Unit 10 The world around us Unit 10 The world around us Period 2

hippo Tibetan antelope Task 1:Presentation

kangaroo giraffe

Task 2: Pre-reading discussion 1.How do plants & animals live together? live together? 2.What do plants & animals need to survive? need to survive? 3.What do human beings need to survive? to survive?

O 2 :oxygen putridity microbe How do plants and animals live together?

Task 3: Skimming Who is Steve Jones? Are we endangered?

( Task 4: Scanning ( T or F ) 1.Human beings always do as they say. 2.It’s late for us to take measures to keep animals and plants from dying out. 3.A species may die out if humans or other animals use too much of a plant or kill too many animals. 4.Planting a tree is a way to creating more space for animals. F F T T

Task 5: Intensive reading 1.Why do animals & plants become endangered? 2.What can we do to protect animals & plants that are being endangered?

 Main reasons:  Destruction of human beings.  Introduction of a new species.  Overuse of a plant and over- hunt for animals.  Lack of food.  Pollution.

Read the text while listening to the tape and pay attention to the new words and expressions.

Task 7: Guess the meaning of each underlined part. 1.There are over 200 species of fish. 2.Please keep the dog from coming into my study. my study. 3.Many of the earth ’ s plants & animals have died out. have died out. 4.Our government has taken measures to protect the pandas. to protect the pandas. 5.Our eyes slowly adapted to the dark. 6.We can help by creating more space for animals and plants. for animals and plants. 7.What can we do to help endangered animals? animals?

Task 8: Discussion & Writing *Main idea of the text. *Post-reading: Part 2 ( P67 ) Part 2 ( P67 ) It ’ s about why a species becomes endangered and what we can do to protect plants & animals from becoming endangered.

Homework:Homework: Exx 1-3, P 140, WBExx 1-3, P 140, WB