课标人教实验版 高一 Module 2 Unit 4

Listening 广东 李岚

Listening on P62 Aunty Gladys is a writer for the teenager magazine Animals. She usually answers letters from the readers who worry about the wildlife around them. Listen to the three letters without stopping. Then listen to each one in turn and fill in the chart.

LetterNameProblem 1 2 Bengi 3 Li Kun He doesn’t know which fish he can eat. He can’t understand why man attacks and kills animals like him. Zhao Jing She doesn’t understand why the best animals and plants are kept in zoos and parks.

Listening text ASK AUNTY GLADYS Part 1 Dear Aunty Gladys, I am very concerned about the environment, but I also like eating sea fish very much. I know some fish species are endangered by too mush fishing.

I also know that fishermen have to count the number of fish they catch. If they have too many of one species, they have to throw them back into the sea. Please tell me which fish I can eat without hurting any endangered species. Yours, Li Kun

Part B Dear Aunty Gladys, I am a Bengal tiger and I am very unhappy that so many people want to kill me. I am a quiet, kind-hearted animal and I like to live alone in my forest. The only animals I kill are those I am going to eat. I can’t understand an animal like

man who attacks me for no reason. I know I have a beautiful skin, but I am amazed that I should be killed for it. Now I find my habitat is getting smaller and smaller and I cannot miss meeting ma. I am frightened. What can I do? Yours, Bengi

Part C Dear Aunty Gladys, I am a young visitor from China. I am very interested in all the wonderful animals and plants you have in England. But I’ve noticed that you keep the best animals in zoos and the prettiest plants

in parks. Why are the animals not running around freely in the wild and why are the plants not growing in forests? Yours, Zhao Jing

Listening task on P66 Hu Xiao is interviewing Alice Jones, a volunteer for the International Bird Rescue Research Center (IBRRC), about her work. 1. Look at the pictures and predict what the listening will be about. Then listen once all the way through and see if you were right.

2. Listen to Part A again and then write down what is the most difficult part of the work according to Alice. It’s saving wild birds covered in oil.

3. Go over the following passage guessing the meaning of the unknown words. Listen to Part A once more and fill in the blanks. Write one word for each blank.

Feathers are like _________ to keep out ____ _____. Oil that ______ on the water makes their feathers _____ ________ and makes the birds’ skin ___ ______. When birds try to remove the oil with their beaks, they ____ _____ ____ and ____ ______. raincoats cold water flows stick together get cold may eat oilgetsick

4. Listen to Part B again and write down the two steps the IBRRC usually takes to help those birds. Step 1:____________________________ Step 2: ___________________________ We comfort the birds. We clean the birds.

Listening text SAVING WILD BIRDS Part A: two problems Hu Xiao is a senior high student who shows a great interest in wildlife protection. Today he has got a good chance to interview a volunteer, Alice Brown, from IBRRC.

HX: Hello, Alice. I’m so interested in your work saving birds! What do you think is the most difficult part of your work? AB: Well…I suppose it’s saving wild birds covered in oil. That’s the most difficult of all. HX: How does that happen? AB: The oil comes from boats. It floats on the water and covers the bird’s

feathers when they swim through it. HX: That sounds terrible. What do you do about it? AB: The first thing we do is make sure the bird hasn’t eaten too much oil. When a bird’s covered in oil, it tries to clean itself with its beak. As it does so, the bird eats some oil and becomes sick.

HX: Oh dear! Do the birds always die? AB: Sometimes…but we try to save them. Birds use their feathers like a raincoat to keep out cold water. When feathers are covered in oil, they stick together and a bird’s skin gets cold in the water. So without help the bird would die of cold!

HX: What do you do with those birds? AB: First, we comfort a bird by feeding it and keeping it warm. Then we clean it. We rub the bird very carefully. We use warm water and a little soap and work quickly as the birds hate being touched. Part B: the solution

HX: Is this a difficult job? AB: Yes, because it’s very important to do the job quickly. HX: What happens after that? AB: The birds are kept warm and given a rest. HX: I suppose after that they want to touch their feathers with their beaks.

AB: Yes, they do. Birds produce a natural oil in their tails and put this over their feathers until they feel better. HX: Thank you. I’ve learned a lot. AB: Not at all. It’s been my pleasure.