Lesson 5 Animals

1.million n. 百萬 He made two million dollars last year.

2.species n. 品種 Many species of animals are in danger nowadays.

3. disappear v. 消失 He disappeared into the night.

4. question n. 問題 May I ask you a question?

5.answer n. 答案 Scientists haven’t found the answer to the question.

6. richer adj. 更豐富 America is richer in oil than Taiwan.

7. interesting adj. 有趣的 This is the most interesting story I’ve ever heard.

8. secondly adv. 第二 ; 其次 First, we must take out the garbage. Secondly, we need to clean the floor.

9. coat n. 外套 ; ( 動物的 ) 毛皮 This coat is made of wool.

10. understand v. 瞭解 I don’t quite understand what you mean.

11. alive adj. 活的 The fish my mother bought from the market is still alive.

12. thirdly adv. 第三 Thirdly, you have to finish your task before going home.

13. natural adj. 天然的 The natural scenery attracted everyone’s attention.

14. protect v. 保護 We should try our best to protect our environment.

15. danger n. 危險 Many students are not aware of the danger of staying out late.

16. die v. 死亡 Mr. Lin died of cancer.

17. land n. 土地 Most animals live on land.

Words for recognition

1.in the world 世界上 2.of course 當然

Phrases And Idioms

1.in danger 處於危險中 His life is in danger.

2. at the same time 同時地 He can sing and play the piano at the same time.

There are more than thirty million species of animals in the world. We know about and can give names to about only one million of them.

Every year some of these species disappear and we will never see them again. With thirty million different species on earth, does anyone of us care about losing one or two?

Different people give different answers to this question. However, more and more people are saying, “Of course, each one of them is important.” Why do people think that?

One answer is this: animals make our world a richer and more interesting place for us to live in.

Secondly, animals help us in many important ways. They give us meat to eat, milk to drink and we can make things to wear from their coats.

Scientists have learned a lot from animals and this helps us to understand people better. Doctors take things from animals, alive or dead, to help ill people.

Thirdly, it is natural for us to protect animals because we are animals too. Many of these living things are in danger. Without our help, a lot more animals are going to die.

People and animals live in the same world. Our land is their land; our trees are their trees; our rivers are their rivers. We want to protect animals because we are protecting our world at the same time.