.

How do you feel about these pictures? Which animals do you think are rare and precious? Why?

Why are they in danger of disappearing? pollution food shortage hunting disease destroy of habitation

Tibetan antelope

How can we help these animals? 1. We can help endangered animals by protecting their habitats, creating new habitats. 2. Control export and import of endangered animals and plants. 3. Give publicity to the importance of protecting wild animals. 4. Set up the special government organizations to carry out the rules and laws.

Read and find out the main idea. Fast reading Read and find out the main idea. Daisy took a flying carpet to travel and talked with some animals, which made her know the importance of the wildlife protection.

Decide the sentences are true or false. 1. Daisy saw many antelopes in Tibet. 2. Daisy’s sweater was made of sheep wool. 3. The antelopes were an endangered species. 4. The elephant used to be well protected in Zimbabwe. 5. In Zimbabwe, tourists love to see the elephants. 6. The farmers in Zimbabwe get nothing from the elephants now. 7. This is a real story in Daisy’s life. F T F T F F

Read and complete the chart. How did she feel? Animal Where What did she find? antelope being killed for fur antelopes Tibet sad killed for its habitat elephant Zimbabwe happy monkey rain forest rain forest being destroyed amazed

1. Why has the antelope in Tibet become an endangered species? 《英语学习辅导报》出品 Read and answer the 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 left. 2. Why are elephant numbers increasing in Zimbabwe? The farmers stopped killing the elephants, so the number is increasing. 《英语学习辅导报》出品

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.

1 2 Para-graph Main idea Supporting details Why we need wildlife Read and complete the chart. Para-graph Main idea Supporting details 1 Why we need wildlife protection 1 Animal: 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: elephants in Zimbabwe a good example of wildlife protection previously hunted with numbers decreasing rapidly protection by farmers who make money from tourism.

Para-graph Main idea Supporting details 3 and 4 1 Animal: 2 Situation : 3 Result: a millipede from tropical rainforest What we can get from wildlife protection produces a drug naturally which can protect us from mosquitoes Daisy plans to tell WWF about the drug.

Free talk According to the text, make a dialogue between Daisy and Antelope / Elephant / Monkey.

Interview Suppose you are Daisy. A reporter of China Daily is interviewing you about your special travel.

Useful patterns and expressions: ▲ I suggest that we should… ▲ How did you go traveling? ▲ Where did you go at first? Then? Finally? ▲ What animal did you meet there? ▲ What did you find? ▲ How did you feel? ▲ What do you suggest? Useful patterns and expressions: ▲ I suggest that we should… ▲ It’s important/necessary to do… fur/hunt /die out/ endangered/ destroy / habitats/ protect…from/ pay attention to

Homework Review the text and the new expressions. Pick out the sentences with present progressive passive voice.